Breaking Up The Aztecs - Pt.3

 After painting up the 'Spanish & Tlaxcalan' DBA army I researched other possible morphs:

    4.19a - Tarascan or Toltec-Chicimec - additions required:  20 Bw; 6 shield-bearers
    That's a lot of bow but I have them part-painted.
    Plenty of info - shields and uniforms.

    4.53 - Mixtec, Zapotec or West Mexican - additions required:
    1 x Ax(g); 9 x Ax (suit wearers); 6 x Ax; 6 x sling
    Again I have these in stock
    Less info but still adequate.

   4.71 - Coastal Peruvian - no additions required
    A nice bonus army
Very little available information on the Tallanes - this will have to be the subject of a future 'In Search Of' posting.

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Even after all this work there will still be a 'rump' to be disposed of.  I did consider using the 'Irregular Warfare' rules for my 15mm but I already have plenty of figures in 20mm for that.  Clearly I need to find someone who is familiar with Ebay!

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DBA games - Sat 5th June 2021 (Gt. Houghton)

1)       4.19c Spanish & Tlaxcalan v 4.63 Aztec                                    4:0 win
          A good result for their first outing - the Kn did nothing but observe
 

2)      4.37a Malay v 3.23a    Khmer                                                     4:1 loss

3)      4.40 Siamese v 3.9b  Burmese                                                    4:3 win
 

4)      4.81 Inca Imperial v 4.63  Aztec                                                4:2 loss
         Another Inca failure - on paper it should be a good(ish) army.
         I am now painting up 2 x 5Hd to replace the 2 x 3Pk.

5)      2.1  Republican Indian v 2.15  Alexandrian Imperial                4:3 win
         I thought the game was over when I had lost 3 elements (to 1 kill).  
         The dice gods decided otherwise.

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Sources:

(1)  "Armies of the Sixteenth Century - 2"  Aztecs & Incas
    Foundry Books 1998 - Ian Heath

(2)  FoG - Blood & Gold - the Americas at War - ISBN 978-1-84603-691-0

(3)  FoG - Cities of Gold - Africa and the Americas - ISBN 978-1-84908-235-8

(4)  DBA v3.0 (2014) - by Phil Barker & Sue Laflin-Barker

(5)  DBMM Army Lists (Revised Edition - 2016) - books 3 & 4 - by Phil Barker

(6)  DBR Army Lists (1995) - book 1 - by Phil Barker

(7)  Stevens Balagan (website) - multiple articles on uniforms and compositions of 'American' armies e.g.     https://balagan.info/painting-guide-for-an-aztec-army

(8)  Weapons & Warfare - another website with multiple articles e.g.
     https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2019/04/23/aztecs/

(9)  Meshwesh - army lists for 'Triumph' ancient rules e.g.
     http://meshwesh.wgcwar.com/thematicCategory/5fb1b720e1af060017701946/explore

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