'Resistance' from DallasE: 28mm Plains Warriors

 

OK, taking a break from the grimdark to return to the project I SHOULD be working on, and that's the models needed for the Little Bighorn game I have planned for later this year. I have MORE than enough models from the Foundry, I just have to get paint on them.

The models here are a mix of packs - some from the Young Bloods, and some from the Dog Soldiers packs. Above L to R we have Bear Licks With Tongue, Three Fingers, and Wolf Looks Back.

Here are Running Rabbit, Goes Walking, and Little Crow. As you can see from the photos these models are all characters and don't really lend themselves to "assembly line" painting like the Seventh Cavalry models do. But I did the skintones the same on all of them - GW Doombull Brown highlighted with Ratskin Flesh. I hate the name of that paint but I think it gives a good Indigenous fleshtone.

Lastly we've got Pawnee Killer, Touch the Sky, and Plenty Coups. I did put warpaint on a few of the models but I may go back and do a few more as I like the look. As for the theme - Resistance - I think these models are spot on. If you know anything about the Plains Wars you know they were wars of resistance by Indigenous people against white military action and settlement. The apex of the resistance was of course the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where a coalition of Indigenous warriors wiped out - to a man - five companies of the US Seventh Cavalry led by Lieutenant-Colonel George Armstrong Custer (often referred to - incorrectly - as "General Custer" owing to his holding the rank of brevet brigadier-general in the Civil War).

Well there's the first bunch of Plains Warriors done. Only about 40 or 50 more to go...? Shouldn't be a problem this summer as long as I can stay away from Khornate distractions. We'll see.

Points:

9x 28mm infantry = 45 points

Resistance bonus = 50 points

Total = 95 points

Cheers,

Dallas
 

'Toy Story' from DallasE: Indigenous Warrior, 1876

The main project I intended to tackle in this Challenge was the Little Bighorn. This year marks the sesquicentennial of the battle, the most famous victory of the coalition of Indigenous peoples over the US Army. It's also my 55th birthday this year and if all goes to plan I will celebrate by hosting a wargame of the battle. But first I have to paint the models!

I have a large collection of (so far) unpainted models from Foundry that will form the forces in the battle. I just love these figures as they are so well-done and characterful. This is "Goes Through the Camp" from the Dog Soldiers pack.

He was really fun to paint and went up in an evening. The secret sauce to the skin tone is GW Ratskin Flesh over a Doombull Brown base. I'd intended to paint 10 or so Seventh Cavalry on foot to accompany him but decided to just get him done and submitted before the Toy Story deadline.

And speaking of the Toy Story theme... I can never think of the Plains Wars without thinking about Marx, the company that pretty much invented the "toy soldier playset." Marx was in business from 1919 to 1980 but the toys I always think of were these playsets, marketed in the 1950s and 1960s and based on historical themes and TV shows (!). They were crammed with stuff and usually sold for less than $7USD. While Marx is long out of business the molds survived and newly made figures are still sold.

Anyway that's one 28mm infantry model for 5 points, plus 50 for the theme. More Plains Wars stuff coming soon, I promise!

Dallas