GreatKhanArtist does Sandgrave - Pic Heavy!

[Glitterwolf]

12 hours ago, Great Khan Artist said:

We who are about to die (again) salute you! Behold the retinue of Seti-Kaa!

 

You guys seem to really like it when I make terrain, so here you go: A pair of mastabas. They are 3" wide and just over 6" long. These are modeled on the ones in the Wargods of Aegyptus rulebook, except I used Hirst Arts blocks again. These were created to replace the elevators in Stargrave Quarantine's first solo scenario. The scenario specifies a 3x3" room for each elevator, and you have to unlock them and once you have enough crew, you can depart in the elevator. Obviously, this isn't really on theme for me, so I made mastabas with a 3x3" main chamber. There are stairs leading down (plot stairs, not modelled) and once enough warriors are in, the warband will collapse the door behind them to keep the mummies from following them down. Same rules, different feel. 

 

For those who are curious, a mastaba was essentially a mini pyramid. After the 3rd dynasty Old Kingdom pharaoh Djoser created the Great Pyramid as a resurrection machine, all the cool kids wanted one. Only a few pharaohs (and queens) in these early dynasties got true pyramids, but nobles and princes/ses emulated these by building mastabas. Often these were close to the pyramid of the pharaohs--as in life, so in death--the proximity effect of greatness. Mastabas usually had flat roofs, the name is from Arabic for bench. 

 

The plain and numerous mummies are Reaper Wargods models. Simple and easy, but nice sculpts. They are also huge. The mastaba walls are 1.5 inches tall. So if scale creep isn't your thing, beware. The fancy skellies are old Tomb King models from GW. These were much more detailed to do and took me longer than the set of 9 mummies. The mummies are bloater zombies for Stargrave converted. The skellies are elites for my Wargods Eater of the Dead army. 

 

 

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Can't see the pics?

[Great Khan Artist]

I know. I'm having a beast of a time loading them. I will try from the library next time I'm in. Failing that, maybe I can borrow Mumsy's camera. 

 

So it turns out that GlitterWolf is right. Anything over 4 mb won't load. I'm going to have to re-take the photos. Here's the only one that managed to load, the banner bearer. 

Edited January 15 by Great Khan Artist

[Glitterwolf]

On 1/12/2023 at 2:12 AM, Great Khan Artist said:

I know. I'm having a beast of a time loading them. I will try from the library next time I'm in. Failing that, maybe I can borrow Mumsy's camera. 

They could be too large.

Maybe try to size the pics down, there's a limit to the size of pics you can post I believe.

[Grand Slam]

Nice color scheme on the banner bearer. Those little pops of light blue really add a lot to the piece. Great bone-y coloration, as well.

[Glitterwolf]

On 1/12/2023 at 2:12 AM, Great Khan Artist said:

I know. I'm having a beast of a time loading them. I will try from the library next time I'm in. Failing that, maybe I can borrow Mumsy's camera. 

 

So it turns out that GlitterWolf is right. Anything over 4 mb won't load. I'm going to have to re-take the photos. Here's the only one that managed to load, the banner bearer. 

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You can resize pics on your pc/laptop. You don't have to take new pics.

Just rightclick on them and edit in windows, change size to about 25% and you'll be fine.

[Great Khan Artist]

"Free men". They have other names in the Frostgrave rulebook, but based on the colours I painted them, some people might find that offensive. They are the first two soldier entries, and they don't cost anything to recruit, hence the name. Early in her history, Egypt recruited mercenaries to make up the bulk of her army. Later, Egypt included populations of Semetic peoples and the ancestors of the Sundanese. It traded with and through other empires as far as northern China and India, Arabia and probably Somalia. I like painting a variety of skin tones, especially when I have loads of the same sculpt. It helps break them up. 

 

These models were a happy accident, as Lucid Eye sent me way more of them than I ordered. But they solve the problem of fodder for just about anything. There are a number of Stargrave scenarios that use the Unwanted Attention table, and these are my Bronze Age version. The spears and swords come from my bits box, I think they are spares from Mantic undead. (Weapons not supplied with these models.) 

