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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: dadlamassu on January 19, 2018, 06:51:15 PM
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One of my favourite "Classic" is the film "Jason and the Argonauts" and I also like the TV version. Our children and grandchildren have been suitably indoctrinated. Another favourite of the young ones (including grandad) is "One Million Years BC" and that might influence later additions.
So my main project this year is to search for The Golden Fleece (and much more) depending what I find in the Lead Pile or cheaply at shows.
Jason (Foundry and a Plastic one) with his crew. A few more will be added later as they are a bit short of missile troops.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9485.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9486.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9487.JPG)
And in the bottom of a box was a resin hull base that I bought many years ago in a bargain bin of miscasts which with some card, paper, dowel, tinfoil and a Greek or Roman figure found in a charity shop became the "Argo"
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9483.JPG)
Fully Crewed the Argo has taken down its mast and sail ready for action.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9488.JPG)
The stern with the statue of Hera and two plastic Greeks converted to make Ancaeus (axe) and Poeas (Champion Archer)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9489.JPG)
And, of course, The Golden Fleece
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9490.JPG)
In the lead and plastic pile are more Greeks, Some Persians that will become King Aetees of Colchis, his army and citizens as well as Amazons and other humans, demihumans, gods, demigods and monsters.
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Great plan! Eagerly following. Rules? Of course, I'd suggest 7th Voyage. :)
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Great plan! Eagerly following. Rules? Of course, I'd suggest 7th Voyage. :)
Thanks. We have our own club rules for fantasy skirmishes or we might use a modification of the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit Strayegy Battle Game because we are all familiar with those. I'm not familiar with 7th Voyage Rules.
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Yes, I'll look forward to watching your progress as well. Games set in the Greek mythological world are some of my favourites, and I wonder, sometimes, why it isn't more popular. After all, you have some of the world's best stories for inspiration, an unparalleled array of heroic types to either use or model one's own heroes after, and about the finest selection of foes to be found anywhere: who can't love harpies, minotaurs, gorgons, Grey Women, cyclopses, giants Laestrygonians...add in Harryhausen's creations and you're set.
Love how your figures and ship have turned out. I'm also curious what rules you intend to use. 7th Voyage is indeed great; Typhon is well worth a look also. Keep us posted on how you get along.
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And of coarse...
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Love how your figures and ship have turned out. I'm also curious what rules you intend to use. 7th Voyage is indeed great; Typhon is well worth a look also. Keep us posted on how you get along.
A short version of our rules are here http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Fey%20Isle/Short%20Rules.htm (http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Fey%20Isle/Short%20Rules.htm)
This version was used about 15 years ago and the rules have moved on since then. I am now making the Greek character and monster lists as the base rules are fine as they are for most games. If you want the as they are PM me an e-mail address and I'll send a word copy of the base rules and spells. Later in this thread I'll offer up the Greek Myth additions.
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Those look great and good for motivation. My wife gave me four packs of Foundry Argonauts for X-Mas.... oi! so many projects!
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The main enemy force is that of Aetees, King of Colchis and his forces. I looked at the Foundry figures but I really wanted a more diverse force than was on offer there. I have no idea what the historical inhabitants of Colchis looked like and so looked for figures that would look a bit like those in the classic film. First I looked in my Lead Mountain and then I looked online and settled of Warlord Games range of Achaemenid Persians backed by some Black Tree Design figures.
Here, from left to right are some of the main characters for our games:
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9583.JPG)
King Aetees, Priestess of Hecate, Medusa (one of many guises I have), Medea as High Priestess of Hecate, two of the king's servants.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9581.JPG)
The Green Regiment
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9580.JPG)
The Blue Regiment
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9582.JPG)
The Archers led by a Ral Partha amazon now re-roled as one of the Princesses
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9584.JPG)
the Hydra (one of two that I have)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9585.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9586.JPG)
Children of the Hydra
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Looking good. Followig with interest.
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There's some good stuff here. I like what you did with the boat in particular. I had a chat with a few of my archaeologist friends last year and, for what its worth, they also thought that Achaemenid Persians were a good choice for the inhabitants of Colchis.
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Wonderful cast on a nice little project!
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The Centaurs appear in many stories and these come from a wide variety of sources.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9561.JPG)
The unicorn (Reaper Bones)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9542.JPG)
The Brass or Bronze Bull (Reaper Bones)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9543.JPG)
Lamiae
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9576.JPG)
The Gorgons
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9568.JPG)
Petrified victims
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9572.JPG)
Inspired by Harryhausen - a statue picked up on holiday in India and an animated version.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9560.JPG)
Another statue that I have had for years (right) and another bought on ebay as the animated version.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9552.JPG)
A couple of Greek animated statues - Artemis
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9569.JPG)
Athena
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9570.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9571.JPG)
This might be Sekhmet?
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9591.JPG)
To add some extra excitement and perhaps to impede the players we have added some civilians and other folk to our collection. The models come from a wide variety of manufacturers and some are repaints of old figures so that they fit in with the rest of the collection.
Ladies first - the servants, slaves and some warrior types (there are some very old figures in this lot).
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9589.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9590.JPG)
Townsmen, servants and slaves. Most of them are Black Tree figures.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9547.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9548.JPG)
The upper and middle class as well as a priestess or two. Not sure where the priestess on the left came from.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9588.JPG)
A variety of adults and children some are relatively new though there are some vintage Minifigs, Garrison, Asgard, Citadel and Rose (probably others too).
