An Adventure with Pirates - The Tribesmen

 

In amongst Malcom's excellent painted Pirates, were these fab figures.

I can only guess that Malcom painted these figures up generically, to represent either South American or African tribesmen?

The figures are infact Copplestone Castings and are Ngoni Tribesmen from their Darkest Africa range.

Most of the figures have a brilliant headdress

I think I might have to buy some more of the figures, I'll try my best to match them to Malcom's fab work???

An Adventure with Pirates - The Pirates!

 

Malcom sure was a great painter, he made a damn fine job on these figures.

They are a mix of Wargames Foundry and Artizan Designs.

Malcom had them all based on Games Workshop black bases, all my Donnybrook figures are based on MDF bases, so I took them all off and based them on 25mm MDF bases from Warbases.

I based a few figures up hexagon bases, these will be used as command or character figures.

I asked a question about basing Pirates 2 posts ago?

To base them up on land or ship.

Lots of people suggested clear bases, so they could be used for both land and sea, but In the end I chose land bases, but kept them pretty simple.

No tufts, only flock, and not a lot of it either, so now they match my other Donnybrook figures.

Merry Xmas & A Happy New Year

 I'd like to wish you all a great Christmas and an even better 2024.

Thank you to you all for visiting my humble blog during 2023, its greatly appreciated.

An Adventure with Pirates!!! - Donnybrook

 

A few weeks ago Reject Steve sent a message on our What's ap "Is anyone interested in these?" 

Steve's an electrician and was doing some work in a customers house. While chatting they both realised they have been afflicted by the drug of wargaming!!!

While chatting Dan asked if Steve might be interested in some of his Dad's old Pirate figures.

I snapped them up before anyone else could get their dirty mits on them!

Dan was invited down to Rejects HQ for a game, where it turns out the older Rejects knew Dan's Dad, Malcolm Hills who passed away over a decade ago. Malcolm played quite a few games at Reject HQ, sometimes bringing along in young son, Dan.

So I'm the proud owner of some of Malcom's Pirate figures. 

What a small world we live in??

For another small fee I could also buy his two ships a scenery too???

All I need to do is base them all up in usual Donnybrook style.

Its always a trouble with Pirates, do you base them on a ship base or land?
What would you do?