Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 July 2023

Ila tribe, tribal africa

I felt it was time for a new tribe for my Tribal Africa side project.
And here we have the Ila, the miniatures are sold by Northstar miniatures and I really liked the large spears and the large hairdo that make them stand out in the large elephant grass helping to orientate and to keep the units in line.

The miniatures by Northstar
https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=87&cat=208&page=1

Here is a small pdf with lots of information of the Ila.
To read a more detailed description of the Ila by author Chris Peers click here.





The Ila chief and his closest bodyguard.



Ila warriors attacking with long spears.


Senior Ila warriors.





Ila warriors with throwing spears.









Tuesday, 7 September 2021

Kushite tribe

 

Here we have my latest batchpaint. A rather large collection of Kushite/ Nubians.
They are intended to be mainly used in my Tribal Africa project but could be used pitted agains other historical opponents.

http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.com/p/tribal-africa.html

 Or under the label http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.com/search/label/Tribal%20Africa

 

The miniatures are mostly from Footsoore miniatures that I bought before the Brits totaly buggered of to their own corner but the civilians are from Coblestone casting.


https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/search?type=product&q=Kushite

 https://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/list.php?cat=5&sub=18&page=1


For painting I used the pictures at the end of this post for inspiration. I tried using some blue tints in the shadows and I think it made some really nice colours.

They dont look like my previus Kushite miniatures so I think I have to go back and raise the standard of my older miniatures.


























For colour inspirations I used the following picture:



Assyrian Vs Nubian
illustration of Angus Mcbride showing a Assyrian Warrior of The assyrian King Esarhaddon fighting against a Nubian Warrior of The nubian Pharaoh Taharqa in the 7th century BC.



Nubian archer of the Kingdom of Kush in 11th century BC