English Adventurers!

Just finished some "English Adventurers" for Irregular Wars. The figures are mostly QRF "Tudor Wars", with a mix of QRF "Elizabethan". Khurasan Spanish Conquistadors and Grumpy Colonial Portuguese. They are depicting early English forays into the New World (John Rut, Roanoke and even Jamestowne). The figures are probably more suited for mid 16th century, but I like the sculpts and they can do for later periods, in my opinion.

Above and below: Five stands of "Adventurers", which I depicted with two shot figures and one melee figure. Accompanying those Adventurers is a small artillery piece, a "Murderer" and the command, a base of "Gentlemen". The commander is a QRF figure with a QR miniatures pistol added.

 The English face off against my Iroquois clad in wooden armor.

Hopefully, I will get my first bona-fide battle in at the local gaming club. I plan to paint up some more Iroquois and also some more Adventurer bases as well as some pike elements for the English navigators...

Progress of Sorts

I ordered three Iroquois Longhouses from Acheson Creations. They were about $5 each and when I received them, I could not have been happier. Cast in a grey colored resin, which seemed more durable and more "plastic" than other resin buildings I have. I primed it with black Krylon Fusion and gave it a series of drybrushes of various grey and tan shades. Based on plastic styrene, I flocked my typical manner. I can't recommend these buildings enough and look forward to more orders from Acheson.

They are displayed above with my Iroquois war party. I have been working on my English Adventurers as well as more "Naturals". For inspiration, I started reading Warpaths by Ian K. Steele, which is very good thus far.

Also, have been watching "The New World" for additional inspiration. Wish me luck on more progress...

Irregular Wars: Woodland Indians Battle

I have always been interested in the Age of Discovery and the wargaming potential of the conflicts. The Irregular Wars ruleset allows me to recreate these battles. This past October I visited Jamestown, Virginia which rekindled my interest for the period. Unfortunately, there is no dedicated 15mm range of Powhatan Indians. I opted to go with the Khurasan "pre-contact" Iroquois as my generic Eastern Woodlands Indian battle. For Irregular Wars, the Woodland Indians have three primary combatant types: Veteran Warriors, Warriors and Scouts. I decided to use the Khurasan Noble Warriors with armor as my Veterans, a mix of bow, club and shield for my Warriors and lighter equipped Iroquois and allied Indians as my Scouts. Thus far, I have seven bases (or "companies") complete. I will be adding more later.

Veteran Warriors:

Warriors:

Scouts:

Battle:

 
I am awaiting an order of Freikorps Tudor English to start off my English Adventurer Battle. I am also contemplating an order of East Riding Miniatures and Grumpy's to supplement the Freikorps. In the meantime, I will continue to work on the Woodland Indians and some Spanish Conquistadors.