First mounted Crow warriors

 Hi you all!

Today I wanted to show you the first finished Crow warriors on horse. These are versions of the ones on foot I made a while ago (PW-01 for those familiar with them ;-) )

I had forgotten how much work goes into these figures, with the many ornaments and the hair extensions on the back, but I'm really happy about how they turned up :-)

The next ones are almost finished, so stay tuned! :-)

Cheers,

Juan

Cheyenne Warrior Societies

 Hi you all!

Here is a new pack for the Plains Indians: Warrior Society members of the Northern Cheyenne.

The first one belongs to the Coyote Society (also Kit Fox Men or Fox Soldiers).

Typical regalia is his bowlance (carried by two of the members of the society), his crescent-shaped leather necklace and the two eagle feathers in his scalplock. This figure is also armed with a blanket gun (a shawed off gun), but many of them had bow and arrows when dancing.

Coyote Society members were cunning, run big distances and had great endurance, like the coyote, and painted their bodies yellow, except the lower parts of legs and arms, that were painted red.

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The second one is a Contrary Warrior, or member of the Bow-String Society (or Inverted Bow-String Society).

These warriors acted as contraries and carried a bow-spear. They wore an stuffed owl on the forehead. They also had a bone whistle suspended from a string around their necks.

They had to be specially strong of body and mind and be very courageous, and act in a solemn and stoic manner. They painted their bodies and clothes red.

For this figure I opted for a striking pose. He is also a bit bigger than the others.

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The third one is one of the bravest men of the Hoof-Rattle warrior society, also known as Elk Soldiers.

The two bravest men in this Warrior Society carried each a crooked lance wrapped in otter skin with pendants of eagle feathers. The rest of the members of this society carried straight lances wrapped in otter skin, but, appart from this, there wasn't much common regalia. This warrior wears a warshirt with scalps and a stand-up warbonnet (typical of both Cheyenne and Blackfeet) to show his high warrior status.

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The fourth one is my favorite: a member of the Red-Shield society (also Bull Soldiers).

Typical society regalia is his shield (painted red) with the buffalo bull's tail still atached and his headdress of buffalo skin with horns. Warriors of this society used to arm themselves with spears, like this one. They painted their bodies and the headdress' horns red.

This one wears also hide leggings with a quilled band and a pectoral made of hairpipes.

These were a blast to sculpt. I hope you like them!

Horses and more!

 Hi you all!

I have finally finished the horses for the Plains Indians, after much struggling. 

It has taken me some years to make them, as I find horse anatomy a bit imposing and got mentally blocked a couple of times. I'm very happy that this year I managed to overcome all those hurdles and, in fact, it took me only a couple weeks time to finish them (given that I had already made the torsos (is that the word for animals too??) and parts of a pair of legs previously.

Anyway, I'm happy they are finally ready, as that wasn't only a big challenge for me, but also because it enables me to begin sculpting the mounted versions of the minis I have already made. I can't wait!

Besides, I have been working on some more Cheyenne, which I'll show you next time. Here are some WIP images. This time I didn't want to use armatures, as I wanted to improve my sculpting a bit making them completely from scratch. 

Some more warriors with guns

 Hi you all!

I haven't updated the blog in a while and, in fact, I wasn't able to sculpt for some time. Several months ago I got back on track and I have been sculpting some figures

These are "generic" warriors (they could be used as Teton Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho and others) with more modern guns that could be used in the 60`s and 70`s (including Little Big Horn). Guns are a two Spencer carbines, a Henry repeating rifle and a Colt. Some of the warriors wear trade shirts, which are very typical in latter periods. I'll probably end up making a set like this for every tribe I have sculpted so far

I hope you like them!

Clearco Miniatures temporarily closed

 Hi you all!

Clearco Miniatures will be closed at least for a couple of months. During that time I won't be able to take any orders. 

Sorry for the inconveniences and thank you for your understanding!

See you when I'm back!

Cheers!

Juan

Cheyennes Available!

 Hi you all!

Good news everyone! The Cheyenne have arrived and are ready to ship! 

Don't be shy, grab some, they are very nice :) You know you need some Cheyenne warriors in your life! Get some, get some NOW 😁 (I'm getting better and better at advertising, don't I?)

Anyway, here are the first pictures:

I hope you like them as much as I!

Cheers!

Cheyenne war chief

 Hi you all!

A quick post today as I just realized I hadn't uploaded any pictures of the Cheyenne war chief I sculpted some months ago! The pictures aren't the best, but they are the only ones I took before sending the figure to the caster...

He wears a highly decorated warshirt with scalps and quilled bands, as well as leggings, decorated in the same way. He also wears a feather warbonnet in a typical "standing" Cheyenne style. Hir braids are wrapped in otter fur with quilled bands and he is armed with lance and hatchet. One special thing in that figure is that I didn't use any armature for the body, but sculpted it from scratch instead, as I wanted to achieve one specific pose. It was a lot of fun to sculpt so many details :) 

I hope you like it!

Cheers!