Colonial South East Asian Adventure

[Shtim]

Hello all!

I've been lurking from the sidelines for a while now, but this is finally my first post on the Lead Adventure Forum!
If there are any formatting issues/problems with my post, feel free to tell me!

Having entered quarantine several months ago, I have had a substantial amount of time to paint up some of my Foundry & Copplestone Castings miniatures!
Thus far, I have been posting some pictures on Instagram, but I thought it more appropriate to start building up a presence here! As I paint more miniatures & create more terrain, I hope to share more progress with you all on this thread!

While the general 'theme' of my collection is yet to be cemented, I am aiming for a 1900's colonial village located in South East Asia. I’m heavily leaning towards the Dutch East Indies - But who knows! For now my miniatures are all from African ranges, rather than Asian, although that’s more due to a scarcity of Asian colonial miniatures rather than a lack of historical interest!

Anyway, here is what I have painted so far:


The miniatures were sourced from the female archaeologist set & German colonial troops set by Copplestone, and adventurers by Foundry.
I was pleasantly surprised by the scale compatibility, having read elsewhere that these two ranges sometimes diverge in size!

As you can see in the picture above, I have also created some terrain using cheap plastic trees and bamboo-esque plants from Amazon, on a foam and plastic card base. I am yet to fully clean up the base edges, but so far I'm pretty happy with it!
Here it is in all its glory:


Finally, I have been working on some terrain. I visited Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, a few years back and while geographically divergent from my South East Asia theme, the local colonial architecture was particularly inspiring. Based on what I saw there, I came up with this:




It still needs some work, but its the first step in setting up my colonial metropolis 

That's it so far! I will keep you all updated as the collection progresses.

One final question: any idea where I can buy some South East Asian themed miniatures? Most colonial ranges seem to focus on African colonies rather than Asian.

Thanks in advance!

- Shtim

[Plynkes]

Welcome to Colonial Adventures, my friend.


It's always nice to see new people and new projects, and some of those figures are actually old friends. I look forward to seeing more of your work.



Not too sure about S.E. Asian miniatures, it's a little bit outside of my area of interest. No doubt someone more informed than me will be able to help you out, should there be much out there. Not aware of a whole lot personally.

[marianas_gamer]

Welcome aboard! Nice start and looking forward to your continuing adventures.
LB

[Diablo Jon]

That's some nice stuff the building, in particular, is brilliant.

As for SE Asian tiger miniatures has a Dutch colonial range. They are a much cruder sculpts than Copplestone but they might be useful ?

https://www.tigerminiatures.co.uk/dutch-colonial?page=2

[Poiter50]

Same maker;
https://www.tigerminiatures.co.uk/burmese

[Diablo Jon]

some more thoughts on possible miniatures for SE Asia

Empress  has a range for the Spanish-American war including various miniatures for the Phillpines

https://www.empressminiatures.com/1898-miniaturas-59-c.asp


Pulp miniatures have Savage seas (south pacific), China Station, and imperial German ranges that might produce some useful miniatures

https://pulpfigures.com/products/
 

Gringo 40s Tonkin range might provide some useful SE Asian pirates in there Black Flag miniatures and they do a pirate Junk

www.gringo40s.com/black-flag-boats.html
 

And I guess the various Boxer rebellion ranges could provide useful for Chinese pirates and various European Naval personnel

https://victoriousminiatures.com/product-category/28mm-boxer-rebelion/
 

[Mr.J]

Lovely looking minis and terrain, looking forward to seeing more.

[Malamute]

Lovely looking work, your figures look great and the terrain very nice indeed.

[Diablo Jon]

And another option for miniatures Eureka make Dayaks from Borneo

https://www.eurekaminuk.com/collections/colonial/products/dayak-warrior-28mm

[Belgian]

Welcome and thanks for sharing these lovely miniatures and scenery.

Don't know much about the given period but think these might fit.

Although the miniatures aren't in the same sculpting league as the legendary Copplestone range they might be useful.

https://www.stevebarbermodels.com/store/Aceh-Wars-c36555085

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Really lovely, excellent painting! A great start.   

[FifteensAway]

I can't give specifics because I do 15 mm but check out Vietnam ranges for civilians and same for Boxer Rebellion, the latter being dead on for your time frame, the former slightly closer to your area. 

Search for figures from the long gone London War Room - their 15 mm stuff would have worked a treat for your goal.  I believe they also had larger scale figures.

Excellent painting and love the Sri Lanka inspired building.

You have set yourself a challenge.  Lead the way.

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely work and welcome 

[NickNascati]

 Eautiful work, both on figures and terrain.

[juergen c. olk]

Just wonderful work..really like the ground foilage  around the trees ..looks really nice.