"Gaming the Missouri-Iowa Honey War (1830s)" Topic

It was a simple bloodless border war over territory, but one could play it out if the conflict had escalated into violence. What I find interesting are the weapons wielded by the mobs: (from History of the Iowa National Guard ((Kallestad))):

"In the ranks were men armed with blunderbusses, flintlocks, and quaint old ancestral swords that had probably adorned the walls for many generations. One private carried a plough coulter over his shoulder by means of a log chain, another had an old-fashioned sausage stuffer for a weapon, while a third shouldered a sheet iron sword about six feet long."

Where would someone even begin to find minis for these? Granted, if fighting actually broke out, more efficient weapons would quickly be adopted.

Reading your description the miniatures from different companies made after the movie "Gangs of New York" might be right. Brigade Games has some of them. Another source might
be some of the figures of the Defenders of Alamo from Cannonfodder miniatures here canfodmins.com/ALAMOTEXIANS.htm , sold by blazeaway.com.au . Umfortunately not many miniatures.

I know these figures only from pictures in the internet.

I use often Foundry pirates for different scenarios. In that great range you find figures for many purposes. Please execuse any errors english is not my native language.

Evilcartoonist, Samurai Elb is right in that your forces will be civilian-dressed. In addition to GNY and Alamo-era figures, I'd also recommend War of 1812 American militia figures, as well as some farmers with pitchforks.

Interesting period and concept, evilcartoonist. Good luck with your project!

Not my area of knowledge,

But this sound like about the same time and place as the Blackhawk wars.
Here are some references I found:
TMP link
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You could get a nice two wars for the price of one this way.