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.
Great figures Brian - I particularly like the peasant with the rake
ReplyDeleteThanks MJT, he's my favourite too!
DeleteYou can't beat a good Mexican Brian, my favourite is Chilli Con Carne ! Seriously, lovely figures and a nice unusual period/theatre. I suspect those Mexican figures sold by Steve Weston will be very useful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Graham, you're so right a CCC is just the thing for this weather! I've been squirreling away figures for this project for a while.
DeleteWhat excellent conversions Brian! The standards are wonderful! I love the creativity with the peasant with his work tools, he looks so natural! The figure about to hurl his stick of dynamite is my favorite! All really well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brad, I plan to do a unit of dynamiteros, it's a nod to all those great spaghetti westerns we grew up with.
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