Algonquin Scale Creep

I hope everyone had a great Christmas, the run up to which saw any real chance to proceed with this project come to a grinding halt!

I did receive the Eureka Powhatan from Fighting 15's a couple of weeks back, but unfortunately, whilst they are excellently sculpted miniatures, generally they do not fit in well with the Conquest, or even larger Galloping Major. The latter are probably the nearest to the standard heroic 28mm we see from the likes of Artizan, the major problem being that I will have to get the Green Stuff out and convert quite a few (not a major problem as I was expecting this to be the case from day one). The Conquest figures are similar height wise but slimmer, I think I'll probably get away with using them with the Galloping Major ones, possibly as adolescent warriors. Some of the Eureka could also be used as such but they are noticeably shorter and slimmer than the Galloping Major ones.

(photo Front Rank Figurines IND11 to 13 Woodland Indians)

Consequently I have been on the hunt again for Algonquin and came across the Front Rank Figurines range that I understand are compatible with the Galloping Major figures. Again most are armed with muskets, but there are a handful without and I can convert some of those with. An order will be sent out in the New Year...

Powhatan and Huron

Thanks to Kolbold for pointing me in the direction of Eureka's Powhatan (an Algonquin tribe). An order has gone off to Fighting 15's for the ten figures (which include a useful shaman).

(photo Eureka Miniatures 100 POW01/03 Powhatan Raiding Party)

Last night I also came across Galloping Major Wargames who do some lovely FIW figures including a useful looking Huron command pack which look like the muskets can be easily replaced by spears and hand weapons.

(photo Galloping Major Wargames FIW HUR3 Huron Command & Characters)

I also found Old Glory US do a great pack of thirty 'Natives with bows' in their FIW range, although I can't find them on the Old Glory UK website so have emailed them to ascertain their availability in the old country...

Algonquin

One of the problems when I first looked at New Worlde as a project was the availability of pre-gunpowder woodland indians. Whilst I wasn't going to worry about a specific tribal appearance, figures carrying C18th muskets weren't going to be of much use. Unfortunately most of the miniatures available seem to be for the French-Indian Wars and sporting firearms.

(photo Conquest Miniatures 500-009 Woodland Indians with bows)

I have found one pack of figures from Conquest Miniatures in their 500 Nations range and picked them up with the Artizan bondi through North Star but am struggling to find others. I did think about buying some musket armed figures and converting the non-firing poses to carrying bows and spears but according to the Conquest website the first two packs of woodland indians are now discontinued (and North Star is out of stock of all three). This means I'm going to have to do a fair bit of investigation to find enough figures so I might have to concentrate on raising the Norse and Welsh whilst hunt out the Algonquin...