Dark Alliance Amazons

[steve_pickstock]

Box images are up at VK club and Dark ALliance via the Red Box site.




They do remind me a lot of the Elder Scrolls game, which is fine by me.
Looking forwards to these.

[Paul]

and hopefully (judging by the boxart for set one) set two will be the mounted set with the unicorn etc.

[Cryns]

And there is a model of the Narnia Lion too, Paul!

THE LION WHICH GUARDED YOUR WARDROBE
But I still don't understand how there was a witch involved in that story.

[Beano Boy]

Good Old British Pub Signs______THE LION & THE UNICORN



See i remembered two this time Gunnar? BB

[Paul]

But I still don't understand how there was a witch involved in that story.

Eh? Jadis, the White witch perhaps ?

[Peter]

Why do they call them "Modern Amazons"? I don't see guns!

[stenfalk]

Why do they call them "Modern Amazons"? I don't see guns!

They have dyed the hair...

[Alex]

I think this name is made to separate from the "Amazons of ancient mythology"
It's funny that with such a name in the Soviet film distribution demonstrated a remarkable film of the Polish director's beautiful Juliusz Machulski. In the original film called * sexmission "- but it was unpronounceable name in the USSR )

[Susofrick]

Good Old British Pub Signs______THE LION & THE UNICORN



See i remembered two this time Gunnar? BB

Just as well, I drank the other one. Totally delicious! Thanks!

Hmm, is there a Narnia-dio on the way somewhere? Preiser could have the children. No, I'm not gonna make it! I'm stuck in my jungle!

[steve_pickstock]

OH MY! There's more!




These are stunning! The therapod is going to come in very useful for a few projects and just generally I am so looking forwards to these.

[Susofrick]

Oh, deer! Nice to have some wild animals that we can put other scenes.

[Kekso]

Oh, deer! Nice to have some wild animals that we can put other scenes.

Yeah, I'm thinking of vignette of unicorn hunted by T-rex and deer in the background looking like he doesn't care too much

[Susofrick]

Yeah, I'm thinking of vignette of unicorn hunted by T-rex and deer in the background looking like he doesn't care too much

Hey! That was supposed to be my next competition entry! Now you have ruined everything!

[Paul]

I think this name is made to separate from the "Amazons of ancient mythology"

Correct Alex

Amazons set relates to Classical Amazons, and Modern Amazons to either Fantasy Amazons or women fighting in independant (of men) Groups in the post classical period
Some reading material;
THE AMAZONS
http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/ama/ama02.htm
THE AMAZONS OF ANTIQUITY
http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/ama/ama03.htm
MODERN AMAZONS OF THE CAUCASUS
http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/ama/ama06.htm
AMAZONS OF AMERICA
http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/ama/ama09.htm
AMAZONS OF EUROPE
http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/ama/ama07.htm

[Beano Boy]

The animals will be of use for other Dio stuff,but
I`d sooner have the Shieldmaiden`s as seen in Vikings! BB

[Paul]

The animals will be of use for other Dio stuff,
BB

As I´m going to mix the two mounted Amazons sets together, I´m going to relace the beasts with nags.

...and before you can breath...the next set appears
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[steve_pickstock]

I am planning a wargame for the guys at our club, based on Skyrim - I'm a recent convert. The idea is to play Dragon Rampant across a Skyrim landscape of ruins. old temples and towers. It's going to need ruined/abandoned carts (Strelets) and sabre cats (see above) bandits (using some of these new figures), but I can also see figures which are nods to ladies like Red Sonya and Azula - Grace Jones in Conan the Destroyer, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a Raven: Swordsmistress of Chaos in there, even a Lydia!

The unicorn? Well one slice with a craft knife and it's a nag!

The new Cimmerians are going to come in useful too.

[steve_pickstock]

Well, the Mounted Amazons arrived this morning, curtesy of Hannant's!

They really are nice moldings. Loads of details - interesting weapons, braided hair, skimpy armour and bare bums. The animals are top class models too - the Therapod dinosaur is chunky old beast that I certainly wouldn't like to meet in a dark alley. All of the animals are on a heroic scale - but they're nice models. There is some flash on the unicorn's legs and a tiny bit on the stag, but otherwise these are excellents models.

The standing, pointing amazon - who I feel is based on Red Sonya from the film is a bit skinny, (but then again Birgitte Nilsson was a skinny thing. There is flash on the human figures but without getting the craft knife out and trying clean the figures, it doesn't look like it will cause too many problems.

The three shields are nicely bare of any designs, which I prefer because it opens up the possibility for painting.

As I look at the weapons I am more and more convinced that the designer is a Skyrim - Elder Scrolls fan, like me. Two of the ladies have double handed axes, four have swords, one a spear and two have bows. One of the archers has the wind catching the big hood of her cloak and blowing it away from her face.

My favourite pose is the girl with two swords, arms akimbo, about to scythe her way through the enemies ranked up in front of her, drive them before her and listen to the lamentation of their menfolk, etc etc. (I'm going to have to find a good mount for that - one that complements her pose and just makes it even more powerful).

I haven't compared them to the 'ancient' amazons, yet, and I will post some pictures later, but I really like these.

My interest in fantasy has undergone a resurgence recently, and this useful set and these figures have arrived at just the right time.

[MABO]

Thanks for your review! I will buy them I think.

[Graeme]

I would be tempted to buy this just for the Dromeosaur but I can find a real practical use for those stags. just too bad no one makes a shaggy coo.
Nice lifelike poses on the big cats as well.