A special post for Valentine's Day on the fairer sex. The Sharp Practice rules include many instances where ladies can turn up and will obviously require rescuing. I have already shown you Front Rank's fine example of an 18th Century lady here, but having scoured the Net she was one of very few appropriate figures. However I did find and purchase some from Outpost Wargame. The lady is from their Highwaymen range, with a figure both standing and mounted (that doesn't sound quite right - he he). I was a little skeptical about these originally, but after having them painted up for me, I think they came up very well. I opted to add no additional base because the figure comes with a substantial base anyway, just a tad smaller than the washers I use. Adding the washer may have turned them into true Amazons, and as they stand now are a nice mix with our other figures. I bought two standing and one mounted (he, he) ladies. (Click the images to enlarge)
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| An Outpost Wargame's "Pink Lady" with a Front Rank companion. |
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| An Outpost Wargame's "Blue Lady" with an Old Glory companion. |
Outpost Wargame's horses on the other hand are not for me. Although it looks OK in the picture the figure is poorly cast and just looks wrong. Thankfully Front Rank came to the rescue with a beautiful horse that suited the seated (that sounds better) lady well.
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| An Outpost Wargame's standing and mounted (he he) "Pink Lady" on a Front Rank horse. |
I think you'll agree the horse and lady look well together. For completeness I have included an image of the original Outpost Wargame horse along side the Foundry one. The surplus horse will become a dead horse figure or dog food/glue pot counter.
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| Front Rank horse (left) and Outpost Wargame horse (right) |
Lastly I have tried looking for some parasol bearers for all these pale European types, sweltering under the Indostan sun and have failed miserably. If anyone knows of a good umbrella bearer, please point it out in the comments below. In the meantime I have scratch-built a parasol myself.
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| Scratch-built parasol and Foundry bearer. |
The parasol is made from a tiny washer and greenstuff, with a sleeve and brass rod attached. It was very simple to do and will be easy enough to replicate. The bearer figure is from Foundry's Indian Mutiny range and required a simple bend to position it's arm. Happy Valentine's Day!
Who makes the Ladies? I don't think that you identified them. Are they from Outpost also?
ReplyDeleteYes Outpost ..
ReplyDeleteI have done much the same ..though I need to re photgraph
http://passageoflines.50.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=1865
Very nicely done.
ReplyDeleteHelen
Really nice figures and paintjobs, good work.
ReplyDeleteNice figs and painting that man. Foundry do some nice victorian ladies for the Indian Mutiny and Africa, with some armed and looking as if they can handle anything (Titter titter)
ReplyDeleteI think I shall be checking Outpost's website next. Very nice work.
ReplyDeleteGreat job indeed!
ReplyDelete18th C. mounted ladies [:) !!] are rather rare in 25-28mm.
The scratchbuilt parasol-bearer reminds me of my comment to another 'Indian' post :)
I like the ladies...excellent
ReplyDeleteVery nice figures. I had a sizable collection of Outpost's excellent Franco-Prussian War figures in 15mm. That highwayman/dragoon collection looks like it would serve very well indeed for SYW/ImagiNation purposes.
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to Foundry's various 18th and 19th centruy females there are a few sources for female figures. A couple I know of: Black Scorpion miniatures makes a "Governor's daughter" and some female pirates that could be suitable. Blue Moon also have a few potentially suitable female in some of their sets.
What the other blokes said. Well done. I especially like the parasol and thanks for the reminder about brass rod - I was wondering what I'd use for some flagpoles for some of my minis and brass rod might be just the thing, if I can find it.
ReplyDeleteThanks also for the link to Outpost, nice to know about them.
I'm always struck green with envy at the range and extent of speciality figures available to you 28mm chaps.
ReplyDeleteFine work, I particularly like the lady seated on a horse.
Thank you all for the nice comments!
ReplyDeleteIt's a great figure! Another one goes on the wish list. Will the next battle report feature this fair damsel?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, who is the painter?
The painter's name is Aidan, a very talented guy from the Blue Mountains. Unfortunately I think we broke him, as he has entered early retirement (from us anyway!).
ReplyDeletelovely stuff, now if all of the civilian sculpters would take note a mounted and dismounted version of every figure would be a treat indeed!
ReplyDeletecheers
matt