For a while now I've had a yen to do some figures for the Mexican Revolution......but which one? There were so many, and with so many different factions, so I decided to make a generic army that could be used for any uprising over the roughly 1880-1920 period. I made a start earlier this year:
The plan is to have a largely irregular force encompassing Mexican patriots, impoverished farmers, vengeful Apaches, emancipated slaves, Yankee adventurers and perhaps a few mercenaries. So there's a lot of scope for fun conversions and a large range of suitable western figures to draw on for them. The examples shown here were were made from toys by several manufacturers including Crescent, Jean Hoefler, Dulcop and BMC.
I see the project unfolding as a sort of "Back of Beyond" scenario, only set in Americas back yard rather than the wilds of Central Asia. My friend Matt Thair who runs White Tower Miniatures has also just brought out a range of new metal figures for this period so I'm hoping there will be a resurgence of interest.
