Askari Miniatures has filled a much needed gap in 28mm Colonial German wargaming with the release this March of four sets of Mounted Schutztruppen - horses and camels. They are the same excellent quality as previous releases of Schutztruppen in this scale, which run closer to 26mm than true 28mm but still work with the larger scale. The sets includes six troopers on either horses or camels, and a 3 person command pack with bugler, NCO and officer for each time of mounted troops. One interesting feature is the ability to include rifles either in their scabbards or withdrawn.
I plan to pick up several of these sets. Mounted officers are very rare in this scale from any current manufacturer, as indeed are mounted troops. The camel riders will only be used in the final expedition of the Nama War in 1908, though they were around in SWA afterwards.
