The Unofficial Painting Guide to Gnome America

After the American Uncivil War of 1836 and the Great 19th Century Expansion of Gnome America, I figured it would be a good idea to compile these new countries plus what figures and color schemes to use.


Rule 0 of the Gazetteer:  Regardless of the ethnicity of the country, Swiss gnomes are acceptable "default" figures for militia units.  Consider the Swiss pointed hat as a culturally acceptable fashion the whole world over. 


Any suggestions and revisions are welcome.  Please let me know!


Northerners (Mercantile Union): 
Figures: Northern Infantry and Cavalry
Color Scheme: Any American (Union) theme stretching out to the conclusion of the Indian Wars

Southerners (Confederate Sovereign States)
Figures: Southern Infantry and Cavalry
Color Scheme: Any Confederate theme.

The Republic of Furmont
Figures:    Swiss Gnomes and British Marines
Color Scheme:  Any combination of green, black, and brown. 


Disneya
Figures:   Organized gnome units should be Swiss.  Militia and resistance should be Southerners.
Color Scheme:  Organized are red coat and black hat.  Sailors and Marines: Navy Blue Coats, bright yellow boots


Orleans
Figures:  Swiss Gnomes, British Marines, French Infantry, and Pirates
Color Scheme:  Any uniform colors of the French Army from 1750-1914.


Misery Compromise
Figures:  Any offered by the surrounding nations.
Color Scheme:  Units donated to the defense of the area have unique uniforms either dedicated to the area they patrol, or the region of their hometown garrison.  Use popular college and professional sport team uniform colors. 


Texas Republic
Figures:  Southern Cavalry, Northern Infantry.  Officer/NCO is a mixture of North and South.
Color Scheme:  Cavalry:  Grey Coats, Black Hats.  Infantry:  Grey Coats and Hats,  Leaders are True Blue with Red Belts, Gold Trim.


Oklahoma Heartland
Figures:  Southern Cavalry, Swiss and Southern Infantry. 
Color Scheme:  Cavalry:  Orange and Black      Infantry:  Crimson and Cream Trim.


The Lakota Badlands
Figures: Aussies on Shetlands Cavalry.  Infantry:  Swiss
Color Scheme:  Anything goes, the more individualistic and vibrant each figure is, the better!


Aztexican Empire
Figures:  Southerners
Color Scheme:  Crème with Gray and Black Trim

The Imperial Republic of California
Figures:  Northerners
Colors Scheme:  Evergreen or Hauser Green with  Black Belt and Gold Trim.

Columbia
Figures: Southerners,Swiss, and Irish
Color Scheme:  One bright base color (neon green, yellow, etc) with Black

The Mormon Theocracy (Deseret)
Figures:  Northerners
Color Scheme:  White coat with gold (yellow) pants and black accents.

The Mormon Theocracy (Nauvoo Legion)
Figures:  Southerners
Color Scheme:  Marigold coat with Black pants, red belt, and dark grey accents.

The Wastelands
Figures:  Anything goes!
Color Scheme:  Anything goes!


Nova Scotia
Figures:  Scottish Highlanders and Swiss
Color Scheme:  Red and black with gold accents


Labrador
Figures:  Germans (with pickelhaube removed), Irish, and Swiss
Color Scheme:  Purples, Lavenders, and Black.


Les Quebecois
Figures:  British Marines, French Infantry, and Swiss
Color Scheme:  Dark Blue with Red and Yellow accents for British and Swiss, Sky Blue for French

O' Canada
Figures:  Swiss, replace NCO with Enforcer (Highlander Berserker)
Color Scheme:  Red coat, white hat with maple leaf.


First Nations
Figures: Swiss
Color Scheme: TBD


British Columbia
Figures:  Aussie Rider on Shetland for Cavalry, Swiss and British Infantry
Color Scheme:  Red with black accent and dark khaki hat for Cavalry.  Black with Orange for Infantry.


Tsarist Alaska
Figures:  Russians and Swiss Miners
Color Scheme:  olive drab palette, white and gold for officers and cavalry.

 

Eureka Miniatures Pulp and Pax Gorillas

The Eureka Miniatures Facebook randomly dropped a few pictures of their Pulp and Pax Gorillas with a "Coming Very Soon." 

Color me intrigued....


UPDATE: They've arrived!
Winged Ape God
Steampunk Gorilla
Soviet Gorilla

(Painting) Mice and Sacred Cows

Miscellaneous stuff keeps flying off the bench... some of it actually painted.

Two more mice people finished before the deluge from Reaper Bones 3 shows up in the Spring.

The one on the left is from the Mousling Tavern from Reaper, while the right is another random Mice Warrior from Eureka.

I whipped up a shaky bridge with popsicle and craft sticks.  It worked well in the season two premiere of the Pulp Game, and has inspired me to assemble a few driftwood rafts for later on.

I also got two more objective markers made up for the next pulp game.  The great jade relic of Hathor.  Yes, I'll have an objective that's a sacred cow.  The other is the revised Jamar D'hai (The Gem of Chance).  Both made their debut in the above mentioned season debut.

NEXT:  German Riflemen for Gnome Wars are finished.  Blue Martians, Arab Revolt figures,  Ganesha Miniatures halflings, and of course, more Mouslings.

PETA to Publish Its Own Miniatures Rules

After the tempest in the teapot about PETA Demanding that GW Remove Fur From 40K Minis, I was only slightly amused that a rumor seeped through the internet that PETA had decided to design its own miniatures rules.


Upon this little thing called three minutes of research, I realized that Cocked Dice, the initial source of the rumor, is a wargaming parody site, the Onion of 40k, if you will.


But that begs the question, what would a fur free PETA game be?  Would it be a fur-FULL game, like this cat game from one of the HMGS (East) cons?

There were also the famed rubber duck games from earlier Mepacons.  Three locations ago, the Holiday Inn at Dunmore had an odd tiered fountain in an open-air part of the hotel.  Someone would run a mid-afternoon kid's game using dozens of different rubber ducks.  No physical violence and lots of cooperation, although I think the Hollywood Starlet duck had a mink stole molded onto her.


Let's not forget the different snowball fight rules available.   This is PETA, however, and if they realize that animated snowmen are in some of the rules, they may want to ban snow.


Any other ideas?


I would be down with some kickass Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior naval rules. 

(Kickstarter) Primaeval Designs by Acheson Creations

Acheson Creations has unleashed another Kickstarter, this time vastly expanding their Primaeval Designs line of Dinosaurs, Prehistoric animals, and other creatures.

The Kickstarter is done a la carte, with free shipping on US orders over $150.00

PETA Demands Games Workshop Remove Fur From Their Minis...

So, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals UK recently sent a letter to Games Workshop, asking the company from removing furs from its Warhammer 40K game. 


Directly from their blog:  "Indeed, nothing on the bloody battlefields of Warhammer’s conflict-ravaged universe could match the terrible reality that foxes, minks, rabbits, and other living beings experience at the hands of the fur trade. Those killed for their fur typically first endure a bleak life inside a tiny, filthy wire cage before being electrocuted, drowned, or even skinned alive. Or they may be in the wild, minding their own business, when they get caught in a horrific bone-crushing steel-jaw trap – often languishing for days before eventually dying from starvation, dehydration, or blood loss."


Obviously PETA should start a campaign to Save the Tyranids, the fluffy little critters that they are:

For Gnomes About to Rock!