Hi everybody!
Sorry for the lack of update on this blog. Not a lack of mojo this time, it's just that sometimes, real life's stronger than hobby. I didn't paint a lot since last winter, though I have a few figures to show. After Nordic then Greek mythology, I wanted to extend my Ancient Egyptian army into a fantastic version. It's far from complete but I have enough figures for a decent post.
First, the family picture:
If you've read this blog in the past, you might identify some mummies on the left of the picture. Let's have a closer look:
These figures come from a Dark Alliance set, ALL72045. The same manufacturer also produced some Anubites (named after god Anubis, a reference to the Mummy movie series, set ALL72053), and you can see them here:
I also wanted to represent some Egyptian Gods. Fortunately, Reaper Minis produced some in their plastic 28mm range, and I chose to paint Thoth, god of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art and judgment. He is often depicted with an ibis head an a human body.
A could also find a swarm of scarabs in the Reaper range - though big for 1/72, they do the job.
Of course you also need some human troops. Here they are so far, some archers:
Some heavy warriors, including a few Sherden elite.
And the usual light infantry. Nubian archers:
And Libyan warriors:
Still a lot of work to complete this arm. I need:
- a second scarab swarn figure
- more heavy warriors
- more Anubites (my favorite figures in this army)
- some giant scorpions (I found some in the Conan range by Monolith)
- a sphinx (Reaper)
- some Chariots (some are on my workbench for aeons...)
- and some generals, foot and chariot
Hope they are worth the wait :)
EDIT: I also wanted to apologize for the lack of answer to your nice comments lately, but there's a security issue between Firefox and my Google account, so that I am now unable to write a comment on my own blog!!! Very sorry. I'm considering leaving Blogger if I don't find an answer to that problem.
Beautiful work, as usual. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the army.
RépondreSupprimerThank you very much Mark. Sorry for the anonymous answer, I still can't write a comment on my own blog!!! Philotep.
RépondreSupprimerUn tres beau ensemble! J'adore les Mummies
RépondreSupprimerMerci Maudlin! I can write comments if I use a private window with Firefox, hurray!
SupprimerAwesome figures, as usual .
RépondreSupprimerYou are the best figure painter I have seen.
Thank you very much CTMM. I can assure you, there are many better painters than me, which is a good think since I always want to improve when I look at their production :)
SupprimerExcellent and inspiring as always! I also have one of the Reaper gods backing up my Egyptians (I opted for Sekhmet, with the head of a lioness)
RépondreSupprimerThank you Norman! I don't think I've already seen your Sekhmet avatar, is it on your blog ?
SupprimerYes, though she is buried in a post from years ago: https://junkyardplanet.blogspot.com/2020/08/bronze-age-dba-part-4-gods-and-ends.html
SupprimerThat's great, I will have a look at once :)
SupprimerEverything is awesome but I do love your Egyptian and Nubian archers as well as Lybians!
RépondreSupprimerThank you Javier! I have a soft spot for Libyans because of their sophisticated patterns on their cloaks - unfortunately my pictures aren't really good. I should paint more of them.
SupprimerTheir skin tone and clothes are really good and pics are good as well. Please paint some more and share.
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