1. The Foundry, figures available in the US from Patrick Wilson, business hours are from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Central Time, Mondays through Friday's (barring holidays, calls of nature, doctor appointments, and F5 Tornadoes). Patrick may be faxed at 1-800-282-1802 (local calls to 405-755-8572) or phoned at 405-755-8863. In the UK 24-34 St, Marks Street, Nottingham, NG3 1DE, Great Britain. North American convention Rep Howard Whitehouse, 409 Wellesley St. East. Toronto, Ont. M4X 1H5.

I do not know what has happened to the New Darkest Africa figures, Mark Copplestone is currently working on some Elves for Foundry and his own line of Future Wars figures. www.wargamesfoundry.com HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FIGURES!!!!

2. Castaway Arts, PO Box 7599, Cairns Q 4870, Australia, www.castawayarts.com.au email: castawayarts@ozemail.com.au HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

3. Articles of War, Ltd., 3 Rodeo Road, Silver City, NM 88061-8710, (505) 534-8840. Checkout their new web site at www.articlesofwar.com, Bob Ruman is going to be primarily an internet dealer, the web site offers new features, easier browsing, and a new arrivals section. Highly recommended! email: warbooks@aol.com

4. Bob Burke, 4726 Apaloosa Court, Antioch, CA 94509. email: BURKER1@aol.com See the ad See Bob for back issues of the Heliograph and Savage and Soldier. Also They Died For Glory Rules set. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

5. MWAN, Hal Thinglum, 22554 Pleasant Drive, Richton Park, IL 60471, $35.00 a year for six issues.

Issue 111:
John Retzer article “Boxer Rebellion Scenario Starters” includes 32 scenarios, most with OBs. You can certainly find ideas here. In a similar vein is Charley Elsden’s “Those Fightin’ Fifty-Fours” has several pages of ideas for designing and interpreting rules. Well worth reading. MWAN IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

6. Cannon Fodder Miniatures, P.O. Box 36604, Winnellie 0821 NT, Australia. http://canfonmins.com Email: gregoryblake@bigpond.com SEE THE AD.
Also check out their web site at the new address also Greg is moving within OZ to a new location millions of miles from his old home so some service may be disrupted but should be back on schedule by the 4th of July. Check out the free flags pages, these are really fine flags made just for 28mm figures. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

7. Lone Warrior, US: Richard Barbuto, 1707 Ridge Road, Leavenworth, KS 66048.
LW134 While there are no Colonial period articles this issue, there are several articles that have ideas worth reading. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

8. Victorian Military Society, Dan Allen, 20 Priory Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7QN Great Britain. If you don’t belong to the Victorian Military Society you should, and tell them the Heliograph sent you.

Soldiers of the Queen Issue 104 “Special Naval Issue”
The rear cover shows a painting of a naval boarding party c1890. The sailors are dressed as follows: whites, no foot gear, light brown belt with pistol holster,ammo pouch and cutlass, black neck cloth and cap.

There are three great articles in this issue:

First, “By Land By Sea By Camel? The Royal Marine Detachment of the Camel Corps in Egypt 1884-5” by Cliff Fuller contains some great information. Uniforms were grey/khaki tunic with brass buttons, blue shoulder straps, silver badges, trousers without puttees, light brown helmet with pagri, buff waist cartridge belt, white haversack, black boots and a black bayonet scabbard. “Major Poe continued to wear his red Marines Officers tunic.” The Guards wore red serge jumpers (or loose tunics) yellow-ochre cord trouser, dark blue puttees, leather angle boots and a white pith helmet with goggles. The Marine detachment consisted of 101 men, Major, Captain, 2 Lts. The Marines formed the 4th Company of the Guards Camel Regiment. The camels were used strictly for transportation. The coy consisted of four platoons of 1 officer, 5 NCOs and 25 other ranks. Each man carried a rifle, sword bayonet, leather bandolier with 50 rounds, leather belt pouch, frog and sling, haversack and water bottle.

