The Synod (aka Flying Mummy Skulls) Completed!

From THIS earlier post as well as THIS one to the completed Synod you see below.

With the Priest of Aten revealed mini to show just how much butt the Synod can kick...

Isis Speartip Conversion Voting

So I converted the limited edition Isis Harbinger to have a cool short spear.  She's killed lots and lots  of foes with it...

 ...but, despite the excellent look of it, it often comes loose from the pin because it literally drags on the tabletop.

I've become tired of fixing it every few months and want to know if I should simply redo the pinjob with a longer pin and some additional precautions (not sure what) or switch the speartip out for a different model ad see how that fares?

 Here are the four options:
A- swordblade from a Tethru conversion (almost as long as the current speartip)
B- plastic GW speartip (slightly modified so it will be shorted and lighter than the original)
C- original speartip (with further modifications to help secure it better)
D- Horus hawk speartip (massive overhaul adding this different but shorter speartip)

I shall allow voting to go on until April 3rd and once the tally is complete my actions will be swift and just. That means I hope to have pics of the fix up by April 13. Thanks for your votes/opinions in advance.

3 Archers- 2 Satyrs and an Asar Female Standard Bearer

This is one of the Ngoni female warriors from Copplestone. I added the standard to her open right hand because it just looked like that sort of thing would fit. The standard is made of a couple of WarGods minis bits left over from previous conversions.

I decided to paint her 'clothes' so she would fit in with the Heirakonpolis-themed Archer unit as their Standard Bearer since she's actually got a bow unlike the original intended Standard.

Here she is with some of the other Heirakonpolis Archers, there are three more archers close to finished that will complete the unit...


More pictures of this Satyr Hero conversioncan be found at the main Minismith blog.

I like how he turned out, but the pipes on his quiver may need some tarting up so they look a little better.

I think this is the third Crocodile Games Satyr I've completed. I really like these guys and they are, so far, my favorite Olympus minis (after the Artemis Demigoddess).

Bennu and Percipiant- WarGods Edition

As you've no doubt seen over in the Minismith's ForgeBlog, the first two miniatures of 2012 are the Forge of Ice peacock painted as a Bennu (one of the monsters from my awesome Monsters of Ægyptus article in CrocTales from Crocodile Games) and the mysterious something that is the Percipiant.

Here a brave Tethru Spearbird faces off with an angry Bennu...

And here the Tethru Spearbird faces off with the calmly enigmatic and fiercely foreboding Percipiant.

Crocodile 4 Barrel Pen!

I've had this Staedler multi pen (4 barrels- 2 pen colors, mechanical pencil and PDA stylus) for at least 10 years.

As you can see it has suffered considerable structural damage that I've slowed with application of some strong clear tape. But the killing blow came about a month ago when it slipped from my grasp and landed metal tip down at a weird angle, snapping the metal tip from the mostly plastic body. I was devastated and began searching for a replacement...


On eBay there was a $0.78 (+ $8 shipping from Hong Kong) multi pen available. I snatched it up and the slow boat arrived the other day. Now I have this awesome new metal bodied CROCODILE brand multi-pen to replace my beloved Staedler.

The Epic of Menthu Hathorhotep is Coming Soon...

... and so is the conversion!

Yes, a slightly converted Olympus Minotaur figure. Crappy pics but I don't want to give away the whole thing at once.

The 'Epic of Menthu' written by SHefdu Sootootma will start appearing in installments soon too. Because Menthu was the character from my latest campaign warband that seems to have captured the hearts and minds of a generation... Or maybe just a few people thought the idea was cool, either way I'm doing it!

Blank Ægyptus Map

It's clear ready for folks to do stuff with. Maybe there will be one with WarGods specific locations soon. Enjoy...