By this time dear reader, you probably know that 99% of any fantasy Amazons contain models not wearing much clothing and some models being partially nude. So, the NSFW, Not Safe for Work, rating is appropriate.
Did you know there are Amazons in Conan’s world of Hyboria? Robert E. Howard the creator of Conan the Barbarian loved history, and he imagined his world as being the long-forgotten seeds of our world. His world has cultures reminiscent of ancient China, India, Arabia, Egypt, Scandanavia, Greece, Rome, and Africa. But his Amazons were not the Amazons of ancient Greece and Eurasia, his Amazons were modeled on the female warriors of Dahomey. Yes, the Amazons of Conan’s world were brown skinned women living between Kush and Stygia.
Most of the miniatures I’ve painted as Hyborian Amazons are from Shadowforge, now sold by Eureka Miniatures. I bought these years ago from vendors here in the States. Yep, there were several who carried Shadowforge’s ranges, but it came to a crashing halt when postal rates to and from Australia went through the roof. Shadowforge figures were now as expensive as Games Workshop figures.
Two of the figures are from other manufacturers, one from Hasslefree Miniatures and one, that’s OOP, from the I-Kore Celtos range.
Amazons with Short Swords
Amazons with Axes
Amazons with Bows
Amazons with Clubs
Amazon Command
Summary
Someday when I get rich, I’d like to collect the rest of Shadowforge’s Tribal Amazon range. I don’t have any of the spear women, some of the command figures and warriors mounted on wolves ala Princess Mononoke.
The completion of these 29 figures brings the number of figures painted in 2024 to 341.
- 18 – 28mm Science Fiction figures
- 17 – 28mm Modern Horror figures
- 8 – 28mm Interwar Pulp figures
- 9 – 28mm Old West figures
- 45 – 28mm Colonial Era figures
- 84 – 10mm Seven Years War figures
- 61 – 28mm Medieval figures
- 53 -28mm Amazon figures
- 38 – 28mm Fantasy figures
- 8 – 28mm Terrain pieces
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