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Title: Figures to use to paint Mexican Uniforms from the US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848
Post by: willie on December 02, 2020, 10:18:04 PM

What do you think of using figures from other periods to create different Armies since a lot of uniforms followed the
 Napoleonic pattern and French all the way to the 1870 This could even go for South America The new book The US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848 published by Wing Hussar and the Pacific War Willie

Title: Re: Figures to use to paint Mexican Uniforms from the US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848
Post by: marko on December 02, 2020, 11:58:57 PM

It is an excellent idea.  Many Napoleonic era uniforms will work or with some very minor changes will work as will some of the 1870 era and it will be very colorful and unique.  Should be fun!


mark  8)

Title: Re: Figures to use to paint Mexican Uniforms from the US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848
Post by: gerhard on December 03, 2020, 01:47:09 AM

There are some Mexicans for the period at Kieler Zinnfiguren.The editor was Waibel.
https://www.kieler-zinnfiguren.de/Listen/Waibel.html

Title: Re: Figures to use to paint Mexican Uniforms from the US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848
Post by: Erich on December 03, 2020, 05:27:16 AM

There are some more figures available from Michael Behring...
The picture below is from his showcase at Schmalkalden, two years ago.
In Addition to the Mexican Soldiers he has some US - Soldiers too.

Title: Re: Figures to use to paint Mexican Uniforms from the US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848
Post by: Hannibal on December 03, 2020, 07:32:20 AM

I give a bit more light...


(https://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/19/31/59/25/forum_10.jpg)

Title: Re: Figures to use to paint Mexican Uniforms from the US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848
Post by: snagy on December 03, 2020, 09:18:16 AM

I know that it is not in focus now, but the paintwork on the figures are excellent.
Anybody painted them, made excellent work!
Sandor

Title: Re: Figures to use to paint Mexican Uniforms from the US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848
Post by: Erich on December 03, 2020, 11:27:10 AM

Sandor,
the figures are painted by Michael Behring himself. He is a professional figure painter, has his own edition of flat figures and has made some of the drawings for the figures
from Mr. Tylinski. Unfortunately he has no presence in the Internet until now.
For me he is from special interest because most of his figures are beside the Mainstream. You will find Zulus, Touaregs, Aztecs, South- and North- American Indians, Mahdists, French Foreign Legion in Indochina and Mexican and US - Soldiers for the war of 1846-1848.

Title: Re: Figures to use to paint Mexican Uniforms from the US-MEXICAN War 1846-1848
Post by: snagy on December 04, 2020, 12:49:28 AM

Thank you, for the additional information, Erich!
Best regards-
Sandor