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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Catullus on April 22, 2018, 04:50:06 PM

Title: Greek myth project
Post by: Catullus on April 22, 2018, 04:50:06 PM

I started a ‘Greek myth’ project a while ago. It’s currently on hold but I thought I might as well start a thread to show the the work I did up to that point. Perhaps it will inspire me to continue!

Anyhoo, first up is a bunch of GW beastmen from eBay converted into satyrs:

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xDTPFFpMo0k/WSJLFjP2TXI/AAAAAAAABbc/_IXOgpB5BkUjlUWKPDLAFXgOLnR4qRX2ACLcB/s1600/IMG_7175.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IXI1KPuONuA/WSJLStQV1oI/AAAAAAAABc0/-4lxbIDbTsIuH_wOmBosMk7DZymjtlH2wCLcB/s1600/IMG_7530.JPG)

The full step by step is here: http://nerdlard.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/satyrs.html (http://nerdlard.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/satyrs.html)

Next, some skeletons. These were originally from the classic ’Skeleton Horde’ box set. Stripped and repainted twenty-five years later, they finally look like how my early teen self wanted to paint them!

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rhS631Dr0zI/V60rQN_HChI/AAAAAAAAA4c/dNlWQZywgGgf_Xk_dVt3rxKMmCHxp6j3wCLcB/s1600/IMG_7025.JPG)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B99S0mRoMEk/V60rlcc32eI/AAAAAAAAA4g/Qmu_HhZLjbg3z89eetOxq1npYpOQT4eeACLcB/s1600/IMG_7297.JPG)

The full step by step is here: http://nerdlard.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/roll-dem-bones.html (http://nerdlard.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/roll-dem-bones.html)

I’ll add more pictures as I sort through them.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: OSHIROmodels on April 22, 2018, 04:51:25 PM

Great painting on those  8)

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Catullus on April 22, 2018, 04:54:45 PM

Thanks! I really enjoyed bringing those skeletons back to life. The Skeleton Horde set will always be my favourite miniatures.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Corso on April 22, 2018, 07:12:19 PM

Great painting  :-*

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: powerfrog99 on April 22, 2018, 07:58:43 PM

I really like those Satyrs  :), never thought to use the old GW Ungors  :o , but some times good ideas are too close to see  lol

Thanks for sharing

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Unlucky General on April 23, 2018, 08:33:45 AM

Beautiful work. Really looking forward to watching this evolve.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Mason on April 23, 2018, 11:21:10 AM

They have come out very well indeed.
 :-* :-*

I did the very same thing, using old Beastmen and Skellies from my fantasy collection as an easy start on the Greek bandwagon.
I am currently doing the same with my Norse.
Great minds, eh?
 ;)

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: 3 fingers on April 23, 2018, 04:46:49 PM

Love those satyrs , think I got some foundry ones in the loft and if I remember rightly they are very dainty looking?

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Jeff965 on April 23, 2018, 04:56:03 PM

Cracking job on those Ungor :-*

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Too Bo Coo on April 23, 2018, 07:19:13 PM

Very very nice!

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Catullus on May 09, 2018, 12:23:53 AM

Thanks for the kind words, everyone.

3 fingers – I think 'dainty' is the right word for the Foundry satyrs! I was very tempted by them but the 'Harryhausen' looks of the GW miniatures won out.

Next up, it’s a set of Victrix Hoplites:

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-29KKrHxuTdM/Wt0TtpCEP4I/AAAAAAAABkY/c4PoA2-pG6EtmIKyPM57DUhcSAhZjkEEQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_7716.JPG)

Is it just me or does that bloke in the middle look like Matthew Kelly?

For anybody who is interested, there is a step-by-step on my blog: http://nerdlard.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/hoplites.html (http://nerdlard.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/hoplites.html)

More to follow soon, when I sort out some new pictures.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Colonel Tubby on May 12, 2018, 09:22:38 AM

My first thought was the more heroic Russell Crowe a few centuries earlier than Gladiator, now all I can see is Matthew Kelly!

Anyway, those Hoplites are really nice! love the shield on the left!

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Andym on May 12, 2018, 09:45:53 AM

I've managed to miss your first posting! The skeleton horde box. Ah, the days when you got a full army in a box. Bone chariot and all!
Great work! :-*

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: 3 fingers on May 12, 2018, 09:48:06 AM

Oh god now that’s all I can see curse you 80s tv  lol
I was bit shocked when I opened up my parcel an the satyrs fell out they are like beastmen children  o_o

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Mason on May 12, 2018, 11:00:26 AM

Wonderful new additions.
 :-* :-*

Matthew Kelly?
Better than him looking like Grace Kelly!
 ;)

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Harry Faversham on May 12, 2018, 12:08:57 PM

Love the bronzed Kelly's Heroes...
they'll make short work of them Skellys!

