Maximilian in Mexico game; new pics: republican artillery

[Admiral Benbow]

This year's THS-game for the Crisis show in Antwerp is named "Imperial Disaster" - Maximilian in Mexico. I just finished the Bataillon de l'Imperatrice, the grenadier battalion of the Belgian Legion. All miniatures by Gringo 40's, the figures are full of character and a joy to paint:








The game's background features the aftermath of the 3rd siege of Puebla in central Mexico in April 1867 during the so called “Mexican Adventure”. From the THS leaflet:

>> The Republicans laid siege to and finally stormed the important town of Puebla. The remnants of the Imperial multi-national army are now heading for the shelter of the strongly fortified Bastion Guadalupe bypassing the less well fortified convent Loreto. The Republicans, many of them ill equipped peasants, are on the Imperials heels, trying to prevent them from reforming at Guadalupe.  
•   Will most of the Imperials reach the relative safety of the bastion?
•   Do some of their troops still have the stamina to make a stand and cover the retreat of their comrades?  
•   Can the Republican high command coordinate their enthusiastic but unruly and insufficient armed forces to effectively seal off the road leading to the fort?
The Mexican crown and the life of the Emperor Maximilian himself are at stake in the fighting retreat!

The game is played with hand painted 28mm miniatures and is designed for up to six players. The rules are based on the Black Powder set of rules by Warlord Games with a couple of special rules for the scenario. There are 400+ miniatures on the table from Gringo 40s, Foundry and quite a few other manufacturers. The game is run by an umpire on a table of 3,25 by 1,50 metres. The board consists of sculptured terrain on variable wooden framed Styrofoam tiles with some commercial features (building, hills etc.) added. The bastion Guadalupe is one part of a Vauban-fortress, completely scratch-build by one of our lads. <<

This is the mentioned Vauban-fortress, as some of you will remember, and we'll use the larger part of it:



The fortress-WIP was featured here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=25214.150

More pics of the game coming soon ...

 

[OSHIROmodels]

Stunning Michael 

Rather looking forward to seeing the table as a whole 

cheers

James

[Andym]

 

I'll just sit here and wait for more pictures then! !







........still waiting!!

[Malamute]

Oh My.

[War In 15MM]

Beautiful work.

[Svennn]

Muchos nice-os 

[former user]

nice

so I guess we will get to see the Foreign Legion as well?

[Westfalia Chris]

Magnificently promising! I cannot wait to see it.

[M Blakey]

Wow what an awesome set up cant wait to see more

[fred]

Magnificant!

More please.

[gringo]

Admiral Benbow

stunning paintjob on my Belgians.boy im impressed
appreciate the kind words on the figure quality......funny enough
I have been discussing additions to the Maximillian range these
will appear next year as they will tie in with my Garibaldi range
as the period is almost the same time frame and there can be
a cross over of figures

the Fortress is wonderfull..I will be over to have a good look
I can asure you.

best regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
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[Johan]

I'll be looking at Crisis. Do we have a winner again?

[Jeff965]

"A joy to paint" you can tell, they look fantastic.

[Helen]

Lovely brushwork on the Belgians an a beautiful fortress too.

[Hu Rhu]

A-ma-zing