Tag: Colonial Adventures
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Mary Kingsley, Isobel Poppington, Ujuwa and British Askari (NSFW)
This post carries a NSFW, Not Safe for Work, warning because one figure, a fictional African witchdoctor, refuses to wear pants. I finished painting these figures a couple of weeks ago, but have just now gotten around to photographing them. Mary Kingsley and Ujuwa Mary Kingsley was a real person. She actually explored parts of…
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African Princesses (NSFW)
What game would be complete without a damsel in distress to rescue? I’ve completed painting the African Princesses pack from Copplestone Castings, now sold by North Star Military Figures in the U.K., Brigade Games and Badger Games in the U.S. Fighting wars over a woman isn’t exclusive to European history and literature. Just as Homer’s…
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Pygmy Archers
The Pygmy peoples of Central Africa existed as a myth until the latter half of the 19th century, though their past can be traced back to the middle stone age. By the time contact was made with Europeans, there were few if any independent Pygmy villages. Most Pygmies were subjugated or enslaved by the neighboring…
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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…
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The Village
I’ve finally finished painting the African buildings I purchased from Acheson Creations last year. I did say I’m a slow painter, didn’t I? Now that I have them all on the table, it looks like some of the roofs could use a heavier dry brushing to give a little more age to the thatch to…
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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…
Atomic Floozy Adventures 