S'syth Lord Muusmahtua Winged Serpent

From a time long before Aegyptian civilization comes the S'syth, ancient malevolent serpent beings seeking to regain lost glories as rulers of the Antediluvian world- at least in the fluff of WarGods. Ever since the mind-blowing reveal at the end of the Akhenaten Heresy World Campaign I've wanted to do some S'syth. This slight conversion (really just the addition of the wings) has been sitting partly painted for quite a long while.

The wings come from an old Celtos Dwarf Valkyrie mini. I wanted to have this monster evoke images of the Wedjet (winged cobra) but in a more disturbing way. 

The miniature itself is an old Ral Partha figure. It has a solid base that proved too difficult to remove so I used a chariot style base (50x100mm) with some textured paint and chunks of ruined temple bases to hide the original base. You might notice the slight slope around the S'syth now that you know what to look for.

I thought it would be fitting to show Muusmahtua with one of the "Priest of Aten Revealed" event minis from that awesome GenCon Campaign Finale.

And here we have Tebbi and Blackclaw getting mixed up with the S'syth Lord- that would be a pretty interesting fight.

Three Olympus Demigods and Helen of Troy

All four of these have been partially painted since I got the Amazon shipment from the WarGods of Olympus Kickstarter a couple years back. As sometimes happens with some really well-sculpted minis, I was afraid I would would ruin them with my not-stellar painting attempts. But I finally just went for it and they turned out okay.

Prince Vultan of the Hawkmen the Demigod of Dionysus. This guy is so characterful! I may have gone overboard with the grape stained feet, but I like it. The white in his beard was to distinguish him further as a character (there's probably a story behind it that he delights in telling revelers).

I've got two Dionysus Demigods in my WarGods collection. To lead an Amazon warband for the 2019 GenCon Arsenal of Ares event, I found a female mini who would fit the bill. She represented the Demigoddess of Dionysus, Absynthia in my Amazon warband well. She doesn't look too bad next to her cousin Demigod.

Next is the Demigoddess of Artemis. This sculpt is so perfect that I was especially concerned I couldn't do it justice. It turned out okay, I guess. She is the second Artemis Demigoddess mini from Crocodile Games, my painted version of the original mini can be found here. I like this one better.

Another perfect sculpt that I feel my paint has failed, the Kickstarter exclusive mini for Helen of Troy. 

Finally, yet another perfect sculpt that I actually had a pretty good idea of the colors I wanted to use from the very start, the Demigoddess of Hecate. I actually feel pretty good about this paintjob. She turned out pretty much how I envisioned. I think the toughest part was the pale skin. I really like how the magical hair turned out. The pictures don't adequately show the difference between her skin and dress, I assure you they are not the same color.

Now that these four are finally off the painting table I can move on to all the other Olympus minis from the Kickstarter (as well as the new stuff from GenCon this year).

Nomarch and Mummy Archer

An odd pairing. From Crocodile Games- a non-converted Warrior Mummy Archer to add to the ranks of the Eater of the Dead. From Dark Fable- a Royal Adviser that I think looks more like a Nomarch (regional governor) so that's what I've been calling him.

This guy took a couple hours altogether from cleanup to completion. That was over the course of a couple of days, though. He will now take his place in the Warrior Mummy Archer unit or maybe even act as a Crypt Lord. I almost forgot how fun it was to paint up a well-sculpted mummy.

I often snip the slotta tab on the Dark Fable minis and pin them onto laser-cut MDF 20mm bases because those tabs are sometimes far too thick to fit into the slot. That happened to this guy too.

A comparison shot of the Nomarch and the Sleazy Merchant from Forge of Ice. It's hard to tell which one is shaking down the other for their cut of the profits...