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PreContact
- Wargaming American Woodland Indian and Mound Builders battles before
the arrival of Europeans.
Our Moccasins
Trickled
Blood - Focuses on Wayne's Legion-era battles, but early Indian
wars
of all sorts are fair game.
REMPAS -
Renaissance
and 17th Century gaming. Though most discussion is on the Thirty Years
War, from time to time something about the colonies comes up. Check out
the files section for information on Brazil and Portuguese Africa!
ColonialWars
- Though anything pre-Victorian is off-topic for discussion, strictly
speaking,
it is a good way to keep abreast of miniatures releases for native,
particularly
African figures.
Soldados -
Spanish
Colonial Reenactors, particularly for 18th Century Northern New Spain.
Colonial Wargamers'
Pages
Wargaming - This
is Steven Thomas' page. His specialty is Luso-Spanish warfare. For the
Americas, his page includes histories, very well- researched painting
guides,
and some scenarios for the Conquest of Mexico, Colonial Brazil, and
Buccaneer
actions.
Bob's Page
- Bob Beattie's page with pictures of DBR games and a page on
miniatures
for gaming Mughals.
Tim's Pony Wars Page
- Tim Greene's page on American Indian Wars of all sorts, including
17th
c. Woodland Indian intertribal wars. Good rule set reviews and pictures
of figures.
Making
an Aztec Step Pyramid - an article by the highly-skilled modeller
David
Kuijt.
The Jackson
Gamers - A large group in Mississippi that games Conquistadors. Has
a good free online rules page.
Terragenesis - A splendid
page on building nice wargames terrain on the cheap. Includes articles
on Aztec gateway and pyramid.
Spanish
Fury!
- An extensive enthusiast-run free rules and scenarios page for 15mm
late-16th century gaming, with more period flavor I think than any
other.
The Miniatures Page - Bill
Armintrout's enourmous recource, with the best mintiatures
manufacturers
directory on the net.
Chronofus Australian
Wargames
Scans - A noble and diligent effort to help gamers keep track of
Eureka
(and other) releases.
Flags of the World
- Not strictly a gaming page, but nevertheless a Godsend. Thousands of
obscure historical flags pictured.
Colonial Miniature
Manufacturers'
Pages
The Foundry - They used
to make a line of Elizabethans in 28mm, as listed on Tim Peterson's
unofficial
page here, which may one day be rereleased. Now they have a new line of
"El Dorado" Conquistadors and in Precast Packs, Aztec Eagle knights,
"Afro-Caribbean
Renegades" (Cimaroons) and Elizabethan "Swashbucklers" (Sea Dogs), all
about 30mm toe-to-top-of-head. In addition they make 29mm Pirates and
Darkest
Africa figues. Generally the bee's knees in sculpting, the earlier the
better, but jolly expensive nowadays.
Navwar Productions
- Purveyors of Naismith Design 28mm Conquistadors, Aztecs, and Mayans.
Rather chunky with few poses, the Spanish make up for it by looking
like
they have been in the jungle for months! Good detail, much cotton
armor.
Regimental Colors -
US distributor for Navwar and Naismith.
The London War Room -
A manufacturer in Mississippi making 18th-century Spanish including
leather-jackets,
excellent resin ships' boats with 18th Century sailor crews, an "Off
the
Beaten Path" range with African animals, cacti, 16th century Tupi and
Apache Indians, Hadendowah, Mughals and Marathas. All well-sculpted in
28mm. Also lists the only slightly less-cool 27mm Lyzard's Grin
Ashantis, Abyssinians, and Sikhs in their illustrated online catalogue.
Molniya Miniatures -
Technically Medieval, their 28mm Timurids nevertheless mix well with
the London War Room range for 16th-century Mughal cavalry.
Vendel Miniatures -
New English manufacturer making quite well-sculpted 29mm Elizabethan
English, Scots, and Irish.
The Quartermaster -
Virginian
distributor for Falcon Figures UK. Extensive range of well-sculpted
15mm
Aztecs, Incas, Mayans, Tupi, Andean Highland Tribes, Chimor, and
Tarascans,
as well as Burmese and Malay/Javanese. Europeans too! In 29mm they also
make French and Indian War Woodland Indians.
- 25mm French
and Indian Wars - A page not linked to the main Quartermaster site
but with photos of the Falcon UK Rangers, Indians, and French.
Eureka Miniatures - Home
of the Eureka 100 Club. Also 28mm pirates, Powhatan, Eskimos, Dyaks,
Maoris, Hawaiians,
Aztecs, Mayans, and Pygmies. Good figures, and well-proportioned
figures save for
the Pygmies, which are caricatured. The Aztecs really capture the
character
of the Spanish illustrations of the time, and are the best range
currently
available.
Redoubt Enterprises
- Huge selection of Early Modern Europeans between the "New Age,"
"Three
Musketeers," ECW, and Pirates lines, plus F&I War Woodland Indians.
Nice sculpting, 32-33 mm. Also make Abbotts Miniatures - 18th Century
Pirates
and Smugglers, Napoleonic British and French sailors, and Napoleonic
West
Indies figures, including armed blacks in European clothing, 28mm.
Essex Miniatures -
15mm Armada-era figs and Mughuls, 28mm Eighty Years War Spanish and
Dutch, some of their best.
