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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: summsi on 18 August 2016, 08:41:05 PM
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Hi,
my idea is to do a donnybrook cultist faction and I want them to be followers of a voodoo cult in the caribbean or in west africa.
So I don´t need zombies but "still alive" figures. I thought Foundry Pirates was a good idea, but am not sure how to make them voodoo like. Maybe paint white skulls on to their faces?
Any Ideas???
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Brigade Games' "Caribbean Empires range" includes two packs of Haitian folklore zombies (ie not George Romero's rotting corpses) and one of Voodoo priests:
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Haitian-Zombies-5_p_321.html (http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Haitian-Zombies-5_p_321.html)
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Haitian-Zombies-II-5_p_322.html (http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Haitian-Zombies-II-5_p_322.html)
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Haitian-Voodoo-Priests-Priestess-and-Sorcerers-5_p_324.html (http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Haitian-Voodoo-Priests-Priestess-and-Sorcerers-5_p_324.html)
If you want to modify pirate figures, perhaps cutting off their heads and reattaching them at an unnatural, lolloping angle might work?
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If you're looking for living pirates following a zombie cult, the face paint idea might not be bad! That would be along the lines of Baron Samedi:
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/jamesbond/images/a/a6/Baron_Samedi_(Geoffrey_Holder)_-_Profile.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130506214018)
So the body paint is a definite possibility! You could have them led by the priests/priestesses that Steve F linked. You could also add snakes, bones, feathers and charms to the pirate minis. In the vein of Baron Samedi, top hats do help in giving a pop culture voodoo vibe. Shapeways has these 28mm top hats: http://www.shapeways.com/product/L3YCVYQ86/28mm-top-hats-x8
Also West Wind has these: http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=70_119 although I'm not sure about the quality.
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The Priestess with the snake is a magnificent figure. I find West Wind quite good but some of their range is a bit awkward in pose.
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I think you might find some useful minis in the Trent Miniatures caribbean range,pictures are on the Northstar site if interested :)
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very helpful ideas! I think I am going to paint some skulls on the faces and maybe get some voodoo priests from other ranges.
Thanks to all of you
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Nice idea. Very 'Monkey Island'
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You could also try the Cultists range from Freebooter Miniatures:
http://www.freebooterminiatures.de/index.php/en/shop2-2/kult/product/view/2/247
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8412/29261539676_9e69c69fdf_n.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LzK3hL)MYS007_Jeudi_rm_4628 (https://flic.kr/p/LzK3hL) by Paul (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/), on Flickr
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8494/29007234350_c203984b51_n.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LcgEbb)MYS010_Cosphelia_rm_4480 (https://flic.kr/p/LcgEbb) by Paul (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/), on Flickr
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8419/29187235802_abb4014b2e_n.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ltbdku)MYS008_sb_3019 (https://flic.kr/p/Ltbdku) by Paul (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/), on Flickr
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In my c.1700 pirate campaign in the Caribbean I tolerate (and sometimes I encourage) some voodoo magic; the priestesses with snakes are a nice addition, but I am unhappy with players who want to bring the miniature wearing a top hat – which certainly did not exist in 1700.
Um, yes, I know it can seem strange to be happy with magic but unhappy with top hats in an (almost) historical campaign... ::) lol
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West Wind awesomeness:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=70127.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=70127.0) ;)
The HorrorClix Voodoo Priest sculpt is really nice, just in the need of a proper paint job:
(http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx191/TrillianMGL/COC%20Miniatures/Horrorclix/HorrorClixFreakShowVoodooPriest45.jpg)
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Funnily enough I've just done some myself. I was able to get a pile of Foundry pirates second-hand that included some of the maroons with muskets. The one in the straw hat happened to reminded me of the voodoo scenes in the Bond movie that I checked out.
I painted one with a white skeleton over his exposed flesh, others I've painted with part white faces – they look pretty cool and I may do some more.
I'm hoping that they do an 'Amazon' south American jungle version of Congo!
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Old Glory have a pack of 30 Voodoo Warriors, see http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=OGP-27
That's where the photo is, I'm told oldglory25s.com does postage at cost, not a blanket overpricing.
And here's a look at them painted for pretty much what you are looking at - http://flashman14.blogspot.com.au/2016/10/25mm-old-glory-voodoo-warriorrs.html