17th Century Huron

Here is La Meridiana’s “54mm” Huron of the 17^th century. I put the size in quotes, because, as with most of their 54’s, he is huge compared to all the other companies. He represents something of a transitional figure, wearing wooden armor and greaves as well as carrying a matchlock and support stick, rendering the armor obsolete. While the armor is not usually seen in depictions of people of the Northeast woodland tribes, there is ample documentation. I saw a pair of wooden greaves at a small Native American museum in the Connecticut Berkshires a bit over a year ago. His roach is Silfor grass cut down to fit and the feathers are real fly tying feathers. His war paint is based on an illustration on page 25, plate A-5. He is painted in Vallejo acrylics. In the process of working on him, I lost the bird figure on his chest and flattened a piece of white metal sprue the trimmed it about to what the sculptor provided. The kit came with one sprue of ties for the armor so I made enough for each strap from a piece of thread.