Maximilian in Mexico game; new pics: republican artillery

[joroas]

Any chance of a list of figure manufacturers you used, my dads collecting this period and would find it very useful. Great painting by the way, looking forward to seeing more.

I'm not sure, but my take would be:

Gringo, obviously, but there is also Foundry's 1870 French and the Maximilian War range.  The artillery in the last picture looks like Perry ACW plastic artillery.  I am certain that you could adapt some of Perrys other ranges, esp the plastic Zouaves. Perry's Carlist range has some usable civilians and priests. Boot Hill do loads of Mexicans that could be converted.

Check out this site:

http://gisby.info/maxlinks.htm

[Dragoman]

Sorry, I nearly forgot the official teaser for our game

again designed by lay-out-artist Holger from our team.

[former user]

the olive oil mill is a very nice detail 

[Dragoman]

joras is quite right, he spotted most of the ranges and manufacturers, he failed only on a few Dixon (ex-)Confederates plus some individuals from companies, even we don't know. But to be fair, these miniatures did not appear in the pictures. We might add a few "charros" from West Wind and "peones" from Grenadier in the near future.

[gringo]

stunning "official teaser"...........

regards
Ged

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[Admiral Benbow]

Thanks for all the nice comments, chaps!

Some more pictures of the mexican republican artillery. As it happens that the republican army got some supplies (parrot guns, uniforms) from the Union after the Civil War had ended, we could use the Perry ACW artillery set. I added a bit more hair and moustaches to some of the crew and converted some details ...









 

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovey work 

cheers

James

[Mason]

Brilliant.
Love the new additions.
 

[Hu Rhu]

Fantastic composition and painting.  I love the vulture gazing down on its potential victim.

[Malamute]

Wonderful 

[Volleyfire!]

Really like how you've done the bases. 

[former user]

I love the vulture gazing down on its potential victim.

Yes, the storytelling in the vignette is actually the best part:
When the Mexicans stripped the paint from the Union parrots, they forgot to put back the steel bands on the wheels. Naturally, these then broke at the slightest stress, and the serviceman got in the way and injured.
Now he sits on the ground and swears "Me cago en la leche, if I ever get out of this alive, someone will get his bollocks kicked"    

[gringo]

cant wait to see this game in the flesh (metal) 

regards
Ged
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[carlos marighela]

Now he sits on the ground and swears "Me cago en la leche, if I ever get out of this alive, someone will get his bollocks kicked"    

No need, just send it to Buenos Aires. They consume mountains of it in Argentina, it's called dulce de leche. Same colour too.

[Monty]

Crisis is comming nearer and nearer. Most of our preparations are finished and wrapping the stuff is the order of the day.

Anyway I yesterday I prepared some pics from our last test game:

If you like those you might want to have a look at the whole post. On my blog I presented some lines about the historical background of the game and some more (and larger) pictures: Here (Link).

I hope you enjoy it !