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Saturday, September 12, 2026

Biblical Camel Archers

The purpose of this post is twofold.  One to show the latest figures loping out from the painting desk, and two, to see if what I discovered about a working solution to the blogroll delay (or absence altogether) is reproducible.
First up, the latest units off the painting desk are two, three camel groups of mounted archers.  These early, tandem dromedary troopers are additions that I have been eyeing for a long time.  Finally, the first two stands are ready for action.  These fellas will see service in some of the Biblical armies.  
Figures are 28mm Newline Designs.  Nice looking sculpts and something different and fun to paint.  I like 'em!  There are another six of these camelry in The Lead Pile.   
Second, this post is a test to see if the forced, work-around publishing to the blogroll seen in my 14th Anniversary post can be reproduced in a controlled and repeatable fashion.  If it can, then I will write up what I discovered and my solution.  If the forced effort fails, well, then you will not see this post unless you come looking. 

54 comments:

  1. Haha - I was about to say the same, Jon - 7 mins is a record fast time for the last 2-3 months!
    The new camelry looks great - and definitely looking forward to seeing how you achieved the near instantaneous update of your post - please do write it on the basis that some of your readers no next to nothing about IT - lots of images with arrows pointing the way may help!

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    1. Publishing to the blogroll was less than one minute if you look at my timestamps! Glad you like my little camels…

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  2. Success! Nice camels, too!
    We,'ve alll been 'getting the hump' with Blogger recently, looks like you may be able to help smooth things out 🙂

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    1. Good one, David! You have been hanging out with VWC and picking up their propensity to pun. Glad you like the camelry.

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  3. Nicely figured out Jonathan. I tried a few AI assisted suggestions but after half an hour of wasted time gave up. The camels look great. What colours did you use for the camel hair? It looks spot on.

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    1. Thank you! Camel hair is dark brown dry brushed over Bambi Brown.

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  4. Very nice looking camels and riders, they look great, I have looked at these before on the Newline site, wondering what to use them for but they look so nice it would be worth getting them anyway! You may well have solved the great Blogger problem too!

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    1. Much appreciated, Donnie! I think these are terrific looking figures. Well, the alternative publishing mechanism has worked twice so far.

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  5. odd to say, but I think camels are one if the greatest joys of 28mm - lovely. If you search YouTube for a poster called Dicey Tactics, he recently bought 3D camels and a market stall and they look lovely, a nice vignette would be possible for your collection.

    And well done on the other, you have succeeded where the mighty Google has failed! :-)

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    1. Thanks! There is something about camels that I appreciate too. I now have camels in two periods: Biblical and Reconquista.

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  6. Yes, it's worked - listed as 5 hours before I saw it and opened it - but no other blogs have showed up with anything new today.
    I like the camels. One of my small DBA armies in 15mm has these, and some skirmishing foot archers. Their commander [Zeeb the Midianite whose defeat is recorded in the Old Testament] is distinguished by riding a white camel.
    Thanks for your hobby news,
    Stephen

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    1. Oh! I think the next batch of camelry will include a white camel. Great suggestion, Stephen!

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  7. Great work on those camels and, like elephants, they just scream 'Ancients' to me:)! Well a nice surprise to find this in my Reading List this morning, so looking forward to how you may have found a solution to this annoying problem...

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    1. Thanks, Steve! Nice surprise to see this on my Reading List and Blogroll too!

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  8. Nice dromedaries Jonathan! I do find the Newline humans a bit wooden however....
    Your post appeared shortly after your delayed one finally made its appearance; what's your secret? ☺☺
    Neil

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    1. Thank you! I agree that the sculpting is a bit stiff and rounded but I like them. My secret? Curiosity and necessity is the mother of invitation and inspiration.

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  9. This is the first new post I've had in my feed for four days (apart from your other one yesterday} , so whatever you did worked. Nice camels too, I do like Newline stuff.

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    1. This is the only recent post on my blogroll too. The next is four days old and counting. Happy you approve of my camels.

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  10. The camel archers look terrific—Newline really do make some great sculpts for Biblical armies.

    Tremendous news that your blogroll workaround is working consistently, too. You'll have the entire wargaming blogosphere beating a path to your door for the secret once you post the write-up!

    All the best, Andy

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    1. Thanks, Andy! If a path will be beaten to my door, perhaps I should come up with a way to charge admission?

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  11. The archers look amazing. Plus, the post arrived promptly.

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  12. Yes it worked! I noticed that your 14 years post appeared in my blog roll at some point yesterday.
    Camels are spiffing. One lump or two?
    Chris/Nundanket

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  13. Lovely figures and whatever you did seems to have worked

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  14. Camels are really special. That reminds me of the French uniform which we saw in the Musée d'Armée of the Dromedar-Corps.

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    1. I recall seeing those uniforms in the Musee d'Armee in Paris too. What an amazing place to visit. I spend two days there, but my son could only take one day.

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  15. Lovely looking camels,nice, still waiting to turn up on your blog roll, think Ill be waiting a long time!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you, Iain! nothing from you on my blogroll or from anyone else. Over a weekend, it may take a long time to get it working for everyone.

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  16. Jon - yes, it turned up; well done. And marvellous looking beasts. Farqs

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    1. Thanks for confirming, Farqs! I like the look of these beasts too.

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  17. Lovely work Jonathan. I assume the two riders led to the introduction of the double humped camel model 😁

    Good news on the blogger front as well with your work around.

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  18. It works, yours is the only blog appearing to update in my list. Lovely figures btw! Matt

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  19. Jonathan, nice Camel unit. Congrats on posting. Looking like a wide audience.

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  20. Nice looking camels. It's always inspiring to see what everyone is working on! I've got a dozen Roman Dromedarii waiting for me to get started on.

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    1. Thank you! Get started on your camels so we can see the finished results.

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  21. Do love camels and these are cracking...

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  22. What an interesting war games topic! I reckon that formation of camelry looks superb - just enough variation among the figures to lend an animated air.
    I've also been noticing certain anomalies in my reading list lately - my own postings appearing, but everything else not turning up except for yours (this one) and one other a couple of days back. Curiouser and curiouser...
    Cheers,
    Ion

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    1. Thank you, Ion! On the blogging blogroll front, I have my recap and suggestion written up but am a little hesitant to hit publish.

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  23. The camels make for an interesting unit. Your post came through on my blog list, while there have been no other posts updating the list this weekend.

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    1. Thanks, Peter. With the change I made to my blog, it and only a very few other blogs are seeing updates to current posts in the Blogroll.

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