R.C.W. - First Female Cheka agent

The Cheka - The All Russian Extraordinary Commission for combating Counter Revolution and Sabotage - was known as the Sword and Shield of the Revolution. Founded at the end of 1918, it was the precursor of the GPU, NKVD and KGB. Its units dressed in black leather and operated as an elite within the Bolshevik armed forces in a similar manner as the SS did vis a vis the rest of the German armed forces 25 years later.

From “The Russian Civil War 1918–22” By David Bullock 

“One high-born female known as “The Baroness” played the role of stool pigeon amongst the prisoners at the notorious Lubyanka jail number 11 in Moscow. Nina Maslova, the nymphomaniac lover of a Cheka agent, plied her sexual charms in exchange for needed information. Still another female, a Hungarian known by the sobriquet of “the Remover”, personally executed over 80 young men, each in a way suggesting sexual obsession.”

 Here is my first painted female Cheka agent - she is a figure I got from Annie at Bad Squiddo games - Adora Belle from Discworld Miniatures. As she is dressed all in black, she was actually very quick and simple to paint - the sculpting detail on the face and hair is excellent, helping me to achieve a reasonable  finish that I am happy with in only a couple of hours

The only "down side" is she is a bit too tall - 30mm I think - but I am going to explain that away by making her character 6'2" or something similar!