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Saturday 6 July 2013

Goddesses of Battle?

Just spotted some rather tasty Amazon proxies in Foundry's new Fantasy range for their Gods of Battle game.


I don't know much about the game - perhaps the Oldhammer Weekend down at Foundry might change that if a demo game is run and I get enough time away from running Orc's Drift and playing all the other games I  want to!

Of particular interest to me from an Amazonian point of view are the Lion Tribe Female warriors from the Thousand Tribes faction - definitely good Koka Kalim material.


There are also some rather nice Cavalry options from the Thousand Tribes who'd make very nice Chaos Thug Horsemen and women.


 Definitely a passing resemblance to the illustration from the Armies book.


Back to the Amazons though, and the Half Elves are another faction with some promising  options. They have quite a Native American feel to them but I'm sure with the right paint job I could Meso-American them up a bit.


With a little bit of Otoplasty, these ladies could make some good Tribeswomen to bolster the ranks. I wonder if it'll be possible to cherry pick the females out of the Vulture tribe packs?


More to add to the shopping list for the Oldhammer weekend!

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  1. Scary ladies indeed. Well worth getting for your project.

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    1. Scary ladies - that would have been a great title for this post!

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  2. That's a good find! Foundry are rolling back the years now that they are back under the mighty dark wing of the mighty dark-winged avenger himself, which is great to see.

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    1. Definite old school vibe here, although I do think other parts of the range are a little iffy!

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  3. Yes, they look good.

    I would be wary on the possbile scale creep of them, just in case they look out of scale with older miniatures. I don't know if that is a problem as I have'nt seen the miniatures first hand.

    Looks like a fun project :)

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    1. Thanks Lee - the ladies are a bit thin in the ranks so need all the help they can get to keep those pesky Norsemen away from their goledn charms!

      Hopefully this lot should be ok - a lot of the other Foundry ranges scale well with old Citadel. In fact some of the Foundry stuff is old Citadel - looking forward to topping up with some more Norse and Bretonnians when I'm down there in August.

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  4. Look very well for Thugs Marauder !!
    Good find :)

    Bye Nico

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  5. Hey Thantsants,

    Mouse is in!

    How about we set up a time to meet on one of our blogs to discuss our game/set-up/and method for playing it?

    And these Amazons are okay but what about the Grenadier ones? I would love to see your wonderful painting style applied to some classic Grenadier Amazons!

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    1. Great stuff - I think some time on Saturday might be an idea. What's the difference in times zones?

      I can set up a new post here for the discussion if you like.

      As for the Grenadier Amazons - I have a few of the cat riders but because of their chain mail armour I was going to include them with the Bollrbjotr.

      Some of the unarmoured archers might fit in with the Citadel Amazons though...

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  6. Sounds good, Thantsants. Saturday would work for me. I think we have an eight hour difference in time. And sure, your blog would be a nice familiar spot to meet.

    I look forward to this adventure, Thantsants!

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