Friday, November 30, 2012

A Drowsy Summer Day in Montana: 1876

Part of an historically mammoth gathering of American Indian plains tribes, an extended family of  Dakota Sioux tends to the day's chores along the Greasy Grass River in Montana.
Ladies stoke the fire, fuss over a little one and bring in wild roots from the plains.
Although a handful of tribal elders are awake, most of the encampment's fighting men were up late the night before, dancing and carrying on as young men will do, and are still asleep in their tipis. But the mid-day tedium is abruptly shattered by an ominous flurry of movement south of camp. Blue Turtle, a Sioux teenager, is the first to identify the threat. "Blue coats!" she cries.

3 comments:

  1. very nice figures with a very good painting work!
    I like them!

    Please: which is the manufacturer and what is the scale?
    thanks!

    (and I've seen Crazy Horse too: very good work! I like him too !)

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  2. Thank you! Ron Barzso manufactured the figures - except for the smaller male figure holding a peace pipe. (He's from BMC, as is the Crazy Horse figure on the other post.) I don't know if Ron is still manufacturing this particular set, but you can check out his web site. Google "Barzso Playsets." He's based out of Illinois and does first-rate, resin figures.

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