Nolzur's Djinni, Olivia (77396), and Naseer, Genie of Hakir: The Reversal of Fortune, Part 3

[Rigel]

The conclusion of this https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/90309-ashana-female-genie-44012-or-the-reversal-of-fortune/

and this https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/95842-nolzurs-efreeti-and-zayafid-60154-the-reversal-of-fortune-part-2/

 

...But! While Ahmad had been stripped of his wealth by his enemies, and his wives scattered, and he himself cast to the utmost depths of the sea, even the efreet conjured against him could not make his wives less faithful or kind, nor had they forgotten what they had learned. 

 

Straightaway they endeavored to find one another again, and set out into the desert where they had hidden another treasure as a safeguard against this day. 

 

A spirit of intellect, given knowledge less than Allah, yet knowing anything that He would permit to be known by man or djinn. 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

For when one is granted wisdom, do they not also thirst for true knowledge as one thirsts for water? Upon his elevation, Ahmad had taken steps to seek out such against the day it would be needed, and told his wives of the same, knowing he could trust them. And so they enquired of the spirit whither Ahmad had gone, and if he could be found and restored (for while they were faithful, his wives would much prefer to be married to a wealthy man than a destitute beggar, be he never so insightful).

 

"INDEED," spake the spirit in a tremendous voice that made the dunes echo, "WHILE YOUR HUSBAND WAS REMOVED BY AN IFREET TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN, KNOW YE THAT ALLAH IS MERCIFUL, AND SURELY DOES NOT FORSAKE THOSE WHO BELIEVE! THE MOST HIGH HAS SENT A GREAT FISH TO SWALLOW HIM AND BRING HIM BACK TO SHORE UNHARMED, AND EVEN NOW IT SWIMS TO THE CITY OF SHIPS, WHERE IT WILL DISGORGE HIM IN A DAY'S TIME." 

 

"MOREOVER, LOOK YE AT THE INMOST ROW OF ITS TEETH, THIRTIETH TOOTH FROM THE LEFT SIDE. THERE YE MAY FIND A RING CONTAINING ONE OF MY GREATER BRETHREN, CAST INTO THE DEPTHS MANY YEARS BACK. HE IS GREAT IN POWER.

TWICE MORE MAY YE CALL UPON ME, THEN I AM RELEASED." And so saying, he withdrew into the vessel appointed for him. 

 

Even so did it take place, and you may inquire at the City of Ships if it be not so. The great fish fed the entire city for three weeks, and behind its thirtieth tooth inmost on the left side, there was a brass arm-ring, which Ahmad's wives were quick to remove. Returning to Zayafid's palace, they rubbed the ring.

 

 

 

 

Of that we may be sure, but Allah alone knows what came next, for in a conflict between djinns and sorcerors astonishing things transpire, and the order of the world is written and rewritten, such that mortals differ in their memories of the events. 

 

 

Some say the city is shaped differently now, others that the city is unchanged but that the mountain it sits on was altered, others that the rivers changed course, and many others deny all these and attest to other miraculous transformations. 

But all agree that Zayafid the Sorceror-Prince walks its streets no more. And it is said that in Ahmad's treasure room--for he was soon restored to his former exalted state--is an orb of crystal no bigger than a quail's egg, containing a perfect replica of a certain perfumed pleasure-garden, frozen in an instant of time. And while treasures flow from his hands to the people, this he has kept--along with a certain brass arm-ring, tarnished as with years in salt water.

Thus is the marvelous tale of Ahmad the thrice-fortunate. May the hearer be inspired to virtue thereby! 
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These genies were a delight to paint. I'm happy with the dawn coloring on the big one. Notice that it originally came with the smoke emanating from a lamp, but a) so many do, while so few sculpts use the equally-canonical rings and jars, and b) scale creep made it about the size of a man's torso in 28/32mm. Here's a turnaround with more angles. 

Spoiler

 

 

 

Used more colorshift paints on his space-vest. 

 

Olivia (77396) is also a great sculpt, especially for starkly contrasting colors. I don't believe I featured her earlier. Jazmine Silverveil, Almaya, and Qadira got their own show-off posts elsewhere. I guess for the purposes of this fiction Nemesra changed her style between Parts 1 and 2? 

 

And here are all the extraplanar entities that aren't as holy as angels and aren't quite devils:

 

[Glitterwolf]

[Chaoswolf]

Cool story and figures!

[AlonTey]

Love, love the wild colors for the genies.  Very tempted to steal the nolzur djinn's colors whole cloth.

[Rigel]

Thank you!

On 6/5/2021 at 3:19 AM, Glitterwolf said:

Again, you always have the perfect meme images!

 

On 6/5/2021 at 9:34 PM, AlonTey said:

Love, love the wild colors for the genies.  Very tempted to steal the nolzur djinn's colors whole cloth.

Go right ahead and do so! The djinn skin is mostly ArmyPainter Toxic Mist, with AP Moon Dust and Kraken Skin, followed by various yellows, oranges, and vermilions cut with a cream or white to pastelize them.

[Iridil]

Wonderful, imaginative story telling.... and I love the bright colors on the djinn.