Otomi Warriors

The Otomi are mercenaries, which in ADLG terms are hard-charging Impetuous swordsmen. 

The Fighting 15s ranges have limited poses in their "Otomi" bag so I added in a random scattering of chaps with obsidian-edged dangerous looking weaponry to make them a bit more fearsome.

These are more erratically coloured than my main set of guys, who have a lot more red on their limited items of clothing. These chaps are still mostly red, but with some exceptions.  

For the obsidian I used a GW Contrast paint, Akhelian Blue, which is a translucent green/blue/purple colour that I thought was pretty distinctive and could be Obsidian-ish. 

At some point I may go back to thee guys and see if I can gloss varnish the "obsidian" bits of the edges of their weapons to give them a bit more shine (after I have already matt varnished the lot after finishing painting).

 

Tlaxcalan Archers

The Tlaxcalan army has a decent number of bowmen (in ADLG at least), some of whom count as half and half mixed bow/swordsmen, making them vaguely decent in combat as well as proper shooting archers, and some of whom are Mediocre in quality too.  

Without wanting to create zillions of slightly different bases, and end up only ever using some of them, I ended up basing up 2 sets of 4 units of bowmen, and mixing in some warrior figures onto the bases of 4 of those units - this means (I think) I can categorize them as any sort of mix of bowmen, rubbish bowmen, and mixed bow/sword shooters & combat troops and not overly confuse myself or my opponent. 

These are the ones with "some"  warriors as well as archers on each base. 

All of the archer figures do also have a standard pattern on their headdresses, which helps identfy the archers compared to the regular combat infantry (who are totally random and irregular in millinery). 

These are the bow-only chaps, some of whom get low quality head wear as well. 

 

A few more Tlaxcalan Warriors

 Running alongside the "red flower on the base" Tlaxcalan Warriors are these sets of "purple flower" and "yellow flower" chaps:

On these it's really easy to see how I have made the shields ping a little by blacklining the bands and areas of bold colour on them. I did this with a fibre tip fine marker, which thankfully didn't then bleed into the paint underneath even when varnished (rather scary moment doing the varnishing though...)

The Army Painter Fanatic paints have such great coverage, and that is absolutely what is needed for making Meso-American armies really look vibrant and bold. 

There are quite a few guys in all-over onsies, but I have saved those with headgear as well for the Suit Wearers - coming soon !