Here are two female figures produced by the Polish company Wargamer: Eloise the Musketeer and Octavia the Cuirassier from their Hot &Dangerous line, to be used as character pieces in my 17th century games. Further, there are three Green Stuff World resin dogs.
As usual I spent a lot more time painting them than regular rank and file types. Eloise on the left received a succession of oil washes for example, so between the basecoat, varnish, wash and highlights there were about three weeks' worth of waiting time.
I only had to make minor modifications on the figures, such as chopping off the useless soft metal sword blades, and some filling work here and there. The casting of the metal is good quality and the parts fit well. Even though I shortened Eloise's boots a good length, she is still on the very tall side of the nominal 28mm scale, while Octavia is more proportionate, as you can see on the picture below.
Here they are with an Empress, Warlord and Bloody figure for scale comparison. The standing figures are pinned to a 25mm MDF base - they came with their own cast metal bases but I didn't like them very much. The dogs are nominally 1/56 scale but just may also be a little bit on the big side.
The boxer and beige dachshund are painted after family dogs. At Eloise's feet is the French bulldog Cardinal Richelieu, who is sadly not very well behaved and has to be yelled at constantly - for the amusement of the other Musketeers.
(As a disclaimer, I know that these types of dogs may not have existed in such form during the 17th century, but we can all agree to overlook that.)
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