Latest Woebetides Additions

Just after Christmas I ordered a couple of packs of figures from Old Glory to add a few interesting characters to the Woebetideus collection.  A pack of Pirate Artillery provided me with two ship's guns and their crew and these saw action in last weekend's Sharp Practice game.

I've also finished painting most of the pack called "Island Governors". This has proved ideal to provide figures for those Woebetides characters who aren't part of any individual player's force but whose presence will add considerable to the atmosphere of the game.

First up we have Mr Sidney Ruff-Dymond, the British Factor:

Ruff-Dymond's French opposite number is the comptoir.  Anne, Comte de Pommefrite is the senior officer of the French East India Company in the Woebetides. He is proud of his red suit (in the latest Parisian style) and insists on wearing it for significant occasions. No-one has dared to point out to him its similarity to the colours of the British troops (of Lord Custard's Regiment) stationed in the islands.

There are a few more figures in the Island Governors pack and I'll reveal them when I've decided who they are to represent.

In addition to these civilian types I'm also accumulating additions to the various military forces. Inspired by Richard Phillips's use of Numidian bodies among his Woebetideus, I made this fellow:

The body is from the Numidian crew of a Victrix elephant. His head and his right arm are from the Warlord Zulu Impi. The donkey I found when scrabbling though a box of assorted figures at a show somewhere (remember them?) and its load is from various other sets. He'll provide one of the Woebetideus forces with the option to resupply with water and/or ammunition should the situation require it.