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Title: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 23 August 2013, 05:06:33 PM
Chaps

there is a New range of 28mm Mesoamericans underway...
and i have to admit this one happens to be my favourite
and will receive lots of love and attention!!. under wraps
in a darkened room at the moment!! :o :-* o_o :D ;) ;D

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 23 August 2013, 05:07:43 PM
might help if i had posted in flouncy shirts!!
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Lowtardog on 23 August 2013, 05:25:36 PM
Tease :D
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Atheling on 23 August 2013, 09:46:36 PM
Loving the Conquistadores Ged  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

They would fir perfectly well in a Spanish of Neopolitan Late (very) Medieval or Renaissance army  8) 8).

Do you have a size comparison next to say, Foundry, TAG and the Perry's? (Pretty please  :))

Darrell.
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 23 August 2013, 10:28:04 PM
Lowtardog...i know....... 8) ;)

Darrell will try and sort that for you
dependant on my limited computer skills!! :(

i hope to get some more Conquistadors done
soonish..........need to make Halbards etc

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Atheling on 24 August 2013, 08:00:30 AM
Darrell will try and sort that for you
dependant on my limited computer skills!! :(

I know the feeling mate.... in your own time  :).

Darrell.
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Elk101 on 24 August 2013, 08:34:48 AM
Aztecs, or perhaps something earlier? Come on Ged we need to know!  :D
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 24 August 2013, 09:11:33 AM
Elk 101..............will let you all know once the initial sculpts appear!!
bit like xmas day always good to keep on present unopened till the
afternoon!! ;)

regards
Ged

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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Kingscarbine on 24 August 2013, 02:12:41 PM
Ged,

you rascal, are these the flouncy shirts you mentioned? http://www.sbthp.org/soldados/StBarbara/cueras.JPG
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 24 August 2013, 02:56:06 PM
cant say Nuno its more then my lifes worth!!! :D :o ;) lol o_o :-* :-[ :P ::) ???
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Bowman on 25 August 2013, 03:42:19 AM
Not to be a downer Ged, but what does this mean for your Maya? I was hoping you were going to make a full range.
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 25 August 2013, 10:42:20 AM
bowman old chap the Maya are not forgotten i need to do quite a few more.........tell you what
what Mayans would you like to see....pics would be good. this will be
a huge range (hopefully) ...all inspirational artwork posted on here
mentally absorbed!! and technically applied if it fits the bill!! ;)

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Conquistador on 25 August 2013, 06:46:03 PM
Ged,

you rascal, are these the flouncy shirts you mentioned? http://www.sbthp.org/soldados/StBarbara/cueras.JPG

OH, NOW THAT IS JUST CRUEL!


Edit:  Please, if this is your evil plan to get my money tell me this are not coming out soon!


Gracias,

Glenn
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 25 August 2013, 09:38:58 PM
Glen

i promise the range is not imminent!! your wallet is safe!! :D

regards Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 05 September 2013, 09:30:38 PM
New range ticking along nicely......... :-* :-* :-*

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye on 05 September 2013, 11:17:57 PM
New range ticking along nicely......... :-* :-* :-*

regards
Ged
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...but not imminently... ;D
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 05 September 2013, 11:49:44 PM
Sir Barnaby

your right not immediate but progressing well :o :o :o :o

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Unclebuck on 08 September 2013, 04:50:19 PM
When can I get hold of some of these want,want,want
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 08 September 2013, 07:51:57 PM
Undebuck

sometime real soon!!! ;D :o :-* o_o ;)

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Bowman on 08 September 2013, 11:31:30 PM
When can I get hold of some of these want,want,want

You want them, without knowing what they are? Do you know something the rest of us don't?

What if they are Caribs and Arawaks? (something I'd like, but I don't suppose others would) :D
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Lowtardog on 08 September 2013, 11:37:14 PM
You want them, without knowing what they are? Do you know something the rest of us don't?

What if they are Caribs and Arawaks? (something I'd like, but I don't suppose others would) :D

Id like Carib and Arawak too :D
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 09 September 2013, 11:49:27 AM
both Carib and Arawak are on my list chaps!!
looking for more Arawak illustrations from the Mesoamerican
uniform sages on here.....hint hint!! :D

thanks in advance ;)
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Bowman on 09 September 2013, 09:44:51 PM
both Carib and Arawak are on my list chaps!!
looking for more Arawak illustrations from the Mesoamerican
uniform sages on here.....hint hint!! :D

thanks in advance ;)

Karl (Lowtardog) would be a better one to ask, but here are some pictures:

(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz251/JRRNEWS/CaribWarrior.jpg)

(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz251/JRRNEWS/Carib-Arawak.jpg)

(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz251/JRRNEWS/Misc%20Photos%2021013/arawak.jpg)

(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz251/JRRNEWS/Misc%20Photos%2021013/arawakmore.jpg)

Not much clothing to sculpt. Regular troops wear headbands with the higher ups sporting fancier headdresses (see picture #2). Some minor body painting and tattoos, most of which is on the face.

