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Conquistadores for Christmas!
December 24, 2020 Wargames Atlantic

Conquistadores for Christmas!

Earlier this year we did a poll for the best matched pair set of plastics and the winner was Conquistadores vs. Aztecs. We're very happy to show off the work that has gone into the Conquistador designs. Our goal is to make a set that works for the Conquest of Mexico as well as filling in your European armies of the early 16th century (or fantasy ones for that matter!) 

Let us know what you think of these in the comments below!

These wonderful sculpts are by the very talented Rob Macfarlane.

 

 

 

Note and Update: you can open the above pic in a new window for a closer view to see all the crossbows. Rob is hard at work adding pike and Montante, some additional shields (not those are only unique parts above - not what is on the final sprue) and here are some more heads that have been added in the meantime: 

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Comments

Henry - December 30, 2020

Whoops! I see that there are in fact a couple of crossbows. I missed them because of the small size of the image and the side-on profile of the crossbows.

The overall aesthetic of the figures in the above image is mid-16th century. If you want to represent the conquest period of the early 16th century I can do no better than recommend that you look at the beautifully sculpted, historically accurate Foundry range by Mark Copplestone – let down only by the fact that it was never completed (no crossbowmen or caballeros).

With clever design you could also make this set work for the Portuguese troops in the Americas and Indian Ocean in the same period.

The conquistadors would never have succeeded in their defeat of the Mexica(Aztecs) without the aid of their Tlaxcalan allies, so I hope a set representing that people’s warriors will also be forthcoming.

Darwin Green - December 29, 2020

maybe split it up into two kits? like a Melee focused kit and a Ranged focused kit? Like, if I were to use these for a wargame like Age of Sigmar, I’m more likely to assemble blocks of melee soldiers than cross-bowmen.

Henry - December 29, 2020

Also… no crossbows!?

Henry - December 29, 2020

The morion was a mid-late 16th century helmet design. The less flamboyant late medieval cabasset would be more accurate for the early 16th century.

Axel - December 27, 2020

>More variety on the buckler / shields
While Conquistadores were made up largely of Rodeleros (some 70% of Cortez men), on European battlefields of the time the Shield had become largely obsolete.

The question is not what we want but what fits on the sprue – unless AW will make a larger or two sprues. I can live without a shield (or even a drum) if that means more heads, equipment or hands, but one is fine. If something needs to be dumped for it I would not welcome a second shield.

Ray Boyles - December 27, 2020

More variety on the buckler / shields, including adarga shields please

Berdysz - December 27, 2020

Like many I would like to see more pikes, but I understand you go for versatility, and exchanging this plastic halberds for wire pikes takes 1 minute :).For sure I am gonna buy a few of your boxes. Hurry up! :)

Cole - December 26, 2020

I’ll take 5

Marco - December 26, 2020

screams in Imperial

Carl - December 26, 2020

Very nice sculpts. I believe it has already been said in earlier comments, but the easy ability to make Spanish pike blocks would be fantastic (open hands, arm positions, etc). This added ability would increase overall box sells dramatically in my opinion.

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