Grandad and the boys - Greek Myths- Terrain items added

[dadlamassu]

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.


These lightly dressed amazons came from a trade here on LAF.  All are clothed in a sort of sideless tunic, helmet, shield and spear.


Some of the plastic Hoplites bought at Carronade flea market (I think) many years ago.


The figures could be made up armed with spears, swords, bows, slings or javelins.  So these became peltast types.


These are really old Garrison figures.  I am not too happy with the paint job but they will do just now.


And a few officers from Minifigs, Garrison and I think the priestess type is an old Citadel figure. 

[twrchtrwyth]

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.

[dadlamassu]

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.


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?).



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!



Some archers and club armed satyrs led by Hawrnibeest make up the rest of the army.

[armchairgeneral]

Excellent progress so far. I recognise those Amazon figures. Great paint job. Much better than I would have done 

[dadlamassu]

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



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


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,

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.


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
 

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.