Ankhara part 5- Sphinx Abomination

The newest (okay, it was released about 10 years ago and I've had it since then) sculpt of a Sphinx Abomination, complete. 

I already have two other Abominations, one from Crocodile Games, the other an olde Warhammer Tzeentch mini with some wrappings added.

For this newest one, I went with a big 50mm round base with a couple areas of stonework and a tiny skull scarab cut from a swarm (by Forge of Ice). My own blend of texture paste provided more texture, as it should. 

On my original Abomination, I snipped off the snake tail to use as a head for one of the horses for my undead chariot. This time I left the snake bitbecause I think it would have taken away from the overall mini if I had made any modifications to it.

I like how he turned out. I think he'll be the bulk of points in a warband for Ankhara skirmish, or he'll be a wandering monster to attack both sides in a scenario. 

All this Abomination painting made me take a look at the beloved first Abomination (one of the first dozen or so WarGods minis I ever painted). His base was a little messed up and his paintjob was pretty dark. So I stripped him and prepared a new base...

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).

Croctober 2022 Figure- Sebeki Nipper

This little guy has been waiting for this day for a whole year. Now he can go gather some treats throughout Crocodiliopolis. Or perhaps he's cosplaying as an Asar Blade Dancer and attending AntediluviaCon with his pals.

This Nipper's paint scheme was pretty straightforward. I knew the bag needed to have a face on it, but not clearly a jack-o-lantern. The eyes were originally more Eye of Horus, but they were modified near the end when the yellow eyes seemed like a great addition.

I had planned on using some pigment powder as the makeup areas. Sadly they were all too dark and didn't work on him. Then I thought maybe some baking soda would work. It did not.

 I finally went with some layers of pink paints to give him that Blade Dancer cosplay look. I like it.

Ankhara City of the Dead Part 3

The mummified madness of Necropolis28/Ankhara City of the Dead (the name may be changed) continues. This time we have two Crypt Lords converted to hopefully be pretty cool.

First up is a Khemru Crypt Lord figure from Crocodile Games, converted with a fancy shield and a spear from a Mummy Warrior (both from Crocodile Games). I've painted up at least one other version of this sculpt but I didn't find it when I was looking through the Eater of the Dead army bag.

I gave him a limited edition shield with only some minor scratches and chunks out of it. His left hand has an Anubi severed head, but since the unconverted version has that head I figured snipping it off and putting a shield there would be a good way to distinguish the two figures apart.

His right hand was actually given to the recent Anubi Mummy conversion. This spear hand came from one of the many Mummy Warrior conversion I did long long ago during the Ankhara World Campaign. I think it fits his pose pretty well.

I had this conversion (or at least a variation on it) bouncing around in my head for years now. When I got a box of the Wyrmspat Warcry warband I knew I wanted to convert one of the two warrior guys to have a hippo head to be used in WarGods.

The hippos head came from an olde Ral Partha hippo. It was a struggle to get the metal head removed, but thanks to a little hobby saw this time (I converted a mummy warrior for the Ankhara Campaign, but he had a very thin body. This chubby fellow looked much better as a hippo guy.

Strips of masking tape were carefully wrapped over most of the parts that looked too out of place in the world of WarGods (like the boots). He's not the greatest mummy conversion I've ever done, but I like how he came out.

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...