Croctober 2022- Update 5- Beloved and the Crocodile Kid

For the finale of Croctober we have an unstoppable ravenous beast...and a Beloved of Sobek. 

First, let's take a look at all the miniatures that I managed to finish for Croctober/Sobektober. I'm pretty happy with how they all turned out. 

The Crocodile Kid is a great little mini that reminded me of Calvin (of "and Hobbes" fame) when I was painting him. His little croc companion is probably named Hobshobek and they have all sorts of carefree adventures. 

And now for the newly remastered Beloved of Sobek in resin. This is my third time painting one, but the first two (you can see the second one that was painted in April 2021 here) were metal behemoths that were not the most fun to clean and assemble. But this new resin version was quick and easy to clean and assemble, no pinning needed for the arms and tail. 

I wanted to go a different direction with the colors on this third Beloved from the first two dark brown scales. It looks good and is a nice contrast with the second version. 

Like with the second version, I needed to put some UV resin as water on the base.  I think it looks okay. 

While there are more minis from the Rise of the Crocodile Queen Kickstarter to be painted (mainly the Nippers, Flingers, and Asar Units) October was a good start to expanding my available minis for games of WarGods of Aegyptus.

Croctober 2022- Update 4- Asar Priest and Archer Captain

 

A couple of standard humans, Asar City Dwellers of Crocodiliopolis, this time. The Priest of Sobek is an older figure that I should have painted years and years ago and the Archer Captain is a new guy from the recent Rise of the Crocodile Queen Kickstarter. 

The Priest got a fancier loincloth because of something I tried on two of the new spearmen during the Kickstarter. I like how he turned out overall but I think his eye paint could have been better.

The Archer Captain is a really nice sculpt that I think deserves to be involved as a WarGods skirmish character. Nothing special about his paintjob I just tried to make him fit in with the other Crocodiliopolis guys I've already done.

Here we've got all the Crocodiliopolis folks I've painted so far. I think they fit together well and I need to paint up more of them...

Croctober 2022- Update 3- The Crocodile Queen

The Crocodiliopolis City Dweller heroine known as the Crocodile Queen is just a wonderful sculpt that I was afraid to touch with paintbrush at first. But I pushed through even though I only had a vague idea how I wanted her to look.

I chose to attach her axe over the shoulder because it is a badass pose (the alternative is to have the axe handle on the ground). The first part I focused on was the severed head. I knew I wanted it to be a Death Cultist with skull face paint so that's what I did. From there it all just came together. 

I was unsure about the spots on her loincloths but in the end I like how they came out. Overall I think she looks good and now I have lots of ideas for the sci-fi conversion of her that I did.

Here we've got the Queen of Crocs with some random WarGods miniatures. ABOVE she's with the Sebeki Priest of Sobek and also with the Blade Dancers of Bubastis. BELOW she's with the converted Scorpion Sorceress.

 

And finally- ABOVE with the Isis Harbinger and BELOW with the Artemis Demigoddess.

Croctober 2022- Update 2- Khepet the Sebeki Chef

This Sebeki Cook is a very nice sculpt by Des Hanley. I really like his corpulent physique. He's another one from the recent Rise of the Crocodile Queen Kickstarter. 

Of course I had to make a scenic base for the cook and his lil helper Niblet and the cooking pot to all stand on together. I used plastic bits from GW and a couple of beads for the fruits or vegetables. I think it came out pretty good for a spur of the moment idea and execution. 

The cook himself was a joy to paint. It did take a while to decide if he should be a green-scaled Sebeki or a brown-scaled one. I think the green was the right choice for him.

His apron almost got a bloody handprint on it, but I think the vaguely shaped smudges look better.

Croctober 2022- Update 1- Niblet and Sebeki Casualty

 

Crocodile Games has launched #croctober (not related to the shoes!) to focus on painting the miniatures from their recent Kickstarter the Rise of the Crocodile Queen. It was remastered metal minis for the great Sebeki line and some new City Dwellers of Crocodiliopolis for WarGods of Aegyptus. So the minis below are what I had ready to go at the start of this month. 

About a week into the month and I've finished the first two- the named Nipper cook helper Niblet and the Sebeki casualty (no, he's just resting!). Separate from Croctober I'm calling my own attempt to paint a bunch of these Sobek-themed minis #sobektober 

First up the casualty- pretty straightforward and a joy to paint. I've said it many a time before but no matter how often I come back to a Sebeki sculpt to paint I'm always surprised at how fun they are to paint. And this guy is just taking a nap...

Niblet kinda rules.

And here's 2/3 of the "kitchen base" finished. What is the last part? (It's the Sebeki Cook sculpted by Des Hanley.