Pegasso's new Mohawk

Here is Pegasso's recent 54mm release of a Mohawk Indian in the mid 18th Century. This tribe is one of the Five Nations/Iroquois Confederacy of what is now upstate New York and Canada. From what I have been able to ascertain, they typically wore three feathers to identify themselves, which sculptor Benoit Cauchies represented with two decorated and one plain casting. The neck knife is a separate item to make painting the chest a bit easier. I painted some tattoos on the chest face and arms as this was very common among the woodland tribes. The rock in the foreground was formed from some excess Milliput and a slurry of thinned white glue and Woodland Scenics fine turf represents mossy growth. The rest of the ground cover is from my stockpile. The two straps were decorated with Archer Fine Transfer 1/16th tattoo decals. The figure is painted with Andrea and Vallejo acrylics with a few spots of oil wash to highlight some shadows.