Hi!
What if I could write a post with tags such as 'Ancients', 'Fantasy', and '1/72' ? Yes it is possible, I promise... let's have a look at some 1/72 creatures from the Greek mythology!
A few years ago, Dark Alliance began to produce Fantasy figures from various universes, something rarely seen before, since only Caesar had produced this sort of sets before - all out of prod nowadays, and incredibly difficult to find at a fair price!
Some of their figures are clearly related to Greek mythology, for instance the Minotaurs:
And this is my painted version:
The first Minotaurs have a very classical color scheme, so I wanted to try something else:
This white figure can be seen as a boss, or as an infernal version of a Minotaur - what do you think of him ?
Next set, the Centaurs:
One of them made an appearance in the 2020 Advent Calendar in this blog - you can see the related post here.
Dark Alliance also released a set containing Cyclops, a dream come true:
If you read this blog for some time, you will remember the post dedicated to this very nice figure.
Dark Alliance also made a set dedicated to Amazons, but I must admit that it is far from my favourite (the sculpting is not the best, and my copy had too much flash). Fortunately, Linear A also released a set dedicated to these female warriors, and this time, the figures are really great:
Last but not least, the Hydra. I had to search among my oldest 25mm figures to find a relevant model, a wonderful Ral Partha figure bought some 40 years ago :)
This old snake fits well with a Dark Alliance Amazon. Here is a link to a post dedicated to this figure, one of the first of this blog back in 2016.
I now have enough figures to add 6 elements to my HoTT Greek mythology army (the Greeks themselves are ready for a long time, see here), but there will be further developments. I would like to add:
- some more of the above figures, of course
- a Harpy: I have an old 25mm citadel figure that could do the job
- a Sphinx: a 28mm figure from Reaper Bones - maybe a bit large but I haven't an alternative yet, tell me if you have any idea
- some gods represented with 25mm figures
And I'm sure that even more is possible. All suggestions welcome!
I hope you found this post useful, or at least recreative :)
Superb work! No one renders skin tones quite like you.
RépondreSupprimerThank you very much Jonathan! I try to do my best, particularly on Amazons (they really deserve it)!
SupprimerVery nice work! Great to see all of them together.
RépondreSupprimerThank you Norman!
SupprimerSuperb comme toujours Philotep
RépondreSupprimerMerci Maudlin
SupprimerExcellent paint jobs on these figures.
RépondreSupprimerAlan Tradgardland
Thank you very much Alan.
SupprimerPerfect painted man-cows! Hydra is such nice looking for 1/72 mimiatures sets.
RépondreSupprimerThank you very much Strategist! I have another one (Citadel from the 80s) to paint, it should look nice too.
SupprimerVery nice figures. You probably know about the Arcane Legions' figures. They are also some that could be painted up to look quite decent.
RépondreSupprimerThank you Ernie. Oh yes I know, I once tried to buy some second hand, bad luck, they were gone already.
SupprimerA splendid body or work Phil
RépondreSupprimerThank you Khusru!
SupprimerBeautiful! Don't forget to paint up a gorgon (Medusa). I particularly like the old Grenadier model from the Monsters of Mythology box set. I think Mirliton may still be selling it.
RépondreSupprimerThank you Eric! Medusa would be great! I'm not fond of the Grenadier version, I wonder if the Reaper Bones or the Wargames Foundry would match (meaning: not too large) the 1/72 figures.
SupprimerBoth Reaper and Foundry gorgons are pretty large, but if you like the snake-body gorgons, the Citadel Night Horrors version is also an option (if you can find it).
SupprimerWonderful work! I especially liked the gray minataur, the Cyclops and the Amazons. Add some of your hoplites and you would have a beautiful Greek mythological skirmish game.
RépondreSupprimerThank you Mark! I already have a few hoplites, but I need more to field a HotT army. So back to the brushes... :)
SupprimerGreat painting on those models Phil, congratulations! I tried once Greek mythology in 10mm but sold it all in the end. Perhaps I should now try it again but with 1/72 scale, and helped with 3d printing for rare monsters.
RépondreSupprimerThanks Blacksmith! Oh I would love to see your version of these nice figures, and I guess that your future 3D models will be highly interesting.
SupprimerExcellent paintjob on all these figures. And I like them to, maybe some day I add them to my collection!
RépondreSupprimerGreetings
Peter
Thank you Peter! Yes please, show us what you can do with these figs!
SupprimerI am not a fantasy gamer but I sure appreciate good brush work when I see it. Great stuff!
RépondreSupprimerSuperb as ever!
RépondreSupprimerThe Dark Alliance figures look so good in previews, but simply magnificent when painted by you. Linear-a's Amazons are fine figures (in both respects, haha). I have painted the mounted ones, but not yet those on foot. Yours look quite excellent.
Regards, James