"west african natives" Topic
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| mark72 | 13 Feb 2009 6:55 a.m. PST |
Hallo to everybody, I am looking for west african natives (28mm). Especially from Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana. Period is early 18th century. Do you have suggestions? Thanks |
| 15th Hussar | 13 Feb 2009 7:37 a.m. PST |
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| argsilverson | 13 Feb 2009 7:51 a.m. PST |
Dixons Miniatures has a small range of Dahomey african natives (men and women) plus some frebch marines! |
| tinned fruit | 13 Feb 2009 8:13 a.m. PST |
Castaway Arts do a range for Ashanti 1874 which are armed with muskets:- link Eureka do a range of Turkish Pirates that could be used:- link |
 chicklewis  | 13 Feb 2009 8:48 a.m. PST |
Do you guys really not know that 'early 18th century' means 1700 – 1750 ? Maybe the muskets didn't change that much. |
| abdul666lw | 13 Feb 2009 9:00 a.m. PST |
Native dress did not change that much between 1700 and 1880, at least to the 'average us'. The main problem would be with 'modern' rifles, cartridge pouchs &c…
Dixon Dahomey 'Amazons' look like female Orcs, btw. |
| chicklewis | 13 Feb 2009 9:10 a.m. PST |
Well, Foundry's african natives are pretty generic, and would work fine for the spear-armed varieties. Steer away from the Foundry Maasai, because Mark Copplestone sculpted them to model the distinctive maasai physique, very unlike west African body shapes. link But those guys are a bit expensive if you need hordes of 'em. I recommend Old Glory's Lost tribes, even though they are slightly fanciful. Great figures, and a good price. link If you swap boring shields (or no shields) for the ones which come in the pack, they look much more historical. I also recommend old glory's excellent "masked warriors of darkness" range, but these are completely fantasy. Cool nonetheless, and a real treat to paint. link |
| tinned fruit | 13 Feb 2009 10:19 a.m. PST |
Hi Chick Yep – but figured it was better to recommend "Long Dane" armed Ashanti as they have more or less the correct dress for West Africa. Especially as the "Long Dane" seems to be any old thing usually made in Birmingham and sold by Danish traders. IIRC there were some Sugar War figures produced by Stratagem which would fit the bill. You could try some of the Foundry Pirate range as well. Hope this helps. Phil |
| Travellera | 14 Feb 2009 2:42 a.m. PST |
I would follow Chicks and Tinned fruits advice. I use Foundry natives and pirate/maroons for gaming the fighting around Carolusborg in Ghana in the 1650s. It involved Swedes, Danes, Dutch and natives. |
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