Weapons consist of bows and macanas. Macanas are simple maquahuitls but with sharpened wooden edges instead of obsidian flakes edges. Think of a baseball or cricket bat with sharpened edges. Usually made of chontal or ironwood. Hopefully Karl will chime in with additions and corrections to what I've said. I'm also not sure if there are distinguishing features to tell Caribs and Arawaks apart.
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Lowtardog on 09 September 2013, 09:56:17 PM
A modern site so perhaps the natives are a little more modest :D

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/arawaks,taino/Interesting

(http://www.jamaican-traditions.com/images/tainos.jpg)

(https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1810851704/arawak_indian.jpg)

(http://www.manataka.org/images/columbus-taino-indians.jpg)

(http://www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/visions/ec/2004-320-1-m.jpg)

Heath is still best for line drwaings though from a sculpting perspective ;)
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 09 September 2013, 10:29:18 PM
excellent chaps ...much appreciated.........much food for
though there ;)
pretty stripped down bunch really ...
may be usefull as a springboard for other tribes... 8)

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Lowtardog on 09 September 2013, 11:17:05 PM
excellent chaps ...much appreciated.........much food for
though there ;)
pretty stripped down bunch really ...
may be usefull as a springboard for other tribes... 8)

regards
Ged
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Very much so :D
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Bowman on 10 September 2013, 12:12:32 AM
And as Lowtardogs second last picture shows, make sure you add some mean looking European dogs (Spanish Mastiffs) to chew up your nice native sculpts. (Ouch!) :(
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 10 September 2013, 04:11:24 PM
indeed Bowman...tough pouches are a must........ :)

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range Conquistador dogs and handler
Post by: gringo on 26 September 2013, 08:13:02 AM
been searching high and low for information on the dogs used
in the Mesoamerican world by the Spanish and have opted for
the chuncky mastiff type...seen some described as having red
hair and coal black eyes..formidable in size and strenght.
quite important this as i would like to get this right..not to
forget the dog owner who will have to a grizzled character.
did consider a dwarf with attitude! :D all info/pics welcome
on your idea on the dogs.its been muted before but woth the effort

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Lowtardog on 26 September 2013, 12:24:46 PM
Aye Spanish Mastiff, obviously this one below is current so the breeding may have changed its look by now

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mastif_hiszpa%C5%84ski_7512.jpg)

However they also used Wolf hounds so you could go that way too

(http://www.royalcanin.ca/breedsdb/en/dmp_896283243_IrishWolfhound/html/gallery/irish_wolfhound_0035.jpg)
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 26 September 2013, 04:44:13 PM
lowtardog

thanks for that ...not too disimilar to the wolfhound aside from the towering height.............get the impression from what i read
they were a bit like fluffy Rotweillers!.would NOT like to have been
a Mexica on the wrong side......read that the red haired/black out
nastiff i mentoned earlier could tell the difference between a friendly
and a "not so friendly" native.....he could smell the fear i guess.
 :o
regards

Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Lowtardog on 26 September 2013, 05:10:16 PM
lowtardog

thanks for that ...not too disimilar to the wolfhound aside from the towering height.............get the impression from what i read
they were a bit like fluffy Rotweillers!.would NOT like to have been
a Mexica on the wrong side......read that the red haired/black out
nastiff i mentoned earlier could tell the difference between a friendly
and a "not so friendly" native.....he could smell the fear i guess.
 :o
regards

Ged
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Aye not nice at all, I reckon they could smell the spanish who probably didnt bathe as much :D
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Patrice on 26 September 2013, 07:56:48 PM
both Carib and Arawak are on my list chaps!!

Excellent!  :) They could be useful in some pirate games, for encounters on islands etc. Till now we have to use miniatures of Amazonian Indians.
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 26 September 2013, 11:29:02 PM
Patrice............Carib are more tempting!!

regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: rokurota on 29 September 2013, 10:03:24 AM
Ged, maybe this can help you with the dogs, spanish text but you can translate with google. ;)
http://queaprendemoshoy.com/las-fieras-caninas-en-la-conquista-del-nuevo-mundo/

Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 29 September 2013, 12:38:53 PM
Rokurota

Brilliant picture..........many thanks
for the inspiration!! ;)

best regards
Ged
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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Cecil Gaybody on 30 September 2013, 12:16:05 AM
This should help as well.

keep it up
Cecil
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 30 September 2013, 07:41:46 AM
new additions to the Mesoamerican range not far off!! :)

regards
Ged

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Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye on 02 October 2013, 06:35:53 PM
The preview pic is just a red x for me. Can you please re-post.  ;)
Title: Re: New Mesoamerica range underway/Gringo40s
Post by: gringo on 17 October 2013, 06:27:49 PM
see what i can do Sir Barnaby.........!! ;) ;D :D ;D

best regards
Ged

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