Back to Fantasy! For day 18 of the Advent Calendar, we focus on a mythological creature... A Centaur, at fight with Thracians!
The scene takes place in the North of (mythological) Greece, in the mountains at the border of Thrace. The Centaur, half-man and half-horse is equipped like an hoplite with bronze helmet, linothorax (linen armor) and a hoplon (large round shield). His opponents are Thracian peltasts, easy to recognise thanks to their typical patterned coats.
The scene is loosely inspired by a famous illustration by Angus McBride showing Greek warriors skirmishing against Thracian peltasts in a snowy landscape.
Close-ups on the Centaur, a figure by Dark Alliance. The pattern on the shield revealed more difficult to paint than expected, I had to do it twice before reaching something correct.
Hope you like him - it would be cool to see more mythological creatures in 1/72 :)
See you soon.
Wow, very nice! I especially like the cloaks on the Thracians.
RépondreSupprimerThank you Norman. That's what I like with Thracians, I have to paint more of them to get a real unit.
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RépondreSupprimerVery nice vignette. What did you use to make the snow?
RépondreSupprimerJust noticed you are reading Boats of the Glen Carrig. As much as I admire William Hope Hodgeson, I had to use Librivox recordings to listen to his stories because it was a slog trying to read the books.
Thank you Eric. The snow comes from an old GW bag, nothing spectacular but a good result at that scale.
SupprimerRegarding the book, I frequently read some old fantastic/horror books from late 19th or early 20th century, and believe me, Hodgson style is much easier than many others :D
Beautiful,
RépondreSupprimeri remembered the old Angus McBride Plate just at first sight, those thracians in the snow are very iconical
Thanks. That's exactly what inspired me, I'm glad to read it worked :)
SupprimerThe Centaur is a wonderful little model Philotep - Dark Alliance have a superb range of Fantasy figures.
RépondreSupprimerThank you! Yes, their figures are better and better. Centaurs and Minotaurs are figures we could not even dream of only a few years ago.
SupprimerLovely work.
RépondreSupprimerThanks!
SupprimerLe centaure est de toute beauté! et les détails sur les vêtements sont vraiment superbe, il y à beaucoup de travail ça c est sur mais beaucoup de travail de qualité!
RépondreSupprimerAmitié
KéHenCo
Merci beaucoup! Au vu des photos en gros plan, je pense sincèrement que j'aurais pu faire des efforts sur la robe de la partie "cheval", l'armure est plus réussie en comparaison.
SupprimerReally nice. I would even say this is my favourite so far!.
RépondreSupprimerThank you! Your favorite, really ? I think it's one of my favourite, too :)
SupprimerExcellent work Phil cool idea and those Thracians look fantastic!
RépondreSupprimerThe range of Dark Alliance figures is getting better and better. But you can't have them all! Fantastic paintjob on all the figures! Really love the patterns on the clothes!
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Peter
That looks marvellous, quite atmospheric. The centaur looks great and those cloaks on the Thracians are magnificent.
RépondreSupprimerRegards, James