Sudanese riflemen fight to the last against screaming, bloodthirsty tribesmen to prevent the capture of the baggage.

The Scots and Egyptians fall back as the Beja advance.

The Gordons come under accurate fire from Beja musketeers but launch a punishing volley in response.

Played my first game of Death in the Dark Continent for a year this weekend. Myself and Mark M commanded the Beja against Ian and Rob with a British-Egyptian force.  The scenario saw the British-Egyptian force discovering Beja scouts, giving chase and being engaged by a numerous enemy detachment. The British corralled their baggage in secure position behind the Gordons and Egyptians as their Bazingers discouraged their counterparts and then launched devastating attacks from an area of high grass.

As the main Beja force emerged, they swung round to isolate the Sudanese - having to guard the right flank from a handful of warriors - from the main battle.  The chief led the mass of warriors against the Scots, attempting to hold them in place and penetrate their lines.

And here is the finished baggage element for my British-Egyptian force:

Sudanese: Finishing off the rifles as I did with the Gordons, the bases were done.  I did use a different skin colour with some of the models; Charred Brown mixed with grey, white added for the highlights, finished off with a Vallejo Sepia/Devlan Mud wash.

Sudanese: I painted the rifle as I have with the Gordon Highlanders; adding Medium Fleshtone to the base colour strips were painted on the rifle.  A further lighter strip was painted followed by a (not pictured) strip of Charred Brown in between the lighter strips.

Sudanese:  The belts were highlighted with a bluey-grey and then given a careful covering of black ink.  The rifle is a mix of Flat earth and Charred Brown.

Sudanese: "What are you doing with that tarbush, it's yellow!"  No worries, kids, it a Medium Fleshtone basecoat. Red or yellow do not go well over white so I use a flesh colour for the basecoat.  For yellow, I'll just highlight it up and then wash it yellow ink. 

 For red I use Vallejo Gory Red over the tarbush.  By this time I have also painted all of the belts black.

Sudanese Infantry:  It's a limited pallette!  These are the colours I'll be using:

Uniform: White

Flesh: Vallejo Charred Brown, Burnt Umber, Flat Earth, Brown Sand, White, Devlan Mud/Black or Vallejo Sepia/Devlan Mud Wash

Belts/Boots/Sling: Black

Tarbush: Vallejo Medium Fleshtone, Gory Red

Rifle: Vallejo Flat Earth/Charred Brown, Medium Fleshtone

Steel:  Vallejo Natural Steel, Black

Brass: Vallejo Brass/Charred Brown

I did two different skin tones. The one below is a base of Charred Brown followed by a mix of Burnt Umber/Flat Earth..

The next stage is a broad highlight using Flat Earth.

 Then Brown Sand is added to Flat Earth for raised highlights.

Sudanese:  Spray 'em white and then wash with a watery mix of Vallejo Luftwaffe Uniform and German Grey.  I just then patiently built up the white uniform over three thin white layers, the final one being the highlighting of raised areas.