The Sudan Campaign (1881 - 1898)

2005-12-26

These are the colors (Testors) which I've found most closely match the pictures (boxes, Osprey books, etc.).

For one shade colors, here are the Testors numbers;
ALL COLOR NUMBERS ARE TESTORS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
Testors is sold in Europe under the name "Model Master".

NOTE: colors based on the Osprey books-Men At Arms series #59, and the box art.


ANGLO-EGYPTIAN ARMY
PART/ITEM -- COLOR
ENGLISH:
coat,pants,hat,helmet,puttees--sand 1706
shoes,belt,straps,holster,scabbard--leather 1736
canteen--brown ital.dark 2111
haversack and strap,sword tassle,canteen strap,rifle strap--white
hands,face--flesh
sword handle--field gray 2014
sword,scabbard trim,canteen top,stirrups--steel
buckles,buttons--gold
chin strap--leather 1736

EGYPTIAN:
coat,pants,gaiters--white
egyptian hat--red 1150
shoes,belt,straps,pack,scabbard--black
pack roll--light ghost gray 1728
haversack and strap,sword tassle--white
hands,face--skin, shadow tint 2004
sword handle--field gray 2014
sword,scabbard trim--steel
buckles,buttons--brass
rifle strap--black

SUDAN:
shirt--signal brown 2100
pants--sand 1706
hat--tan 1167
puttees,hat flap--blue 2031
shoes,belt,straps,holster,scabbard--leather 1736
haversack and strap,battalion number--white
hands,face--skin, shadow tint 2004 OR skin, dark tint 2002
sword handle--field gray 2014
sword,scabbard trim--steel
buckles,buttons,bullets--brass
rifle strap--leather 1736

ALL:
wooden parts of weapons--brown, ital.dark 2111
metal parts of weapons--gun metal 1795
hair--black or brown, ital.dark 2111
bayonet--steel
horse (English)--whatever (light ghost gray 1728 and field gray 2014)
saddle,straps--leather 1736
saddle blanket,blanket roll--green, afrika brown 2099
buttons--brass
bit--steel
base--sand 1706



DERVISH INFANTRY
PART/ITEM -- COLOR
kilt,pants,head dress--camouflage gray 1733
cloth patches--black, red 1150, bright blue 2032,yellow 1169 and interior green 1715
cloth stripes--bright blue 2032
shield back,spear,flag pole--wood 1735
scabbard,straps--leather 1736
sword handle--burnt sienna 2007 with steel tip
sword,spear tip,dagger,dagger handle--steel
shield front--sand 1706 OR sand 1706 and military brown 1166
shield bar--wood 1735
hands,face,legs--skin, dark tint 2002 OR skin, shadow tint 2004
hair--black
shoes--leather 1736 OR sand 1706
arm rings,scabbard trim--gold
wooden parts of rifles--brown, ital.dark 2111
necklaces--white OR sky blue 1162 OR leather 1736
shield handle--leather 1736
flag--red 1150, white and gold
horse (donkey)--whatever
straps--leather 1736
shield arm band--steel
metal parts of rifle--gun metal 1795
saddle blanket--camouflage gray 1733 OR gull gray 1730
buttons,buckles--brass
bit--steel
base--sand 1706