Repainting My Original Sphinx Abomination

Kestru-Toth has seen action in scores of games of WarGods across the years. He was one of the first Eater of the Dead miniatures from Crocodile Games that I painted (it was likely a lowly Horde Mummy that was THE first). With my recent painting completion of the newer sculpt, I decided it was time for my original Abomination to get a redo.

He was originally painted with metallic wrappings because I thought that would be cool.  It was okay. He was removed from his base and tossed into the  stripper for a few hours. When scrubbed clean of paint it was time to get him onto a new fancier base than his original sand flocked one.

His head came off from the stripper but those arms were apparently pinned like a pro because there was no wiggle at all. Kestru-Toth's original base was just my rocky desert flock. A sizable chunk of the rocky desert fell off over the years. Instead of fixing that I decided a total rebate would be best.

The new base is an MDF 40mm with some texture paste and my favorite temple base paper stuff. He seems to be much more stable on this base because no slot to constrain his placement. 

Since the new one got some dark pinkish skin, I decided maybe Kestru-Toth should match. So I worked up from a darker rose color to a muted pink after a wash over his desiccated frame. 

As I was painting him this second time, I remembered that this was a really great sculpt. I kinda want to find another one so I can do one with the alternate head. But who needs FOUR Abominations?

The bones protruding from his skin were not handled well the first time around, but I think I got them to look pretty good this time.

Now Kestru-toth is finished (again) and joins his fellow Sphinx Abominations to wreak havoc on the tabletop with a fancy new paintjob.

Caravan Leader and Beast Handler

Back to the Okroi Caravan with two more Dark Fable miniatures.

First we've got the Beast Handler with his whip. This guy is the most recent "found" member of the caravan, as I was looking through my Dark Fable miniatures hoard.

This guy has been partially painted since the caravan project became a project. The first part of him that came together was his zebraskin cape, it just seemed like the right choice. I thought of him as a former bandit gone mostly legit. I figured the two ladies in the caravan crew are his daughters and the Nubian guy was his old partner. None of them have names yet, but I'm leaning toward this guy being Carnac.

There are 4 more Okroi left to paint from the original plan, but I'm always looking for more things/people to add. Below is the current state of the caravan, 16" from lead ram to those bringing up the rear.

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).