Mexican-American War

[Cameronian]

Mexican 4th Line Infantry, figures from Warrior:

'The time has come" The walrus said. "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings."

[Altius]

Very nice! I’ve done the Mexican-American War in 28mm

Where there is fire, we will carry gasoline

[Cameronian]

Cheers. The plan was to do forces of a few units for each side but the more Mexicans I do the more I get interested, will-power will decide.

'The time has come" The walrus said. "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings."

[Colin Ashton]

OMG they take me back about 25 years to when I had a large collection of these in 15mm. I also published a set of rules “A little more grape, Captain Bragg!” if anyone remembers them, together with a couple of articles for WI!

[Cameronian]

This is a conflict I had never heard of until a couple of years ago when I got The Chieftains ‘San Patricio’ CD.  I was surprised to find out through various posts in various places how many people had actually dabbled in it!

'The time has come" The walrus said. "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings."

[Chris Johnson]

I do the MAW with Scruby 25mm–virtually 20mm by today’s standards.  I probably have too many–somewhere around 1500–but they sure do look nifty on the tabletop, especially the Mexicans. I painted them all in “toy soldier”-style (glossy, reasonable detail but not over-doing it), which suits the way Scruby sculpted his figures very well.  I’ve tried a number of different sets of rules, most recently Black Powder.  I prefer simpler rules with removal of casualties, though, so I’ll keep looking.  I might go back to Fields of Honor–they gave a pretty good game.

[Cameronian]

Chris, sounds amazing.  Any pics by any chance?

'The time has come" The walrus said. "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings."

[mexican dave]

I too have a lot of Mexican American War stuff in 28mm. Most are 1rst Corps with a few Old Glory.

Presently painting some civilians at present.

[Cameronian]

Dave, no idea why this took so long to ask but anyhoo; what are Old Glory UK like to deal with?  Really interested in their ‘flying battery’ pack but haven’t dealt with them before.

'The time has come" The walrus said. "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings."

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