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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: FifteensAway on February 21, 2014, 04:34:58 AM

Title: Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!
Post by: FifteensAway on February 21, 2014, 04:34:58 AM

I suppose many here are already familiar with this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Samoan_Civil_War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Samoan_Civil_War)

But new to me.  I'm all over this as inspiration for my fictional colonial world.

Title: Re: Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!
Post by: carlos marighela on February 21, 2014, 07:02:31 AM

An excellent way to incorporate a 300 pound Samoan attorney into a game, now all you need is a figure of Dr Raoul Duke and an open top 'white whale' Cadillac.

"As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle in my shaving kit. You won't need much, just a tiny taste......."

Title: Re: Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!
Post by: commissarmoody on February 21, 2014, 07:09:54 AM

Any excuse to have Germans in theater inaccurate pickhelms fighting against the USMC is a good one to me.  :D

Title: Re: Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!
Post by: Bogdanwaz on February 21, 2014, 01:02:18 PM

I ran a Space 1889 campaign about a German-American conflict with this as the flash point.  However, the games I ran were set on Mars.

Title: Re: Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!
Post by: juergen c. olk on February 24, 2014, 11:26:51 AM

Askari miniatures makes perfect german sailors in pith helmet,for this conflict,and pulp makes Polynesian types,w/varied weapons,now you just need to watch the movie "His Majesty O'Keefe",w/Burt Lancaster and a six pack of South Pacific Lager from Papua New Guinea and you are set.

Title: Re: Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!
Post by: carlos marighela on February 24, 2014, 04:12:52 PM

Slight correction, Pulp and Brigade Games for that matter both make figures of Melanesians. Quite a different people in terms of looks to Polynesians.

Title: Re: Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!
Post by: juergen c. olk on February 24, 2014, 06:41:55 PM

I stand corrected about the Melanesian-Polynesian. Also where are the Melanesians listed on the Brigades game site?

Title: Re: Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!
Post by: FifteensAway on February 25, 2014, 02:24:12 AM

If anyone knows of suitable 15 mm figures to make Polynesian (any Polynesians!) civilians - men, women, and children - I'd really, really love to hear about them!  One of the last groups of figures I need.  What I want is something similar to what both Blue Moon and Irregular did for their colonial African civilians.  Plus some over weight kings and queens and retinue.  A more svelte king and queen, or prince and princess, would be nice, too.

And for both Africa and Polynesia, I'd love to find some suitable 15 mm drummers.  I can scratch the drums easy enough.