Rescued US Marines

I found these fellows in the scratched and dented box at a recent toy soldier show. They are by Martin Ritchie .

New sets by Martin Richie.... 95.00 USA

I repainted my survivors in matte finish with more detail and a few corrections.

 The dress enlisted man's frock coat should have a double row of buttons.

I missed that the officer should also have fringed epaulets. The officer was sculpted with "Russian Knot" epaulets which were not full dress. Maybe I'll fix that

These little guys that I got for $5.00 USD each look good around the ocean or in front of a government building. Maybe I'll find their mates at the next show in the scratched and dented box.

Troops of the Mexican Republic

Conversions of Armies In Plastic  Confederates into Mexican Regulars in undress field uniforms. I used All The Kings Men Havelock  kepis on some figures and kept the hats from the original Confederates on others. The officer is an AIP Iron Brigade officer with another type of ATKM head.

Republican troops were illustrated in a vast number of variations and the Confederate kit works for a simple version of these troops. Undress uniforms were supposed to be white with blue trim. I didn't have any iconic sombrero heads or hats. Some period illustrations show a flatter low crown hat worn at the time.

Some sources......

Osprey book and NYPL ...

Seasons Greetings

Austrian Legion in Mexico

I converted some Armies In Plastic Egyptians into simplified version of the Austrians that served  Maximilian I .

The heads are All The King's Men spare straw hat heads heavily converted with Green Stuff. The crowns might be a bit too high.

Some sources are from old prints and newer interpretations.

What's interesting to me is that these troops may have been among the Austrians sent to Matamoros on the border of the US and the port of Bagdad on the Mexican gulf coast, and area of smuggling to the Confederacy.