Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Finished Units for Mexico

With a bunch of bases back from Steve having the grout added to bases and sealed with a layer of paint I have been able to get a bunch more finished for the Mexican project.

First finished unit are Irregular Mexicans, bandits, Guerrillas as you like. Useful for either side but will mainly be republican irregulars. 2nd and 3rd from left are Boot Hill, the other 4 are Knuckle Duster. 

First of the French Zouaves, the French had a I believe 8 battalions in Mexico so 2 seems a good number for me. Perrys with a Flags of War flag.


The finished box for the French and Imperials is starting to overflow, 5 battalions of French and 2 of Mexican supported by 2 squadrons of Chasseurs D'Afrique and one of Mexican Lancers. 

Geoff (Ellies Dad online) said he wondered how I fitted everything in, last year I invested in some new boxes and a load of Jenga, they are all full now so I need to consider re-visiting that. 
Mexican Militia/National Guard, real mix of manufacturers with this lot. And mixing in with existing figures to finish units off.
These command bases finish off 4 battalions, mix of Foundry, Perry, Wargames Atlantic, 1898 miniatures.
Mainly Foundry Peons with a couple of Wargames Atlantic prints.
These two bases of Machete armed Peons, mainly 1898 Philippino Guerrillas
The finished units are below, again the box is full and Jenga is required. 5 battalions of Militia, one of Regulars and the cavalry squadron. Add to this 3 or so battalions, 2 gun batteries and a squadron from Chris pretty much gives is enough for a game.
That's probably it for a month or two as I prep for Partizan but as I am not quite halfway with the project certainly more to come.

Thanks for stopping by.

20 comments:

  1. Those look cracking fair number minis too well done.

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    1. Cheers Golgotha, not quite halfway but progress

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  2. Lovely units and they look great in the 'group photos' !
    Best wishes, James

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  3. Super work Roger, they all look lovely, your collection is certainly building up well.

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    1. Enough for a game once the Belgians are done.

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  4. I do like your Zouaves. They are both colourful and uniform. The flag's very smart too.
    Stephen

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  5. Lots of lovely looking figures on display Roger - I think the zouaves are my favourites, too!

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    1. Agreed probably my favourite unit so far.

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  6. Great looking work on all these. That is a serious looking force you have now. Looking forward to seeing them in action.

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  7. Superb looking figures, Roger!

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  8. Ohhhh - they look nice. You’ve done a crackin’ job 👏👏
    If you continue to recruit further it looks like you’re going to need more storage boxes.
    The Mexican irregulars look like they might be trouble if they can get to close quarters (all those machetes etc), so I dare say French & Imperialists will probably want to shoot the heck out of them to ensure they don’t get up close.
    Cheers,
    Geoff

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    1. Cheers Geoff, as it happens new storage boxes just arrived and I am planning some box jenga in the coming week or so. A game report is in coming where the Mexicans had to deal with their issues around poor armamamant.

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  9. Under the Second Empire, the flags were topped by an eagle, just as under the First Empire.
    https://www.napoleon.org/histoire-des-2-empires/videos/les-aigles-de-drapeaux-du-second-empire-bertrand-malvaux-expert-cnes/

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