Samoan Civil War as Inspiration for fictional events!

[FifteensAway]

I suppose many here are already familiar with this:

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.

[carlos marighela]

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......."

[commissarmoody]

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

[Bogdanwaz]

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.

[juergen c. olk]

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.

[carlos marighela]

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

[juergen c. olk]

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

[FifteensAway]

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.