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Other Stuff => Workbench => It's Alive! => Topic started by: matakishi on May 22, 2011, 11:43:14 AM
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Designed to provide a pool of figures for Agon, a competitive rpg and later for tabletop skirmishes. All figures so far are from Bronze Age Miniatures. http://www.bronzeagemin.com/
This first batch were pressed into service as Argonauts for the LPL:
(http://www.matakishi.com/Argonauts%202%20600.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20painted%20Greeks%201%20600.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20painted%20skeletons%201.jpg)
I also made a Talos from a 1/16th plastic Hoplite kit:
(http://www.matakishi.com/Talos%20comp%201%20600.jpg)
Details and background here:
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
Updates as they happen.
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I really like the skeletton hoplites, they look so Harryhausen!
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Quick update with a better pic of Talos:
(http://www.matakishi.com/Talos%20no%20plinth%201.jpg)
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Love it! Been wanting to do Assyrian fantasy for ages. Would be swell! lol
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Quick update with a better pic of Talos
So, where's he from? Large scale model, non-wargaming related decorative statue, repainted toy? :)
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Talos started life as a 1/16th plastic hoplite kit (as I mentioned just above his picture in the first post...)
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Love the brass paint job :-* :-* :-*
Very realistic
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VERY COOL STUFF! The Skeletons conjure up images from Harryhausen(sp) films...can't get much cooler than that. Good luck with the new project & CONGRATULATIONS on winning the affection of a truly understanding wife.
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Talos started life as a 1/16th plastic hoplite kit (as I mentioned just above his picture in the first post...)
Normally I get annoyed at people who ask questions that are already answered in the post. ::) lol
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I only mentioned it because you're a lawyer ;)
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Well done! I'm always amazed at the amount of completed figures with terrain your able to turn out. The Bronze age figures look really nice. I love the John Carter green martians he sculpted. How was Bronze age to deal with?
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David at bronze Age is great to deal with, very helpful.
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Great work! I like the feeling about your settings - I always get sucked into the pictures and can actually imagine things moving.
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Those are some really inspiring figures. I love the settings. Maybe time to see the old movie sometime soon.
Great work.
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My own Greek Mythos project has stalled, but these photos are great inspiration. Thank you for posting them
Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/
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new stuff!
Cyclops (an old Ral Partha I think, got it on ebay) and a couple of Minotaurs.
(http://www.matakishi.com/cyclopes%20front.jpg)
And more skeletons, this time armed with swords.
(http://www.matakishi.com/New%20skeletond%20composite%201%20600.jpg)
Harpies too which I put on my Conan thread but really belong here.
(http://www.matakishi.com/Harpies%201%20600.jpg)
As always, details of manufactures etc and more pics on my site:
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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Looking great!
The cyclops is an old DSA (die schwarze Auge) figure, now available from Ral Partha Europe. I ordered one for my own Myth project, after hesitating over the Ironwind Metals harryhausen one. :)
Might I trouble you for a description of the colours used on the skeletons' armour? It looks excellent. 8)
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Black, dark grey drybrush, lighter dark grey drybrush and brass for the gold bits.
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I guess sometimes it really is just that simple. 8)
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Always, if I did anything complicated I'd never get anything done :D
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Lovely work!
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Your initial post prompted me to paint skeletons, then a couple of Minotaurs and finally an Amazon.
Thank you
Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/2011/07/working-with-foam-part-five.html
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That's a nice board :)
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Really, really nice work there Matakishi.
I am working on a HotT magician stand at the moment and I am looking for some skellies crawling out of the ground - anyone any ideas where I could get some from (even if I have to get some and chop them in half)?
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Games Workshop do a plastic box of skeletons.
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Exellent!
And not a single piece, I wouldn't gladly use in a CROM! game either (maybe not all Howard purism, but fun!)
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Yes, everything will be mixed in together eventually :)
More stuff arrived today and more has been painted but the weather is so bad I can't varnish anything today so no photos until later.
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I wish I could be as productive... Gardening (and 'killer slugs' (Arion lusitanicus)) is taking up most of my spare time, only leaving me ½ hour here and there - hardly enough for painting, but enough for preparing games with existing minis (was making order counters for Brytenwalda yesterday (also useable for other games) - will do some more today, and hopefully also a few cards for CROM!), and reading rules on the train.
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How do Bronze age figures compare scalewise to other ancient greeks?
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They're bigger than my Immortal miniatures.
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They're bigger than my Immortal miniatures.
Ghost sad :'(
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Satyrs from Eureka, Pan from Black tree design and a goat statue by me.
