Blood Axe Hawaiians in hand.

My order of the re-released, 15mm Blood Axe Hawaiians arrived the other day. I like 'em!

They may not be everybody's cup of tea, however. (Remember, I also like Mikes Models figures.) They stand about 16mm high, and,in style, they seem comparable to Peter Pig figures. Most of the packs offer 2-3 different poses. The several command figures are especially impressive and they could be interspersed thru the elements to create even more figure-variety.

The outrigger canoes, with crew, will make for some fun eye-candy pieces.

As Chris notes in his updated DBA Resource Page this morning, this new (old) range is available in the States from Historifigs http://www.historifigs.com/ , and elsewhere from Tony Barr and East Riding Miniatures http://www.eastridingminiatures.co.uk/ .

[ December 17, 2003, 13:03: Message edited by: Paul A. Hannah ]

Hi Paul,

I just ordered a DBA army from Mike at Historifigs, the "Nobles" pack. Great deal, and the shipping was good to Canada too.

Have no clue what I am getting, but I would say that if you like them, I can hope that I will like them.

Haven't a clue either as to who my Hawaiians are going to scrap with, but I am sure they could be persuaded to fight Early Imperial Romans. (huh?!?)

I should add as well that the original casting run is out, and that Mike is re-casting the new batch. Seems they are popular!

[ December 17, 2003, 13:04: Message edited by: Grant Dyck ]

Originally posted by Grant Dyck:
Haven't a clue either as to whom my Hawaiians are going to scrap with...

Well, Grant, perhaps we could both link up at Fall-Con in Calgary next autumn and run our Hawaiians up against each other. Win a battle; get an island!

What I'm wondering right now is, how to paint them? I suppose a sortie to the local library should yield some clues, don't you think?

Hi Paul,

Fall-Con is a must for me next year. I can't believe I managed to miss it this year.

A battle for Hawaii would be the highlight of the show, I think. Hula-skirts and leis, with flaming tiki-torches all around, I think. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Don't know what they look like yet, but I think either the library or I also have National Geographics going back to 1965ish. If I run across the right article, I will let you know. If all else fails, you could just watch Lilo and Stitch a few time.

Let me know what you are doing with yours!

Regards,

Grant

[Chris Brantley]

Well one thing for sure, if we're going to have lots of Hawaiians running around, we should have a rule for impassable terrain, since a common tactic was forcing your hapless foes off sheer cliffs by advancing a steady wall of pikes.

And given that Hawaiian nobles practiced catching and dodging missiles in flight, perhaps a -1 modifier to missile fire against the command element, just for extra flavor.

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Chris,

Oh! Spiffy new SPECIAL rules! I haven't a clue about Hawaiian culture, to be honest. I am going to have to check out my NGs to see if there are any articles.

One thing is for sure - they should be unique!

-1 on missile fire, eh? Sounds good to me!

Grant

Gee, do you think active volcanos and running molten lava qualify as Bad Going?

Finally, a practical use for those high-school chemistry projects...

[ December 18, 2003, 05:44: Message edited by: Paul A. Hannah ]

I think the idea of you and Grant in hula skirts and leis is bad enough going for most of us. [img]redface.gif[/img]
But we do expect pictures of the miniatures and the battle...

Well, I received my Hawaiians, and they are very nice! The price was very affordable, making them the least expensive DBA in my collection - about $18 Canadian shipped.

Anyway, here's to hulas and grade 8 volcanoes at Fall-Con, Paul!

Grant

Originally posted by Grant Dyck:
Anyway, here's to hulas and grade 8 volcanoes at Fall-Con, Paul!

Calgary will never be the same.

I'll start prepping & priming my Hawaiians after I put the last touches on the Maccabeans I'm finishing now --not to be confused, of course, with macadamias.

[ January 05, 2004, 10:10: Message edited by: Paul A. Hannah ]