How to build the Zanj Revolt army?

Just emerged from the wilderness and can now add a little to this thread. The Zanj Revolt army is surprisingly strong as a DBA fighting force and great fun to play with. It is also easy to build, particularly if you have lots of figures left over from other projects. The army in the photo was made entirely from left over figures. As there are few illustrations of Zanj warriors I turned to pictures of Abbasid warriors and imagined what the Zanj would look like with various captured pieces of clothing and equipment.This means you can use anything from loin cloth clad Biblicals to fully armoured later Muslims. I've used figures from Essex, Donnington, Museum, Two Dragons, Outpost, Magister Militum, Navwar and probably some others - whatever was in the box and would look right. Skin colours ranged from black African to tanned Arab. The artillery piece was plastic in square cross section and balsa. The horde figures were queried above - I imagined them as agricultural workers, so used anything in a loin cloth or tunic and trousers. I also made some sickles from hammered brass rod. There is a Zanj banner on the old Fanaticus site which is easily downloaded. Hope that's of interest.

Colin