Author Topic: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars (Read 5007 times)

Arteis · « **on:** August 16, 2014, 05:04:28 AM »

I’ve just completed basing my 28mm artillery for the colonial New Zealand Wars.

One of the guns is a huge naval 32-pounder that has been dragged miles inland into the bush and placed on a roughly-constructed wooden platform, to pound a Maori pa into submission.

Meanwhile, the Maori themselves have got a captured carronade with which to return fire on the British camp, using any old iron as ammunition. The gun is mounted on a wooden slide, secured with blocks and tackle to a couple of handy tree stumps.

Below are a couple of sample pics from my Dressing The Lines blog (more pics on the blog itself at: http://arteis.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/basing-royal-navy-and-maori-artillery-for-colonial-nz-wars/ )

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #1 on:** August 16, 2014, 05:13:01 AM »

Really nice

LB

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #2 on:** August 16, 2014, 06:12:37 AM »

Great stuff

Are you going to build a Pa?

cheers

James

Atheling · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2014, 06:32:54 AM »

Love it!

One of my favourite and certainly one of the most interesting areas of the Colonial period.

Darrell.

Lowtardog · « **Reply #4 on:** August 16, 2014, 09:03:49 AM »

Beautiful work on these , the canon look splendid

. I have been way laided and have been trying to clear a painting bock which has taken me off into painting celtic warriors, British for FIW etc

I will return now you keep insipring me

folnjir · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2014, 03:10:15 AM »

They look great, I hope we will see something of the display you mention in your blog too.

Marine0846 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2014, 03:10:24 PM »

Love both guns and crews.
So well done.

Arthur · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2014, 08:00:37 PM »

Top job, Roly

Captain Blood · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2014, 08:39:32 PM »

Lovely

Captain Darling · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2014, 11:25:30 PM »

Hi Arteis,

Excellent work on your artillery pieces, great detailing!

I like Empress Miniatures stuff, I just got some of their Zulu Wars British line infantry.

Cheers
Darling

Paleskin · « **Reply #10 on:** August 21, 2014, 12:24:57 AM »

Excellent work!

Juan · « **Reply #11 on:** August 21, 2014, 06:13:41 PM »

Really nice!!!

Goliad · « **Reply #12 on:** August 23, 2014, 08:29:25 PM »

Very nice. Great to see some NZ action. Like the Empress sailors - I am thinking about using them for US equivalents for Seminole war.

nevermore · « **Reply #13 on:** August 24, 2014, 06:28:29 PM »

Fantasic stuff, i have a great interest in this period and am building up a large army to create a tabletop battle.
Well done thanks for posting

nelsons-signal · « **Reply #14 on:** August 24, 2014, 09:03:41 PM »

Well done!

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