As I have been reading the Osprey Campaign on the Egyptian intervention of 1882 I could not resist ordering some colonial figures (as if I needed another project! Duh). However, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for proxies for the Egyptian artillery, conspicuously absent from the Baccus catalogue as yet...

Maybe the FPW Krupp. I know the Mahdists used captured Krupps and they certainly didn't get them from the British, so they must have come from the Egyptians.

I think that Emjenic might be thinking more about proxies for the gun crews rather than the guns themselves. The addition of just Egyptian artillery, cavalry, and camelry (mounted and dismounted) would extend the range enormously.

Can't think of suitable proxies, myself. Cutting off and replacing heads would be a bit too fiddly in 6mm!

By the way, I would suggest William Wright's, "A Tidy Little War" as a good book on the subject. Just read it a few months ago.

Pretty sure it would be quite straightforward to file a 6mm pickelhaub into a fez. 

Yes, I was thinking more of proxies for the crews. If all else  fails I may try the filing pickelhaube route. Or Peter might finally surprise us with that  Crimean  War range. ????. I am reading A Tidy Little War right now!

Here is my take on the Egyptian crews :)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1236315480090762&type=3

Cheers Dan

@Dan: those look good! What figures did you use for the crews?

Cheers,

Martijn