 deadhead  | 12 Apr 2024 9:10 a.m. PST |
Some figures from Gringo40s new range of the American Indian Wars 1700-1900. Sub range Apache Comanche Wars. I fear the images may be very small but let us see what Ged has sent me as a preview. 28mm as always, a scale that is now just a fond memory to me.
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jammy four  | 12 Apr 2024 10:33 a.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 12 Apr 2024 12:08 p.m. PST |
I hope Soldados de Cuera are in the queue. |
| 79thPA | 14 Apr 2024 12:09 p.m. PST |
The Shoshone and Comanche used horse armor, so Apache use is within the realm of probability. Apache aren't my thing, so I am not aware of source material. |
| jammy four | 15 Apr 2024 5:54 a.m. PST |
79thPA thanks for your comment……The Early
Apaches did indeed use Leather armour..no doubt
inspired by their Spanish Enemies,sometimes using
captured pieces but mainly fashioning their own versions
and covering in natural glue and sand. Then painting with
rock minerals in either blue,yellow,red,or green…i had to go deep on this one………they were not natural horsemen unlike the early comanches who took to riding the newly released ponies far quicker ..no doubt helped by the willing or unwilling help from the Navaho people..the Dine .
regards Ged
gringo40s.com |
| deadhead | 17 Apr 2024 5:39 a.m. PST |
A nice photo of an Apache from Ged
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| jammy four | 17 Apr 2024 6:14 a.m. PST |
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| deadhead | 19 Apr 2024 6:35 a.m. PST |
and another, but less well armed!
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| jammy four | 19 Apr 2024 10:48 a.m. PST |
much obliged Liam………these Apaches can
also be used for the later period..
regards
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| deadhead | 21 Apr 2024 7:52 a.m. PST |
Same chap, rear view now;
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| jammy four | 21 Apr 2024 12:51 p.m. PST |
cheers Liam…the stripped down Archers
featured heavily with the Early Apaches.
making Arrows took up a lot of their time!
regards
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| deadhead | 24 Apr 2024 7:24 a.m. PST |
and this is another early Apache I gather, with quite a sizeable spear. I could imagine him in an Ancient Greek phalanx!
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| jammy four | 25 Apr 2024 2:54 a.m. PST |
thanks for posting Liam…just a note to say
some of the Apache Spears were eight to nine foot long..The shaft of Native American spears were usually made with a wooden stick while the head of the spear was an arrowhead, piece of metal such as copper, or a bone that had been sharpened. Spears were a preferred weapon by many for many reasons. A spear was inexpensive to make. It was also an easy weapon to use. There was less training required to teach someone to use the spear than other weapons. They could be made quickly in mass quantities. And when used, they were often a lethal weapon. the chief inspiration were the Spanish and their Cuera Lances…more to follow regards Ged gringo40s.com |
| deadhead | 25 Apr 2024 7:18 a.m. PST |
Thanks. I could see him as useful in a square at Waterloo and can see why British NCOs retained the spontoon (even if it saw more use in holding ranks steady!) |
| jammy four | 25 Apr 2024 5:46 p.m. PST |
indeed Liam
wasnt archery considered
as well ?….no black smoke!!
cheers
Ged
gringo40s.com |
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