I completed the assembly of the third unit of sixteen Beja today including half a dozen rifle carrying figures. I hadn't originally intended to use these but in The Men Who Would Be Kings, they are assumed to be an element of Tribal Infantry units, so I decided to sprinkle some over the four units, with about two of three per sixteen figures.
I have also decided to use the two boxes of metal rifle armed figures that I have, alongside a few plastic ones to make a fifth, four point unit for the field force which I can alternate with the captured field gun. This will be an Irregular Infantry unit with fieldcraft but poor shots, representing some skirmishers to harass the enemy at slightly longer ranges than 6'', although without much chance of success!
In Death in the Dark Continent, the Beja army list also has a couple of units of rifle armed skirmishers as one of the options, so this would neatly kill two birds with one stone. In the meantime, I'm moving straight on to the fourth and final spear and sword equipped Tribal Infantry unit, with a couple more of the rifle armed dudes in the mix.
Looking good.
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