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Meehan34

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This is the new release from Thunderbird miniatures that I was lucky enough to get my hands on early. The base is from creative foundations and has that natural edge that I like so much. his loin cloth (front and back) were taken after Custer had made his last stand. Let me know what you think.

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Excellent work Mike. The skin tones are excellent for a Native American and the buckskins are very well done. The Flag as a breach clout is a nice touch. The only question I have is the beadwork on the quiver. I've never seen beadwork like that on native Americans. Whats your reference source?
 
Thanks guys for the comments, they mean a lot to me. I'm glad the flags were well received. Custers personal standard on the back didn't make me as nervous as the flag on the front. Guy, I was fortunate enough to have a friend lend me a pile of books on American Indians (I think he got tired of me asking questions). I found the quiver in a time life book from the 70's and it displayed bead work like this,as usual I probably added a couple of beads to it by mistake. I'll double check but i'm almost positive it was in that book, if not it was in another one.
 
Meehan34 said:
Thanks guys for the comments, they mean a lot to me. I'm glad the flags were well received. Custers personal standard on the back didn't make me as nervous as the flag on the front. Guy, I was fortunate enough to have a friend lend me a pile of books on American Indians (I think he got tired of me asking questions). I found the quiver in a time life book from the 70's and it displayed bead work like this,as usual I probably added a couple of beads to it by mistake. I'll double check but i'm almost positive it was in that book, if not it was in another one.
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Time Life "The Indians" page 209. Somewhat different colored beads (primarily light and dark blue, with just a little red and some yellow) but definitely beaded. We've had the set since my dad got them new in '79
 
Thanks Jason. As soon as I get my copy of that book back I'll check it out. Its not one I use very often and maybe thats why I don't remember that design on the quiver.
 
No problem, the only reason I knew is because I must have looked through these things about 500 times in my life, since about age 10.
Cheers
Jason

And here is the exact one from the book.

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For anyone wanting to do something similar, there are some nice designs to be found doing a Google search for Sioux beaded bow and quiver
 
The design I was talking about is the Quiver that holds the arrows. The bow case above it is Sioux design but I had never seen a Quiver (where the white touches the red) in a wavy line like this.

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I have over a hundred books on Native Americans and trace my ancestry back to the Apache. I've always had an interest since childhood in this culture but don't claim to be an expert or to have all the references that are available. The wavy line just jumped out at me when I saw it. Now I'll be looking each time I pick up a book.
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I am glad others know of this book and I figured Guy had it somewhere. Now that you blow it up I see what you mean, it isn't crispy and pointed. I remember getting really tired of painting the beadwork and loosing interest but wanting to get it done before Atlanta. As displayed in previous works I sometimes miss details that are important i.e Robert the Bruce. I am trying to get better at this and not choose figures with as many "rivets" to be counted.
 
I agree with Guy on the beadwork.
My references on Native Americans probably equals Guy's.
Like Guy I too have traced my heritage back to the Natives of Southern Poland Krakow Region...
Beadwork is tiresome but if you take the patience necessary it enhances the overall composition.
 
I have found that a darker wash over the bead work goes a long way to popping out the individual bead texture. This makes it look more like colored beads arranged in a pattern, and less like a pattern painted on top of them.
Cheers
Jason
 

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