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Post by jim1973 on Feb 12, 2023 12:45:46 GMT
These are Battle Line Miniatures Maori. A little out of period as I used the axe armed troops post European contact as there were limited poses with traditional weapons. Again, the camp is based on a Waka (war canoe) with a little souvenir picked up from Auckland for this purpose.  Cheers Jim |
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Post by vodnik on Feb 12, 2023 14:37:52 GMT
...that army is a great one too but to find opponents is an other problem...
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Post by jim1973 on Feb 14, 2023 2:34:07 GMT
...that army is a great one too but to find opponents is an other problem... No natural opponents but time wise concurrent with my Tlingit and Hawaiians. There is a theory that the Tlingit and the Hawaiians had a bit of a dust up. So who knows? I've also got some unpainted with muskets for DBA-Hx or Hordes in the Empire but need to find suitable European forces. There's probably enough for an intra-tribal battle. Cheers Jim PS Planning to eventually get the Mound builders from Eureka and the Iroquois from Khurasan (Eastern Forest). Then I can say I have all the armies of one continent!  |
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Post by macbeth on Feb 14, 2023 6:31:31 GMT
Jim all you need to do is accept that Gavin Menzies book about the Ming Treasure fleets in not Junk History and viola The Ming become historical opponents of the Maori, and pretty much every army on the American Continents. It's as believable as the Welsh Colonists and Viking opponents of the Easter Forest Americans btw - I have the same army with the same figures and even the same Tiki souvenir from Auckland in my stable Cheers |
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Post by vodnik on Feb 14, 2023 7:44:24 GMT
...my Tlingit by Eureka will be painted soon...
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Post by Vic on Feb 14, 2023 13:29:13 GMT
Lovely army - have two sets built with Battle Line minis too. For the camp I built a small pā-style palisade with a couple of Eureka Hawaiian pikemen as the camp follower element (there is evidence of use of long polearms to fight through the open palisades, but not in the field).
Although not strictly historical, I use them to fight other Polynesian and Melanesian armies, and they are a great challenge with all these blades.
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Post by jim1973 on Feb 14, 2023 14:09:45 GMT
btw - I have the same army with the same figures and even the same Tiki souvenir from Auckland in my stable How coincidental!  |
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Post by jim1973 on Feb 14, 2023 14:10:55 GMT
Lovely army - have two sets built with Battle Line minis too. For the camp I built a small pā-style palisade with a couple of Eureka Hawaiian pikemen as the camp follower element (there is evidence of use of long polearms to fight through the open palisades, but not in the field). Although not strictly historical, I use them to fight other Polynesian and Melanesian armies, and they are a great challenge with all these blades. I'm still in the planning phase for a Pa, which will be used as a fort for DBA, unless I split it in half to act as camp and fort. Jim |
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Post by Brian Ború on Feb 14, 2023 17:00:06 GMT
How beautiful!
The peaceful vikings of the Pacific.
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Post by carll on Feb 14, 2023 21:08:30 GMT
Jim,
Beautiful Maori army and camp(s) !!
CarlL
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Post by martin on Feb 15, 2023 8:30:59 GMT
Lovely army - have two sets built with Battle Line minis too. For the camp I built a small pā-style palisade with a couple of Eureka Hawaiian pikemen as the camp follower element (there is evidence of use of long polearms to fight through the open palisades, but not in the field). Although not strictly historical, I use them to fight other Polynesian and Melanesian armies, and they are a great challenge with all these blades. I'm still in the planning phase for a Pa, which will be used as a fort for DBA, unless I split it in half to act as camp and fort. Jim The ‘fort split in half’ idea is a good one 👍🏼. Could even give you two camps for opposing armies 😊. |
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Post by jim1973 on Feb 15, 2023 11:38:40 GMT
I've used it a couple of times. Once for Gauls. The other was to use the Baueda Late Roman fort for Post Roman Britain. Easy to build in two parts.
Jim
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