(http://www.matakishi.com/Satyrs%203%20600.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/Satyrs%201%20600.jpg)
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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Lets hear it for the Goat Boy! :D
Are you going to add centaurs to the mix?
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Awesome as usual matakishi.
Lets hope Pan doesn't show us his trademark feature - he is a big boy! o_o
I have considered the possibility of using AGON as a tabletop skirmish game myself - the left hand, right hand dice concept really appeals to me.
Have you any thoughts/notes to converting it for tabletop gaming that you are willing to share?
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Nice work on the goat statue! Well done!
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Centaurs are assembled and undercoated and are next on the list.
I plan to use the figures on the combat ladder for AGON. I'm not sure until I've played it as an RPG if it will translate directly into a tabletop game. I will certainly use the figures to play Greek styled CROM games and I'm leaning towards this as the primary option to keep life simple.
I've found that most projects morph as they go along so I tend to go with the flow and see where I end up :)
edit: I didn't carve the goat or anything, I just made a wooden ornament into a statue by adding a base and some rocks :) I made him years ago to use with satyrs I never bought (couldn't find any decent ones) and repainted him yesterday to match my current basing colours.
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You're really coming up with goods with this project, Matakishi :) Some really nice work.
Although somewhat inhibited by only a small collection of Greek myth figures, I am putting together a warband for some "Labours of the Gods" games. I'll be really interested to see how AGON works, particularly with these gorgeous figures you have prepared.
I was impartial to the Eureka satyrs based on their website, but seeing them painted I'm more inclined to order a couple of packs.
Can't wait to see the rest of it!
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They're just a bunch of kids... ;)
:D
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Fabulous!
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I can't wait to see the centaurs!
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Cool. The goat statue reminds me of cave drawings.
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nice project love the harpies got any more pictures of them by any change
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Bok'in 'ell - nice job on Azal!
Satyrs and the statue are the biz too. 8)
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nice project love the harpies got any more pictures of them by any change
Not at the moment, I might take some more when I do group shots of the monsters later.
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A temple, a repaint of an Ian Weekley Battleground model I've had for years.
(http://www.matakishi.com/new%20temple%204%20600.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/new%20temple%201%20600.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/new%20temple%202%20600.jpg)
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That temple is perfect. It feels more like ancient Greece rather than Classical. Good choice.
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VERY NICELY DONE! It's good to see a Weekly building with a FINE paint job. The trese look like the fig trees we have growing on the side of our place.
The Easter Islandish piece in the background is also VERY COOL!
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Great work here.
All of it.
The stonework on that Temple is simply stunning!
You have really :o my eyes with that one!
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The temple is one of the castings he produced, I don't have any originals. I did have one of his cast windmills that he painted for me as a gift but that was sold along with most of my other resin scenery years ago.
He was a very nice chap :)
I've just finished painting another resin temple, this one is the ruined acropolis from Grendel. Photos later today I hope.
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And here they are :)
(http://www.matakishi.com/Ruined%20Akropolis%201%20600.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/Ruined%20Akropolis%205%20600.jpg)
More photos here:
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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That looks better than I imagined from their site. Can we see it with some figures for scale reference? :)
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Doing them now, the pics without are for Grendel's website.
edit: here you go, not great but I'm not getting the table out again today, it hurts my back :)
(http://www.matakishi.com/Ruined%20Akropolis%207%20600.jpg)
It's a big piece, the base I cut is 130mm x 260mm.
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Bigger than I thought. :)
I have one from another brand on it's way to me, will be interesting to compare the relative sizes.
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That temple looks very nice. I like how the stone appears old and crumbling.
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Ruined shrine. Another Grendel piece, this time a pre production casting.
(http://www.matakishi.com/Shrine%203%20600.jpg)
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this time a pre production casting.
Are they making new stuff, or is it an old piece?
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It's new, some is made from existing elements but the main part is brand new.
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It's new, some is made from existing elements but the main part is brand new.
Sweet! Grendel has so many nice scenery pieces that can be employed for multiple purposes. 8)
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More Greek eye-candy!
Lovely stuff, matakishi. loving the weathering you keep producing.
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A giant Bronze Bull, originally a cast iron Spanish ornament.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Bronze%20Bull%201%20600.jpg)
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That works.
Master stroke :)
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**** away
He's bronze not black.
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Now that's really neat - normally, I'm more for the Minotaur variety (especially Harryhausen's "Minaton" from "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger"), but this is very good and a bit more "down to earth" (i.e. not a Minotaur) and "fantastic" (i.e. "living metal") at the same time.
Have you ever seen that Jason two-parter from a few years back? I seem to recall they had a nifty bullomaton in that one. Not a great movie, but that was nice, and your bull reminds me very favourably of it.
