Tag: Azande

  • February 2025 Wrap Up

    February 2025 Wrap Up

    February is a tough month for me to get anything done. It’s cold, dark and depressing; made even worse by the fascists who have taken control of the country. I’m sorry for the doom and gloom, it’s been a cold dark February. On a brighter note, here is what I was able to do hobby…

  • Azande Spearmen

    Azande Spearmen

    Two and a half years ago, I started a project to run a few games around the history of the Azande. It was January 7th, 2022, when I started and then within days I fell and broke my arm, my good arm, the one I do nearly everything with. Things ground to a halt. In…

  • Azande with Muskets

    Azande with Muskets

    The Azande were among the few tribes who quickly adopted use of the rifled musket, so much so that at the start of the twentieth century, some Azande kings had their own regiments of uniformed Askari. They were a warlike people engaged in wars with neighboring tribes for conquest and expansion of their lands. In…

  • Termites!

    Termites!

    DIY Termite Mounds The first piece of jungle terrain I’ve chosen to build is a set of termite mounds as scatter terrain to block line of sight. These clusters are quite common in Africa and in the case of the Azande, termites were and still are a part of the diet. There is even an…

  • New Year – New Project – Zandeland

    New Year – New Project – Zandeland

    Why Zandeland? Well, my jungle terrain is beginning to look a bit shabby so what better incentive for refurbishing existing terrain and building new terrain than to expand my African collection with new miniatures – the Azande! I know of only two companies who make 28mm figures of the Azande (both by the same sculptor):…