I see that in the last few issues several people have suggested that wargamers who write in to the Newsletter should include concrete information on their troops and where these came from. I think this would be a very helpful idea. Here is some gen about my own table-top forces which may be useful. Like most wargamers, I have got some Airfix figures but my real pride and joy are my 30mm figures of the Sudan River War. These are a motley collection which come from a variety of sources. In this gathering of the forces of Victorian Britain and the Mahdi warriors from Scruby, Command Post, Norman Newton and Suren are to be found, as well as Cox and S.A.E. figures. Most of these types will be well known to your readers except perhaps for Command Post, whose address is 760 West Emerson, Upland, California, U.S.A. Wargamers who intend buying 30mm figures should be very careful, as different companies make their figures in slightly different scales. Cox, S.A.E. and Command Post figures are all about the same size and go well together but Scruby (particularly his newer figures), Norman Newton and Suren figures are about 33-36mm tall and they appear as giants when used with the earlier types. Thus a prospective buyer must take his choice. From S.E.R.P. Disques, 6 Rue de Beaune, Paris 7, France, can be obtained some very interesting French L.Ps. In addition to numerous historical records (in French of course) there are also a number of military band records including military marches from Germany, Imperial Russia, the French Army in Africaq America, the Red Army, Austro-Hungary, and many other such records concerned with French Colonial military music. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 114 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1971 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com