These lovely young ladies are from Eureka. Again I picked them up a few years ago when in Melbourne. I have used them in one A.W.I. game but most of the time they are in a box with the rest of my guys. I think they are made for 7.Y.W. Something a bit different for a change.
They look great, did this practice actually occur?
ReplyDelete18th C. (and Napoleonic?) artillery crew in action generally dropped the coat of heavy wool. The job was quite intense, specially for those having to manhandle the gun back into position after each shot.
ReplyDeleteIn hot weather, infantry often did the same.
Brilliant vignette, Rodger. Pleased you took up my suggestion to give these young lasses an airing. I assume they have removed their trousers in preparation for being overrun and then ravished by the enemy....which was obviously the fun part for the victors.
ReplyDeleteSomething you don´t see often..and IMHO not often enough. Good work!!
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paul
That's different and very well done!
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They are nice - they look really well-sculpted. They faces look very realistically female. Didn't know Eureka made these, now I'm thinking they'd look cool in a Sharp Practice game too. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteGood to see the ladies getting in on the action Rodger.
ReplyDeleteAlthough there must have been some bitching in the ranks, what with them all wearing the same uniform?
This innovative Eureka range -a spin-off of their cute 'Pirate Ladies'- is unfortunately on 'stand by' for at least 4 years.
ReplyDeleteToo bad, all the more as it tried to introduce navel wargaming, so popular among Fantasy players, to the more conservative, yet often imagi-native, 18th C. aficionados.
Hard-boiled 'historical anoraks' would complain that, by the SYW, military waistcoat were still sleeved :)
Figures like this I like a lot. Unusual and very original. Great painted Rodger.
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Peter
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Misogynists look out!
ReplyDeleteLovely work, Rodger.
Thanks guys. Hoped you gentlemen would enjoy this.
ReplyDeleteabdul666... Thanks for the info.
I love these kind of history/fantasy figures. Might be loosely inspired by Molly Pitcher in the AWI or Agostina at Saragossa in Spain. Reminds me of Hinterland's female Hussars. I'd like to see American Civil War-ish female artillery.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the photos.
Love the miniatures :) keep it up..
ReplyDeleteExcellent set of figurines, great painting, 5 babes playing with a hell of a big gun.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff I'd say.