"So what native armies do you have?" Topic

Now we have a Colonials Board I thought it would be interesting to see what native armies people have. I expect there will be many with Dervish and Zulus I have them myself but currently my gaming involves lesser known combatants.

Anyhow I have

Sikhs
Persians
Tai Ping
Imperial Chinese
Boxers
Indian Mutiny
Caucasus

I have Hereros, Zulus, Arabs (as opponents of the French Foreign Legion).

I used to have a big Sudan collection, and so had large numbers of Fuzzies and regular dervish types, but I sold them off a year or two ago. Now all I have are Sikhs (in 54mm metal).

The pull to do other projects is a strong one, however, and I could be tempted into doing at least a half dozen native armies--I love their colour and varied troop types! I always have much more fun painting them than I do their British (etc.) opponents.

Do Martians (from Space 1889) count?

Zulus and Afghans/Pathans

Zulu
Dervish
Indian Mutiny
NW Frontier
Sikhs
Persians

Pathans. Lots and Lots of Pathans.
African Forest Tribes
Zanzibaris (good for Baluchis also)
Ancient Egyptians for the army of the lost Pharoahs

My collection reflects the many who have Dervish and Zulus. They are 15mm and can be seen at link and warin15mm.com/The-Sudan.html

I have:

Zulus
Sikhs
Mahdists
Lene Lanape, Shawnee, Mingo and Huron
Apache
Mutineers

All in 15mm

Pathans, Afghan regulars, Mahdists, Boxers, Imperial Chinese, Masai and Moros.

Chinese, both Tai Ping and Boxer
Maoris
Indian mutineers

Pathans and Abyssinians.

Boers and Chinese.

54mm Pathans
28mm Azande, Arab Slavers and African tribesmen

Mike

Zulus, Dervish. I also have smaller forces of Nkonde, Arab Slavers and their allies. All in 15mm.

Afgans
Pathans
tribal Africans
Arabs

Interesting – I seem to be the only one with Dyaks – and quite a few of some of the above…

Currently only Boxers painted.

Have some colonial British, and some Zulus.

I have the following for East German Africa:

Ngoni
Watutu
Azande
Generic African Natives

For the American West which in my mind does constitute this period:

Plains Indians which can be Sioux, Crow, Blackfoot, et all.

Mahdists, Pathans, Zanzibaris, Arabs and some Ruga Ruga to hang out with my Schutztruppe.

Algonquian and Huron native Americans

Metis

Imperial Chinese and Boxers

A generic horde of javelin and spear armed natives

None; I recently sold off my entire 25mm Sudan collection. I have thought about rebuilding it in a smaller scale, but I don't know …

I forgot to include my 15mm Plains Indians collection which can be seen at link

Afghan/Pathans in 10, 15 & 28mm
Zulus in 6, 10, 15 and 28mm
Boers in 15 and 28mm
Sudanese/Mahdist in 10mm
Boxers in 10mm

I think that's it.

Ansar, Zulus, Afghans, Plains Indians and Boers. I plan to do the boxer rebellion but no figures for that, yet.

Mahdists 10mm
Zulus 10mm

So far…

All in 15mm.

Zulu (Old Glory 15)
Pathans (Minifigs and Irregular)
Dervish (mostly Hadendowa, Minifigs and Old Glory 15)
Abyssinians (Irregular and Tin Soldier)
Arabs (Stone Mountain and Minifigs)
Boers (Minifigs and Old Glory 15)

I have Imperial Chinese and Boxers in the closet, but I have yet to pain them. In general, I try to limit my armies to 12-15 units, which is the max I can handle by mostly playing solo.

28mm Pathans and Afghan regulars (a great many).

28mm Boers.

28mm Zulus.

15mm Pathans and Afghan regulars

15mm Imperial Chinese and Boxers.

The 15s.are from WAY back in the day, but I still count them.

True for you Terrement I toyed with the phrase 'non imperial' but where would that leave the Chinese Imperials?

So I opted for native even though everyone is a native of somewhere and everyone has an ethnicity too.

Some nice armies coming up though. Dyacks sound fun. Hopefully we will be reading accounts of them all in action as time goes by.

1857 Mutineers and native allies (28mm)
Zulus (28mm) , about 800 of them
Mahdists ((15mm), ' fazands of them

And most of the others listed above either in the lead pile or on the 'to do' list.

Next on the list will be NWF (15mm using Blue Moon AND 28mm skirmish games using Artizan and others) and/or Zulu War in 15mm (Blue Moon and Old Glory 15s) but there's at least 5-6 other colonial campaigns I'd love to cover as well.

28mm
Imperial Chinese and Boxers for Boxer Rebellion (along with nations troops)
Arabs for FFL
10mm Arabs for FFL
Variety of Egyptian, Pathans, British (naval and land) troops and other figures for Pulp.

Folks in our gaming group have other native armies

I've got several hundred 28mm Mahdists/Dervishes painted up. I've also got a decent sized collection of 28mm Boers for the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. (Yes, Boers are a native force..) I've got a handful of 28mm Maori that I will eventually run skirmishes with.

Oh, and I've got a sizable collection of unpainted Zulus that I will eventually get around to painting.

Martin

Mahdist
Masai
Azande
Arab/Swahili
Abyssinian
Somali
Ruga Ruga
Zanzibari

Masai,
Arab slavers,
African villagers

All in 28mm

25mm Boxers
15mm Ansar and Hadendowah
15mm Egyptian
15mm Zulu
15mm Sikh
15mm Pathan

25mm fuzzy wuzzies and ansar

Pathans.

The ones without poshteens could also be Slavers in the Red Sea region. (since they started life as Foundry Zanzibaris….)

Pathans in true 25mm
More Pathans in 28mm
Arabs in 28mm
African native warriors
Unpainted Sioux and Cheyenne.

Grelber

So far Boxers, Dervishes, Zulus. I'm starting to work on Crimean war troops (are Russians natives, or Turks?).

Pathans & Boxers.

I'd say they are all Imperials of varying quality with some native troops.

15mm only:

Pathans. Lots and lots of Pathans, and I need lots more…

I also have various Regiments of the British Raj, right now 12th and 14th Bengal Lancers and Guides Cavalry.

Need to add lots and lots of Sikhs, a few Punjabis, etc…

"True 25mm" Pathans and Chinese.

Figures in 28mm:

1882 Egyptians, Sudanese Dervishers, 1879 Zulus, Boers, Congo Arabs, Ruga-Rugas, Congolese Natives, and Masai.

When you say natives I'm presuming non-European which is why Boers make it to the list
15mm Abyssinians (Eureka)
15mm Ansar (Minifigs and Lancashire, Two Dragons)
15mm Beja (Minifigs and Lancashire)
15mm Sikhs (Feudal Castings now QRF)
15mm Indian Mutiny (various mostly Dixon)
15mm Boers (Minifigs and Irregular)
15mm Zulus (Minifigs and Lancashire)

15mm Apaches

also have but never did anything with
15mm Arabs
15mm Boxers

had 15mm Pathans but swapped them