Archive 3 - Eater of the Dead Part 1 - Horde Mummies

I've painted a lot of undead for WarGods- I mean A LOT. When I assembled them for the archive I realized there were way too many to fit into one post. Here's the first of four parts showcasing all the Eater of the Dead minis I've painted for warbands over the years.

Some of the first WarGods minis I painted were mummies because they were quick and easy to paint and I liked the undead. So even before I got involved with that fateful Ankahra campaign. To get a warband together quickly I realized the easiest warband to build would be for the Eater because I already had a bunch of mummies painted. 

A quick head turn and maybe a headswap here and there (the two below with a plastic bug head and a plastic crocodile head) made converting up more Horde Mummies quick and easy.

More quick conversions of the same model simply by moving the head (or adding a shield above) and moving the arms a little (below). I still like the guy with the hat in the middle below- it was a such an easy little conversion using a thick plastic straw and some putty.

Above and below we have the simplest and most gruesome conversion for the standard Horde Mummy- the missing arm. It was something I should have thought of much earlier and it adds a whole new look to the minis.

Now we get into the one-off mummies. Above are from the Vor the Maelstrom line of miniatures but they're plain enough that I thought they'd add some nice variety to the horde. Below a tainted mummy with tentacles and a Nekharu headswap to represent more of the races in the WarGods setting.

A couple of dynamic mummies from Ral Partha above. Below we have a later Crocodile Games Horde Mummy, some random mummy from a company I don't remember, and another later Crocodile Games mummy meant to be placed in a coffin ( thought it would look cool as a floating mummy).

Above we've got a couple of undead from Dark Fable with a Crocodile Games figure in the center (I think he came with one of the Crypt Lord sculpts).

Above and below we have some musicians. Above are from Crocodile Games (the center one is a simple headswap to increase the diversity of the mummies. Below on the left is a Reaper mummy that I gave soem sort of evil bagpipes to and on the right is a Dwarf Mummy drummer.

Above we've got two Mummy Standard Bearers. The left is a Reaper miniature and the right is the official Crocodile Games Horde Mummy Standard Bearer. I need to do a few more standards and musicians for the Horde Mummy units and Mummy Warriors to 'complete' all the options for potential Eater of the Dead Warbands.

Finally, below is one of the Crocodile Games zombie miniatures- this one was tossed in with the Horde Mummies to help make the units look more interesting.

Next up we'll take a look at the Warrior Mummies miniatures....

Archive 2 - The Sebeki Rampage

Welcome to the second of my attempts to get new and better pictures of some minis that were painted long ago. This time it's the children of Sobek known as the Sebeki! The group shot above is actually missing two of the Sebeki Conventioneers, but I'll give them their own archive post later on. Also missing is a Beloved of Sobek because I sold off my original painted version years ago- I have anotehr copy that I need to get around to painting because it is such an impressive figure.

Above is the only unit of Sebeki I've got, since they're so big and ready to rumble the minimum unit size is 6. 

Above we have the unit's Musician and below the unit's Standard.

These two guys are, obviously, the same pose but with different heads and different color choices they've got their own personalities.

Above we have another of the Sebeki Hammerers and below is a conversion of the hammer to an axe (I think it was a metal bit) to give the unit a little bit of a mix of weapons.

Below is the Champion or Captain for the unit. I'm pretty sure the axe head is a plastic bit from somewhere (probably GW). 

One of my favorite Master of Words minis from the Wargods range. I swapped the gharial head for a normal croc head (I actually used it on one of the Sebeki Conventioneers because it seemed more geeky).

A converted Sebeki Hero, this is the famous adventurer Crocodiliopolois Hotep. He was an entry in one of the painting contests at a GenCon years ago and won a prize (third out of 3?).

A bonus figure that goes with the Sebeki as an Asar City Dweller Hero of Crocodiliopolis dubbed the Guardian of the Nile. This is a Chronopia Sons of Kronos mini that looked like he'd fit in with the Sebeki pretty well.

The 5th Anniversary Crocodile Games Mascot who has seen action on the tabletop as a Priest of Sobek and a Chariot Driver.

One of my favorite Crocodile Games miniatures saved for last, the Sebeki Hero. This is the second of this guy I've painted up (the first went off to eBay because I thought I wouldn't have any need for Sebeki). This time I swapped out his big mace for the impressive kopesh.

There are more unpainted Sebeki minis languishing in a box somewhere that will eventually get painted. I even have a female Asar that would be awesome as a Harbinger of Sobek who will definitely fit in with these guys.

Basti Painter and Basti Gamer

These two special event miniatures from Crocodile Games have been partially painted for far too long (I've been saying that a lot lately). Well now they're done and I can get back to the partially painted lead and plastic pile...

I've painted the Basti Gamer before, but I think I sent it to someone else. I tried to make some subtle details here and there- like the color of his WarGods book is sorta like the 2nd Edition orange, a little. He's got 2 different colored metal dice in his right hand and there's rough 'stars' on his dicebag hanging from his belt. No special significance to the white line on his pron, I just anted to add something simple to make it more interesting (I think the first time I painted it as tie-dye).

The Basti Painter is one of my top 10 favorite WarGods sculpts (at least this week) so I was somewhat intimidated by it. I got his kin and most of the base of his clothes done but that's where he was stuck for a looong time (a couple years). Finally I started putting the paint blobs on his palette and then went for the finishing touches. There's a little tattoo on his left shoulder because of some paint screwup that I was trying to cover up. It's really abstract, though, and I didn't get a clear picture of it.

Three Scholars and a Pirate

The scholarly theme I wasn't even aware I was going for was ruined by a dastardly pirate mini that got painted along with the other three. Oh well, that's a pirate for you.

First up, the second of the Dark Fable scribe minis that I've done (the other one is here). I think I should get another to do a headswap because scribes are cool. He's been named Senedjem the Scribe and he's probably more devious than he looks.

Here we can see the random scratches I made to represent some hieroglyphs on his papyrus sheet on the clipboard.

Another Dark Fable mini, this one is meant to be a High Priest, but I think he could easily be a Master of Words. I've dubbed him Periifra the Sage so that he has many avenues open to him on the tabletop.

A converted Asar Warrior- instead of a shield I gave him a sword so he could be a member of the unit of Cretan Pirates in the Dionysus warband I built for GenCon this year. Sadly he was not completed in time, but now he's ready for many uses (pirate, thug- I guess just the two uses).

Finally, we have another Dark Fable mini. This is one of the tomb raiders but I've decided she should represent a warrior-scribe of some note named Lady Senshet (look here if you think she sounds familiar). More gibberish on a scroll to look vaguely like some hieroglyphs from a distance, if you squint. She will do nicely in a warband or in some skirmishing.