Ankhara City of the Dead part 1

 

Ever since the wrap up of the truly epic Ankhara world campaign at GenCon thousands of years ago (tales are still told amongst those brave souls who survived- like that Harbinger who got swallowed whole by a Sphinx Abomination), I have dreamt about smaller scale games set in the ruins of the resurfaced necropolis. This would involve conflicts between Crypt Lords and their followers attempting to gain power in the new Eater of the Dead order.  There could also be bands of would-be tomb robbers looking for treasure and even more noble Aegyptian warbands seeking ways to undermine the rising undead tide (perhaps a formidable Anubi and Tethru team-up warband). Heck, maybe even multiple warbands against some kind of mindless undead monster. 

Yet I haven't really moved forward with anything more than daydreams, until now. I came across the Necropolis28 rules a few months ago and have pondered creating a warband for it. It recently hit me that mummies would be cool for the setting and I rummaged through my undead containers for parts. Several mummies have been put together and then I turned to some conversions. 

First up was this cat on a chest that I needed to give a cobra head to (above is an unmolested version of the mini with the converted one). The cat is a great mini from Crocodile Games while the head is from a source I don't recall (possibly Dark Fable). I like how this vicious beast has turned out. 

Next is another Crocodile Games figure, this Anubi horde mummy was given a different right hand and a big mummy warrior shield. It's a simple conversion that changes the original lowly horde mummy into something a little more dangerous. 

Then comes the undead lion from the Nightmare Lords Beastmaster. I held this mini in limbo for a very long time before basing him up and adding the wrappings. I think one of the beasts we used from time to time during the Ankhara campaign for the 'Lair of the Beast" subplot was a mummified lion. And now I've got one.

The final miniature for this entry is an undead Blade Dancer converted from the Tomb Queen and both of the Blade Dancer miniatures (all from Crocodile Games). 

It was a daunting task that turned out to be pretty simple. The toughest part was sculpting her hair. I think she came out pretty good and might be my favorite of this batch.

Hopefully this is just the start of a wider project to make the Ankhara game a reality. Below are the other miniatures that are in the painting queue so far. I hope to get them all painted up soon and get a few games in using them.