ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"><html> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-16"> <title>Dave's Army Pages - Tupi 1200AD-1601AD (Book IV/29)</title><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- to hide script contents from old browsers function ShowPopup(page,name) { x = window.open('','','resizable=yes,location=no,directories=no'+ 'scrollbars=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,status=no'+ 'width=100,height=100'); x.document.open(); x.document.write('<html>'); x.document.write('<head>'); x.document.write(' <title>'+name+' - Image Viewer</title>'); x.document.write(' <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">'); x.document.write(' var NS = (navigator.appName=="Netscape")?true:false;'); x.document.write(' function fitWindowToPic() {'); x.document.write(' iWidth = (NS)?window.innerWidth:document.body.clientWidth;'); x.document.write(' iHeight = (NS)?window.innerHeight:document.body.clientHeight;'); x.document.write(' iWidth = document.images[0].width - iWidth;'); x.document.write(' iHeight = document.images[0].height - iHeight;'); x.document.write(' window.resizeBy(iWidth, iHeight);'); x.document.write(' self.focus();'); x.document.write(' }'); x.document.write(' window.onload = fitWindowToPic'); x.document.write(' </script>'); x.document.write('</head>'); x.document.write('<body onblur="self.close()" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" bgcolor="teal">'); x.document.write('<img src="'+page+'"/>'); x.document.write('</body>'); x.document.write('</html>'); x.document.close(); } // end hiding contents from old browsers --></SCRIPT></head> <body bgcolor="yellow" text="black" link="blue" vlink="teal" alink="white" background="../Shared/parchment1.bmp"> <p align="center"><font size="+3">Tupi 1200AD-1601AD (Book IV/29)</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="TupiPics/ArmyPhoto.jpg"><img border="2" style="height: 300; width=400" name="Tupi 1200AD-1601AD (Book IV/29)" src="TupiPics/ArmyPhoto.jpg"></a></p> <p align="center"><small>Click on thumbnails for larger images</small></p> <p align="center"><font size="+2" align="center"> Army Consist </font></p> <table align="center" border="2" width="500" cellspacing="5" background="../Shared/parchment2.bmp"> <th width="25%">Element</th> <th>Description of Troops</th> <tr> <td><a href="#ELEMENT001">1x3Wb (Gen)</a></td> <td>Tupi General</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#ELEMENT002">6x3Bw</a></td> <td>Tupi Warriors with Bow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#ELEMENT003">5x3Wb</a></td> <td>Tupi Warriors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#ELEMENT004">Camp Followers</a></td> <td>Tupi Dugout</td> </tr> </table><br clear="left"><armyinfo> <p>The Tupi-Guarani tribes of South America lived deep in the Amazonian basin, but by the time of the landing of Portuguese troops in the New World had migrated to the coastal areas of Brazil. Isolated pockets of their descendents still exist deep in the Amazon today.</p> <p>The tribes are best known for being cannibals, and prisoners ended up coming to a rather bad end. Their cannibalism was ritual in nature, meant to earn the release of the spirits of warriors who had fallen in battle. Prisoners were often fed and treated handsomly, and given the most fertile of the village women with whom to mate. They could be held for several years before they (and the progeny they had sired) were eventually killed and devoured by the tribe.</p> <p>The Tupi did not employ an extensive variety of tactics, essentially letting loose a volley of mass bowfire, then dropping their bows and charging in a fierce onslaught. Their classification as Bows and Warband represent this combination of strategies.</p> <p>The figures are all from Falcon U.K. (though I believe the line may have been discontinued), including the dugout included in the camp. They were incredibly quick to paint, taking two days to complete the entire set.</p> </armyinfo><hr> <table align="center" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="20"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="width: 220"><a name="ELEMENT001"></a><a href="TupiPics/General01.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi General" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_General01.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/General02.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi General" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_General02.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/General03.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi General" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_General03.jpg"></a></td> <td> <p><font size="+1">Tupi General [1x3Wb (Gen)]</font></p><notes> <p>The Tupi were fond of decorating themselves with a wide variety of colorful feathers. They favored the feathers of tropical birds such as the Macaw, and thus had a very wide range of colors showing in battle. The Generals wear cloaks made from layers of these bright tropical feathers.