Well that took forever! Between buying the figures from multiple manufacturers, modding them and struggling with the painting this project took quite some time. Now that this is done I should have enough German forces to cover the entire campaign. I'm free to get back to my "Ghost in the Shell" and other projects guilt free.
Minus the 3 stands of cavalry, 2 Pom Pom guns and the 2 artillery pieces, this is what I needed for the Battle of Tanga (Day 2). Using "If the Lord Spares Us" from Too Fat Lardies, each figure represents 20 men, so each stand is roughly a platoon. For the Germans, most Companies have 5 stands. The big advantage the Germans have at Tanga is a plethora of Maxim machineguns (9 stands).
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| I haven't found any specific actions that includes the German Cavalry, they seemed to be used early in the war for screening and scouting before they fell victim to the Tsetse fly. But I had them so they've been painted up as well. |
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A close up.
The Schutztruppen have quite a few Sudwester slouch hats and some settlers in floppy hats. In actual fact they wore a lot of German pith helmets. Later in the war they mostly wore captured British style pith helmets. If I was to do this over I'd include more British figures (in long pants). I have a Battalion of South Africans that are based and primed. I used the Minifigs British in shorts. The South Africans would learn that shorts aren't the best idea in the Tanzanian bush. Lots of thorns, chiggers, fleas, etc. The shorts might be cooler, but the South Africans were soon hoping for long pants. |
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Gen. Von Lettow Vorbeck is on horseback here, as in the romantic pictures you'll find of him.
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Here's a picture from the rear. Here you can see the ridiculous effort that went into putting back flaps on fezs.
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