On further investigatation I suspect these 40mm miniatures are from a series that John Blanche designed for a game called "Femme Militant" that never saw the light of day, hence the limited numbers. In which case they were apparently designed by Blanche but sculpted by others including Jes Goodwin.
Figures painted in 2016: 4
"What this game needs is a panda with a chaingun."
"What this game needs is a panda with a chaingun."