At the end of 2020 I had 11 Conquistador figures nearly – but not completely – done. I had written a few blog posts earlier this week, and I wanted to wait a bit to share a blog post on these eleven that I finished earlier this week. I know that there is interest from several of you in the “Mark’s Conquistador Contest” – so here is an update on my progress and some pics of the completed figures so you can see how you’re doing.

This post concerns three groups of 28mm metal figures: one from Outpost Wargames Services (#CONC1 “Conquistador Foot Command”; and two from Eureka Miniatures (#100CON04 “Crossbowmen” and two single officer figures – 100CON06 and an unnumbered one). I got the OWS ones from Badger Games and the Eureka ones from Eureka in Australia – but since I have learned that there is a Eureka US distributor.

Conquistador Foot Command

The first group of figures that I finished included a four-figure group called “Conquistador Foot Command”. I am unaware of the sculptor. I am including these as the first of (hopefully) several more entries in Dave Stone’s Painting Challenge “PAINT WHAT YOU GOT CHALLENGE”. The group included a leader, a bannerman, a drummer, and a bugler. The bannerman (CFC2 below) will count as my first official figure of 2021 for Ann’s “First of the Year Painting Challenge”. I did like the sculpts though they are a bit “bulky” compared to my previous Wargames Foundry Copplestone figures, and were fun to paint. From top to bottom, are some WIP shots.

These are numbered for me as CFC1 to CFC4. Here are the completed figures below (click on any image for a bigger view):

CFC1

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CFC2

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Again, this is my first figure of 2021. The banner here is a representation of the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary that Hernan Cortes used during the Spanish Conquest. I printed it off on my computer printer ad affixed it to an old RAFM halberd that I modified. Here are some WIP shots of that process:

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CFC3

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CFC4

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Group Shot

I will probably use this group as an ensemble, or possibly some of them. I will enjoy seeing them on the tabletop.

Crossbowmen

These five came from Eureka and took the long trip from Australia. I wanted a number of crossbowmen to complement the arquebusiers I had already done. The figures are much slimmer than I would have preferred, and no where as detailed anatomically on the faces and on the legs, which made painting them a bit less fun (and effective). You can see some of my issues below but I think that I did the best I could with what I had to work with here. But they are less expensive, and Eureka was nice enough to throw an extra figure in the mix that you’ll see under the officers. Here is a WIP series of shots from top to bottom:

These will be fine for the tabletop, but I’m less than fully happy with them. I numbered them CXB1 to CXB5.

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Conquistador Officers

I ordered one officer figure from Eureka, and as I wrote before they did throw in another figure for free – and that one was my favorite of the Eureka stuff. I gave each some facial hair. I numbered these COF1 and COF2, and will use them as leaders in Feudal Patrol^TM.

Here are a series of some WIP shots from earlier to later:

And now the finished figures:

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And lastly, a group shot of all of these figures:

I hope that you enjoyed reading this post – and please let me know your feedback in the comments section. I now have 66 more figures to go – and I have already a good start on the remaining ones. Keep watching!

And now my reference section:

Miscellaneous details and references for those interested in that sort of thing:

Previous posts on games, units, and other projects for my 16th Century Spanish Conquest supplement for Feudal Patrol™ – “Civilizations Collide”

1. Conquistador Foot Command, Crossbowmen, and a Couple of Officers (this post). 11 figures total: Outpost Wargames Services #CONC1 “Conquistador Foot Command” (a leader, a banner bearer, a drummer, and a bugler); Eureka #100CON04 “Crossbowmen” (5 crossbowmen); and Eureka CONC1 “Conquistador Officer” and an unknown SKU officer (2 officers)
2. Merciless Adventurers (this post) – Wargames Foundry #SB014 (6 Conquistadores with arquebuses)
3. Audacious Arquebusiers! – Wargames Foundry #SB012 (6 Conquistadores with arquebuses)
4. Mark’s Conquistador Contest – for my loyal blog followers!
5. Montezuma and Chieftains – Wargames Foundry #AZ011 for Feudal Patrol – 6 Aztec figures (Montezuma, 4 Chieftains, 1 Warrior Priest)
6. Aztec Shock Troops – Cuachic Warriors aka The Shorn Ones – 8 Aztec cuachicqueh warriors
7. Tloxtoxl and the Priests of the Great Temple, Wargames Foundry AZ021 – 2 warrior priests, 1 priestess, 1 priest, 1 leader, and 1 signaler
8. Civilizations Collide – The Wars of the Aztecs, the Inca, the Maya, and the Conquistadores is now available as a FREE Download for Feudal Patrol™ – plus a Feudal Patrol™ review!
9. 18 Aztec Novice Warriors for Feudal Patrol Walk into a Bar – 18 Novice Warriors
10. Aztec Warrior Priests (painted as Tlaxcalans), Ral Partha 42-302, circa 1988 (this post) – 6 figures – 6 Tlaxcalan Warrior Priests
11. Tlaxcalan Novices, Elite Warriors, and Command Group – 18 figures – 8 Novice Tlaxcalan Warriors, 8 Elite Tlaxcalan Warriors, 1 Tlaxcalan Captain, 1 Tlaxcalan Conch Blower
12. Tlaxcalan Archers – 8 Veteran Tlaxcalan Archers
13. Aztec Game for Feudal Patrol across thousands of miles – via Zoom!
14. Aztec Snake Woman and Drummer – 1 Aztec General, 1 Aztec Drummer
15. A June and July Jaguar Warrior Frenzy (plus some Aztec Veterans and a Warrior Priest to Boot) – 3 Aztec Veteran Warriors, 17 Jaguar Warriors, 1 Aztec Warrior Priest
16. Doubling Down – Aztec Veteran Warriors – 24 Aztec Veteran Warriors
17. Aztec Arrow Knights, Ral Partha circa 1988 – 6 Aztec Arrow Knights
18. Aztec Eagle Warriors from Tin Soldier UK – 6 Aztec Eagle Knights
19. Aztec Novice Warriors and a few Frinx – 12 Novice Warriors

