F&IW dio on my forest table (+ painted woodland indians)

[Silent Invader]

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[Operator5]

I like it. Very atmospheric.

And the conversion is excellent.

[Lowtardog]

Arghh cant see it from work

[Col.Stone]

looks great 

[Aaron]

Very nice. I love the rich skin tone on the Indians.

[Aaron]

From what I can see they look good, but the photos are a bit dark.

[Lowtardog]

You`re a swine Silent just ordered some Galloping Major to boost my French forces as a result of your threads and lots of trees too

[Mad Doc Morris]

Very nice. Highlighting with paints is really worth the effort.
The pics are indeed a bit dark - that adds to the "tanning" of your Natives, which doesn't seem that strong on the first pictures. From what I can tell, historical accuracy is fine. Personally, after seeing some reenactors lately, I would definetely go for extensive war painting. That looks just awesome. Here's what I mean:



These chaps also told me that Woodland Indians used a lot of red, brown, yellow and black dyes for their clothing, whereas green and blue only occasionally since it was limited to trading with the Europeans.

Apart from that, what about adding some brushwood and leaves to the bases? Dried parsley works very well, especially for 'autumn-themed' bases. Feel free to take a look at my versions (not the best of all photographers myself): LINK

Anyway, looking forward to your next miniatures. FIW is such a cool project.

[Aaron]

Yes, war paint really help the war parties pop out on the table. Some of my favorite figures in my personal collection have striking red and black patterns.

Eris Roof has a nice tutorial (by Chris peers IIRC) posted on his site: http://www.conquestminiatures.com/hobbyarticles.htm

[Aaron]

Very nice. Your buckskin color is very well done. If you want to get fancy down the line you can try some beadwork on the bags, legging ties, etc. Honestly I rarely get that bold myself, even if Eric Roof makes it look like a piece of cake. When I do feel like tackling it I glance at this site for inspiration: http://www.wanuken.com/.

[Lowtardog]

Cor there is so much red/black body paint they look very like Tupi Brazilian indians

[Grimm]

Silent Invader your terrain is fantastic and I realy wish to play a game on your tabel sometime .
Lowtardog these group of warrior are realy savage are there much FIW performer in the US today ?

Grimm

[Barry S]

Brillliant 
I really like the low shots across the table.
Just the inspiration I need to finish my French!

[Lowtardog]

Silent Invader your terrain is fantastic and I realy wish to play a game on your tabel sometime .
Lowtardog these group of warrior are realy savage are there much FIW performer in the US today ?

Grimm

They seem to be Grimm, they were on the link Aaron posted I hadnt seen them before and hadn`t seen such extensive painting on woodland indians as this before?

[Aaron]

There are some active F&I re-enactment groups scattered around the country. I am fortunate living in Western PA as we have several sites that attract them like the Bushy Run battlefield:



and Fort Ligonier



I have seen photos of F&I reenactors in the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic, and even Finland!