jammy four  | 06 Mar 2013 5:01 p.m. PST |
Gents just to advise i will be releasing a new range of 28mm Mayans and Conquistadors at Salute 2013..the range will eventually cover all of Mesoamerica from about 1520 onwards further information to be posted soon regards Ged gringo40s.com
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| WarWizard | 06 Mar 2013 5:41 p.m. PST |
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 John the OFM  | 06 Mar 2013 6:11 p.m. PST |
I find it amazing that the only 25/28mm Mayans EVER were from Naismith Design.
Since they are almost impossible to find now, this is a good sign.
Naismith also had the first Aztecs, but there have been a few more Aztecs since, but oddly no Mayans.
Naismith were fantastic figures of a truly spectacular looking army.
It's good to know that Mayans are available again. I hope they do well. |
| The Dozing Dragon | 06 Mar 2013 6:22 p.m. PST |
Can't see pics from work (if indeed there is a pic!) but looking forward to seeing these. Agreed with John re the Naismith ones – a real shame all those ranges disappeared. |
| altfritz | 06 Mar 2013 7:10 p.m. PST |
Bears Den (I think) have Mayans as well, IIRC. And Eureka had some, but unreleased. |
| Rudi the german | 06 Mar 2013 7:26 p.m. PST |
I will buy some for sure. |
| jammy four | 06 Mar 2013 11:53 p.m. PST |
thanks for the support Gents i will upload some pics as soon as im able…..you can see one pic on leadadventure forum of five painted sample Huatec Mayans…….. regards Ged gringo40s.com
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| LorenzoMele | 07 Mar 2013 2:53 a.m. PST |
Excellent news, thanks @ John OFM: Outpost has a gorgeous Maya range in 28mm. |
| jammy four | 07 Mar 2013 3:13 a.m. PST |
Gents foe those on facebook you can see a picture under my personal facebook page "gerard cronin" this depicts the first five Mayans fully painted in all their glory! regards Ged gringo40s.com
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| Geoff B | 07 Mar 2013 4:22 a.m. PST |
Ive not seen too many figures like this before.These look great Ged! |
| Cerdic | 07 Mar 2013 4:55 a.m. PST |
This is good news. I've looked at Gringo 40s beautiful 40mm figures at shows and wished they were 28s… |
| WarWizard | 07 Mar 2013 11:13 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 07 Mar 2013 3:03 p.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 13 Mar 2013 5:30 a.m. PST |
Gents just received a load of new Mayan greens will post some pics once i get some photos of the finished figs regards Ged gringo40s.com
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| cp models | 13 Mar 2013 6:09 a.m. PST |
Gringo 40's new Mayans
Painted by Andrew Taylor Looks like the start of a very exciting range Mark |
| GOTHIC LINE MINIATURES | 14 Mar 2013 10:30 a.m. PST |
Amazing figures and amazing paint job!!!!
Whats next!!!??? |
| jammy four | 14 Mar 2013 10:47 a.m. PST |
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| Sidney Fiddler | 17 Mar 2013 3:46 p.m. PST |
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| colin knight | 18 Mar 2013 1:58 a.m. PST |
I can see some very nice Impetus bases for these. |
| jammy four | 19 Mar 2013 10:19 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 20 Mar 2013 4:37 a.m. PST |
Gents just to advise the first of the conquistador greens arrived
yesterday and are now with Griffin…….for hopefull release at Salute 2013. will advise nearer the date a swathe of Spanish conquistador equipment underway as well regards
Ged gringo40s.com
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| Sidney Fiddler | 26 Mar 2013 2:39 a.m. PST |
Shown them to my old mucker Bobby "main man " Davro.
He thinks there blinding. |
| jammy four | 29 Mar 2013 8:55 a.m. PST |
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| Bowman | 30 Mar 2013 9:13 p.m. PST |
Ged, no one is happier about a new Mayan range, than myself. A few comments if I may: 1) I'm not aware of any pictorial or written evidence that the Maya went naked into battle. I think your sculptor is conflating them with the Huaxtecs of Central Mexico. On the other hand, can you produce some basic warriors wearing the wrap around cotton corselet? 2) I'm glad you are producing some rectangular shields with the round ones. I'd prefer to see the "daisy-style" shield with the long fabric trails on the bottom and the top of the shield. This design was used to entangle the enemy's weapons in close combat. 3) Also, instead of concentrating on an Aztec style Maquahuitl, how about the more typical Kukri-style "bat" weapon, used by the Maya? A good example of that can be seen in the Heath book, Armies of the Aztec and Inca Empires, page 65. I look forward to your Mayan line. I'll be buying some. Please PM me if you'd like to. |
| Bowman | 31 Mar 2013 5:21 a.m. PST |
Here is a good illustration from a vase or cylinder. This is an exploded view:
The warrior on the left has a simple rectangular shield. The others appear to have their shields adorned with streams of fabric coming from the top and bottom. Also note the cool skull glyph on the one shield. The mid-right warrior has an "halab" which is an atl-atl spear thrower. Also note the thrusting spears with their distinctive "wrapping" near the obsidian tip. Here are some simpler, unadorned round and rectangular shields, from another vase:
Note the vertical holding brace on the larger shields. Here is a plate showing a single noble warrior. It is difficult to see the details of his body, but his shield design is very clear:
The fabric fastened to the top and bottom of his rectangular shield is evident. Hope that provides you with some ideas. |
| Bowman | 31 Mar 2013 6:38 a.m. PST |
Wow, how hard is it to Google for a specific Mayan weapon? Actually it's hard!! Googling "Mayan obsidian weapon" gets you a lot of fantasy BS, Aztec weapons, obsidian eccentrics, and not a lot of actual Mayan weapons. Here is a portion of one of the frescoes at Chichen Itza:
The lower left figure carries something that looks like a boomerang. This is actually the Mayan "bat", a small curved axe-like weapon. At the toe end, away from the hand, would be obsidian blades. These are missing from the painting. Here is the other half of the same painting:
The two warriors in the middle also carry bats. The painting is simple and stylized and the weapons also do not show the obsidian edging. However, from all the artwork above, one can see that no one is actually naked. |
| jammy four | 01 Apr 2013 3:55 a.m. PST |
Bowman appreciate your time and effort. you are quite right the Mayans are not well documented. i have an old book from Russian with really old prints/drawings lifted from mayan drawings and yes your right they did use sythe stlye bats and swords for want of a better word…these will be available for later figures.the Naked guy is Huaxtec btw! as technically they were "mayan"…the daisy shields.. streamer shields were already in the mix//fear not!! as are every weapon i can find info on. what we need is Ian Heath to redraw some of the types shown above!! any scrap of info welcomed as i will be doing other tribes rather then the other two big players first …not decided yet. feel free to e-mail me at gjmfigurines4@btinternet.com with any requests or ideas im happy to look at/ commission these and ship pics in !! great stuff. best regards Ged gringo40s.com
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| Bowman | 01 Apr 2013 8:10 a.m. PST |
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