Second article is”Lieutenant Herbert Alexander Child CMG, RN Veteran West African River Campaigner” by Louis Ackroyd. The article is too short for real details but does have sketchy information on the following actions: Gambia River 1891-92, Nana 1894, Brass River 1895, Benin 1897, Aro 1901-02, Biblicala 1903, Brass River 1905, and Kuru Patrol 1911. WOW. The article has a nice list of sources and photos, one of a steamer with a 6” gun 1914.

The final article “The Brass River Expedition LTC Richard Denny RMLI” by Ralph Moore-Morris. The article fills in the above mentioned action very nicely and contains several photographs including a Royal Niger Co. launch and a War Canoe. Boy these war canoes are easy to make, they’re flat and boat shaped how easy can it get. It starts out with 2000 white washed warriors some armed with enfields (most armed with rifles of some sort) in war canoes (some carrying 50-70 men) captured natives were eaten. The war was apparently only against the Royal Niger Company any one else was safe from the natives. Marines and Hausa infantry were involved and transported by the Royal Niger Coy and other craft. They carried 7pdrs, 3pdrs, Maxims, and a 3-barrelled Nordenfelt machinegun. The enemy was in fortified Nimbi and had a 13-gun battery, 3 9pdr smooth bores in one stockade. The Marines and Hausa burned the capital and captured 22 smooth bores. Great story, full of action and ideas. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!

9. The Melik Society, 202 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JW, Great Britain.
The purpose of the Melik Society is to advance public awareness of British and Sudanese history, particularly the development of river gunboats and the achievements of those involved in the military campaigns between 1883 and 1899. One of the immediate objectives is to facilitate the preservation and restoration of the remaining gunboats Melik and Bordein so that they can be exhibited, maintained and demonstrated to the general public. Every dollar or pound helps. Highly recommended charity!!!!

10. Wargames Illustrated, 18 Lovers Lane, Newark, Notts. NG24 1HZ Great Britain.

Issue 164
While there are no articles concerning the colonial period there is a nice color cover photo of Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Co’s Spanish-American War figures. The Foundry ad shows more of their new Old West figures. OK, OK, I missed Redoubt’s ad in issue 163 showing their late colonial period steam tanks. They look quite nice and come with crew. Expensive but it might be worthwhile if you need steam tanks.

Issue 165
There are no colonial articles this issue but there are several ads of note: Redoubt has added two Officers 1 with rifle 1 with pistol in braided undress; two soldiers marching at slope arms in home service helmet; and an NCO marching with pace stick under arm in pillbox cap. Old Glory has a color ad for their 15mm Sudan Range, amazing 39 bas of figs. ICON is having a Zulu sale, either 70 figs for £ 50 or 150 figs for £ 100. Not a bad deal that’s a savings of about £ 50 off the regular price of 150 figs.

There are some great photos from the Battlegroup North II convention at the Yorkshire Air Museum in England of game scenery, no not the girl in shorts. Seems to me the Brits scenery at conventions is much better than American convention scenery, although I must admit I have seem some great scenery at Cold Wars and Historicon (See you at Historicon). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

11. Osprey Military Journal, Osprey Direct, P.O. Box 140, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 4ZA Great Britain. www.ospreypublishing.com Osprey Journal Vol. 3 Issue 3 unfortunately has nothing colonial.

12. Internet sites and manufacturers: www.redoubtenterprises.com www.brookhursthobbies.com www.essexminiatures.co.uk www.eliteminiatures.com.uk www.irregularminiatures.co.uk www.sbarber-models.clara.net www.hlbs.co.uk www.warrioronline.demon.co.uk www.oldgloryminiatures.com

13. Caliver Books, 816-818 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 3NH, Great Britain. Check out their web site www.caliverbooks.demon.co.uk Caliver Books latest catalog List 52 is Colonial, European, ACW, and Indian Wars. This is a very nice list of books with good prices. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

14. BY JINGO http://members.spree.com/sip/byjingo

15. Savage and Soldier Old issues with some updating at: www.dnai.com/~soongliu/SavageAndSoldier Highly Recommended! Full of great information.

16. ColonialWars@onelist.com, another colonial site. You must first go to onelist.com find colonial wars and ask to subscribe, once you are accepted you start receiving all the email/chat.

