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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Hubbynz on 22 July 2013, 07:44:18 AM

Title: Ngapuhi Scouts, New Zealand Musket Wars
Post by: Hubbynz on 22 July 2013, 07:44:18 AM
The following is the beginning of my next side project, a small Maori war band depicting the Ngāpuhi tribe from the New Zealand musket wars. On release of the new Empress Maori Wars miniatures being a New Zealander (Kiwi) myself I immediately fell in love with the miniatures and despite already have far too many unpainted miniatures I couldn't resist starting this side project. Ngāpuhi is a Māori iwi from my local Northland region of New Zealand, and centered in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands and Whāngārei (my home town). I have used Back to Basixs Woodland bases to depict the thick rainforest like conditions of which the Maori often loved to battle utilizing gorilla warfare style tactics and I almost went cross-eyed painting the traditional patterns on the blanket ha.

Anyway I hope you enjoy and please feel free to comment, share and follow :-) More on my blog as per usual http://halflinghouse.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/ngapuhi-scouts-new-zealand-musket-wars.html (http://halflinghouse.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/ngapuhi-scouts-new-zealand-musket-wars.html)


(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dPaQvcWQ9cM/UepT40WFZaI/AAAAAAAABQ0/YMYk-iI3Gs0/s1600/Maori-Empress+pic+1.jpg)


(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2bKOT6o0EfE/UepT5WGmzEI/AAAAAAAABQ8/9zZSpLVaHwc/s1600/Maori-Empress-pic+2.jpg)


(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRIaUejWO_k/UepS1QL5J_I/AAAAAAAABQk/siDo05dvsdM/s1600/maoriwars4.jpg)
Title: Re: Ngapuhi Scouts, New Zealand Musket Wars
Post by: former user on 22 July 2013, 08:09:43 AM
Hi
Your PJ look very interesting and I would like to fully appreciate it.
Do the pics look quite dark for everyone else too or do I have to adjust my screen settings?
Title: Re: Ngapuhi Scouts, New Zealand Musket Wars
Post by: marianas_gamer on 22 July 2013, 11:24:14 AM
I would really like to see a closer picture of some of the fabrics.  They look really fantastic.
LB
Title: Re: Ngapuhi Scouts, New Zealand Musket Wars
Post by: Belgian on 22 July 2013, 11:29:28 AM
The following is the beginning of my next side project, a small Maori war band depicting the Ngāpuhi tribe from the New Zealand musket wars. On release of the new Empress Maori Wars miniatures being a New Zealander (Kiwi) myself I immediately fell in love with the miniatures and despite already have far too many unpainted miniatures I couldn't resist starting this side project. Ngāpuhi is a Māori iwi from my local Northland region of New Zealand, and centered in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands and Whāngārei (my home town). I have used Back to Basixs Woodland bases to depict the thick rainforest like conditions of which the Maori often loved to battle utilizing gorilla warfare style tactics and I almost went cross-eyed painting the traditional patterns on the blanket ha.


They look great and excellent use of the basing to represent their territory! I also lobe how you multibase them, which ruleset will you use. Please neglict this question if it is in your blog post as I hadn't got the time to read it yet.

You may want to change the bold and underlined word in the quote to guerilla. I presume  ;)

Cheers