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Mexicagnome Cavalry
A while back we did some Mexicagnome conversions using Brigade Games Gnome Wars figures. So they got infantry and an awesome low-rider tank. But for Gnome Wars, they really need some cavalry to be competitive.
So we start with some basic components. Bases, scary monster heads, and tin
foil - which will be rolled up to make armatures.
The armatures are longer than the bases so I can give them a curvy
serpentine. But, no, they're not snakes...
By adding these killer worm heads from
Defiance Games
we end up with tequila worm "skeletons".
Using the armatures as a guide, I just wrap some
Model Magic
clay around them. A key point with using MM clay (and most other
types) is to put the armatures on the bases before sculpting to
them. In this case, it was also important to have the riders at
hand to make sure that they would fit on the final models.
Mount 'em up!
And paint 'em up! I went with a base color to match the yellowed
color of worms soaked in tequila. They have banderillos instead of
guns in honor of the Rurales, Mexican calvalry (the equivalent of
the RCMP in Canada) who kept the lance - and used it to great effect -
well into the late 19th Century. Read up a bit about some of that
looking into La Battalia de la Ciudad de Puebla, the Cinco de Mayo
battle.