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Have you ever heard of Tzilacatzin?

This brave Mexica captain never surrendered against the Spaniards. He was so powerful and fierce, that his only presence on the battlefield caused terror in the hearts of the enemy.

During the defense of Nonohualco, equipped only with a shield and construction stones, Tzilacatzin went out alone to fight the Spanish army.







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Greetings, Mictlan community!

Today we will show you this WIP, in which you can see the follow-up of the design for the Spanish conquistador María de Estrada.
In one of the images, you can see her wearing the equipment of a light cavalry soldier of the XI century, in which you can observe a medieval-style armor, while on the other she wears the buff coat shown on a picture of the Tlaxcala Codex.
María de Estrada was known for her ferocity and bravery on the battlefield, as well as for being skilled both with sword and spear, both on foot and on horseback.

María de Estrada will be one of the many historical characters you will be able to find in Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale

A constant of the human race, no matter the time and place, is wanting to have fancy haircuts.

In today’s WIP we’ll show you one of the many hairstyles that people during the Pre-Columbian time wore: this specific style is the neaxtlaualli, which consists of braids pointing at the front of the face. This style was used by married women.

In Aztec culture, people wore different hairstyles based on their profession and social class. For example, warriors fixed their hair in elaborated styles and with ornaments, and priests wore their hair long.
Likewise, different hairstyles, much like clothing, could tell from which part of the empire or from which tribe you were.

Hi, Mictlan followers!

Our talented concept artist, Mauricio Pampin, created this WIP for the armor of heavy infantry soldiers.
This set of protective equipment includes a full cuirass and breastplate (protecting the user’s torso), greaves (covering the knees all the way down to the feet) and helm (guarding the head and face).
Finally, it comes with a halberd for offensive purposes.

The art looks very metallic, as these materials offered a lot of advantages to the wearer against practically every weapon the enemy had.

Infantry troops were known for going on foot and fighting enemies in melee combat.