</p> </notes></td> </tr> </table> <tr><td colspan="2"><hr></td></tr> <table align="center" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="20"> <tr> <td><a name="ELEMENT002"></a><p><font size="+1">Tupi Warriors with Bow [6x3Bw]</font></p><notes> <p>During the initial volley of bowfire, the Tupi used a very strong, relatively long bow. Like their adornments, they preferred the use of brighly colored feathers for the fletching on their arrows. Also notable in some pictures are the characteristic lip-discs, usually made of bone or jade, common to the tribes.</p> </notes></td> <td align="right" valign="top" style="width: 220"><a href="TupiPics/Bows01.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Warriors with Bow" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Bows01.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/Bows02.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Warriors with Bow" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Bows02.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/Bows03.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Warriors with Bow" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Bows03.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/Bows04.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Warriors with Bow" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Bows04.jpg"></a></td> </tr> </table> <tr><td colspan="2"><hr></td></tr> <table align="center" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="20"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="width: 220"><a name="ELEMENT003"></a><a href="TupiPics/Warband01.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Warriors" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Warband01.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/Warband02.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Warriors" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Warband02.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/Warband03.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Warriors" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Warband03.jpg"></a></td> <td> <p><font size="+1">Tupi Warriors [5x3Wb]</font></p><notes> <p>The ferocious charge of the Tupi involved the use of wooden clubs whose edges were thin enough to provide an almost axe-like cleaving effect. It was not until the arrival of Europeans that they began to shift to ambush tactics and abandon the open-field impulsive charge.</p> </notes></td> </tr> </table> <tr><td colspan="2"><hr></td></tr> <table align="center" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="20"> <tr> <td><a name="ELEMENT004"></a><p><font size="+1">Tupi Dugout [Camp Followers]</font></p><notes> <p>The Tupi dugout camp is one of the nicest parts of the Falcon U.K. line. They have another figure pack with camp followers and nursing mothers, but unfortunately I did not have the forethought to acquire it.</p> <p>The river's edge is done using Woodland Scenics "Realistic Water", a simple pour-and-cure resin that makes a very nice water layer. Highly recommended, though it does tend to shrink a bit, so be sure to overfill or be prepared to do multiple pours.</p> </notes></td> <td align="right" valign="top" style="width: 220"><a href="TupiPics/Camp01.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Dugout" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Camp01.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/Camp02.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Dugout" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Camp02.jpg"></a><a href="TupiPics/Camp03.jpg"><img border="2" hspace="2" vspace="2" style="height: 75; width: 100" name="Tupi Dugout" src="TupiPics/Thumbs/tn_Camp03.jpg"></a></td> </tr> </table> <hr> <p align="center">Please send any comments/criticisms/corrections to <a href="mailto:webmeisterzeke@att.net">webmeisterzeke@att.net</a></p> <p align="center"><img name="Tengwar Parmaite" src="../Shared/Tengwar.gif" border="0" height="46" width="400"></p> <hr> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="20"> <tr> <td style="height: 25; width: 32"><a href="ArmyIndex.html"><img border="0" style="height=25; width=32" src="../Shared/3darrow_darkblue.gif"></a></td> <td><a href="ArmyIndex.html"><font size="+1">Click to return to the Army Index Page</font></a></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><small>This page was last updated on February 21st, 2008 at 04:39 PM</small></p> <center><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter_xhtml.js"></script><noscript> <div class="statcounter"><a class="statcounter" href="http://www.statcounter.com/"><img class="statcounter" src="http://c7.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=824617&amp;java=0&amp;security=85edfb5d" alt="counter free hit unique web"></a></div> </noscript> </center> </body> </html>