Chugging along into summer and still battling away at my endless horde of projects yet realized. While I'm finishing off colonial Italians/Ethiopians, I finally got around to basing these Bloodaxe miniatures ancient Hawaiians.
I've started a few projects originally as DBA armies but always seem to chicken out and base them however I see fit. I did purchase the DBA 3.3 rulebook and it's quite a useful and informative resource. Finally had a chance to put out this amazing volcano piece which I purchased second hand from Noble Knight. Very cool piece, which came in a set of two, tip of the Mahiole (Hawaiian feather helmet) to the original artist.
One historical quibble I had was with another painter who named there DBA Eureka army as King Kamehameha's army (the army was painted very well-better than these!). Historically this does not jive with the period which DBA covers as Kamehameha was active in late 1700's to early 1800's. According to author Neil Dukas, a DBA army might be better modeled around a chief from Kalaunuiohuas War of c.1480-1500. Useless historical note, but now you know! The Eureka miniatures are very sharp looking but none were available for purchase in the States.
I'd like to eventually make or source some rules to play a skirmish battle with these ancient Hawaiians. If you made rules, mana, not the wizardy kind, and battlefield sacrifices, would definitely have to play a part. I based four nobles per base, these were elite troops who used long spears like pikes and wore brightly colored feather capes. Command bases feature a chief, retainer, and priest with the stone idols lofted overhead. Troops consist of mostly club wielders, but I figured in-game rules these units would throw spears as well.
Keep rolling those d6s
-15mm Dieter