Total figures completed to date for this project: 164 figures:  109 Aztecs, 32 Tlaxcalans, 23 Spanish Conquistadores (66 more to go in Mark’s Conquistador Contest!)

PAINTS, INKS, GLAZES, SHADES, WASHES, PIGMENTS, FLOCKING, GLUES AND MORE THAT I USED ON THESE CONQUISTADOR FIGURES:

1. Gorilla Glue
2. 1/8″ x 1″ Everbilt Fender Washers
3. Poster tack
4. Vallejo Mecha Primer “White”
5. Vallejo “Surface Primer – White Primer”
6. Vallejo “Flow Improver”
7. Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
8. Testors “Universal Acrylic Thinner”
9. Citadel “Nuln Oil” (wash)
10. Vallejo Model Air “Weiss” (off-white)
11. Vallejo Mecha Color “Off White”
12. Vallejo Game Air “Black”
13. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Cygor Brown”
14. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Gore-Grunta Fur”
15. Army Painter “Tanned Flesh”
16. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Black Templar”
17. Citadel “Runefang Steel”
18. Battlefront “Dark Leather”
19. Battlefront “Gunship Green”
20. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Magos Purple”
21. Citadel “Evil Sunz Scarlet”
22. Citadel “Ironbreaker”
23. Battlefront “Worn Canvas”
24. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Militarum Green”
25. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Iyanden Yellow”
26. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Snakebite Leather”
27. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Wyldwood”
28. Vallejo Mecha Color “Dark Steel”
29. Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” (wash)
30. Secret Weapon Washes “Yellow Snow” (wash)
31. Vallejo Game Ink “Yellow” (ink)
32. Vallejo Game Ink “Blue” (ink)
33. Vallejo Mecha Color “Electric Blue”
34. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Contrast Medium”
35. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Gryph-Charger Grey”
36. Vallejo Game Ink “Red” (ink)
37. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Nazdreg Yellow”
38. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Creed Camo”
39. Army Painter “Purple Tone” (wash)
40. Army Painter “Red Tone” (wash)
41. Citadel “Drakenhof Nightshade” (wash)
42. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Blood Angels Red”
43. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Apothecary White”
44. Reaper MSP “Black Primer”
45. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Flesh Tearers Red”
46. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Aggaros Dunes”
47. Vallejo Model Air “Light”
48. Secret Weapon Washes “Armor Wash” (wash)
49. Citadel “Coelia Greenshade” (wash)
50. Vallejo Model Air “Duck Egg Green”
51. Vallejo “Satin Varnish”
52. Vallejo “Gloss Varnish”
53. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Volupus Pink”
54. Citadel “Seraphim Sepia” (wash)
55. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Dark Angels Green”
56. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Talassar Blue”
57. Vallejo Game Air “Bronze Fleshtone”
58. Vallejo Model Color “Sunny Skin Tone”
59. Army Painter “Flesh Wash” (wash)
60. Vallejo Model Color “Vermilion”
61. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Akhelian Green”
62. Vallejo Model Air “Gun Metal”
63. Citadel “Lamenters Yellow” (glaze)
64. Citadel “Agrax Earthshade” (shade)
65. Vallejo Model Air “Bright Brass”
66. Battlefront “Chocolate Brown”
67. Battlefront “Flat Earth”
68. Elmer’s PVA Glue
69. Army Painter “Brown Battlefields” (flocking)
70. Vallejo “Dark Yellow Ochre” (pigment)
71. Vallejo “Burnt Umber” (pigment)
72. Citadel “Steel Legion Drab”
73. Citadel “Tallarn Sand”
74. Citadel “Karak Stone”
75. Americana “Desert Sand”
76. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matt Varnish”
77. Army Painter “Grass Green” (flocking)