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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Arteis on August 16, 2014, 05:04:28 AM

Title: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: 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/ (http://arteis.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/basing-royal-navy-and-maori-artillery-for-colonial-nz-wars/) )

(https://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_3237_a.jpg)

(https://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_3238_a.jpg)

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: marianas_gamer on August 16, 2014, 05:13:01 AM

Really nice  :-*
LB

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: OSHIROmodels on August 16, 2014, 06:12:37 AM

Great stuff  8)

Are you going to build a Pa?

cheers

James

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Atheling 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.

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Lowtardog on August 16, 2014, 09:03:49 AM

Beautiful work on these , the canon look splendid :D. 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 ;D

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: folnjir 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.

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Marine0846 on August 17, 2014, 03:10:24 PM

Love both guns and crews.
So well done.

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Arthur on August 17, 2014, 08:00:37 PM

Top job, Roly  :)

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Captain Blood on August 17, 2014, 08:39:32 PM

Lovely  :)

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Captain Darling 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

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Paleskin on August 21, 2014, 12:24:57 AM

Excellent work!

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Juan on August 21, 2014, 06:13:41 PM

Really nice!!!

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: Goliad 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.

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: nevermore 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

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: nelsons-signal on August 24, 2014, 09:03:41 PM

Well done!   :o

Title: Re: Royal Navy and Maori artillery for the colonial NZ Wars
Post by: dhtandco on August 25, 2014, 09:25:16 PM

They are great is that big beastie from Empress?