Hi everyone ,
Stormtroopers which is run by a PF member Stuart Hale and with the help of his wife Alison (who now has her own company running alongside called Grenadier Miniatures) they have built up a following with their previous releases and have now another range to add to tempt the modeller ....its called the V12 range and its my pleasure to show you the 1st of the range .
The subject is an Iroquois Indian from the Bear Clan ...from around the period of the French Indian Wars
..before we look at the piece lets have a bit of background info on the subject .
The Iroquois call themselves the Haudenosaunee, which means "People of the Longhouse," or more accurately, "They Are Building a Long House." In their culture they have several clans amongst them the Turtle and what our subject is from the Bear Clan .
During the AWI , the Iroquois first tried to stay neutral. Pressed to join one side or the other, the Tuscarora and the Oneida sided with the colonists, while the Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga and Cayuga remained loyal to Great Britain, with whom they had stronger relationships.
Iroquois men were in charge of hunting, trading, and war. Iroquois women were in charge of farming, property, and family. These different roles were reflected in Iroquois government. Iroquois clans were ruled by women, who made all the land and resource decisions for each clan. But the chiefs, who made military decisions and trade agreements, were always men. Only men represented the Iroquois Confederacy at the Great Council, but only women voted to determine who the representatives of each tribe would be. Both genders took part in Iroquois storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine.
The Iroquois tribes were known for their masks . Iroquois masks are considered such a sacred art form that outsiders are still not permitted to view many of them. Beadwork
and porcupine quillwork are more common Iroquois crafts. The Iroquois Indians also crafted wampum out of white and purple shell beads. Wampum beads were traded as a kind of currency, but they were more culturally important as an art material. These designs on Iroquois wampum belts often told a story or represented a person's family.
Warriors were brave and very skilled in bushcraft and considered to be dangerous enemies .Tomahawks were prized by Native American warriors for their versatility. They could be used in hand-to-hand combat, thrown short distances, or used as a tool. The length of the shaft varied from as short as one foot for the throwing tomahawks of some tribes, to nearly three feet for the two-handed war axes of others.Pipe Tomahawks were more ceremonial in nature (using the same shaft of wood as both the handle of a tomahawk, symbolic of war, and the body of a pipe, symbolic of peace.) Many were very ornate, made with unwieldy carved stone heads, and never actually used in battle. Others were more simply built and were completely functional as both a military weapon and a pipe.Spiked Tomahawks retained the single spike found on the war clubs of some tribes, so that the tomahawk could still be used as a piercing weapon as well as a hatchet.
Surely a subject well worthy of our hobby .
There are of course many books to read but Opsrey have a good series on all Indian Tribes ...all with great artwork these are of particular interest
Continued in next post:
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Stormtroopers which is run by a PF member Stuart Hale and with the help of his wife Alison (who now has her own company running alongside called Grenadier Miniatures) they have built up a following with their previous releases and have now another range to add to tempt the modeller ....its called the V12 range and its my pleasure to show you the 1st of the range .
The subject is an Iroquois Indian from the Bear Clan ...from around the period of the French Indian Wars
..before we look at the piece lets have a bit of background info on the subject .
The Iroquois call themselves the Haudenosaunee, which means "People of the Longhouse," or more accurately, "They Are Building a Long House." In their culture they have several clans amongst them the Turtle and what our subject is from the Bear Clan .
During the AWI , the Iroquois first tried to stay neutral. Pressed to join one side or the other, the Tuscarora and the Oneida sided with the colonists, while the Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga and Cayuga remained loyal to Great Britain, with whom they had stronger relationships.
Iroquois men were in charge of hunting, trading, and war. Iroquois women were in charge of farming, property, and family. These different roles were reflected in Iroquois government. Iroquois clans were ruled by women, who made all the land and resource decisions for each clan. But the chiefs, who made military decisions and trade agreements, were always men. Only men represented the Iroquois Confederacy at the Great Council, but only women voted to determine who the representatives of each tribe would be. Both genders took part in Iroquois storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine.
The Iroquois tribes were known for their masks . Iroquois masks are considered such a sacred art form that outsiders are still not permitted to view many of them. Beadwork
and porcupine quillwork are more common Iroquois crafts. The Iroquois Indians also crafted wampum out of white and purple shell beads. Wampum beads were traded as a kind of currency, but they were more culturally important as an art material. These designs on Iroquois wampum belts often told a story or represented a person's family.Warriors were brave and very skilled in bushcraft and considered to be dangerous enemies .Tomahawks were prized by Native American warriors for their versatility. They could be used in hand-to-hand combat, thrown short distances, or used as a tool. The length of the shaft varied from as short as one foot for the throwing tomahawks of some tribes, to nearly three feet for the two-handed war axes of others.Pipe Tomahawks were more ceremonial in nature (using the same shaft of wood as both the handle of a tomahawk, symbolic of war, and the body of a pipe, symbolic of peace.) Many were very ornate, made with unwieldy carved stone heads, and never actually used in battle. Others were more simply built and were completely functional as both a military weapon and a pipe.Spiked Tomahawks retained the single spike found on the war clubs of some tribes, so that the tomahawk could still be used as a piercing weapon as well as a hatchet.
Surely a subject well worthy of our hobby .
There are of course many books to read but Opsrey have a good series on all Indian Tribes ...all with great artwork these are of particular interest
Continued in next post:
Nap
