| mjkerner | 17 Jan 2012 3:15 p.m. PST |
Robert Griffing paintings are the quickest start, IMHO. |
| historygamer | 17 Jan 2012 3:46 p.m. PST |
Griffing and Buxton. Take a look. Bob has some books out of his art as well. |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 17 Jan 2012 3:50 p.m. PST |
Another vote for the Griffing books (I think that there are two of them). |
| corporalpat | 17 Jan 2012 4:10 p.m. PST |
Ditto, the above. Ospreys only OK. You could also try here, conquestminiatures.com They had a very good guide for their 500 Nations line but I can't find it on their new site. Also go to some re-enactor sites (or better, events) most of those guys really know their stuff! |
| Thomas Mante | 17 Jan 2012 4:54 p.m. PST |
There are a couple of articles on painting Huron & Mohawk on the painting guides page of at The Galloping Major's website (scroll down) link |
| Ashokmarine | 17 Jan 2012 6:13 p.m. PST |
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| Berzerker73 | 17 Jan 2012 9:59 p.m. PST |
The two books by Griffing are fantastic! |
| Rudysnelson | 18 Jan 2012 7:32 a.m. PST |
We did a series of articles on the American Revolutions. A couple were on native Tribes including a bibliography list. Limited data on war paint though later articles on the Muscogee tribes in the South who fought there with the british were the same as the War of 1812 styles. Send me an email at scottnelson@bellsouth.net and I will send you the articles from the Time Portal Passages. |
| axabrax | 18 Jan 2012 8:48 a.m. PST |
Try googling French and Indian War reenacting. There are lots of photos of Indian "reenactors" that have decent war paint. Also second the Griffing books. |
| Inkpaduta | 18 Jan 2012 11:28 a.m. PST |
I believe that Conquest has some information on their site for paint. |
| epturner | 19 Jan 2012 9:41 a.m. PST |
If you Google "Aboriginal People in the Canadian Military", there is a downloadable PDF with artwork. Unfortunately, whilst I have this on my desktop, I renamed the thing, so I do not have the originial site. The Artist Pam White has done a few paintings of FIW and AWI re-enactors who do a First Nations impression. Some of these guys are outstanding. Eric |
| Ironwolf | 19 Jan 2012 9:59 p.m. PST |
The Five Nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca) are the ones I think of when people talk about Indians during the AWI. I'm sure if you research each of the different tribes you'd find some reference material? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois |
| historygamer | 22 Jan 2012 9:06 a.m. PST |
I think the Shawnee, Delawares, and Miamis were all active on the Ohio/PA/VA frontier during the war as well. IIRC, the last supposed battle of the war took place in present day WVA – with an attack by Butlers and Indians. |
| Virginia Tory | 24 Jan 2012 5:33 a.m. PST |
>I think the Shawnee, Delawares, and Miamis were all active >on the Ohio/PA/VA frontier during the war as well. IIRC, >the last supposed battle of the war took place in present >day WVA – with an attack by Butlers and Indians.
Battle of Blue Licks, August 19, 1782. There's also a nice scenario for Oriskany in one of the BG scenario books (shameless plug). |
| Ironwolf | 24 Jan 2012 8:32 a.m. PST |
Its weird cause I was reading a historical fiction book called The King's Rangers by John Brick. At the beginning the characters fight in the Oriskany battle. About a week later I ordered the BG scenario books. When they arrived I was skimming through them saw the Oriskany scenerio. Only thing I noted different from the scenario to the book, was in the book they said there was a bridge crossing a creek along the trail/road. Either way the terrian is or was, its a fun scenario to game. |
| Virginia Tory | 24 Jan 2012 9:26 a.m. PST |
>Its weird cause I was reading a historical fiction book >called The King's Rangers by John Brick. At the beginning >the characters fight in the Oriskany battle. About a week >later I ordered the BG scenario books. When they arrived I >was skimming through them saw the Oriskany scenerio. Only >thing I noted different from the scenario to the book, was >in the book they said there was a bridge crossing a creek >along the trail/road. Either way the terrian is or was, >its a fun scenario to game. Excellent book, too! I was just thinking about that one. |
| Mapleleaf | 31 Jan 2012 10:54 a.m. PST |
The Iroquois confederacy by the time of the Revolution was actually the Six Nations as the Tuscarora were added around in the 1720s. Six Nations is still used today to describe the Iroquois. The revolution also caused a split in the confederacy as most of the Oneidas fought with the American revolutionaries. A good book that describes the relationships betwen Britain and her Indian allies is "His Majesty's Indian Allies: British Indian Policy in the Defence of Canada 1774-1815" by Robert S Allen link Although the book lacks the pictorial evidences liked by gamers it is still a fascinating history |
| historygamer | 31 Jan 2012 6:05 p.m. PST |
The Indian alliance really didn't gain either side much. Same could be said for the previous war as well. |
| Rudysnelson | 06 Feb 2012 3:08 p.m. PST |
Do not forget about the Chickamauga Town of the Cherokees who refused to surrender in 1783. They fought for several years after the War.
The Muskogee (Creek) tribeswere good british allies throughout the war. The Spanish kept the Choctaw neutral and had limited problems with the pro-British Chickasaw. |
| GROSSMAN | 21 Aug 2015 12:27 p.m. PST |
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| Rudysnelson | 21 Aug 2015 7:44 p.m. PST |
In regards to identifying warpaint., yes their were specific types in the Southeast. Some were clan or gen These were almost like tattoos they were subtle representations. Some were full body like the Muskogee (creek) who painted their body half red and the other half blue or black which implied death. The current Cherokee dancers use paint patterns that were popular for war in the 18 and 19 centuries. They were painted red over large portions of their bodies. |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