(Looks nice and metallic on my screen, too. I won't make any "irony is like bronzey, only made from iron" jokes, promise).
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Perhaps it's clearer here:
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Bronze%20Bull%202%20600.jpg)
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I have the Jason two parter, I think it's good, pretty faithful to the parts of the story it covers. The end with the bull and children of the dragon's teeth is a little let down by cheap CGI but it gets the job done.
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The bull is 8). The finish works really well to give him a sense of life. Patinas are fun to paint and really pop, but it may have made this particular fig look old/dead/immobile.
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thanks to White Knight! moving this thread to this board he gave me the chance to see it, unfortunately I've missed it last year.
Paul, don't need to say much, you know, you're living inspiration. I've enjoyed this one.
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Say, what's your recipe for the bronze? I prefer your Hoplite on p1 with slightly shinier highlights, and a little more verdigris but both are very nice.
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Thanks Prof :) More to come in 2012.
Re bronze, both the bull and the hoplite are painted the same it's just the larger flatter areas on the hoplite seem to let it work better.
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More to come in 2012.
Happy to hear that, did think you've finished this. Can't wait.
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Not painting anything at the moment so here's my old Charon and his barge to keep things moving along. Made and painted about 14 years ago .
(http://webzoom.freewebs.com/matakishi/charon%20barge%20600.jpg)
(http://webzoom.freewebs.com/matakishi/Charon%20himself%20600.jpg)
http://www.matakishi.com/charon.htm
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I've long admired that model. I have to thank you for this thread. It inspired me to make an order from Bronze age. Lovely models, excellent service.
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It may not be a new creation, but it is a LOVELY, STRIKING piece nonetheless. That was one of the first of your wonderful works I remember seeing...it's just as impressive now as then. VERY WELL DONE!
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Wow, impressive model, Paul! I was always wondering why Charon's boat is usually that small in the depictions. Actually he really needs a bigger one. Yours is exactly of the size I would do it. Great work. Now you need a bunch of passengers :)
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Some more scenery, an olive press from Grand manner.
(http://www.matakishi.com/olive%20press%20painted.jpg)
Ticking along...
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That's really evocative... Nice work Paul (and Grand Manner)
I know you're not a massive plastics fan... Are you tempted by the new Victrix plastic Greeks at all?
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They've been on my list since I first saw the three-ups, great poses. However I have 2 boxes of Immortal hoplites to think about first. I don't think my Greek Impetus armies will get done to be honest :)
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All looking great :)
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need that press, thanks for the hint, Paul.
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Nicely painted and a good idea for an addition to any ancient game.
But I must say that the model itself looks like something you could put together yourself with a couple of twigs and a bit of greenstuff in no time. :)
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But I must say that the model itself looks like something you could put together yourself with a couple of twigs and a bit of greenstuff in no time. :)
Looking forward to seeing your version, Thorbjorn... ;)
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The cost of the greenstuff would be more than the cost of the casting. The base it's on is 180mm across, it's not a small piece.
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Great stuf!!! :o :o
Didn't you try to use clay?
Also boys take in count what price do you put on your time. Maybe the time-cost of actually making it is greater than the cost of paying for it.
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Also boys take in count what price do you put on your time. Maybe the time-cost of actually making it is greater than the cost of paying for it.
That's just what I did. I'm studying. lol
The cost of the greenstuff would be more than the cost of the casting. The base it's on is 180mm across, it's not a small piece.
Oh shit! That's quite a lot more than I thought! o_o
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That's just what I did. I'm studying. lol
Hahaha, that's good, when you do the math let me know! lol
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I recently read " The End of Sparta" by Victor Davis Hanson where an olive press is featured quite a bit and this model is evoking it. Great model, and the book is recommended too. Has anyone painted up Grand Manner's Sacred Olive Grove?
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As part of my '2015, Get Stuff Done Year' (see also my Napoleonics thread: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=75952.0 ) I've revived AGON in order to get it running as a viable game.
To this end I'm beginning with adding miniatures to the set to allow some roleplaying action and later perhaps some skirmish games too, rules permitting.
First up some rebased Grenadier miniatures from the archives, a Troll, a Cockatrice and a Manticore and a Ral Partha Chimera, all based on 80mm bases as befits their size and status.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20troll%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20cockatrice%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20manticore%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20chimera%20002.jpg)
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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Love em :-*
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Very nice!
:-*
I really like the look of that cockatrice....Grenadier, ya say...?
:D
Now I just need to wander back through the thread again.
It has been a while since I last looked, and I have been slowly putting some Greek stuff together for an OGAM later this year.
