The Sons Of The Sun

[Konrad]

Montezuma, King of the Aztecs with a jaguar warrior and an eagle warrior.
The Aztec warrior elite.

To become a jaguar warrior, a member of the Aztec army had to capture a total of four enemies from battles.This was said to honor their gods in a way far greater than killing enemy soldiers in the battlefield. For a warrior to kill an enemy was considered clumsy.

Eagle warriors or eagle knights were a special class of infantry soldier in the Aztec army, one of the two leading military special forces orders in Aztec society, the other being the Jaguar warriors.
These military orders were made up of the bravest soldiers of noble birth and those who had taken the greatest number of prisoners in battle. Of all of the Aztec warriors, they were the most feared.

Figs from V&V MINIATURES
40mm

Hope you enjoy!

[Peter]

Fantastic painted figures! Looking forward to see these in real at the FIGZ meeting!

[Santi Pérez]

They are wonderful figures, Konrad, you have made an amazing paintjob on them. I also like a lot the photographic montage of the first image.

Santi.

[Ben90]

I think you have nailed it again. These guys look amazing and the skin color seems very convincing to me.

[MABO]

Good job, Konrad. Interesting topic. I am also looking forward to see them at the FIGZ.

[Iceman1964]

Great work Konrad, considering the difficulties of the clothes !!!
Best compliments

[Minuteman]

Very fine paintwork on these colourful and exotic warriors!

[Ochoin]

The Master at work! This is a subject I wouldn't - couldn't- touch. A real pleasure to see.

donald

[Rich W]

Fantastic!

[Bessiere]

Very nice Konrad. You captured the look of a very unique culture; easy to use the wrong colors or motifs. Best novel I ever read was "Aztec" by Gary Jennings, a historical novel set during the Spanish conquest. I enjoyed it as much as Lord of The Rings and Dune anyway.
Cheers,
Bessiere

[C M Dodson]

Very nice painting indeed.

The colours are wonderful.

Best wishes,

Chris

[Susofrick]

Very nice as usual! And if ou bring them to Figz I envy Peter! Bah, I envy everybody that goes to Figz. But I at least can have this:



Not much and it will probably have melted by Figz.

[Peter]

@Gunnar: Remco is on his way to Sweden!

[Kekso]

Awesome work. Very colorful, just the way it should be.
And that leopard skin pattern in this scale is amazing

[Susofrick]

@Gunnar: Remco is on his way to Sweden!

Ah, there's an international food festival here right now. Is he driving the icecream-van?

[Bluefalchion]

Yes the rosettes on the leopard skin are fantastically executed. Three hundred odd years later they were appearing on Nappie saddles...

[Peter]

Ah, there's an international food festival here right now. Is he driving the icecream-van?

Could be. But it will be empthy when he arrives!

[k.b.]

Missed this thread. Absolutely brilliantly sculpted figures and your brushwork has done them full justice. Terrific Konrad....... any more?

[PatrickJ71]

Great work on these colourful figures!
Thanks for that little bit of background story too.
Thanks for sharing
Patrick