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Title: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: Blasphemia Blackwood on 12 September 2020, 01:37:31 PM: I'm working on some fantasy barbarians inspired by old illustrations of Picts:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DNU_U2U4MEk/X1y83zozTpI/AAAAAAAAHeQ/pvSk0-yZY80ZnAifZBp8S-xt3ix9mOLHACLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_0192.jpg)

I would like to add some ladies in the mix as well. Like so:

(https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a39060e4b0b9264e019ad5/1394068246428-SIPBE6TVTD0E0M03GQGZ/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kG76tgsPBdbP4BjEcFy6_AVZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWEtT5uBSRWt4vQZAgTJucoTqqXjS3CfNDSuuf31e0tVElDz4HhIB38i3LADT5tCgJiSxwip21Ntl8S1BD3fBZz-K3Gor3ZYLWM4R9RYKSMGo/blue-woad-pictish-woman-tattoos.jpg?format=300w)

I'm looking for suggestions of female models that:
a) are nude or nearly so
b) are NOT in seductive/pinup poses
c) fit with Victrix/Perry historicals scale-wise and proportion-wise

They can be unarmed, I can add weapons myself.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye on 12 September 2020, 01:43:51 PM: I have these "Generic Light Infantry skirmishers" in my Tekumel range, as painted by Tony Yates:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X0YbL7xjGw/XRaBMOWYGpI/AAAAAAAAFAc/BElXfEcCCrgY8Hj0jsPktvdUXD6LSik7QCKgBGAs/s1600/11705411_496475470501710_5875242812373660648_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye on 12 September 2020, 01:46:33 PM: Great work on the Picts, BTW! When saw the title my first assumption was that they would be NA Indian as per Conan comics! :)
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: Hobgoblin on 12 September 2020, 01:48:48 PM: Those Picts are astonishing! I know those illustrations well, and you've absolutely captured them - bravo!

They're a bit overdressed, but I wonder if some of the Lucid Eye Amazons might give you a starting point (a kilt might not be the worst thing on a Pict!). And with your conversion skills, you'd doubtless be able to make use of just the torsos if need be. There are at least three sets, along these lines:

(https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72272d_6396539789854965b321968e79e5a089~mv2_d_2835_2835_s_4_2.png/v1/fill/w_1120,h_1120,al_c,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/72272d_6396539789854965b321968e79e5a089~mv2_d_2835_2835_s_4_2.png)
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: commissarmoody on 12 September 2020, 02:45:47 PM: hasselfree might have a few in their fantasy human line.
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: mr ed on 12 September 2020, 06:32:53 PM: Warmonger/ Foundry elf nymphs?

https://www.warmongerminiatures.com/collections/nymphs?page=2
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: Will Bailie on 12 September 2020, 07:39:05 PM: Cool, I love how those first few figures came out!

If you are ready for some minor conversions, Eureka Miniatures has a whole range of amazons in various states of undress. Their equipment tends towards Greek hoplons and Thracian peltast styles, but those should be easily changed. They may be a bit small, though.
https://www.eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_144_130

There are one or two naked women in the Alternative Armies Erin series of fantasy figures for ancient Celtic myths, but you need to dig through the lists to find them, like the lady on the right in the 'ER01 Milesian Warriors' pack
https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/erin-game-of-celtic-myths
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0371/5545/products/er01_milesian_warriors_front_500_1024x1024.jpg?v=1571438886)

I'd also follow mr ed's suggestion of the Wargames Foundry elf nymphs.
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: commissarmoody on 12 September 2020, 10:41:03 PM: Here's a link to HF.
https://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=fantasy-%26%0D%0Asteampunk~fantasy-humans

https://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=dynamic-boudi-skyclad~hfh137&category=fantasy-%26%0D%0Asteampunk~fantasy-humans

https://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=helen-skyclad~hfh209&category=fantasy-%26%0D%0Asteampunk~fantasy-humans
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: Cubs on 12 September 2020, 11:05:15 PM: Funny enough, Northstar Fantasy Celts are on a crazy cheap offer right now, about £1 per model -

https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=13397

If they look familiar, they're the sculpts for a 2000AD Slaine range that never got off the ground back in ... the 90's was it? I forget who originally did them - Harlequin or Alternative Armies or someone - but the licence has done the rounds because they're just too damn nice to be lost to the world.
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: The Golem on 13 September 2020, 07:00:33 PM: Quote from: Blasphemia Blackwood on 12 September 2020, 01:37:31 PM
I'm looking for suggestions of female models that:
a) are nude or nearly so
b) are NOT in seductive/pinup poses
c) fit with Victrix/Perry historicals scale-wise and proportion-wise

I don't know if they fit proportion-wise with the Victrix/Perry miniatures, but I can suggest you the female berserkers from Brother Vinni (http://www.brother-vinni.com/shop.htm#!/Female-Berserkers/p/126940327/category=14147797) (you can also buy them separately if you don't want the whole group). They are 28mm scale. They are naked or half naked and certainly not in a seductive pose.

(https://d2j6dbq0eux0bg.cloudfront.net/images/844103/960819692.jpg)
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: Blasphemia Blackwood on 14 September 2020, 01:41:20 PM: Thanks for the suggestions, folks! You've been most helpful.
Title: Re: Help finding models for fantasy Picts
Post by: area23 on 16 September 2020, 12:11:45 PM: Possibly Foundry darkest africa?
Wouldn't be too complicated to convert these:

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1505/0474/products/da66_1024x1024.jpg)

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1505/0474/products/da108_1024x1024.jpg)

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/darkest-africa-african-tribal-warriors