In the Heart of Africa [ideas for Congo Cannibal's "baggage"]

[H.M.Stanley]

Chaps,

Under the rules, each force has 4 x pieces of baggage, camp followers etc

For my Cannibals i have a large drum piece with skulls and some female camp followers. Any other thoughts. I don't think cattle would be appropriate (jungle!) although i have a couple kicking about

Thanks

James

[Plynkes]

Children, goats, dogs, plantains/bananas, stacks of arrows, an elder sat on a stool. Maybe some carved fetishes?

[H.M.Stanley]

Children, goats, dogs, plantains/bananas, stacks of arrows, an elder sat on a stool. Maybe some carved fetishes?

Top man - thanks.

B*gger - Triples came and went and i forgot to pick up some animals!

[Fanis]

Baggage carriers. Foundry has loads and North Star brought out a pack of four recently.

http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=4276

http://wargamesfoundry.com/historical_ranges/single_packs/darkest_africa/africa/?sector_id=15

[argsilverson]

Baggage carriers. Foundry has loads and North Star brought out a pack of four recently.

http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=4276

http://wargamesfoundry.com/historical_ranges/single_packs/darkest_africa/africa/?sector_id=15

Yeah, can also serve to be the source for fresh meat, too!

[H.M.Stanley]

Its not very "cannibal" to have Porters

Slaves perhaps 

[Johnny Boy]

Irregular also did some nice bits and pieces of Animals nearer 25mm tho and  weren't too expensive but I do have my eye on some of that Northstar Menagerie, Don't know why but a Meerkat Manor is something missing from my table

[H.M.Stanley]

Irregular also did some nice bits and pieces of Animals nearer 25mm tho and  weren't too expensive but I do have my eye on some of that Northstar Menagerie, Don't know why but a Meerkat Manor is something missing from my table

 

[chicklewis]

Might be fun to have a big empty cooking pot suspended from a horizontal pole. 

A white explorer, hands tied behind his back might also be appropriate. 

[Fanis]

Its not very "cannibal" to have Porters

Slaves perhaps 

My apologies mate; was at work, skimmed through the original post and didn't notice this was meant for cannibals' "baggage". Eureka does a relatively nice set of figures that might work for what you want.
http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_139&products_id=1788

http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_139&products_id=1787

[H.M.Stanley]

Hi Fanis

Those captive males would really fit the bill. I could also use them with Slavers of course

Cheers

James

[Overlord]

Lunch?  A tad Hollywood, but fun nonetheless.



Fire & pot part of the 'African Village' set from Frontline Wargaming: http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/25period.html
Cut-off miniature of unknown provenance.

[argsilverson]

A couple of interesting subects maybe recruited also from the old glory ranges.
examples:
http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=LAT%2D12
( the person in the pot or the cattle mounted warrior)
or:
http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=LAT%2D11

[H.M.Stanley]

Thanks fellas

I have the OG Bearers pack and was saving the "shot lion" as too nice not to use. Lots of good ideas in those posts

I also have an ECW casualty or two who may find themselves pegged out after a little conversion

I played gamemaster yesterday evening while a couple of friends took the cannibals [600 pts] and explorers [300pts] using the Fighting Retreat scenario

Erm, i may have boobed. I made the Explorer attempt to fight his way through the lot while i now think it should have been a "chase" scenario, I was wondering why the Explorer could have two units in ambush. The clue may have been in the title no matter how it reads  

Other than that, ahem, mishap, our Whiteman didn't like the Combat modifiers although he was happy to blast away at the Natives  

Needless to say he ended up in the pot.

Niam niam!!