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Apr 9, 2014 - 9:35PM

74.76.125.203

Mars "Late Spanish"

I wondered if you guys thought that the new Mars' Late Spanish would
be appropriate opponents for Henry Morgan's English buccaneers?

Apr 9th, 2014 - 9:35 PM

Arlin

Apr 9, 2014 - 10:49PM

165.127.78.2

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

Hello,
Funny you mention this specific set. I am going to buy it for their use as Spanish settlers/soldiers during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 (when horses were finally re-introduced in large numbers to America).

According to PSR the uniform they wear is from around 1665 to 1685. So that falls into the dates when Morgan was most successful with his greatest campaigns from 1668 to 1671.

PDA

Apr 10, 2014 - 1:15PM

99.238.208.216

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

Sounds like an interesting scenario, Britsfan. What figures will you use for Morgan's buccaneers?

Britsfan

Apr 13, 2014 - 2:32AM

74.76.125.203

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

What will I use for Morgan's Buccaneers? Good question. There are pirate
figures available, but many aren't appropriate for Morgan's era. I can also
pick a few figures from English Civil War and Thirty Years War figures. But,
there are no really perfect figures.

Apr 13th, 2014 - 2:32 AM

Ironsides

Apr 13, 2014 - 7:49AM

84.164.90.17

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

Maybe its time for a good set of "Boucaniers", bring on Morgan

Suggested Reading:
"Empire of Blue Water"
"The Buccaneers of America" eyewitness account.
"Pirates" a general history of robberies and murders of the most notorious Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson, made the subject famous... or infamous...
Most later pirate story's and films start here....
"Life Among the Pirates" the romance and the reality"
"A Pirate of Exquisite mind"

Cheers

PDA

Apr 14, 2014 - 3:18PM

66.209.53.131

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

I like the look of pirates and highwaymen in all the movies, so I have a yen to do a scene with them in. But I started to read Osprey's book on the subject and it starts out by saying that they didn't look like that. So I have revised my ideas and started to look for figures that may be more realistic, or sometimes I just disregard history and look for figures that look like Hollywood pirates!

Ironsides

Apr 15, 2014 - 10:35AM

80.141.127.110

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

William Dampier "A Pirate of Exquisite Mind"

Cheers

PDA

Apr 16, 2014 - 4:25PM

66.209.53.131

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

Ironsides

William Dampier "A Pirate of Exquisite Mind"

Cheers

He looks just like any other man of that age, which is what the Osprey book says, pirates wore whatever "normal" people wore. No bandanas, no enormous earrings, no parrots, no zombie monkeys - well, not normally. I suppose I could give one of them a blue tooth.

Britsfan

Apr 15, 2014 - 4:55PM

74.76.125.203

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

My favorite book on this era is Peter Earle's "The Sack of Panama."

Apr 15th, 2014 - 4:55 PM

Tommy

Apr 16, 2014 - 12:35AM

80.162.1.31

Re: Mars "Late Spanish"

Hello

do anyone know if Mars is gonna make more boxes for this era ,i really like those figures ?????

best regards

Tommy