Bad Squiddo Games | 20 Apr 2015 2:06 p.m. PST |
If you've heard of The Dice Bag Lady, you will know of the excellent dice bags I create. A series of wrist injuries (from making the things!) kicked me into making the brave step of diversifying into the big wide world of miniatures. You may have heard of the "Believable Female Miniatures Project" – link In a nutshell, I have begun to stock as many models as I can find which are female and not overtly sexualised or, well, silly. You know. no chainmail bikinis or crotchless plate armour etc. Just cool women, battling, adventuring etc. The next step for The Dice Bag Lady is to produce a range of historical female miniatures that fit this ethos. The first will be viking shieldmaidens. Here is the very first of many! A very limited (very!) amount will be at Salute, and available to buy from the webshop a short while afterwards. THREE others of her sisters in arms are currently in various stages of the sculpting process. They fit nicely with all popular existing dark age manufacturers, the idea being that they slot into units to fight alongside the chaps. Sculpted by Phil Hynes and painted up by Paul Cubbins.
Cheers Annie The Dice Bag Lady Bad Squiddo Games badsquiddogames.com |
Korvessa | 20 Apr 2015 3:48 p.m. PST |
That's a nice looking figure you have there |
PatrickWR | 20 Apr 2015 6:01 p.m. PST |
Great idea, and a wonderful first model for the range. |
Grelber | 20 Apr 2015 6:43 p.m. PST |
Very nice, and well thought out, too. A good market you've identified. I've made several Reaper and Ral Partha shield maidens to go with my Vikings, but this always involves adding skirts, eliminating the slits almost to their waist, carving off weird shields, etc. Keep up the good work! Will you be selling any of these figures, or did they all go to Salute? Grelber |
Korvessa | 20 Apr 2015 9:47 p.m. PST |
I would be interested too |
skipper John | 21 Apr 2015 5:58 a.m. PST |
The site is now on my "favorites" bar….. Now I'm waiting for the "Historical" range to light up! |
Suetonius Paullinus | 21 Apr 2015 6:43 a.m. PST |
Excellent paintjob :-) I certainly want one now! Cheers SP |
Bad Squiddo Games | 21 Apr 2015 9:22 a.m. PST |
Thanks everyone! She'll be up for pre order on Friday! Cheers Annie |
Raynman | 21 Apr 2015 4:26 p.m. PST |
Excellent! I'll need a few of them to add to my large Viking warband! |
Bad Squiddo Games | 22 Apr 2015 10:09 a.m. PST |
Up for pre order now! link |
Ten Fingered Jack | 24 Apr 2015 9:24 a.m. PST |
I've always wanted a historically correct figure to represent Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians. |
WillieB | 26 Apr 2015 2:49 a.m. PST |
I'll definitely get this one for our 'Warlady' in Dux Brit. Ideally someday a mounted version would be available as well. |
Bad Squiddo Games | 27 Apr 2015 8:00 a.m. PST |
There is lots to come :D Cheers Annie |
books2thesky | 28 Apr 2015 9:25 p.m. PST |
I had not heard of the BFMProject before, but I love it! And I love the shieldmaiden; will definitely get her and her sisters. I've actually been working on a very similar list for my own entertainment: books2thesky.dreamwidth.org/1772.html --Your list and mine have some overlap, but you found many minis that I haven't, and vice versa. I'll email you a better-organized version of my list if you want to look at it, and I'll look at your page to find new minis to covet… |
HarryHotspurEsq | 18 May 2015 4:34 a.m. PST |
What a much needed niche! That's a great first model and I wish you all the very best with his endeavour! |
Dubious50 | 20 May 2015 3:25 a.m. PST |
at last a real shieldmaiden, a lovely job, can't wait for her sisters! |
Bad Squiddo Games | 24 May 2015 4:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks, she's available to buy from today! Everything over the weekend will be shipped Tuesday (due to Bank Holiday) link #3 and #2 are about to start casting, I need to look over #4 again. I also have 2 totally different surprise sculpts that will start casting next week, different time period…. *mysterious music* Cheers! Annie |
Bad Squiddo Games | 05 Jun 2015 8:23 a.m. PST |
Shieldmaidens!
Lathgertha is out, 2 and 3 could be next week, and 4 is a bit behind but she should start casting next week, woohoo! link Also, I now stock all these! >>> ARTIZAN DESIGNS BELT FED GAMING BLACK HAT MINIATURES BOMBSHELL MINIATURES COPPLESTONE CASTINGS CP MODELS CROOKED DICE DARK SWORD MINIATURES DISCWORLD MINIATURES DGS GAMES DRAGON BAIT MINIATURES FENRIS GAMES GODSLAYER HERESY MINIATURES HI TECH MINIATURES KNIGHT MODELS KROMLECH MANTIC GAMES MICRO ART STUDIOS MIERCE MINIATURES MILITIA MODELS ON THE LAMB OTHERWORLD MINIATURES PULP FIGURES REAPER SCIBOR SPACE VIXENS FROM MARS STATUESQUE MINIATURES STUDIO MINIATURES TITAN FORGE THE RAFT MINIATURES WARGAMES FACTORY WARM ACRE WARZONE RESURRECTION WEST WIND PRODUCTIONS WOLSUNG MINIATURES Cheers! Annie The Dice Bag Lady Bad Squiddo Games
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Bad Squiddo Games | 08 Jun 2015 8:53 a.m. PST |
Hey hey! Finally got #2 and #3 shieldmaidens into production, out for release on Monday 15th June, but it's all live to go buy them on the site now. link Here's some casts next to each other, Hervor is the tallest, but she is a big girl. Pleased with how these are looking, can't wait to see them painted and plonked in the shieldwall with the chaps. I'll have some excellent Paul Cubbin paintjobs by the end of the week too.
Cheers Annie The Dice Bag Lady Bad Squiddo Games |