 John the OFM  | 16 Nov 2020 10:55 a.m. PST |
On another site, someone proposed that I do a game based on the aftermath of the Wyoming.
Queen Esther (Esther Montour) allegedly bashed in the brains of 10-40 (numbers vary) settlers who survived the Battle of Wyoming.
There's a historical marker on 6th St in Wyoming Pa, marking the Bloody Rock, or Queen Esther's Rock.
The story is gruesome, and might even be true. Maybe. Anyway, the scenario involves settlers who escaped the battle attempting to rescue those unlucky lads.
Anyway, I have tons of militia, tons of Indians but no Queen Esther.
Suggestions? |
| 79thPA | 16 Nov 2020 11:41 a.m. PST |
While not historically accurate, there are these: link link |
| John the OFM | 16 Nov 2020 11:58 a.m. PST |
Nice figures, in fact I just discovered that need them. 
But not quite Esther Montour. |
| Grelber | 16 Nov 2020 12:52 p.m. PST |
I bought a package of Old Glory's Plains Indian Villagers link to go with my Skraelings. They are mostly going about their peaceful way--there certainly aren't any women energetically bashing people upside the head. If it looks like there is something you could convert, though, let me point out that I only painted up half the bag and had no problem selling the other half here on TMP. Dixon has an Apache woman running and shouting link who might be given a club. They also have a woman firing a revolver link Who would have to be converted to be on foot and to carry a club. Oh, yes, Colonel Bill's has a Plains Indian type woman warrior link Who would probably be taller than your other figures. Grelber |
| Red Jacket | 16 Nov 2020 1:52 p.m. PST |
Which Queen Esther are you looking for, tall and slim or short and solidly built? I have seen both descriptions. Have you considered a conversion, a female head on one of the wonderful Perry chiefs? |
| John the OFM | 16 Nov 2020 2:07 p.m. PST |
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| 7th Va Cavalry | 24 Nov 2020 9:02 p.m. PST |
That's BS, he's looking for HOTT Queen Eshter. I've seen the care he takes painting the bosom of many a female pirate! |
| John the OFM | 24 Nov 2020 9:34 p.m. PST |
If a HOT Queen Esther is available, of course I'll take her.
But the field is limited. Sadly.
Sadly, Esther Montour had a fully grown son who unfortunately got hisself kilt.
Which would require a deranged middle aged woman, living on the frontier. Not exactly Scarlett Johansson. |
| Bill N | 25 Nov 2020 10:28 a.m. PST |
I was going to suggest looking at female pirates as a potential source for a paint conversion. I have no idea how high status women in the Six Nations during the late 18th century wore their hair. I think though that European clothing was becoming more common among the nations in the east as the century wore on. A female pirate with bare feet and slightly worn baggy clothing might work if you replaced the cutlass with a war club. |
| John the OFM | 25 Nov 2020 11:42 a.m. PST |
I laughed when I saw the "Indian" reenactors at the Wyoming Massacre and Craft Show. I thought they looked like Pirates of the Caribbean.
So, maybe a female pirate for Esther Montour is the way to go. |
| historygamer | 25 Nov 2020 3:51 p.m. PST |
When was this? We did a pretty big event up there in 2013, but it was semi private. |
| John the OFM | 25 Nov 2020 4:55 p.m. PST |
Maybe 20 or more years ago. I'm guessing by how old the kids were. |
| historygamer | 27 Nov 2020 1:22 p.m. PST |
We did a bigger one several years before the 2013 event. I don't recall Indians, but maybe. This would something along the lines of 600+ men. |
| John the OFM | 27 Nov 2020 1:37 p.m. PST |
It was probably in the 90s. All the boys got tomahawks. |
's motivation to paint Napoleonic ships returns!