Blood and Gold (Americas)
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:54 pm
What armies are you most looking forward to in this booka and why?
For me? Definitely the Huaxtecs. If you are not familiar with the Huaxteca, here is a wikipedia link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huastec_civilization
In short, they were a group of Maya related tribes that left the Yucatan Peninsula long before the Aztecs arrived in the Mexico Basin.
They practised phallic worship, body tattooing, peirced both ears and noses, and shaved the front, top and sides of their heads! To add to this, they practised the art of head elongation and they often filed their teeth into razor like blades and painted them black. This naturally, gave them an alltogether alien like appearance!
Once the expanding Aztec Empire came into contact with them they were constantly at a state of war with them. Newly crowned Aztec Emperors often made a point of launching an attack against the Huaxteca as soon as they were coronated.
The Aztecs fought the Huaxteca tribes for 30 years before they gained control over the southern part of their lands. The Huaxteca then paid tribute to the Aztecs but were a constant threat of rebellion and general thorn in the side of the Aztecs.
Although it took less than 3 years for the Conquistadores to dismantle the mighty Aztec Empire, the Huaxtecs managed to hold out for another 6 years after the fall of the Aztecs. They even managed to defeat Cortes and Gonzalo de Sandoval in 1525-26.
Although the Aztecs considered the Huaxteca to be barbarians and uncivilized, they respected them enough as warriors that they imitated their style of Warrior Suit know as "Eagle Scratch" or "Eagle Claw" suits. If you are familiar with the Aztecs, these are the suits with horizontal stripes (usually red, green or blue suits w/ black stripes in pairs) accompanied by a tall pointy hat. All Aztec Warriors who had captured two live enemy prisoners would have been awarded this suit.
Aside from this style of war suit and some Nobles who wore padded cotton armor, the Huaxteca were known for fighting naked!
Huaxtec warriors would have been similarily armed to Aztecs with Obsidian bladed swords, spears, bows, and even wooden maces (war clubs).
I have made entire army ranges of these available for pre-order at the links below:
in plastic:
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/ ... ate/page1/
Iincludes numerous pictures)
in metal:
http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath ... =3a&page=2
Please help either one of these fantastic lines get produced before the Americas book comes out by ordering a few!
Cheers.
For me? Definitely the Huaxtecs. If you are not familiar with the Huaxteca, here is a wikipedia link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huastec_civilization
In short, they were a group of Maya related tribes that left the Yucatan Peninsula long before the Aztecs arrived in the Mexico Basin.
They practised phallic worship, body tattooing, peirced both ears and noses, and shaved the front, top and sides of their heads! To add to this, they practised the art of head elongation and they often filed their teeth into razor like blades and painted them black. This naturally, gave them an alltogether alien like appearance!
Once the expanding Aztec Empire came into contact with them they were constantly at a state of war with them. Newly crowned Aztec Emperors often made a point of launching an attack against the Huaxteca as soon as they were coronated.
The Aztecs fought the Huaxteca tribes for 30 years before they gained control over the southern part of their lands. The Huaxteca then paid tribute to the Aztecs but were a constant threat of rebellion and general thorn in the side of the Aztecs.
Although it took less than 3 years for the Conquistadores to dismantle the mighty Aztec Empire, the Huaxtecs managed to hold out for another 6 years after the fall of the Aztecs. They even managed to defeat Cortes and Gonzalo de Sandoval in 1525-26.
Although the Aztecs considered the Huaxteca to be barbarians and uncivilized, they respected them enough as warriors that they imitated their style of Warrior Suit know as "Eagle Scratch" or "Eagle Claw" suits. If you are familiar with the Aztecs, these are the suits with horizontal stripes (usually red, green or blue suits w/ black stripes in pairs) accompanied by a tall pointy hat. All Aztec Warriors who had captured two live enemy prisoners would have been awarded this suit.
Aside from this style of war suit and some Nobles who wore padded cotton armor, the Huaxteca were known for fighting naked!
Huaxtec warriors would have been similarily armed to Aztecs with Obsidian bladed swords, spears, bows, and even wooden maces (war clubs).
I have made entire army ranges of these available for pre-order at the links below:
in plastic:
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/ ... ate/page1/
Iincludes numerous pictures)
in metal:
http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath ... =3a&page=2
Please help either one of these fantastic lines get produced before the Americas book comes out by ordering a few!
Cheers.
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