Lady Land

The Temple of Rigg build rumbles on and the Lustrian Lady Land continues to slowly take shape...

Currently painting Amazons as I am at the moment and having finally gotten around to reading Zhu's latest delve into Amazonian Archeoideology, I thought I'd take a look at some possible alternative miniatures to expand the old Citadel range.

I have a small assortment of Tribeswomen and Koka Kalim and a fairly healthy number of suitable miniatures for the Sisterhood (more of which later once they've done their bit in the LPL), however its not a patch on Harry's fine looking warband and looking at the hordes of Norsemen, Slann and other jungle nasties arrayed against my lot, I figured I could do with bolstering the ranks a little.

As much as I like the old range there are a limited number of sculpts to play with and although they come up on ebay fairly regularly they can sometimes command somewhat of a premium. So I've cast the net a little wider to find models from other ranges that might fit the bill.

Again Zhu has hit the nail on the head with the look I'm after - to quote, practically attired, drugged up amazon punk tribeswomen and neo-primitive feminist punks. 

So where to start - obviously the House Escher range from Necromunda

There's some good looking models here and with a bit of decluttering of equipment belts, addition of feather fringes and replacing some of those stub and auto pistols with laspistols, the ranks of the Koka Kalim could be swelled quite nicely as well as getting some high age tech in there too.

I already have a few minis that compliment the sisterhood quite nicely. The Houri with dagger (9) makes a nice frenzied priestess in full sacrificial mode, while the Amazon with sword (7) and Amazon Priestess (8) are on the shopping list. I believe there are mounted versions of all three, although I'm not sure about the presence of horses in Lustria. I have another lady in similar attire to the Houri who is throwing her arms up in the air, with her hair and dress streaming out behind her as though blown by a great wind - I had thought she was part of this range but can't find any sign of her - pic to come...

edit - and here it is (thanks Springisfield!)

That frog might come in handy too for other purposes! 

There is of course the Talisman Amazon (top left)

Samantha Phox (17) also makes an appearance as a Priestess getting a little carried away!

As Zhu also mentions Elven Wardancers in his exploration of Dungeonpunk, I wonder if the female Wardancers here might convert into Koka Kalim with a little ear and weapon alteration?

The Space Amazon (09) also caught my eye... Would a power armoured Kalim warrioress be too much of a stretch for the imagination?!

I think that's about it for the Citadel ranges - let me know if you can think of any others.

As for other ranges - Zhu has mentioned some of the interesting stuff to come out of the world of Tekumel, but I know he's planning on a post on that subject so I'll leave them for now.

Spellcrow do some rather tasty looking Wild Elves -

Ral Partha have some Amazons in their Chaos Imperium range. Not sure about the swordswoman but the other two could be useful.

Hmm some nice Horse archers too - might have to look at alternative jungle mounts...

Hasslefree has a few possibilities - 

Valaska Syn - a bit chaosy, but definitely has that punk vibe

and Boudi - nice tribeswoman look but not so much punk.

The Grenadier Amazon range would also need a lot of punking up. I have a few of the cat riders but had pegged them for the Bollrbrjotr as their chainmail coats don't really fit in with the Amazon thing. Mind you I have been toying with the idea of allying them with the Amazons, as despite their human and Norse heritage they'll have a few common enemies...

I think that's as far as my google fu will take me today - if you know of any other ranges give me a shout!