I get the feeling Adam's not in Frostgrave any more Toto.....
I won these last year for participating in the challenge and when I decided to do the challenge again I felt I should paint up at least some of these fine miniatures from Orinoco Miniatures I knew nothing about the Chaco Wars and I suspect many of you don't know much about them either. All I had to go on was some pictures I found on the web and a couple of shots form Osprey (which I don't own).
These are Paraguayan Infantry, I don't know that I got the uniform right it looked blue gray a bit like the french uniforms of World War II so that is what I went with (though later images I have seen since getting started make it look more gray green)
I like the look of these the uniform is practical and looks comfortable (as uniforms go)
The hat looks like something I see fishermen wearing in old pictures (as a Nova Scotian I know that these are called Sou'westers and I own a traditional old cloth one)
I don't have any specific plans on how to use these guys.
I don't see a Chaco Wars game being too popular here but I may find some other use for these guys.
I've thought form the beginning they would make great guerrillas troops.
They might work as soldiers or sailors in any pulp game
These are great sculpts and I really wish I had a project I could get excited about using them in..
I did these because I feel if you offer us free stuff to for painting figures you ought to get your figures painted and shown off in the challenge
Well Adam, I know very little about the Chaco War except that it was very bloody. I like the Orinoco sculpts with subtle variants in the poses and equipment. Great job and your idea of using them as guerrillas seems like a winner.
Can I have a fact check here Curt. I think that these are the first ever Paraguayans posted on the Challenge. Am I right?
I do believe they are the First time Orinoco's minatures have appeard despite thier sponsership at any rate. They realy are great scupts and I wanted to show them off even though I don't have a specific use for them. BTW Sou'westers are exactly the sort of hat I was thinking of but wasn't sure I was correct in identifing them that way.
ReplyDeleteI know NOTHING about the wars of South America. It is not a series of conflicts that has appealed to me. The figures do look good though so just maybe I will look into it now. Thanks for showing these.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I feel much the same way about the Wars of South America.
DeleteThese do look nice and good idea to get them painted.
ReplyDeleteAnd is there now a risk of people rushing to identify countries not posted previously and painting them specially?!?!? I do hope so :)
Hum... that could make an iteresting side duel.
DeleteWhen I saw "Orinoco" in the title, I was hoping for a Womble (but wondering how he'd got from Wimbledon Common to Paraguay, and why he had infantry...)
ReplyDeleteGreat figures and good to see you've painted up your prize from last year :)
I don't get the joke but I am sure its Halarious.
DeleteThe Brits would have got my reference.
DeleteThis link might help you understand what I was talking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wombles
it helped a little.
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They certainly scratch the interwar itch. For some reason the Souwester's remind me of Gilligan's Island. If Chaco Wars aren't your thing, perhaps Imaginations War of the Sitcom Empires?
ReplyDelete20th Century imginations... interesting idea.
DeleteNice work Adam! As Tamsin says, it's great to see previous prizes being entered in the Challenge.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to the debut of the models themselves, MarkG, the owner of Orinoco Miniatures, submitted the first entry of these fine figures back on News Years Eve of 2013:
http://analogue-hobbies.blogspot.ca/2013/12/from-markg-28mm-new-figure-debut-chaco.html
Thanks for pointing that out Curt, and I must say Mark's look far better than mine and I wish I had found is when doing google reasearch on colors.
DeleteThis is why I relayed the question over to the Digital Archivist!
DeleteGreat looking miniatures of a period I should know more about but don't - very nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThank you, and I feel the same way I realy should know more about them, but sadly I do not.
DeleteNice troops, Adam! I know only little on South American Wars, I also try to avoid moderns. I am tempted to lift that ban though due to the many modern sculpts out there. I would use AK-47 rules and an imaginary Banana Republic for setting, these fellows look like an excellent choice for the benevolent dictator's government troops! ;)
ReplyDeleteI would suggest their Bolivian opponents for the dictators forces their peeked caps give them a more "regular army" look. AK-47 is a fun an simple set of rules and would work well with these guys.
DeleteI'm glad you decided to paint a period we don't often see. And that Orinoco is getting some love from one of us as they have been a good sponsor.
ReplyDeleteNice job on these Adam!
I felt something of an obligation to paint these because I have seen them sponcer us sine I started watching two years ago. If some one gives you free figures you should paint at least some of them.
DeleteWell done Adam - neat period, and neat figures!
ReplyDeleteNice work Adam. I learnt something today :-)
ReplyDeleteGood job Adam. Like most of the rest of us I know nothing about S American wars but I have been looking at the website since last year and am sorely tempted
ReplyDeleteYou can get a book called The Green Hell which is about the war, might tip you over the edge of interest.
ReplyDeleteLots of WWI era weapons and planes used as well as interwar armour. A real mix of static defence and encounter battles mostly set in the jungle and scrub lands. Not a lot of fighting around civilian centres
Ian
Great generic troops!
ReplyDeleteNice job on these. Good idea to showcase them in the challenge.
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