Meso-American Miscellany

 Getting tired of painting Americans but I did manage to finish off a few 'waifs and strays'.

(1)  Mayas - 2 x 3Ax (to make up the numbers) plus 1 x 4Bd general with Ah Canul bodyguard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Canul

All Gladiator figures.

(2)  A few extras including:
      1 x 4Pk(general); 1 x 4Pk bodyguard;
      2 x 3Ax;  4 x 3Pk

The 3Pk are Mound Builder stinkards (300MB106) - useful in a number of roles.  All Eureka figures.

(3)  I also added some Mound Builders to their box:  2 x 3Bw (to make up the numbers);  

       1 x 4Bd; 1 x general on Litter.

Now moving on to Poles and Turkomans.

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Saturday 7th May 2022 - Gt. Houghton

I took along my newly painted Meso-Americans:
4.19a  Tarascan                      v  4.63   Aztec                                    5:3 win
4.53   Zapotec                        v  4.9    Eastern Forest American      4:1 win
4.63   Aztec                           v  3.22d  Maya (1462-1546)              4:0 win
4.19c  Spanish & Tlaxcalan  v  4.63   Aztec                                    4:0  loss

Last fight was a 25mm 'lucky dip':
2.13   Samnite              v  2.50   Hasmonean Jewish                         4:3 win

Zapotecs

 Another Meso-American army comes off the painting table.  Hadn't realised that the bases were un-flocked.  Ho Hum!

16 elements in total - pic 1 shows:  6 x 3Ax; 2 x Ps slings

 

This time:  4 x 3Bw; 1 x Ps slings; 2 x 4Ax suit-wearers; 1 x 4Ax general

Being mainly auxilia make this a lightweight army.  The fast bow and psiloi stops it from being one dimensional - but it has no punch.

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Although I have enough figures for a Toltec army I am not motivated to build it.  If I want to field an army of  11 x 4Bd plus 1 Ps I will dig out my Vikings.

There is still a litter on my paint table but once that is finished I will be moving on to Eastern Europe.

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Saturday 30th April - Gt.Houghton

'Straight' DBA:
3.1b  Western Slav          v   3.53  East Frankish       4:0 win
3.40b  Viking 850-1280  v  2.81d  Strathclyde          6:0 loss

'Double' DBA:
3.28  Carolingian             v  3.40a  Viking 790-849   8:3 loss

Another One Bites the Dust

 

After completing the Aztecs (minus Hordes) I can add another to my Meso-American collection.  Appropriate really as the Tarascans were bitter enemies and often beat their more famous 'brothers'.

Given that this is a bow heavy army that's quite surprising.  However, as various fights in 15 & 20mm scales have shown, re-fights mirror reality (or history anyway).  

On a side note 3 of the elements are mixed Bw & Sp that are treated exactly the same as any other solid Bw.  I can't help feeling that there should be some sort of differentiation but can't quite figure out what it should be.

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Next on the painting table are various fillers:

3 x Maya (2 x 3Ax & 1 x 4Bd)

5 x Polonesian/Melanesian (2 x 4Pk & 3 x 3Bd/Ax)

In the Meso-American world there are half finished trays of Toltecs & Mixtec/Zapotec - but I need a break from them.

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DBA @ Gt.Houghton - Sat 2.4.22 - Carthaginian scenarios (5 of)

I took the role of 'Rebels' and scored:

5:1 win        5:3 loss            4:0 win
5:2 win        4:0 loss

2 x 'Normal' games:

1.61a  Early Carthaginian     v 1.52i   Italiot Hoplite                     4:0 loss
1.53   Saitic Egyptian            v 2.7     Later Achaemenid Persian  4:2 loss

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DBA @ Gt.Houghton - Sat 9.4.22 - 'Arabs'

4.20   Ayyubid Egyptian  v 3.12    Christian Nubian              4:0 win
3.74a  Rum                       v 4.1a    Komnenan Byzantine       4:2 win
3.70   Tuareg                     v 3.70   Tuareg                               4:3 win
3.66   Fatimid Egyptian    v 4.17    Later Crusader                 5:0 loss
3.49   Tulunid  Egyptian   v 3.65    Nikephorian Byzantine    4:2 win 

Whatever Happened To......

 Are you humming the signature tune?

 Back in the days of yore I broke up my 6th Edition Aztecs.  The idea was to form as many DBA (Meso-American) armies as possible from the stock. The Aztecs have just been painted up.

 

The eagle-eyed will spot that there are only 11 elements in this group. I didn't like the Tlaxcalan shieldbearers so swapped them for more suitable figures.  They have now been moved to the head of the painting queue.

Checking the DBA army lists made me realise that I needed 2 x 3 Ax and 1 x 4 Bd (g) so that I have all the options. An order was sent off for Gladiator figures [I also spotted some Thracians with long spears].

After finding out that the 2 x Pk(F) just don't work for me in this Inca army I produced some alternative hordes.  Of course these are so generic that they could appear in many of armies (including the Aztecs).

 Still on the painting boards are - Tarascans, Mixtec/Zapotec and Toltecs.  There's also the small matter of the Pueblo Cultures but that's a matter for another day.