Aegyptus April 06- Two Paladins of Despair

I've wanted to add to the total of the Nekharu 'Paladins of Despair' hand weapon and shield unit, but there was a mental block on how to convert more figures for it. Somehow I got a couple of the mancleaver troops converted up and painted on the spur of the moment. This unit's lore has expanded a little since that earlier post to include the fact that to join the unit a Nekharu must murder a current member of the unit- because that seems like something Paladins of Despair would do...

This one has a plastic shield and axe from one of the Reaper Bones Kickstarters. Since I always think of Nekharu as dirty scumbags usually with stolen equipment, I damaged the shield with my scalpel. To add to his outlaw nature I gave him this GW dagger with pouch on the back. 

This guy has part of a GW plastic axe pinned to part of his mancleaver handle because it looked pretty good. His shield is from one of the Asar hand weapon troops. To give his back some more interest I added a plastic GW bit that seems to fit the unit theme.

Here's the slowly growing unit with standard and musician (also, the guy in the middle was originally built to be a Nekharu champion or hero, so he's the official unit leader).

And here these two Paladins of Despair have gotten the drop on Tebbi the Archer... OR have they fallen into Tebbi and Blackclaw's trap?

Aegyptus April 05- Nubian Style Pyramid

10 or so years ago Chris Fitzpatrick (chief Croc of Crocodile Games) wanted to get rid of the tons of unbuilt terrain he had accumulated. He held a "make and take" get together that I attended and made a few things at. Most of the terrain pieces I cobbled together have long been finished and used on various tabletops. All but the Nubian style pyramid. 

This thing weighs a lot. I don't think that is the main reason it hasn't been finished until now, but it probably contributed a bit. The main trouble I had were the gaps in the pyramid sides. I tried to fill the gaps a few times and finally decided it was good enough even though it doesn't look great.

Then I started painting,  but it was heavy and I wasn't sure what I wanted it to look like. So after a decade of fits and starts the Nubian pyramid is done and looks pretty good with miniatures around it. 

Aegyptus April 04 - Some Desert Trees

Ever since I started playing WarGods, back in the 1880s, I've known I should get some palm trees. But they were always so expensive and/or flimsy and my terrain focus has often been lacking vigor. But the other day I ran across these passable palm trees at Michael's and they were pretty heavily discounted- so I snapped up the two packages they had and decided that Aegyptus April was in need of a terrain aspect...

12 trees could have been split up onto multiple bases multiple ways. I went with 4 75mm (I had to double check, but it's true) bases and 1 50mm base with mainly 3 trees per base. I put some spackle on all the bases to help secure the trees to each base. Some rough drybrushing on the trees and leaves finished off with my finest desert sand for the bases and a few clumps of grass to add some excitement to each base...

Base 1- a Tethru Scribe with his students shows off the 50mm base. Just in front of the Scribe is a small mound to keep the single tree less lonely. 

Base 2- The infamous adventurers Tebbi and Blackclaw prepare to jump into action from this 3 tree base.

Base 3- The 2 tree base provides shade for the wizened Anubi Embalmer.

Base 4- the Sebeki Conventioneers enjoy their Ka-Berry drinks whole planning their next move at SandCon.

Base 5- the Priest of Horus arrives for his meeting with the courtesan.

I hope I come across some more of these sometime because they're pretty good and I have some more ideas of what to do with them...

Aegyptus April 03 - 3 Asar Priests

 

I think I got all three of these at the Croc booth at some GenCon or other. I had good intentions of finishing all three at the same time years ago and primed and started the painting process. But then I got stuck on what direction to take and they sat for way too long. But I've powered through and I really like the results. 

First up is the Priest of Ptah, with pyramid power attack action... 

Next is this cool Asar Priest that I can't remember which God he serves (maybe just a 'whichever god you want' priest). 

And finally, this Priestess Amun was the biggest stumbling block to finishing these 3 priests. I got to a certain point and froze with indecision about how best to finish her. I think she's ended up on a pretty good place...

And here we see the 'Priest Team' confronting the Sleazy Merchant and one of his guards (from Forge of Ice).

Two Assassins- Aegyptus April 02

Both of these guys from the dark underbelly of Aegyptus have been partially painted for far too long (this is a common problem I have). Well now they're done and ready to ply their viscous trade on the tabletop. 

First up is an assassin from Dark Fable who was not very inspiring until I started working on the other guy. He's pretty straightforward but turned out okay.

Next is the Typhon Undead Assassin from the Nightmare Lords set by Crocodile Games. He doesn't look well but he also doesn't specifically look like a mummy so he could see work among the living who need someone to sleep with the fishes. I like how his cloak turned out even though it's just a bunch of browns.

Aegyptus April 01 - Asar Harbinger, Basti Assassin, Drunken Tethru

Each year, for some number of years now, I try to focus on WarGods minis (from Crocodile Games as well as other similarly themed miniatures from other companies) during an extended "WarGods Minis Month" that's actually more like two months. It starts around mid-August and goes until the end of September or thereabouts. I'd like to claim it's based on the ancient Aegyptian calendar or phases of the moon or something, but it's really just all whims and painting inspirations (and miniature needs for GenCon gaming in Croc events).

Well no more! I've made a resolution to split up WarGods Minis Month into an #aegyptusapril and an #olympusoctober with an option for a second Aegyptus month in August. I encourage others who have unpainted WarGods of Aegyptus minis to use the #aegyptusapril on the various social platforms when they paint stuff during the month. I only use Instagram and Facebook and most of those pics will be the same pics I post here in more wordy posts but not everyone checks out this blog.

Without further ado- let the painted Aegyptus goodness for April begin!

First up is a Basti assassin known only as 'the Gentle Breeze.' This guy is a nasty piece of work who will shoot arrows at anyone for the right price. I'm working on stats for him as a skirmish character over at the WarGods Skirmish Blog.

Next is a conversion I've been trying to come up with for years and years- Hoethet VII the Drunken Swordmaster. This is the heir to the great Tethru Swordmaster Hoethet's legacy. Sadly he has fallen into drunken wandering after some tragic events in his life. That said, he's probably the greatest living swordsman in Aegyptus at the time after the Aten Heresy. Another character for skirmish games who will have stats at the WarGods Skirmish Blog soon. The booze sloshing out of his flask is simply some built up UV resin.

Finally we come to a Freebooter miniature that has been partially painted for way too long. This is one of the Amazons from that game. When I saw this mini I knew it would make a good Asar Harbinger of Sobek. No conversion work at all just painting. 

And here we have Nefarsebek with the Sebeki Priest to show how big she is next to a Sebeki guy.