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9544.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9545.JPG)
Priests, Priestesses and Sooth Sayers
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9592.JPG)
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What a colourfull project, my doughter love greek mythology as well, maybe you gave me an idea.....
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Thanks for all the kind words. On the work bench are a Chimera and some Black tree infantry.
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Really lovely project. Looking forward to seeing more
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I have not had much time for wargaming these past few months. My mother is very ill and cannot be left alone so I can only get some painting done every now and then. Anyway these figures are mainly from the stash. Some of them have entirely new paint jobs and a few are repaints of really old figures.
On his travels Jason encounters Queen Hypsipyle on the Isle of Lemnos so it was quite logical to include some female warriors in the collection. Searching the old boxes I came up with a chariot, a box of plastic amazons and quite a few Garrison and little Minot amazons that will become young girls as peltasts. A trade on a forum brought in some lightly dressed female hoplites. I have a lot more than intended!
The Chariot had a crew of two amazons so the Officer became the General of the Amazon army.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9549.JPG)
These lightly dressed amazons came from a trade here on LAF. All are clothed in a sort of sideless tunic, helmet, shield and spear.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9550.JPG)
Some of the plastic Hoplites bought at Carronade flea market (I think) many years ago.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9553.JPG)
The figures could be made up armed with spears, swords, bows, slings or javelins. So these became peltast types.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9554.JPG)
These are really old Garrison figures. I am not too happy with the paint job but they will do just now.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9557.JPG)
And a few officers from Minifigs, Garrison and I think the priestess type is an old Citadel figure.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9558.JPG)
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Nice bit of nostalgia for me there. Very eclectic collection. Thanks for sharing. You're right about the priestess, Citadel, Samantha Phox or some similar name.
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I have been dabbling on these for quite some time for my Greek myths collection and finished them last night.
The god Pan was the god of wild places, Mountains, shepherds and their folk music, and companion of the satyrs and nymphs. He was also known as the god of fields, groves, wooded glens and often affiliated with sex and because of this, Pan was connected to fertility and the season of spring. The ancient Greeks also considered Pan to be the god of theatrical criticism. The word "panic" is derived from his name.
I decided that this chap was an ideal leader for the Games Workshop beastmen and similar figures that I had bought many years ago when the kids were "into Warhammer". The idea of "panic" was also to be incorporated into our rules.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9563.JPG)
The god is represented by the big Black Tree Designs figure from their Doctor Who range and also a small fantasy figure. Another Doctor Who figure, Nimon, on the far right is a sort of human "priest". The large one that I use for Pan in his terrifying appearance is (I think) out of production now. The foot troops are all Games Workshop variants of Beastmen and Ungor (or Gor?).
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9565.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9564.JPG)
A unit of spear armed satyrs form the basis of the "army" led by Panvryed at least they are when they are sober and not cavorting with the Maenads!
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9566.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF9567.JPG)
Some archers and club armed satyrs led by Hawrnibeest make up the rest of the army.
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Excellent progress so far. I recognise those Amazon figures. Great paint job. Much better than I would have done :)
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It is my turn to put on the club public participation game for 2019 and I have made a start on the new terrain items we need. The items are all easily made from inexpensive or free materials and can be used for other games as much as this one.
The Angel Pool
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF0973.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF0920.JPG)
The base is a piece of picture mouting card that I got free from a picture framer. The paving stones are thin card from a cereal packet and the column was a broken wedding cake plaster decoration that was being thrown away. While the pool is a bit of silver paper edged with card. For painting I used a test pot of household emulsion stained with thinned gown brown acrylic. Doctor Who Magazine provided the angels, all are separate and I have enough to have them all complete but only 4 damaged ones. Once all was fry the pool was given a fairly thick layer of Elmer's clear washable glue to get the "water effect". The flowers are aquarium plants.
Temple of the Horned God
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF0922.JPG)
The idol I have had for years and painted it when I did my Conan Project. The base and all structures are polystyrene packing cut about a bit,
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF0926.JPG)
I fitted it with a small battery candle just for fun
The lair of the snakemen
I was given a box of plastic snakemen and had a few useful bits in the useful stuff box ans made this lair. On the top is a resin snake pit and a metal snake topped pillar which has a naked female victim that can be attached for torture before being thrown into the snake pit or sacrifice unless, of course, the heroes rescue her.
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF0994.JPG)
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF1016.JPG)
All of the interior parts of the lair are removable. The floor is thin card covered with some printed flooring. The cobra idol came from a stall on one our holidays to Egypt. Behind the snake/treasure pile I carved a tullel to allow a giant snake to enter/exit. The section on the right has stairs to an exit to the top and separates the main area from a side chamber which can be a prison, store or whatever is needed for the scenario. Or it can be left out entirely.
The Pharaoh's bathing pool
(http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Argonauts/DSCF1004.JPG)
Artists mounting card again is the base, some plaster "stones" glued around the edge and the inner base painted silver. Once the paint on the base and "stones" was dry a layer of Elmer's clear washable glue was laid on top. If you use this then be aware that it gives a nice effect but takes a couple of days to dry. The pillar is resin that I have had for ages and mught be Scotia-Grendel. It is removable so I can use the pond with or without it.