 

The reddish ones represent the Egyptians themselves. The swordsman is Reaper's dark flesh triad; the spearman is GW's Catachan-Bloodreaver-Knight Questor Flesh triad. I find Reaper's middle dark flesh to be chalky, so I actually prefer the GW one. I gave the Reaper one a thinned wash of GW flesh wash to help blend it better. The caucasians represent a Greek and a Habiru. There were some Egyptians with red hair, it was considered the blessing of Set. I imagine when the Canaanites were added to the empire, the red hair came from their gene pool. The redhead was done in Reaper bones flesh colours triad, and the blond in Reaper tanned flesh triad. Finally, the darkest skinned was done in Reaper dusky skin triad. The loincloths are GW wraithbone with sepia wash and Reaper Linen and white layers.  

 

[Great Khan Artist]

I edited the old photos. Go, behold me, for I am Ozymandias, King of Kings!

[Glitterwolf]

I like the new recruits!

Good work on the various skintones!

[Grand Slam]

Good job on these. You're right, doing different skin tones is a great way to get mileage out of multiples of the same model. These guys are perfect for fodder.

[Great Khan Artist]

The February round-up.

 

The scorpion is a piece from the Ankh board game. It's a really big mini, but I wanted it for a demon in Frostgrave: Forgotten Pacts, which has the torso of a man on a centipede's body. These work great, since they fit on a 1" base. The body is based on a colour scheme for GW's nurglings, and the green and red highlights are based on the card that came with the minis. I have four of these, but they are all the same sculpt. The material is similar to Bones Black. I did paint the little claws to match the stinger, but they didn't photograph. Stingers are hard to paint!

 

There are a pile of the guys with the javelin. They are from Lucid Eye, and they represent some of the rolls on the Unwanted Attention Stargrave table. Of course, I'm not into sci-fi, so these are Greeks from the Ghost Archipelago instead. I painted probably 15 of them, but they are all the same colour scheme on similar sculpt. The photo is a pretty good sampling of them. They don't come with weapons, so they got spears leftover from a set of plastic undead. With so many to paint, they got the standard GW flesh triad.

 

The last ones are tribal Guides from the Ghost Archipelago. Guides have spears and bows as standard equipment and have light armour. The bow and quiver are GW LoTR warg rider bits. Once again, they are from Lucid Eye. There are two, so each player can recruit one. The loincloths are the same white as the horses.   

Edited February 28 by Great Khan Artist

[Glitterwolf]

Great work!

Love that Scorpion Monster!

[Great Khan Artist]

I seldom paint eyes, but when I do, it's Croc Games minis! I don't like painting eyes, but these girls have such huge anime eyes, they needed it. Colour are all GW Citadel range. Hides: XV 88--> Tau lite ochre--> orange wash--> Tau lite ochre--> very thinned yellow wash as glaze. Spots and hair is Rhinox hide. Pink and blue can be found on the Citadel Paint app. Tummies just some off whites working up to white. I used a touch of Carroburg crimson wash on the mouths. Gold is my standard Egyptian blend. 

 

These girls are from one of the camp followers sets. They came with a set of used Basti I bought. They are on round bases because they are meant to be mobile scenery or for damsels in distress for a few different Stargrave scenarios. (Honestly, I'm running out of Reaper square bases. April can't come soon enough--as soon as that Greek lion releases, I'm making a big order of bases!)

[Glitterwolf]

They look great!

But I think you need to link the topless versions..

 

As a fellow painter of Desert Creatures I love this thread!

 

They do look awesome already, but if you want to step up the game a little bit.

Take a lighter brown like a sand colour and put a smaller dot inside the dark spots om their fur.

Then it will be even more realistic

Tip: I use a small wooden skewer for that.

 

I always look at pics from real animals, it really helps.

 

 

Edited March 8 by Glitterwolf