| Cacique Caribe | 12 Jul 2007 12:23 p.m. PST |
On another thread I was asked: "Now to CC, where to get Caribs and Arawaks?" Believe it or not, I have been converting lots of Foundry Darkest Africa natives (naked and in loincloths) to play the part: link
link DA 7/5 will be the chiefs (feathers will be yellow and green, as with the Caribbean parrots I saw a few months ago). I have been adding long hair, short and long macanas, recovered morions, javelins, recovered Spanish shields, etc. to over 70 of those Africans. I think you will be pleased. I will take photos of them before I apply paint, so you can see the before and after. This is what I want mine to look like when I'm done: link My nephew had a smaller pile of these, so he has already painted some: link The other gamer in our group (ElCid1099) has done an even better job at painting his Africans-turned-Arawaks: link The Copplestone Amazonians and Botocudos look nice on the site, but I have not ordered them yet. I want to first make a dent on what I already have. CC
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| Cacique Caribe | 12 Jul 2007 12:28 p.m. PST |
In some encounters, my Caribs/Tainos will have these 57 Cimarrones as allies against the Spanish: link
link I think we're gonna need a bigger table. :) CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Jul 2007 12:30 p.m. PST |
This is what one of the chiefs in DA 7/5 can look like, given the right accessories and paint: link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Jul 2007 12:48 p.m. PST |
I hope that my combined forces of Arawaks/Tainos/Caribs (natives) and Cimarrones (runaways) can produce THIS EXACT reaction on the 16th Century Spanish we will be using: picture CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Jul 2007 1:10 p.m. PST |
In case anyone would like a map of the Caribbean tribes (c1492): picture CC
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| Lowtardog | 12 Jul 2007 2:56 p.m. PST |
Dan, send me your and Elcids photos by e-mail and I will get Neil to put them on the Feathered serpent site, we want as many different Conquest figures as possible and yours are beauties |
| Skeptic | 12 Jul 2007 7:27 p.m. PST |
@CC: Good idea! I am planning to convert some into Southeast Asian tribals. @LTD: What is your site's URL? Cheers,
Skeptic
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| Dennis | 13 Jul 2007 9:57 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have any suggestions as to figures in 15mm that could be used for Caribs and Arawaks, etc.? In that scale I prefer not to do conversions. Thanks, Dennis |
| Lowtardog | 13 Jul 2007 12:24 p.m. PST |
Hello Skeptic, I am at work but if you look on the message board for Bovington Seige of Tenochtitlan, Drop Neil -Troop of Shewe a line and we can get your Pictures on the page :) |
| Lowtardog | 13 Jul 2007 12:25 p.m. PST |
Dennis, check out Micky Yarrow miniatures MY Miniatures, they have Powhatan indians and other natives galore |
| Cacique Caribe | 14 Jul 2007 11:11 a.m. PST |
Lowtardog, No problem. I am checking with ElCid1099 and my nephew to see if it is ok to share those, and to see if they have more photos of them too. I will get you my photos later tonight. CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 14 Jul 2007 5:01 p.m. PST |
Who knows . . . Maybe my Tainos/Caribs will join the Cimarrones and attack this: TMP link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 27 Jul 2007 5:32 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 30 Jul 2007 5:26 p.m. PST |
My Caribs and the Cimarrones will definitely benefit from the Fortress Figures skulls: TMP link CC |
| The Gray Ghost | 20 Aug 2007 2:51 p.m. PST |
The Ethiopians are they cast with the shields attached? |
| Lowtardog | 20 Aug 2007 3:25 p.m. PST |
Gray ghost, dont forget you can actually get the 2 Cimaroon packs form foundry 1 with hand weapons and one with bows, that would give you a start. Eureka also have some Mamelukos in their portuguese range (check chronofus forum for portuguese) these were black slave soldiers. |
| Cacique Caribe | 20 Aug 2007 10:30 p.m. PST |
Gray Ghost, No. The BTD Ethiopians are free to hold any shield you wish, or to go shieldless. The two on the left here are BTD Ethiopians: link The one on the foreground on the left has been left without a shield. The one behind him has been given a very plain round African-looking shield. Hope this helps. CC |
| The Gray Ghost | 21 Aug 2007 1:07 p.m. PST |
I'm going to try to get the Foundry ones.
What is the name of them for when I call?
Thanks |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Aug 2007 7:37 p.m. PST |
Gray Ghost, Do you mean the Foundry ones in the first post? CC |
| The Gray Ghost | 22 Aug 2007 11:53 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure the African renegade/Cimaroon figures from Foundry |
| Cacique Caribe | 11 Sep 2007 10:24 p.m. PST |
"I'm not sure the African renegade/Cimaroon figures from Foundry" Could you re-state the comment or question? Thanks. CC |
| Lowtardog | 12 Sep 2007 1:22 a.m. PST |
I think it was what is the official name of the packs as reference for an order |
| ravachol | 12 Sep 2007 5:07 a.m. PST |
any of you had gunpower weaponnery to theyr cimarons ?
or pieces of armor and pikes ?
or horsemen ? not to say a small saker … |
| Lowtardog | 12 Sep 2007 3:39 p.m. PST |
I know CC has added in Morions |
| Cacique Caribe | 13 Sep 2007 2:53 a.m. PST |
If you are asking about the Cimaroon figures pictured here . . . link
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link They are officially called "El Dorado Afro-Caribbian Renegades" (spelling is theirs, not mine). There are only 2 packs, but you get one of each of 8 exquisite poses of archers and 8 of mixed weapons warriors. The packs are ED9 and ED10:I believe ED9 has mixed weapons, while ED10 has the archers. Double-check when you call. Hope this helps. CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 13 Sep 2007 2:54 a.m. PST |
More about the Cimaroons/Cimarrones here: TMP link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 15 Jun 2009 7:59 p.m. PST |
A more recent thread about Caribs: TMP link CC |
| abdul666lw | 15 Jun 2009 9:57 p.m. PST |
Btw what happened to the Eureka 'Portugueses gone native' range? The link provided in TMP link : link
is now dead. |
| Eli Arndt | 17 Jun 2009 7:47 p.m. PST |
CC, You have inspired me to revisit some old Reviresco 28mm African tribals I had laying about. I am converting them into a Hollywood style cross between castaways, cargo cultists, and cannibals. -Eli |
ponders nirvana.
