tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444343632249305332.post4199116853144094599..comments2023-12-14T00:18:32.343-08:00Comments on Nova Caledonia de Coahuila y Tejas: Nova Caledonia the Beginning, Part 2.War Minister Crittumbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01031389702646628309noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444343632249305332.post-60481708414871457482011-06-19T08:03:23.551-07:002011-06-19T08:03:23.551-07:00Note that, if you can add pistols at the waistbelt...Note that, if you can add pistols at the waistbelt, the Obelisk <a href="http://shop.strato.de/WebRoot/Store2/Shops/61074886/456F/E177/A591/AC1B/BC96/51A9/90B2/5BEB/xAmall.JPG" rel="nofollow">elite Amazons</a> would technically be of the same 'type' as the archetypal Highlands clansman charging with broadsword and target: some shooting capacity, but basically inclined to a 'wild charge'.<br />And you can paint tartan on their mini-skirts...abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444343632249305332.post-12490237989787200192011-06-16T07:29:00.548-07:002011-06-16T07:29:00.548-07:00Some (totally unsolicited) ramblings about possibl...Some (totally unsolicited) ramblings about possible 'Native' allies for early Nova Caledonia:<br />=> <a href="http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=19550.0" rel="nofollow"><b><i>African 'Knights'</i></b></a>: ['Historically' certainly not from the neighboring of Nova Caledonia, but who cares? In the 'Cleopatra' movie with Elizabeth Taylor, some 'Nubian' dancers looked definitively Zulu-like....]<br />Potentially colorful, but <a href="http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/25mmRanges/25mmColonials.htm" rel="nofollow">Irregular</a> minis does a <a href="http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/images5/DSCN1137CHAD1.jpg" rel="nofollow">single pose</a> and the raised quilted collar would make headswappings difficult (greenstuff for changing the 'helmet'?).<br /><br /><br />=> <i><b>Black Amazons</b></i>:<br />°Unfortunately, among the few <i>with muskets</i>, <br />- the Eureka (Pax Limpopo) ones <i>['enter' if necessary 'access denied']</i> are in <a href="http://eurekamin.com.au/images/PAXR13.jpg" rel="nofollow">'non-fighting' pose</a> (though the <a href="http://eurekamin.com.au/images/PAXVIN01.jpg" rel="nofollow">litter</a> can be used, simply changing the 'passenger'),<br />- the Dixon Amazons of Dahomey, according to the few pics I saw, even <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1Ff9h-lLxI/Tbk-kPzZL2I/AAAAAAAAGXI/AZjCOVukzdw/s1600/Amazons+1.jpg" rel="nofollow">painted with skill and dedication</a> (from <a href="http://thewargameshed.blogspot.com/2011/04/dahomey-1892.html" rel="nofollow">The Wargame Shed</a>) look like female Orcs on their bad days.<br /><br />°Wider choice for those <i>with <a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=160898" rel="nofollow">'primitive' weapons</a></i>:<br />Foundry offers (!) 3 sets <a href="http://wargamesfoundry.com/_images/thumbs/BRDA14_760x250.png?prodid=8159" rel="nofollow">BRDA14</a>, <a href="http://wargamesfoundry.com/_images/thumbs/BRDA15_760x250.png?prodid=8160" rel="nofollow">15</a>, <a href="http://wargamesfoundry.com/_images/thumbs/BRDA17_760x250.png?prodid=8161" rel="nofollow">17</a> but imho the <a href="http://shop.strato.de/epages/61074886.sf/de_DE/?ViewAction=View&ObjectID=3196234" rel="nofollow">Obelisk ones</a> look better, specially the '<a href="http://shop.strato.de/WebRoot/Store2/Shops/61074886/456F/E177/A591/AC1B/BC96/51A9/90B2/5BEB/xAmall.JPG" rel="nofollow">Elite</a>'.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444343632249305332.post-79603569674237939632011-06-10T06:58:46.043-07:002011-06-10T06:58:46.043-07:00Very colourful with a touch of lunacy.Very colourful with a touch of lunacy.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444343632249305332.post-48543895865660257122011-06-04T14:58:55.328-07:002011-06-04T14:58:55.328-07:00After Culloden, will widows in Nova Caledonia sadl...After Culloden, will widows in Nova Caledonia sadly sing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=GXGVFJqSqqg" rel="nofollow">'Loch Lomond'</a>?<br />Supposing the Nova Caledonian volunteers manage to reach Europe -given their antecedents I doubt they'll double the Cape of Good Hope; btw, are they aware that the Suez Canal is, as yet, only a project?<br /><br /><br />The effect of the bagpipes on hostile natives was to be expected: for the uninitiated the trumpetings of a stampede herd of elephants, the roars of a pride of hungry lions, are *nothing* compared to the screams of the bagpipe. No wonder the military forces of all ex-British colonies, from Jordan to Hongkong, maintain 'pipes & drums' bands: they remember the bagpipes, not as music instruments but as dreadful weapons of psychological warfare. Not bad as torture instruments, either: reportedly people locked themselves in an Iron Maiden to escape the noise.<br /><br /><br />In their early days such colonies generally lack women: remember the legendary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women" rel="nofollow">founding of Rome</a>. If without the racial prejudices of later Afrikaners, did they took wives from the friendly native populations? Also, such colonies often lack manpower, and even the Dutch in South Africa raised an unit of <a href="http://www.rapidttp.co.za/milhist/vol033jv.html" rel="nofollow">local 'Pandours'</a>. Combining both ideas, if the Nova-Caledonians were reluctant to train male natives with other modern weapons than bagpipes, they could have raised an unit of local 'Female Pandours' in appropriate uniform -although <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DolrcQ7yyLc/TeY4F6qBsLI/AAAAAAAACS8/o6oVuqcVMDE/s1600/Hussarette.jpg" rel="nofollow">*without skirt*</a>, since in Nova Caledonia a skirt is part of manly attire?abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444343632249305332.post-10287736685784979452011-06-04T05:31:08.909-07:002011-06-04T05:31:08.909-07:00Part of the plan... 8^)Part of the plan... 8^)War Minister Crittumbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031389702646628309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444343632249305332.post-62247215562628391262011-06-04T00:22:35.530-07:002011-06-04T00:22:35.530-07:00You should really try a conversion or three to sho...You should really try a conversion or three to show Nova Caldenonian in 'local' dress with Native bagpipers! Would make a colorful unit at Culloden -if the Nova Caledonians ever reach Europe, that is!abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.com