Sunday, October 14, 2012

Finished at last...The Mahdi


The Mahdi in October 2012


After starting him more than six years ago I have, at last, finished the Perry Miniatures Mahdi.  I gave up on him once I discovered I had painted his camel the wrong colour  (the Mahdi had a white Bisharin camel) and couldn't face repainting him.  However, I didn't have time to paint much on the Prussians this week (I'm, unusually, painting 20 figures as a batch so even one shade takes a long time) so finished him off yesterday.  A bit more about him here.


The Mahdi in November 2006


Sadly, I won't have any time for painting next week (I've only done a bit on the Prussians this week) as I am off to Bogota for the week on Tuesday. This wasn't suggested until Thursday so I have been running around sorting out flights, hotels and meetings.  Because it's such short notice the only tickets I could get were via Houston (you can't fly direct) which will involve an overnight stay, unfortunately.  I've managed to avoid any overseas trips (well, except Edinburgh!) for five months but it looks like this is all going to change in the next few months.

All of this meant that I missed my planned visit to SELWG today, annoyingly, so I will have to see if I can get to Warfare next month.

11 comments:

  1. That's a lovely little vignette - worth the wait!

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  2. Thank you. I think it might encourage me to do some more Sudan stuff again...

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  3. Stryker beat me to it-excellent looking! Enjoy your trip to Bogota. Regards, Matt

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  4. My word you do get about... Bogota!? Not your typical tourist destination...

    A very nice Madhi, whichever camel he's riding on!

    I look forward to more.

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  5. Bogota is actually a very nice city built next to the mountains with some particularly lovely women!

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  6. That's an excellent vignette, LH. Looks like something straight out of "Khartoum".

    PS I had a glass of Nobilo sauvignon blanc on Saturday - great minds etc!

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  7. That's weird! Of all the wines in all the bars in all the world...

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  8. "Anonymous" here and on a couple of previous posts is me. For some reason work really screws up posting comments and I can't do it on my usual account. Grrrrr.

    We should meet up for lunch before Christmas!

    Giles

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  9. That would be good. December is best as I am out the country for pretty much the whole of November. Name a day!

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  10. Having seen your updated sidebar 'female interest' picture, I can clearly see why you are heading to Bogota! Only wish I was travelling with you... don't suppose you have a spare ticket? ;-)

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  11. Colombian women are lovely, tactile and genuinely friendly!

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