I have just painted a new peon for my future revolution Diorama{sm3}.I am very passionate about this historical theme and there are no coherent productions on this historical fact, so I have to convert and paint the few toy soldiers that are there.
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Tired of being a "proud vaquero" or a "proud campesino" slave to the landowners, he wants the land he works and has taken up arms. {sm3}
This was the most difficult conversion. I had to completely remodel the sculpture. I prepared a new revolutionary peon.
This was the most difficult conversion. I had to completely remodel the sculpture. I prepared a new revolutionary peon.
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This is a beautiful group, and a great photo too. Models definitely bring up memories in unexpected ways. I grew up in Albuquerque and this is what your scene brings to mind: 1.) Britains Deetail Mexicans in the glass display cabinets at Toy's By Roy back in the 1970s and 2.) the State Fair Grounds, which used to include a Mexican Village section that was staffed by reenactors and interpreters in beautiful clothes like the ones your models are wearing. Lots of mariachi music and blanks being fired off. I think back on that, and it seems like it was a long time ago. Imagine someone who was in their 70s back then, who would have actually remembered scenes from the early 20th century like yours. All of those old vaqueros have long since headed to the High Chaparral. Thanks for sharing your interesting work!
That's very kind of you! And they bring me up memories of the 70ies italian spaghetti westerns, same period, by the way).
This is only a part of a more complex scene that I will do in a diorama. I will build a "pulqueria" and a part of a mexican town of the 1910s. I m glad you also like these atmospheres. As you said, only britans details made mexicans revolutionaris.
In the 70's Tradition in England put out a series of Mexicans of the Battle of Camerone,along with some French Foreign Legion of that battle,I think they are still available from them.It's a different time period but the clothes and weapons for the Mexicans were basically the same and they are nice figures,unpainted metal.
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Looks good. :salute:: Chris