Centaur Test Model Completed

This guy is probably the last part of the opening third of 2024's WarGods Minis Month. I've been looking for centaur miniatures since I decided to make an Amazon Demigoddess of Artemis warband dubbed "the Wild Hunt." There are other aspects needed besides some centaurs (a stag miniature has been found!) to get it finished, but the centaurs are a big part of holding it back. 

Forge of Ice makes some great ape men miniatures that I hadn't even considered for part of any conversion because I wanted them as ape men. But when Wargames Atlantic came out with their plastic horses, a lightbulb went off. 

While it was a shame to chop this metal miniature in half (what will I do with legs from a big ape guy?), I think it may have been well worth it.

The fur on his back is greenstuff showing my inconsiderable sculpting talents. His loincloth is from some resin conversion bits. The chain is some jewelry chain that seems a little too big. The skulls and shield are from various plastic and resin sources.

Heru spearman vs the Centaur.

The Centaur with a Demigoddess of Artemis.

Some size comparison pictures with various 28mm minis (mostly from Crocodile Games).

The Centaur and his Satyr buddy having a grand time.

Female Centaur (Foundry) vs male Centaur.

Centaur vs the Amazon Heroine.

Euryale the Gorgon

Another in the neverending series of miniatures that were assembled and primed or partially painted but then set aside, Eurayle from Arena Rex. One of the main reasons I backed the Arena Rex Kickstarter was this mini (also the half snake, half lion, half giraffe monster thing that's still unassembled). I came across something random that reminded me of her and decided I must finish her off now.

She was based on a roughly 60 x 80mm base because, at the time, I didn't have a large enough round base and I wanted to use her for WarGods of Olympus as part of my Titan Warband. The ground was recently built up with some homemade texture paste and a few chunks of cork.

It took a bit to get a color scheme chosen. I was also struggling with what kind of markings to do on her body. It was between long lines down the length of her body and the randomly placed stripes I went with. Green on the snake body seems to have worked out well with the light blue/grey stripes.

I knew I wanted her human skin to be pale and decided on a more yellowish pale that helped her orangey hair stand out. I'm also pretty pleased with how her hair came out.

Here are a few normal human sized figures with the imposing Eurayle. Above, a brave Hoplite stands against the might of Euryale. Below we see a Demigoddess of Artemis approach Euryale and below that, a Beloved of Sobek charges in to tussle with the Gorgon.

Pharaonic Family

I've made several attempts, the last three years or so, to complete these Dark Fable miniatures because it's the royal family. Now they're finished and they turned out okay. I don't usually paint the eyes on figures anymore, and with these pictures I realized the daughter especially looks a little odd. I will probably be revisiting the hole family to see what I can do.

First we've got the eldest son with his fancy kopesh. He's probably not as good with it as he thinks he is.

Next up are the little ones. They were actually the first finished minis from this group. The daughter's dress with the "design" is maybe my favorite of the family. 

We move on to the Pharoah himself. But is he really the one in charge?

Finally we have the Queen. I almost finished painting her on her own several times, but I was able to hold off until the rest of the family was closer to complete. I had thought about doing some hieroglyphics on her skin or dress, but decided against it.

WarGods Minis Month 2024- Part 5

WarGods Minis M9nth has been going for a bit with a few updates already. But April (and a few days either side of it) is only the beginning, the next phase comes in August and the finale comes in October. This time we have four minis painted, all ignored partially painted figures that needed a bit of focus to push through to the finish line.

First is an Asar warrior with sword and shield. Originally planned as a skirmish character, he was also potentially a test model for a unit of sword and shield. But I don't like the red armor for a generic Asar unit. We'll see.

Next is another scorpion-themed Mistress of Words. This one is a Reaper figure with a plastic spear and feather contraption to make her a bit more MoW-like.

Then we have an unreleased mini-titan that is pretty cool. I mounted him on a 30mm square base. How will he be used, that's a problem for future me to worry about. I think there was an earlier concept for smaller Titans that would be herded by a minder as another optional meat shield for a Titan warband.

This last guy is a cool chunk of metal, Dienikes the Spartan. I'm not a big Spartan fan, but this guy looked so cool I had to paint one up. I think his cape came out pretty good.