NEW Gringo40s Aztecs: The piggy goes forth

[Captain Blood]

I don't know what it is, but here it is...

[warburton]

Nice painting!

[Lowtardog]

Very nice Richard, not sure but anthropormophic warriors were often Tlaxcalans who were enemies of the Aztecs, he looks lovely and the shield desing is cracking

[Malamute]

Wicked cool brushwork.

[Hitman]

Piggy's revenge from Lord of the Flies?

[Bowman]

At the risk of being chastised, I must say that it is highly doubtful that any native warrior would be wearing a boars head helmet. Pigs are not indigenous to the New World and were introduced by Pizarro and de Soto well after the fall of Tenochtitlan.

Nice painting though.


http://www.cambridge.org/us/books/kiple/hogs.htm

[Bowman]

It seems that The Assault Group is guilty of this too. I thought I had a boar headed Tlaxcaltec Zoomorphic warrior in my collection.

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/store/product.php?productid=489&cat=39&page=1

[Mason]

Nice brushwork, Riccardo!
 



You do shame me, though, as I have a whole stack of these that I picked up at Salute and they are still languishing in the leadpile....

[LeadAsbestos]

Jackal head?

The TAG one looks like ALF, more proof for the Ancient Aliens crowd..

[gringo]

Brilliant Richard........one of the best cotton jackets ive seen!
love the sky blue broadsword....and the shield is fab...
may have to line you up with another if you fancy it!!
thanks for your xmas effort!!!

head picked up off the battlefield as a trophy...thats my excuse
to be honest im getting as many different heads done as possibleso i can
indirectly get other tribes done

regards
Ged
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[Cecil Gaybody]

Wonderful painting,

The best GRUFFALO I have ever seen,

Keep it up
Cecil

[gringo]

some more Aztec pics on the way soon chaps..............

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
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[DaveL]

Fantastic painting and a fantastic figure - as one would expect from Gringos.

Wasn't impressed by Cecil Gaybody's reference to Gruffalo - rather uncalled for I thought, given the excellent quality of the painting and the figure itself. Rather insulting really.  i thought the idea of the site was to support each other and give constructive observations.

Brilliant painting and another great figure range Ged.

Best Wishes   DaveL

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Dave 

Cecil Gaybody likes to joke. He's assured me nothing personal is meant by such remarks. I take it in good part.
Mostly 

[Juan]

After a visit to Wikipedia, now I know what a Gruffalo is. 

Fantastic painting work, really nice. And the miniature is also really good. I´m really interested in this period, and I am only waiting for more Conquistadores.

Figures so beautifully painted as this one make me to begin the planning...