17. Warrior Miniatures, 14 Tiverton Ave. Glasgow, G32 9NX Scotland. 0141 778 3426 www.warrioronline.demon.co.uk

18. magweb.com If you are reading this on magweb--how about a paper subscription!! MagWeb has over 95 different magazines here, Wow. See in the PW Review a review and game report by Wally Simon of Howard Whitehouse’s Science vs. Pluck in the April 2000, the latest, issue.

19. And That’s the Way it Was, 213 3rd St. NE, Hickory, NC 28601-5124 This is where to get your copy of The Sword and the Flame, this is a great set of rules and at 52 pages it is packed with great information and packaged very nicely. My favorite set of rules!!!! See the review of Scenario Portfolio 2000 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

20. Military Illustrated, 45 Willowhayne Ave. East Preston, West Sussex, BN16 1PL UK.

21. Miniature Wargames, reported by Stuart Asquith: Miniature Wargames -- No Report yet may be when Stuart resettles in the country we’ll hear from him.

22. Principles of War, The Magazine

23. The Journal of America’s Military Past, PO Box 1151, Fort Myer, VA 22211-0151.

24. The London War Room www.thelondonwarroom.com Check this site out, they now carry Richard Houston’s Naval Guns in 25mm. Scans of each gun are added after they are painted. Highly Recommended!!!!!

25. On Military Matters, tel: 609-466-2329. www.onmilitarymatters.com email: militarymatters@worldnet.att.net

26. Bicorne Miniatures www.Bicorne.co.uk
Bicorne has Italian and Abyssinians in 25 mm, very nice figures too. The line is about 20 figs currently and is to expand to 100+ figs including Ansars, Egyptians NWF, Highlanders, Sudan Brits, and Sikhs. These will include the typical figure attitudes as well as stretcher-bearers and are sold individually. Figures as view on the site are painted. See the ad in Wargames Illustrated #161. Bicorne also carries the Connoisseur range of colonials including three personalities: Gordon, Graham and Kitchner all on horseback. These figures look very good and I would recommend them.

27. Mammoth Miniatures www.mammoth-miniatures.co.uk

28. Britannia Miniatures www.wargame.com/britannia Have figures for Pershing’s hunt for Villa in 1916, Sudan 1884, and the NWF, unfortunately no pictures.

29. David A. Clayton, P.O. Box 574, Kennesaw, GA 30144, carries Fantassin Miniatures of Spain. The one colonial period is the Spanish-American War in 15mm the line has 23 different packs. http://members.xoom.com/bayonette/hhfone.htm

30. Lord Al’s Expeditionary Supply, 2819 Columbine, Nashville, TN 37204-3103,carries Dixon, Foundry, Essex, FAA, 1st Corps and more. Email: GAISERCO@BELLSOUTH.NET

31. Ral Partha figures are available from Star Books and Games, 3848 Tower Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45248, (812) 637-1633 Sbgames999@Aol.com The old prices are still good.

32. Greenhill Books, Stackpole Books www.greenhillbooks.com The latest catalog indicates that this month they will publish “A Rain of Lead: The Siege and Surrender of the British at Potchefstroom, 1880-1881” by Ian Bennett for £ 18.99.

33. Reviresco Figures, www.tin-soldier.com

34. Eureka Miniatures, 10 Wooryl St. Carnegie, Vic. 3163, Australia www.eurekamin.com.au See the Review

35. Ultimate Miniatures, PO Box 3959, Visalia, CA 93278-3959 www.ultimateminiatures.com See the review and ad

36. Old Glory Corp., Box 20, Calumet, PA 15621. www.oldgloryminiature.com I recently ordered some figures from Old Glory via their web site, fairly quick response which was very nice, so see the review. They also sent their catalog, which includes new stuff for 2001. The only things colonial are: Great Powers High Command for the Boxer Rebellion, $20. Wall sections for the Legations of Peking, $16. Sudan River Steamer “Safieh” with crew and gun, $75. African River Steamer, $75. See the review

37. Italwars, PierPaolo Triglia, via Patrizio Gennari 81, 00156 Roma, ITALY, have some very nice figs for the Abyssinian War in 28mm based on their web site. I have not been able to reach them at their email, so will try snail mail, more later.