Venus figurines

"Venus figurines" is a term used to refer to Aurignacian and Gravettian carvings of the female form created during the upper Paleolithic period.

From White and Bisson (1998)

The Venus figures that I own however, are more contemporary. The figure on the left is the Reaper Fertility Idol (Bones Black 44093), while the figure on the right is a doll house miniature of unknown manufacture.

The Reaper figures is a 1/2 scale representation of the actual Venus of Willendorf, but at 1/72 scale it would be closer in size to the New Venus of Willendorf (sans Crocs) created by Paweł Wocial.

The Reaper figure came with a base that I thought was too busy, so I rebased the figure on a plain metal washer.

Because of its size, the Reaper figure reminded me of Hudekin the Giant Idol (Thane Tostig 12) from Minot's Miniature Armoury.

Hudekin is supposed to be holding the sword Blood-drinker aloft, but I misplaced the sword somewhere.

The doll house Venus is a representation of the Venus de Milo, which scales out very closely to 1/72.

I patched a couple of casting flaws in the miniature, then sprayed a couple of coats of white paint on her, and she was finished.