Hawaiian Terrain for Tribal

The tiki is from a cheap key chain with a base of Tamiya epoxy putty, and repainted. The trunk and fronds of the coconut trees were dry brushed.

If I had known I'd be doing an Hawaiian game project, I would've bought a few more of these tiki keychains when I was in Hawaii last year. They have a lot of these at thrift stores. Oh well, this one was also inexpensive on ebay.

The base of the tiki is made from Tamiya Epoxy Modelling Putty - somewhat similar to Green Stuff, but half the price. For more delicate/detailed work, Green Stuff would probably be better, though.

The trees and tiki scale up nicely with the 28mm figures, IMO.

LOL! I thought those markings on the tiki's butt were supposed to be carvings, but looking at them enlarged, I see they're the trademark for the maker!

Just a few quick terrain projects for the Hawaiian Tribal game in the near future. Thanks for stopping in, and wishing you all the best.

Happy Easter! And More Eureka Hawaiians

Added another full set of Eureka Hawaiians; wanted a few more figures, and since Eureka USA only carried the full set packs, ordered their last one in stock.

Painted this batch in a lighter skin tone - starting with Vallejo Dark Flesh, then a stain of Minwax, followed by a wash of Vallejo Ink Skin Wash mixed with a little black ink.

Below is all of the four sets together, which should be enough for a 6-7 player Tribal game. Note the differences in skin tones as I progressively used lighter colors.

Here are the Ali'i, or chiefs, in their feathered capes and helmets.

As mentioned in earlier posts, these capes and helmets used feathers from thousands of birds each - which is why those species of birds became extinct.

I probably won't run a game with these until after Enfilade next month. I don't want toconfuse myself between the Tribal and One Hours Skirmish Wargames rules, as I'll be using the latter at Enfilade for my Napoleonic games. Hope you all had a good Easter!

Alexander the Great's Dad and Cousin - Warlord Games

The Philip of Macedon figure comes with the mounted Alexander the Great figure (yet to be painted); and the Pyrrhus of Epirus figure is a "freebie" that comes with the Pyrrhic Wars supplement.

Philip's armor is based upon the one found in his tomb. The cuirass is made of iron, and some sources say it was polished to high shine, while other sources have it covered in silk. Pyrrhus' armor is sometimes depicted as silvered, or possibly of iron also.

Both figures are well detailed; the Epirote tripod motif nicely sculpted on the shield and back of the cape.

I was going to start on the Alexander figure next, but I might be getting some more Eureka Hawaiians in the mail tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by, and wishing you all the best!

Aventine+Relic Successor War Elephant

Picked up the new Pyrrhic Wars Hail Caesar supplement, so was motivated to paint up some figures I've had for sometime. First up is a war elephant that uses an Aventine elephant head, tower, and crew. This was part of an order many years ago when I ordered two elephants - Keith included these parts as samples, I think. I had thought about finding a body at a craft store - one of those in bags of toy animals. Then a couple of years ago, Mike Evans of Relic kindly sent me some Successor samples along with an elephant. Initially, I thought the body was too small for the Aventine parts, but as you can see the body doesn't look too bad. It is slightly smaller, but as with people, elephants come in different sizes.

The shields on the tower are from Victrix Phalangite kits, and the transfers from LBMS - all spare parts I've also had for years.

As you may see, the elephant being a bit smaller, and the tower being pretty large, the mahout has to lean a little forward in the "saddle", so to speak.

Interestingly, I just looked at the Aventine website last night, and saw that they sell the bodies of elephants separately. I don't think they did years ago, but this Relic body will do just as well.

Pictured below, flanked by the two Aventine-proper elies painted years ago.

The various parts of the new elephant build.

More mini-painting projects below. Besides the elephant, a Relic Pyrrhus vignette, Warlord Games Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedon figures, as well as the new Pyrrhus on foot figure that came with the supplement.

Plan to get a game in soon with my buddy who also picked up the supplement - and has a good-sized Successor force too. Until next time, wishing you all the best!