Ankhara part 4

Finally, a return to painting Ankhara City of the Dead stuff. Mainly sarcophagi. 

First, a simple obelisk from an Egyptian dungeon tiles Kickstarter that I've yet to do anything with. The piece are hydrastone or some similar material, so the weight adds up. I finally forced myself to put some washes and drybrushing on this obelisk because I wanted to see how it would turn out. Not bad but definitely not great.

Next come the last three Crocodile Games sarcophagi. 

This Horus-themed sarcophagus has the same stacked 20mm bases option to give it some height. I had seriously thought of magnetizing all the kids, but decided it was madness. Maybe on the next batch?

For this open Anubis-themed sarcophagus I used a leftover Anubi head from when I converted my Tethru slingers. A little wrapping and we've got the proper sort of mummy for this one.

And the last sarcophagus has a tormented mummy in it. This and the Anubis one got soft foam offcut plinths with some texture paste. Both options worked fine, the foam option helps save 20mm bases, though. 

Finally we have the Necromancer (or maybe a spell casting Crypt Lord) which is simply an olde Mage Knight Metal figure I've had for too long to remember. No modifications,  he was just right for the role. 

Hopefully the next Ankhara update will attempt to contain the ferocity of the "new" Sphinx Abomination sculpt (it was released several years ago, I'm only now getting around to painting it).

Ankhara City of the Dead part 2

This time is focused more on some accessories/objective markers and beasts/monsters. 

This giant scorpion is plastic from the Conan miniatures boardgame. I wanted it to be red because it's a giant friggin' scorpion and they should be red.

From Crocodile Games come these canopic jars. These will probably be used as objective markers. 

Also from Crocodile Games is this Anubis chest.

 And then there's this bigger canopic jar from Iron Wind Metals. I think I've got some others like this painted in a box somewhere. 

The first of four sarcophagi, this one has a normal mummy inside ready to be plundered or desecrated for some unholy rites. I wanted the sarcophagi to be raised up from the floor level so I tried a couple of different options. This one has some 20mm bases stacked together and smeared with texture paste. 

Finally we've got a big statue (or is it?) From Reaper. This is the metal one which I assembled and started painting several years ago. I'm glad it's finally done and ready to spread destruction and chaos stand motionless on the battlefield.

Next time there will be more mummies...

Soulstone Objective Marker

From an old RPG adventure module (Vault of the Whispering Tyrant by Paizo) that included some miniatures comes this interesting magical piece that seems like a good fit as a WarGods objective marker..

I wanted the gem to look as magical as possible so used the brightest white I could find and built up to my beloved Partha neon green. It came out pretty good. Of course the material the gem is embedded in needed to be some tanned hide for maximum spooky/evilness. 

And here we have a couple of S'syth agents performing some diabolical ritual that can only lead to trouble for Aegyptus. 

Armor and Casualties

 

I wanted a little painting change of pace from recent miniatures and chose some of the little extras from Crocodile Games. 

The Spartan armor rack but with a plastic helmet since I snipped the original off for a base or some terrain piece.

The Corinthian armor rack was a nice time painting the cape purple.

The Amazon armor rack has been painted before (way back when the Kickstarter minis arrived) so now I have two. The color scheme for this one is different from the original. 

Aegyptus Asar casualty. 

Amazon casualty.