PAINTING INDIANS

A Complete Guide to Converting and Painting American Indians in Miniatures. Unparalled guide to painting North-American Indians. Before Columbus discovered America in 1492, the indigenous population of North American is estimated to have been around five million. The Europeans brought with them diseases previously unknown on the continent, including small pox. As part of their preordained quest of colonisation, they took control of the Indians, destroying the delicate balance of their economy and traditions, often quite violently. The end result of this was that, while the white immigrant population grew from zero to 75 million by the end of the 18th Century, the native population had dwindled to a mere quarter of a million. The indigenous people, divided among many diverse tribes, lived in harmony with nature and, in many cases, maintained a strong animosity with their neighbouring tribes, which kept their warrior spirit ever alive. Painting Indians is a complete guide to painting miniature North-American Indians, with their various skin tones, war paints, weaponry and culture, that has made this people stand out as icons deserving both admiration and the greatest respect in our time.