Tag: Mo'vember

Or, let’s just call him Cortes for short – to avoid all the accent marks, surname confusion, and titles!

I got this figure from Gringo 40’s excellent collection of Conquistadores. It is from Gringo 40s Conquistadores line (#CONQP1 Cortez). The figure is 28mm in size, metal, and overall an excellent sculpt. I will be heading back to them for more figures. I had not painted a figure since I completed the war wagons back in August (also from Gringo 40’s), and really not a soldier since February. I am surprised at how much terrain took up the intervening time – as well as my garage (and now if you’ve not seen these you can see all of my garage+ project posts all in one place – here). But, let’s get back to Cortes.

In his early 30’s, Hernan Cortes made his way into the history books as a Conquistador and the vanquisher of the Aztec Empire. He lived to his early 60’s. Now, there are plenty of negative things to say about his life – and by no means am I considering him a “good guy” – just as I would not do that for Montezuma or any Aztec either. Both combatants were pretty damn brutal in so many ways. They were all men of their time – not today – and if you want to check out the Wikipedia page on Cortes you’ll get a flavor. He was remarkable in many ways, good and bad, and he was complex. I wanted a true Cortes figure for my Civilizations Collide scenarios for games of Feudal Patrol^TM .

Of course, Cortes played a major role in the Spanish Conquest 500 years ago, especially as a combat leader. He also is bearded, and my good friend Roger over at Rantings Under The Wargame Table threw out a challenge for Mo’vember around such guys. Therefore, he is my submission for Roger’s challenge.

I was able to paint him up pretty quickly – and it felt great to paint again.

And add a label:

I enjoyed painting Cortes. I tried to give his armor different shading and tones while maintaining an overall proper look. The photo gallery below is not as good a group of shots as I’d like – it was tough to get the lighting correct – he’s thankfully not that shiny (as you saw above).

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I thought I’d add a picture of Cortes and Montezuma II. Cortes will get a lot more play in my scenarios anyways, but his picture is a little less shiny and better here, so here it is.

I hope that you enjoyed this – I have one more related post to do prior to this week’s Historicon game (I’m running it there on Saturday morning).

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

For all of my previous posts on games, units, and other projects for my 16th Century Spanish Conquest supplement for Feudal Patrol™ – “Civilizations Collide” – please see this page.

PAINTS, INKS, GLAZES, SHADES, WASHES, PIGMENTS, FLOCKING, GLUES AND MORE THAT I USED ON THIS HERNAN CORTES FIGURE:

1. Gorilla Glue
2. 1/8″ x 1″ Everbilt Fender Washers
3. Poster tack
4. Vallejo Mecha Primer “White”
5. Vallejo “Flow Improver”
6. Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
7. Vallejo Mecha Color “Off-White”
8. Vallejo Model Color “Black”
9. Vallejo Model Air “Hull Red”
10. Battlefront “GI Green”
11. Battlefront “Boot Brown”
12. Citadel “Ironbreaker”
13. Vallejo Model Color “Red”
14. Vallejo Mecha Color “Dark Steel”
15. Vallejo Model Air “Steel”
16. Vallejo Model Air “Bright Brass”
17. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Snakebite Leather”
18. Vallejo Model Air “Gun Metal”
19. Battlefront “Flat Earth”
20. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Blood Angels Red”
21. Vallejo Game Air “Chrome”
22. Army Painter “Tanned Flesh”
23. Vallejo Game Color “Bronze Fleshtone”
24. Vallejo Model Color “Sunny Skin Tone”
25. Army Painter “Flesh Wash” (wash)
26. Vallejo Game Color “White”
27. Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” (wash)
28. Army Painter “Red Tone” (shade)
29. Citadel “Cryptek Armourshade Gloss” (shade)
30. Citadel “Agrax Earthshade” (shade)
31. Elmer’s PVA Glue
32. Army Painter “Brown Battlefields” (flocking)
33. Vallejo “Dark Yellow Ochre” (pigment)
34. Vallejo “Burnt Umber” (pigment)
35. Vallejo “Pigment Binder”
36. Citadel “Steel Legion Drab”
37. Citadel “Tallarn Sand”
38. Citadel “Karak Stone”
39. Vallejo Model Air “German Red Brown”
40. Citadel “The Fang ”
41. Citadel “Seraphim Sepia” (shade)
42. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matt Varnish”
43. Army Painter “Grass Green” (flocking)