The Sun Never Sets - 15mm figures for warfare around the British Empire - The Northeast Frontier and Some Gunboats

 The Northeast Frontier of India is an all but unknown theater for wargaming. However, since conflict can arise there in "The Sun Never Sets", the inhabitants needed to be represented in miniature. Because only a small number of figures for the NE Frontier are needed, I decided to increase this post with pictures of Nile and Irrawaddy gunboats I have designed for 3D printing.

Northeast Frontier Tribes 

In the first group are two poses of plainly dressed Abor (one of the tribes of the region). The pose with the spear can also be given a bow (the primary weapon of the Abor) in the off hand. There is also a Chieftan pose.

The second group contains some more elaborately dressed warriors along with another pose in "everyday" attire. The Chieftan is the same model as in the first group. 

Nile Gunboats

This vessel is based on the Bordein, a sidewheel gunboat. This was printed on a Creality Ender 3 FDM printer. The deck gun and ship's wheel are scaled down versions of those offered in TVAG's  Houston's Naval Guns and Fittings page. Don't worry, the sailor in the water at the stern was recovered unharmed.

This sternwheeler is based on the Tamai class gunboat. Most of this model was printed on a Creality Ender 3 FDM printer. The boiler, paddlewheel, and guns were printed on the Elegoo Mars 2 Pro SLA (resin) printer. Again, the deck gun and three barreled Nordenfelts  are scaled down versions of those offered in TVAG's  Houston's Naval Guns and Fittings page. I hope to offer the guns in 15mm soon.

Actually, this model is of the USS Lanao, a refloated Spanish gunboat of the same name. It is representative of some of the craft the British used on the Irrawaddy in the Third Burma War. This too, is an FDM print, though the vents are resin. Here, she is armed with the 37mm Hotchkiss Rotating Cannon.