Amazon Statues

A while back I got some Mummy and Skeleton warriors at the dollar store.  Now it's time for Barbie to arm up.

I took some of the weapons from those warriors and shields too.

Attached them to some dollar store mini-Barbies.

Then primer painted them.

Then painted them brass.

Now they are statues of Amazon Warriors.

Their modern clothing and hairstyles are classic enough to work for ancient attire.

Swords ready!

Even the shoes look good I think.
 

Amazon Barbie

These skeletons have donated weapons and shields to a higher purpose.

I pin this type of conversion using guitar string and super glue.

Dollar Tree Barbie got a shield and sword.  Her clothing was trimmed down to be less modern.

The other Barbie got a sword and different shield.

Their BARBIE bases were remove and they got new, smaller bases.

Side view.  They will get painted and used as statues with my Amazon Army.
 

Mounted Amazons

The 1/72nd scale Modern Amazons come on two sets, infantry and cavalry. 

The mounted figures come with fantastical animals that are very well done, a unicorn, velociraptor, large deer, lion, and tiger.  I gave them the unicorns, but I have repurposed the other animals.

I combed through the American Indian horses from Imex and Revell to give them new horses.

Big horses, and little horses.

I think these work better for Amazons.
 

Amazons in Vegas

Dark Alliance Modern Amazons.

One of each pose of the infantry figures.  1/72nd scale soft plastic figures.

This pose seems to be of limited utility on the battlefield but is an interesting pose none the less.  So I added a slightly larger base so she would stand up better and disarmed her.

Then sent her and her sister to Las Vegas where they dance two shows a night and an extra matinee on the weekends.

There is also a singer.

In the spotlight with a standing room only crowd.

This large battle ax seems a bit too much as well.  So it went away and the sword was cut down to a knife.  Now in each case, I am keeping representative samples of the original figure so that the Amazons will still have the diversity of pose and weapons as the full set.  Just not as many of some of  the poses.

Maybe pair her with Ka-Zar, Lord of the Hidden Jungle?

Or maybe Lance Hale?

Or maybe Tarzan of the Apes as Jane?
 

Modern Amazons II

The Dark Alliance Modern Amazons.

The detail is very nice, yo can see the little links on the chain mail.

Since I do collect super heroes, and Wonder Woman has been around since World War Two as a super hero it seemed only natural that I would get these for use as Paradise Island dwellers.

Since WW is a fictional character, the fact that these Amazons are less "realistic" than would be typical for ancient Greek Amazons, I am not concerned about their lack of period weapons, armor and attire.

Since having made it to the modern age it would seem to me their weapons may also have progressed, or at least changed in 2,000 years or so.

The poses all together.  You get 40 figures in a box, ten poses, four of each.  I culled a couple individual figures for other purposes.
 

Modern Amazons

Dark Alliance 1/72nd scale Modern Amazons.

They are modern in the sense that they are depicted as they might be in a 21st Century video game or movie rather than in an ancient mosaic or clay jar.

They seem to have rather generic armor and clothing, and the weapons seem oversized for the figures.

They all have the same size base, which is a problem for the figures with a big ax, they fall over easily.

All of them had some flash and it took a while to whittle it all off.

I used a fresh blade about every three or four figures.  Used blades go into the used blades box where they are utilized to cut things like resin or soft metal which really kills a blade.

Not a bad set, plenty of variety from axes, swords, polearms and a bow.
 

Amazon, Not the River

Dark Alliance Amazons set 1 is foot soldiers.  1/72nd scale soft plastic.

The set includes a reasonable balance between spears, bows, and swords.

They are also obviously female which is sometimes hard to do in 1/72nd scale.

They will serve the army of Paradise Island.

So in reality they will make few appearances on the wargame table.

 But I am trying to make henchmen, minions, allies, and troops for the various super heroes that have them.

Foot Amazons

Dark Alliance Amazons set 1.

1/72nd scale plastic figures.

Nicely sculpted, no flash.

They stand up well.

Wonder Woman was from Paradise Island and was one of these women.

 These will be part of my super heroes project.