28mm Female Indian Shaman: any figures suitable?

[oabee]

I'm looking for a female American Indian Shaman/Medicine Woman for an In Her Majesty's Name company. The only two I've found are Bombshell Miniature's "Luta" and the Reaper "female Indian shaman."





I'm wondering if there might be any fantasy figures---a female barbarian wizard, perhaps---that might be suitable, either as is or with some conversion.

Any help would be appreciated!

Mike O

[LeadAsbestos]

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/old-west/old-west-rocky-mountain-rendezvous-collection-bcow007/

VOW7/5 Bright Wings. I like that she isn't so menacing. I was going to use her as an old west Necromancer leading a pack of undead scalphunters.

[oabee]

Bright Wings certainly has possibilities---I was familiar with Foundry's Rocky Mountain Rendezvous collection, but had forgotten about her.

[Supercollider]

I just finished painting the Reaper female shaman - it's a nice model but there's a lot of small details to pick out, which I find fiddly.

Here's a pic of it, the lady in yellow is from Foundry, the one in blue is from Reaper. I think the scale works OK, even though the Reaper minis are slightly larger than most ranges.

[white knight]

I have another one but I'm trying to remember the name of the range. It's a small range with only female characters I think.

[white knight]

Found it, it's this one from battlefield babes:



http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/index.php/katalog/artikelinfo/19965-1-show-battlefield_babes_3_indianerin_1.html

[oabee]

I just finished painting the Reaper female shaman - it's a nice model but there's a lot of small details to pick out, which I find fiddly.

Superb brushwork, Supercollider!   Your assessment of the shaman is right, she's a very nice figure. On the negative side, the bone armor across her chest does a good job of subduing her "charms," so to speak---I would rather those charms be accentuated for the character I have in mind.   That's just the male chauvinist in me. Given the choices so far, I'd probably go with the Reaper.

Bombshell's Luta is pretty much what I'm looking for, right down to her medicine bundle, and the pistol in the holster is just fine, but for some reason that "levitating" pose just doesn't do anything for me.

Same thing for the Battlefield Babes figure, white knight: very nice mini, but her pose isn't really what I'm after. That squirrel on her knee gives her that Druid feeling; my character is more of a warrior medicine woman---she's killed and counted coup against a few Shoshone in her day, and has now turned to the mystic powers and has found favor with Wise One Above. That kind of thing.

Thanks for the help, gents. Anyone else seen a figure out there that would work as a Native American shamaness? Maybe from some fantasy barbarian range, or something similar? I'm an old D&D guy, but, except for Reaper, I'm just not that familiar with the wide range of fantasy miniatures out there today, so your expertise is appreciated!

Mike O

[white knight]

Maidenhead ferals？

[doowopapocalypse]

Conquest Games' Iroquois Ritualist pack has a female, if memory serves.

[oabee]

Conquest Games' Iroquois Ritualist pack has a female, if memory serves.

I thought they might, too, but nope, at least not in any recognizable form:

[oabee]

Maidenhead ferals？

Wow

It would be an honor to lead these lasses into battle, but it would take some modifications---green stuff, anyone?--- to bring these sorceresses into the Victorian Age. The first one, standing, summoning demon, has definite possibilities for conversion. This is a cool range of figures.

Thanks, and keep the ideas coming, boys and girls.

Mike O

[white knight]

Warmachine Tharn Bloodweavers are probably too fantasy as well

[oabee]

Warmachine Tharn Bloodweavers are probably too fantasy as well

I think these ladies have real possibilities with some slight conversion, white knight. Reaper's Deadlands Accessories and Weapons sprue has American Indian weapons and lances, plus their Shamaness's staff, which could be added to these figures. Real possibilities here....  I'm thinking especially of the two ladies in the middle---dynamic poses, ripe for conversion. Don't they look like they could be casting spells (or, in IHMN, Mystic Powers)? Hmmmm.......

Thanks!

Wouldn't mind seeing more, if more's out there, everyone!

Mike O

[Conquistador]

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/old-west/old-west-rocky-mountain-rendezvous-collection-bcow007/

VOW7/5 Bright Wings. I like that she isn't so menacing. I was going to use her as an old west Necromancer leading a pack of undead scalphunters.

I like that figure.  I have a mountain man (foot/mounted) and two squaws (second-hand so source is a matter of  flawed memory banks) that is similar. 

Luta is okay/fairly generic (whih is good to me)  and Reaper's figure is very nice but seems perhaps "specific" to a particular culture/nation - or maybe just "SF Indian."

Gracias,

Glenn

[oabee]

Concerning the Tharn Bloodweavers, above:

Sigh. After examining the figures, what I thought at first was just warpaint on their faces turns out to be some kind of leather masks. Not good. A head swap now seems in order. Or some work with a Dremel to remove the masks. Being Privateer Press figures, which require lots of fiddly and irritating assembly, they may already come with detached heads. That would help.