Historical ladies you'd like to see in miniature?

[carlos marighela]

Maria Quiteria:

http://jeitobaiano.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/maria-quiteria-imagem-2806071.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/g4/25/595325/2/63212003.JLvNCIbA.jpg

[Onebigriver]

Teresa, a guerillero (?) and Sharpe's love interest in the Cornwell books.

[Red Orc]

Seconded for Rosa Luxemburg. In a similar vein, Sylvia Pankhurst when she was cool (between 1917 and 1925). Oh, and Nadezhda Krupskaya and Natalia Trotsky. I have no idea what Natalia Trotsky looked like, but staging the first, failed 'assassination' of Trotsky by the Mexican branch of the Surrealist International would be... interesting.

Ooooh! Frieda Kahlo!

[former user]

Ashok and Anjuli-Bay from "Palace of the Winds" as a couple pack

I'm sure noone knows her:
Ecaterina Teodoroiu - a romanian WWI-hero who decided she wanted to fight and got lieutenant before she died. French-style uniform

Pilot Blackthorne and Mariko Buntaro-Toda from Shogun
Dr Frank'n Furter
Commander "Frankie" Cook from Sky Captain
and of course many many WASP pilots

[fastolfrus]

If it's anything early (pre 1900) - just try to get the shape right.
Too many manufacturers produce "historical" figures that look more like Dallas cheerleaders wearing fancy dress outfits.
16th & 17th century dresses have distinctive shapes created by stays, bumrolls, farthingales, all sorts of artificial straightening or padding, but it usually gets overlooked by figure designers (and Hollywood costumiers).... and a lot of reenactors who should know better but the women often say "I don't need a bumroll my bum's too big already", quite probably correct, but being too big isn't the same as being the right shape.

Blue Moon are often hopeless at getting the shape right.
Rant over.
I'll go and look for the green frog pills again....

[Plynkes]

Sorry to come so late to the party, but I couldn't think of anything until I found myself watching the movie "The Professionals" yesterday. Though most of the forum lads would have been entirely distracted by the presence of Claudia Cardinale (I know she has something of a following here), it was Marie Gomez as Chiquita that captivated me.

Got me thinking I'd like to paint a figure of her (I was thinking some other things too, but enough of that).

But seeing as she's not an historical character, how about La Adelita, who isn't an historical personage either, but instead a character from a Mexican folk song, who is sort of the archetype of the Soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution (apparrently) who were real and historical. She can stand for them.



But let's make her a fighting Soldadera rather than just a camp follower as she seems to be in the song, as that would be more fun to paint.











And while we're about it, make her look like Marie Gomez as Chiquita, described by Wikipedia as a "buxom soldier" (coz she's just to die for, damn that Burt Lancaster for shooting her!):



For all I know such a figure already exists, but if it does I wouldn't know where to look. I don't even game the Mexican Revolution, but I'm sure I would if somebody would make some nice figures.

[Steve F]

Just a thought.

Would it be possible to do a figure, with proceeds to a charity like Combat Stress or the Red Cross, of "Combat Barbie" - Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, currently serving both as a memer of the Royal Anglian Regiment, and as Miss England?  It would probably sell well in the run-up to the Miss World final.

[Steve F]

Commander "Frankie" Cook from Sky Captain

Not actually a historical person - sadly, in real life, Britain didn't acquire any flying aircraft carriers until Harold Saxon's time as Defence Secretary - but you might be interested in Major Charlie Stackdt, from Brigade Games' WW2 Pulp Horror section.



http://www.brigadegames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BG-ADVH160&Category_Code=BGADVH&Product_Count=39

[carlos marighela]

Whilst I am more than happy to acknowledge the obvious virtues and merits of Ms Cardinale, really you need a Mexican actress for to play a Mexican bandit and who better than María Félix ? (OK I'll tip my hat to Srta Hayek as well)



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/La_Cucaracha_movie_poster.jpg

Brazil's best known female bandit looks a bit dowdy by comparison but I'd happily take a mini of Maria Bonita:

http://jerimumbeta.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lampiao-maria-bonita-cangaco.jpg



Oh and the video also works as a good tutorial on building a houuse in the sertão

[Plynkes]

The reference to Claudia was just a passing one (she's very popular here). I have no interest in her. The actress I was infatuated with during that picture was Marie Gomez:



But I guess the point stands, as I don't think she's Mexican either (not sure what she is to be honest - French/Spanish/American or something).

[argsilverson]

The reference to Claudia was just a passing one (she's very popular here). I have no interest in her. The actress I was infatuated during that picture with was Marie Gomez:



But I guess the point stands, as I don't think she's Mexican either (not sure what she is to be honest - French/Spanish/American or something).

Very nice, and I agree with Plynkes. I would like to see a figure of hers (and of CC of course!)

But I would like to add:
Ursula Andress in white bikini as in Dr No!
Oh yes Mme Bonancieux, too

and some of these ladies, too:
http://louderfunier.blogspot.com/2009/03/women-in-uniform.html

[carlos marighela]

You have good taste Mr Plynkes.

[leadfool]

Dr. Ruth Westheimer when she was an Isreali Sniper, or Golda Meir, or any Israli female soldier, ie with UZI.

Betsy Ross and Dolly Madison.

WWII, Russian, those brave women pilots and snipers.