This was one of my first "commissions." Mike Stelzer said he'd buy an Egyptian camp like the one I made for myself. His was easier because I learned a few lessons when doing mine.
To start with, I used plastic styrene for the base and epoxied a craft foam base I'd beveled slightly on top. I cut a slot for the shield wall into the craft foam around three of the camp's edges with an X-acto knife. The shields themselves are made of stiff cardboard and epoxied into a row in this slot. The tent in my camp was hand made, but I'd picked a package of the ones I used for his in the meantime (Musket Miniatures from Dayton Painting Consortium). It was a near duplicate. Instead of a chariot being repaired, for his I painted up a spare chariot horse being led forward by an infantryman. A standard bearer, an archer and the camp was complete. The standard bearer is from Island Miniatures, while the rest are Essex.
I painted the garrison a darker red-brown skin tone since Mike said he wanted to use it for Kushite Egyptians. The Kushites were not Nubians (who were black), but are shown on temple walls as being a darker color than the Egyptians painted themselves (but lighter than Nubians). I also cut slots in the craft foam upper layer of the camp's base for the garrison, too. Thus, they each fit snugly, with an added bonus of their feet being flush with the ground level -- no elevated base.
For the ground color, I painted the base Italian Hazel Tan and sprinkled Woodland Scenics brown Turf on it while wet. After a clear spraycoat, I added a water and white glue mixture to seal it, sprinkling on a little green vegetation here and there for color.
I would have to say I like Mike's Egyptian camp every bit as much as mine. His tent is nicer and I feel I did a better job on the shield wall. Hopefully, he enjoys it!
(Mike apparently must have enjoyed it, as he slapped Zeke's hand away from it and bought it for $25 at our February Gods of War meeting).