"Bloodshed in Masailand" Topic

A battle report from Friday's game to go with those pictures I posted the other day:

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First class report, photos and paint jobs. Full marks all round!

I notice that you've painted the Masai in much the same way that I painted my own, those on the Foundry site, and indeed everybody else that's ever posted pictures of their Masai. Bright reds, blacks and whites.

Unfortunately this quiet wrong. The combination of sun bleaching and dust made everything brown. Instead of black and white, their head dresses were light brown and dark brown. Their shields were light brown, dark brown and reddy brown, etc.

Next time you watch the film King Soloman's Mines, take a look at the Masai (or closely related tribe)that appear half way through masquerading as a fictitious tribe of hostiles. Their skin and attire are all the same uniform, dusty brown colour. Quiet boring to look at.

Mind you, this probably true of most troops from most periods that have been in the field a while.

Personally I prefer the nice bright colours on my gaming table.

I really like the paintjob in your Masai, historically correct or not! If I ever do Dark Africa, I will steal the painting scheme.

If there is one thing that comes to mind when someone says "Masai" to me, it is the colour red. So yeah, I prefer the modern bright red that you see Masai dressed in today as they pose for tourists, to the dirty browns and oranges they probably would have sported.

I don't have colour photos of 19th Century Masai, so my colour schemes are unashamedly based on 20th and 21st Century ones. I don't see it as being that different to the parade ground neatness one sees in Napoleonic wargames.

Some of the shields are done in browns, but they don't look anywhere as good as the ones with shiny whites. But I'm happy with them as they are.

Part two please.

There's five or so pages to that topic (it begins with some photos of the figures involved). Part Two of the report is on the page after the one I linked to.

There are buttons at the top and bottom of the message part of the page to navigate through the topic. Sorry, should have made that clear, they aren't immediately obvious to someone not used to the Lead Adventure Forum.

I directly linked to the middle of the topic because I already posted about the figure pictures in an earlier TMP post. Sorry if it's all a bit confused.

Great stuff, as always from your game reports. This just might inspire me to get off my duff and finish the last few of my Copplestone Somalis for an East African colonial rumble with the German marines and rapidly expanding collection of eccentric explorers I've got sitting around, doing nothing…

Dave

Good battle reports, as usual.

Painting authentic Masai in drab is like painting Napoleonics in gray greatcoats with oilskin covers on their shakos. And colours cased.

My favorite caption?

"(concerned mooing)"

Chick

Nice pics and good report. I'd paint my Masai as you did.

Thanks,

John