 :-*

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Askellad on May 12, 2018, 07:27:09 PM

I like the skellies. Nice minis and paintings for hoplites

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Dave Knight on May 12, 2018, 08:07:20 PM

Great work - keep us posted

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Exiledadmiral on May 24, 2018, 07:12:25 AM

Great stuff all round. Amazing transformation on the skeletons.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Catullus on August 15, 2019, 12:12:53 AM

Thanks for the kind words, everybody. After my first visit to Salute this year, I decided to start up this project again. Here are some more skeletons, from Bears Head Miniatures.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LPp90JuErsc/XT5RGHUqbFI/AAAAAAAABrM/IpjC_2NKqHgzb1KzLz_4Mgv9EDFzef6ugCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_8386.JPG)

Although taller, they mix well with the old Citadel plastic skellybobs:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mvonlTG63vU/XT5RHIFp99I/AAAAAAAABrU/C8ShNE_9uLU7ER2wWB6fUqRMfdLHg-ZhACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_8509.JPG)

There are a few WIP pix on my blog if anybody is interested: https://nerdlard.blogspot.com/2019/08/greek-skeletons.html (https://nerdlard.blogspot.com/2019/08/greek-skeletons.html)

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Askellad on August 15, 2019, 07:15:00 PM

Have you tried wargame atlantic greek skeletons?

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Catullus on August 15, 2019, 09:32:42 PM

Askellad – as it happens, I bought a box of 'em at Britcon last weekend! There are some glaring anatomical errors so I'm going to use them for parts. I liked the accessories such as the helmets and shields though. I'll get a lot of use out of the kit, but probably not in the way that was intended…

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Catullus on August 15, 2019, 10:50:24 PM

It's back to humans now, so here are some skirmishers. First, some slingers with willies from Redoubt’s venerable Trojan Wars range:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mEamluG93VY/XVXE8ldQKNI/AAAAAAAABsA/k-7WmMUaE5I6dLm9GjigRPO4z9ADX4WEwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_8473.JPG)

Next, some nicely-proportioned archers from Victrix (with headswaps from other Victrix sets for variety):

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0pARWSbhsok/XVXE85f97BI/AAAAAAAABsE/QLOVVu0DkvYyc5CseopI_AVPmLmbrCZuACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_8478.JPG)

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: DivisMal on August 16, 2019, 05:37:59 AM

Very cool ideas and some lovely painting on those plastics. I’m impressed how well your not-Satyrs work!

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Ethelred the Almost Ready on August 16, 2019, 06:27:44 AM

Quote from: Catullus on August 15, 2019, 10:50:24 PM

It's back to humans now, so here are some skirmishers. First, some slingers with willies from Redoubt’s venerable Trojan Wars range:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mEamluG93VY/XVXE8ldQKNI/AAAAAAAABsA/k-7WmMUaE5I6dLm9GjigRPO4z9ADX4WEwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_8473.JPG)

Well, we have some naked guys waving some long flexible things - are they their "Trojans" they are waving?  The one second to the right looks lke he is saying, " Hey baby, I remembered my Trojans".

Nice figures.  I particularly like the skellies.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: nervisfr on August 17, 2019, 03:35:47 PM

Some great ideas and a ery good painting too !

that's remember me that i have some GW Beastmen waiting in a box to turn into Satyrs and wood friends... :?

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: seldon on August 17, 2019, 03:43:17 PM

This thread keeps getting better and better !!
 :o

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: DintheDin on August 17, 2019, 04:38:27 PM

Great paintjob all over! And nice sculpts with well-chosen action poses!

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Catullus on August 21, 2019, 01:19:32 PM

Thanks, everybody.

Nervisfr: don’t wait! Time won’t wait for you.

Here are a few ‘men of bronze’; minions to go with my as-yet-unpurchased Talos model. They didn’t look very promising to start with but they turned out OK in the end.

I’ve put a walkthrough of how I painted the miniatures on my blog in case it’s of interest to anybody: https://nerdlard.blogspot.com/2019/08/men-of-bronze.html (https://nerdlard.blogspot.com/2019/08/men-of-bronze.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-auWvEJ7I4zg/XV0nmXaMUBI/AAAAAAAABsU/zzhYRVYK3fEwX9QbEZCB2Ts8__j5sO5GgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_7893.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HQdEJJRlElE/XV0nq8Hb7EI/AAAAAAAABs0/r5G6XR4BNSkq2qiJh5cbE0fRzGnquDwIgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_7960.JPG)

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Mason on August 21, 2019, 01:39:50 PM

Ooooh!
I like them!
 :-* :-*

Nice tarnishing.
 :)

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: has.been on August 21, 2019, 07:00:16 PM

I like them too.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: DintheDin on August 21, 2019, 07:25:05 PM

Plus one more like!  :-*

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: M.O.T.N on September 06, 2019, 07:26:38 AM

Great work on those bronze men! Nice and easy but super effective.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: DivisMal on March 03, 2020, 07:03:26 PM

Sorry for the necromancy, but the men of bronze are simply great! Very well done patina.

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: sgzleada71 on February 02, 2021, 04:05:59 AM

Very nice!  Specially those bronze hoplites.   I'm interested to read how you did that but  blog link doesn't work.  :(   

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: Burnin Coal on February 02, 2021, 08:34:34 AM

Great project - I particularly like your brushwork on the Men of Bronze

Title: Re: Greek myth project
Post by: bluewillow on February 06, 2021, 12:10:31 PM

Bronze chaps look fabulous!

Cheers
Matt