Dixon Miniatures - The French
and Indian War and Flodden 1513 ranges have some usable figures. Good
quality,
save for a few "pumpkin heads" on the F&I War figures. All 28mm.
Wargames, Inc. - A shop
in West Virginia that carries Essex and Dixon figures.
Wildly-Inspired Miniatures
- A New Zealand company producing 25mm Incas and 15mm Plains Indian
figs.
Haven't seen 'em.
Ellerburn Armies - sells
the old Hinchliffe Renaissance Spanish -- 28mm, low-detail, 1970s figs.
Excellent wagons and artillery.
Gladiator Games - Three
Musketeers, Norse, and "Skraelings" based on the Micmacs and Beothuks
of
Newfoundland. Fairly chunky 30mm figures without a lot of detail, but
some
of the Skraelings are in the unusual wooden slat-armor.
Parkfield
Miniatures - Has a range of King Philip's War settlers and
Algonquian
Indians, separate from its French and Indian War line. Crude, chunky,
28mm
figures, but the only ones covering the topic.
Warrior Miniatures
- 30mm Armada-era figures from Glasgow. Less detail than some figures,
but well-proportioned and cheap!
Silver
Eagle Wargames Supplies - carries Irregular animals and generic
Renaissance
figures & Tin Soldier Aztecs. Both ranges are 29mm, chunky and
crude,
but well-animated and filling important gaps in other ranges.
Old Glory Miniatures
- 28mm Pirates, ECW, Italian Wars (including Spanish figures),
late-16th century Wars of Religion, French and
Indian War, Filipino Moros, and Hollywood Africans. The Mucovite German
mercenaries include some interesting figures too. Detail is generally
very
good, but anatomical plausibility and historical accuracy vary. Also
sell
the superb Hudson & Allen woodland Indian village and log cabins.
Grandiosity Books
- sells Old Glory figures.
Rafm Miniatures - Very Good "Flint
and Feather" range, including Woodland Indians, divided into Hurons and
Iroquois, 27mm.
Perry Miniatures -
Superb
28mm ECW figures and AWI Woodland Indians.
Conquest Miniatures -
29mm F&I vintage Woodland Indians of specific tribes. Sculpted
looking heroic, these are probably the best of this type there are now.
Scheltrum
Miniatures - Makes a 28mm line of Dayaks and Malays,
one of my favorite ranges, complete with huts, canoes, and a log
stockade. Also 17th century Far-Eastern ships in both 25mm and 15mm,
25mm Japanese fortifications, and 20mm Middle Eastern buildings.
J & T Miniatures
- Lepanto Galleys, BIG Pirate ships, Houston ox wagons, and some
interesting
Minnesota Sioux Uprising figures and buildings (Look for "Dogs of the
Hot
Moon") which I have often thought would make fine rebel mission
neophytes,
all 28mm.
Minifigs - 15mm Pirates and
French
and Indian Wars figures. Don't know much about 'em.
Iron Wind Metals - Ral
Partha used to make a line of Conquistadores, Aztecs, and Incans in
28mm,
but now you can only get them by special order under this name with
severe
prices and terms. (Sigh.) The Spanish figures are superb, but better
suited
to the latter half of the 16th century - lots of morions and muskets.
No
online catalogue but you can e-mail for a printed one.
Crusader Miniatures -
The Wars of the Roses line includes some excellent lean 29mm
arquebusiers and crossbowmen very well-suited to be early-16th c.
conquistadores.
Front Rank Figurines
- Again, check out the fine stocky 28mm handgunners from the Wars of
the Roses line for Conquistador possibilities.
Haus of
Stuff - Complete list of Frontier 25mm Conquistadores, F&I,
Seminole,
and Plains Indians and Outpost Mughals. Lovely figures, but
unfortunately
they don't take orders!
Monolith Designs -
manufacturer of superb Middle Eastern, African, Aztec, and Inca
buildings.
Earthflora.com - maker of
plastic plants, some of them ideal for gaming.
Historical Reference
Calderon's
Company - A group in Florida reenacting De Soto's Entrada. Many
extensive
pages on clothes, arms and armor, tactics, logistics, De Soto's
expedition
and Drake's raid on St. Augustine, making great use of firsthand
accounts,
many of which are transcribed verbatim, in addition to strict
reenactment
reports and photos.
¡Soldados de Nueva
España!
- More Spanish colonial re-enactors, this time with an 18th century
focus.
Includes short articles and excellent colour uniform illustrations.
Dutch/Portuguese
Colonial History - A multitude of historical pages on specific
colonies,
particularly in Asia and Africa, 16th-17th c. Lots of articles on
fortifications.
Check out their bibliographies, which are really stunning!
John
Underhill's History of the Pequot War - An exerpt dealing
with
the attack on the Pequot stronghold transcribed to the web for Richmond
college students.
The Society of Colonial Wars
in Connecticut - Under the timeline there are articles written over
the years by members on those conflicts affecting Connecticut, with a
particularly
good section on the Pequot War of 1637.
Articles about
the Role of the Dutch in the Iroquois Wars - compiled as part of a
family history page, but nevertheless very good, well-referenced
articles
on the "Beaver Wars."
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