Strelets make some wonderful sets of some or the more unusual conflicts. What about adding some sets portraying the colonial New Zealand Wars of the 1845-1872 period?

I could see a set of Maori warriors, some armed with traditional weapons such as 'patu' clubs and 'taiaha' quarterstaffs, and others with muskets and 'tupara' double-barrelled shotguns.

Then you would need a set of British in either/both of the 1840s and 1860s uniforms.

And some New Zealanders - militia and later Armed Constabulary wearing their unique kilt-like blanket dress.

Maybe a set of Maori pa (fortification) defences, such as palisade walls with carvings, would not go amiss too?

For inspiration, you can check out the article I wrote for 'Wargames Illustrated' January 2021 issue. And I have tons of posts about the period on my blog: https://arteis.wordpress.com/colonial-nz-wars/

Hi Roly,

Would the Crimean War Brit Infantry work for the Maori Wars?

Regards,
Andrew

I’m in if they do it!

Excellent suggestion, Maori warriors would be awesome.

Me too.

Great idea, and as a Kiwi I’m all for it.Crimean figures can work in a very limited way - indeed American Civil War figures can too - again, depending on the phase of the land wars that you are talking about (also bearing in mind that a number of the wars - and they were various, they were fought in fairly dense bush meaning that British/Colonial troops had to adopt uniforms and tactics to the conditions). The wars themselves also extended for nearly 35 years. So lit/uniforms changed dramatically.

Having said that my personal passion is the Great War, and I will reiterate my repeated pleas for the Gallipoli/additional Turkish troops promised so long ago.

Happy New Year to all from a blisteringly hot (34c) and humid corner of Puhoi - about an hour north of Auckland.

Oh yea, some Maori would be cool! A few more sets devoted to pre-1900 non-European cultures in general would be nice, I personally think something to go with the old Caesar and Revell sets of Aztecs would be good too (Aztec priests/civilians, Tlaxcala warriors, etc.).