Argonaut Project - update 30/3

[Elk101]

Great stuff. That's a nice collection of beasties.

[Harry Faversham]

“To every man upon this earth   
 Death cometh soon or late.           
And how can man die better   
 Than facing fearful odds   
For the ashes of his Fathers   
  And the temples of his Gods."

[Andym]

They've all turned out brilliant mate! I can't wait to see where you go with this!

[Romark]

Temple and minis look great 

Cheers

Keith

[Hu Rhu]

That temple is great and so are the minis.  Are you going to add a net to catch those pesky harpies?

[Marine0846]

A lot of cool stuff.
Great progress with the temple.
It turned out ace.
If I may, could you tell us how you cut off the rock base of the temple?
Thanks.

[Elk101]

Just wondering; did you consider the Victrix plastics for this?

[Eric the Shed]

A lot of cool stuff.
Great progress with the temple.
It turned out ace.
If I may, could you tell us how you cut off the rock base of the temple?
Thanks.

i was going to use my dremel but then i remembered that resin dust is not good for your health...so i used a hack saw

Just wondering; did you consider the Victrix plastics for this?

no - the game only needs a few greeks so my acquisitions from foundry and black tree were enough

now sourcing rest of the monsters and other personalities

there will be an update soon

[Duncan McDane]

Amazing, simply amazing. Lovin' it 

[Dr. Zombie]

That is some serious good work there.

[white knight]

I have that Temple too, along with some extra temple ruin pieces that have poseidon and aphrodite statues on them. I believe the manufacturer is actually German.

How did you go about removing the rocky base?

[belteshazzar]

It looks like you're going for the Ray Harryhausen look, rather than Mycenaean pesudo-historical. Cool beans. It's nice to see mythology done old school.

Release the Kraken!

Ha! Yes, a very memorable quote! I hope you were doing your best Laurence Olivier impersonation!

;-)

Of course, the Kraken and Larry (as Zeus) were actually in 'Clash of the Titans' (the Perseus story), Mr. Harryhausen's last film and the first one I ever saw (as an 8 year-old at Primary School as part of our Ancient Greeks class project: That Primary School teacher has a lot to answer for!).

[belteshazzar]

The king of Salmydessus, whom the Argonauts freed from the Harpies, was named Phineus. Phineas is a Latinization of the Hebrew Pinchas, who was an early High Priest and grandson of Aaron, and whose name derives from the Egyptian Pa-nehasi, meaning 'southerner' or 'dark-skinned'. Now you know, and knowledge is powerful.

Oh look, another nit. Must go pick it...

 

[belteshazzar]

Great temple!

 

My only problem is that these aquarium models all seem to be made with _very_ heavy resin, so I hate to think what the postage would be for buying one of these things mail order.

Anyway, I'm sure all you Ray Harryhausen fans already know this, but - just for the record - it's worth mentioning that the Phineus and the Harpies episode in 'Jason and the Argonauts' and the two-headed Cerberus scene prior to the showdown with Medusa in 'Clash of the Titans' were both filmed on location at Paestum in Italy at three of the oldest and best preserved Greek temples.

So, budding model temple builders need look no further for construction and / or painting inspiration:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paestum

Some of you may also be aware that the tomb murals at Paestum are an important source for the appearance of ancient Lucanian warriors (although the Wikipedia page only reproduces one example of a cavalryman):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paestum#Painted_tombs

Actually, Italeri make a special model of the Parthenon in Athens.

It's the _intact_ Parthenon of ancient times and I'm not sure what scale it's supposed to be in.

It's probably too small for 28mm / 1:56th scale, but might be alright for 15mm / 1:100th scale:

http://shop.italeri.com/Products/21707-68001-the-parthenon-world-architecture.aspx

[Eric the Shed]

Hi Folks

More progress on the JOTA project - all shown on the blog

http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/jason-and-argonauts-part-5.html

The Argo gets its first coat of paint...

Started on the plinths for Talos's lair and some more figures



Cheers