New 28mm Mayans from Gringo40s for Salute release

[gringo]

indeed Glen.............have spent a lot of time on this range as after

all it would be rude not to do the Mayans.........was aiming for the end

of 2012 but we survived!

i have made a nod in the direction of Apocolypto and striven for accuracy.

and the view is my Conquistadors will be multi purpose and wander off

into the Elizabetan era..................New Spain first...there were some

amazing tribes in that peninsular.........

regards Ged www.gringo40s.com

[Conquistador]

You do know that (given that Spanish armies before 1820 - except the SAW -   are second only to American Armies     before 1900 in my interests)   you have screwed   my plans for getting away from 25+ mm figures   and moving into 1/600th scale as I head towards retirement, don't you?    

Now I need to sit down and reassess storage completely!  

Gracias,

Glenn  

[Conquistador]

indeed Glen.............have spent a lot of time on this range as after

all it would be rude not to do the Mayans.........was aiming for the end

of 2012 but we survived!

i have made a nod in the direction of Apocolypto and striven for accuracy.

and the view is my Conquistadors will be multi purpose and wander off
<snip>New Spain first...there were some

amazing tribes in that peninsular.........

regards Ged www.gringo40s.com

Only Foundry book I bought deals with the Americas and Spain.

Gracias,

Glenn

[gringo]

Glen

you are right regarding the foundry book.its a cracker and one of the

main souces of my inspiration......the  book final sealed my fate

apocolipto was a Gem.........you will understand when i release the next

batch as there will be a "chief" ...o yes!!

just think you can retire with stunning mesoamerica armies..all you

have ever dreamed of..........thats the theory anyway

regards

Ged

www.gringo40s.com

[Kingscarbine]

Conquistadores...  Elizabethan era...    Say no more... 

[Bugsda]

Excellent stuff Ged boy, love these  

Will the Foundry Swashbucklers have some Spaniards  to fight at last?  

[gringo]

Chris and Nuno...........

Nuno.......really wanted to do these next up are two mounted

conquistadors as i wanted these done first,,one in quilted armour..one

in armour ..........and a crossbowman......

chris your buckle will be swashed by these fellows.. ive seen the horse

greens and their beauties ( black beauties!! )....theres another

pile of mayans due at gringo Head Quarters in about 2 weeks..


best regards
Ged www.gringo40s.com
 

[Lowtardog]

Gibby

thanks for the interest chaps...the Huaxtec which  these Mayan branch are based on were fond of fighting naked...but not all, the Aztecs thought this pretty crude and looked down their noses at them as well as fearing them,and often ambused em with odds of 10/1
in their favour!!
basically these were the "nutter" mayans..filed teeth.cranial deformation was practised. i had to do these first. Hildresd.lance ,  Sir Barnaby there will be mounted conquistadors and a crossbowman nexr for the "white Gods"
to types of artillery are in the mix..and much more

regards
Ged

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Apocalypto baddies, very nice indeed....looking forward to seeing these develop...if by chance there are some Quilimbos or African slave soldiers that would be fantastic

[gringo]

glen

just post on here what you would like to see..........just read

"White gods" a factual novel and a female conquistador is mentioned...

a dwarf.........some ladies of dubious virtue...a provost to hang

mutionous spaniards....all sorts of fascinating characters..

regards

ged

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[cdm]

There were several female conquistadores in the conquest of Mexico, one was a cavalry woman and fought well with a lance. Refer to Cortes' letters, Diaz, some of the legal documents of the services of conquistadors etc. Plenty of resources to chose from.

[gringo]

thanks CDM wadimg through a pile of books at the moment

bought every book i could on the sunbject!! even manged to buy

Diaz twice in all the excitment!!...........a female conqiustadoer is on

the cards now for sure

regards

Ged

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and expanding 28mm ranges

[cdm]

If you want an easy reference to the collected histories of the Spanish individuals involved in the Aztec conquest, buy Hugh Thomas's Who's Who of the Conquistadors. He collated the Conquistadoras into one small chapter for easy reference. An excellent scholarly work researching each person in the conquest, a brief history of them and their involvement and where they are mentioned in various memoirs, court cases etc. Good for fast references to digging for deeper detail on personalities. The only let down in the whole book for English readers is his occasional (and very informative) quotation of Spanish sources in old Spanish within the English text.

His equally excellent book The Conquest of Mexico is a very detailed retelling of the Aztec Conquest with almost every snippet of hidden information from court cases, the major memoirs, native sources etc which fills in lots of hidden bits of back story. At times dry and difficult to read, it has decent chapter notes on sources for those that read a Diaz or Cortes or Hassig once and thought they were experts in the field.

[gringo]

noted CDM great tip ......will have a look for this...like the idea of

neat blocks of information ..so much easier then gathering scattered

info mentally as well as physically.

many thanks

Ged

www.gringo40s.com
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and 28mm ranges

[Lowtardog]

Its a slippery slope Gringo I have done aztecs, whihc became Tlaxcalan army, entered into Huaxtecs and Tarascans and Inca...they went to e-bay but have kept the old Tupi etc....fascinating period all told.

Dont forget to check CDM forum for a wonderful source of info and study

http://www.chronofus.net/php/viewforum.php?f=3

[cdm]

oo, that's so out of date I should destroy it I keep meaning to shift it to facebook, but haven't completed the transition. Busy doing other things in life, miniatures are on the back burner for the next year