New Boot Hill Mexican Greens now cast up 22/09/10

[Calimero]

The horses and riders are separate pieces

[Malamute]

Just two small question… Is there any difference of color on the Cazadores uniforms or is it basically the same color? And which type of artillery piece would you suggest using for the Alamo period?

Senor Plynkes has covered the Cazadore uniform well with the Zaboly colour plate. Some sources say the Osprey book is not accurate(no surprises there) . With the Mexican army anything goes, the uniforms vary from 1820's pattern tunics to the two styles worn during the 1830's. There is the double breasted style or single breasted coatee (which I have gone with).The only real important point is the green pompom and cords on the helmet to denote Cazadores.

Its probable that many of the Cazadores were equipped with the standard Brown Bess musket, not everybody was issued a Baker Rifle, so you can supplement them with basic infantry figures painted with appropriate green pompom.

Artillery pieces should be French Napoleonic Gribeauval style. The carriage would be just oiled wood, not painted and the limbers pulled by oxen. The pieces were mostly 6 or 8pdrs with several 12pdrs.

I am using Front Rank guns for mine as they fit well alongside the figures, but you could just as well use OG or Foundry guns.

[Driscoles]

Excellent models Malamute.
Grumpy looks like McClure ( which is great )  from the Blueberry comics.

[the commissar]

I am using Front Rank guns for mine as they fit well alongside the figures, but you could just as well use OG or Foundry guns.

How do the figures look with Front Rank (or other ranges for that matter) does anone have some comparison pics?

I am using figures from Front Rank and Perry's (with a few of the later Foundry) for my Napoleonics and as others have suggested I was thinking of dual use for these as a Spanish unit.

(The other use being in an 1830's (fictional) setting with the French, British, Americans and Spanish all furtively poking around in Mexico - all a bit vague at the moment)

[Malamute]

How do the figures look with Front Rank (or other ranges for that matter) does anone have some comparison pics?

I am using figures from Front Rank and Perry's (with a few of the later Foundry) for my Napoleonics and as others have suggested I was thinking of dual use for these as a Spanish unit.

(The other use being in an 1830's (fictional) setting with the French, British, Americans and Spanish all furtively poking around in Mexico - all a bit vague at the moment)

They will compare favourably alongside Perry, Artizan and Front Rank.

Check out the Pastry War o 1838, its alot closer to your fictional setting than you might imagine, with the French landing in Mexico....

[fitterpete]

They will compare favourably alongside Perry, Artizan and Front Rank.



 Which one? Cause those three are nothing a like
I'd order a pack to check it out but that's a lot of bother and time and money to come across the pond.Does anyone in the US carry theses figures? Anyone got a comparison pic?

Sorry to be a pain but I have two other( $100+) batches of figures that are set aside for the next flea market(where I probably won't get $50 for them) because of bad advice on how they scale with other figures.
Pete
sorry about the quote,can't undo it

[Calimero]

Thanks for the info Nick

@ fitterpete, you can always try to sell your unwanted figures in the Bazaar of Obscurities here on LAF... you might have a better price for them

[Svennn]

Could only find this FR foot figure but hopefully shows that they are indeed a good match. I stood him on the same coin as the BH figures (a 2p piece).



Svennn

[fitterpete]

Yep I got one of those FR figures(SYW French light infantry I believe) looks like they will work fine.Thanks Svenn!
Pete

[Malamute]

Here is a comparison shot against Artizan.



I think you will find they will sit alongside Perry figures too.

[axabrax]

Man o man those are good!!!!!!!!!!!

[gamer Mac]

Not my sort of thing but those are really nice figures
Full of character.
The faces are great.

[the commissar]

Thanks for the pics looks like they wil match OK

[Gluteus Maximus]

I think you will find they will sit alongside Perry figures too.

They do.

[Tellus]

They're lovely