There is bound to be plenty of opportunities to steal some more ideas.
:D
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Whoop! :-*
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love your painting and ideas, well done
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Thank you :)
Here's the next batch, some old, some new.
First the new, some shades from Foundry.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20shades%20001.jpg)
and for the old, Cerberus and some two-headed dogs from Ral Partha
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Cerberus%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Orthros%20002.jpg)
A brass man from Grenadier (with a shade for scale)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20a%20man%20of%20Hephaistos%20001.jpg)
and last, but certainly not least, my Erymanthian Boar from Archive, bought in 1979.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20erymanthian%20boar%20001.jpg)
More to come...
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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A set of City/town guards, essential for a set of role playing miniatures.
These ones are busy guarding the wine and water supply.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20City%20Guard%20003.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20City%20Guard%20002.jpg)
Some more Bronze men because you can't have too many :)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Bronze%20Men%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Bronze%20Men%20002.jpg)
And a horse shrine for my centaurs (when I get round to painting them).
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Horse%20shrine%20001.jpg)
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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I love that shrine... :-* :-*
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Hey, cool miniatures, I didn't read the whole thread but I would like to suggest the excellent gods in Ral Partha / IWM's RPG/Supernaturals line (you already have the Manticore), I especially like the God of the Sea and the War God. Oh, and if you are on a Greek Mythology trip, take a look at Apotheon by Alien Trap games, I bought it as a pre-order and started playing it yesterday, awesome art style, ok game, all in all a purchase I don't regret.
(http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/3fcc4f3a1e119b5a0282430d2babbbe5/201059255/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-09%2Bat%2B9.24.02%2BAM.png)
For minotaurs, I really like the one from Time Bandits:
(http://s.mlkshk-cdn.com/r/5YAR)
(http://www.tribemagazine.org/uploads/9/7/0/0/9700594/8449195.png?359)
(http://www.standbyformindcontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/timebanditsbdcap3_original.jpeg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/CicadaStar/Inside%20The%20Cosmic%20Cube/timebandits9.jpg)
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Actually the Manticore is from Grenadier. I had some of the Ral Parhta miniatures from the range you mention but I think they're too small to be gods. I'm also not a fan of the sculptor.
I have two minotaurs (one more than I need really) but a rotting one like the Time Bandits' Minotaur would be a nice addition.
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Great additions, Paul.
8) 8)
Where is the horse shrine from?
Asking as centaurs will most certainly feature in my own force of Greeks.
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Charity shop brass ornament.
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Ok, I think it's time to adress the elephant in the room...
WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE THE MEDUSA AND WHAT CONVERSIONS WILL YOU DO TO MAKE IT LOOK JUST LIKE THE HARRYHAUSEN ONE?
:D
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I have a Reaper Medusa. She'll be done soonish. I'm painting some nymphs at the moment.
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Charity shop brass ornament.
Bugger!
Great find.
8)
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Bugger!
I think I've seen them in one of the charity shops that sells new stuff, so it may not be a complete bugger....
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For Greek gods, are the ones from Chiltern Miniatures still available?
They're quite big figures.
Or the Alternative Armies figures for their game Typhon?
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Bugger!
Great find.
8)
There are plenty if you fancy going to Greece for your holidays ;)
Great stuff on this project, a visual treat.
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Brilliantstuff as always!
Fan of the vibrant style.
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At last, Nymphs!
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Nymphs%20001.jpg)
and a Titan which is an old miniature re-based.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20green%20titan%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20green%20titan%20003.jpg)
Something old, something new.
Still working on the bloody centaurs, only been four years >:(
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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This week:
Naked hoplites.
Old giant.
Huge scorpions.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Bandits%20005.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Giant%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Scorpions%20002.jpg)
Details and more photos:
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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Also, Battle boards.
The game uses an abstract range ladder for combat which you can move counters representing the combatants about on:
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Battle%20boards%20003.jpg)
I'm using miniatures so I made a modular 3D one:
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Battle%20boards%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Battle%20boards%20002.jpg)
Different terrain types differentiate the range bands, see :) :
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Battle%20boards%20004.jpg)
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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This week's additions:
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Blue%20Hoplites%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Slingers%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Cavemen%20003.jpg)
And a Medusa which obviously it isn't safe to show here in case you meet her gaze.
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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So cool! And I'm amazed about the output!
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Very nice - I invested a few minutes in a tour of your Agon project site, very tempting!
I'd been toying with cork board surfaces for some time, now I'm convinced. The zoning idea -without actually marking the lines 0 is brilliant! 8) 8) 8)
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I have some big monsters I'm painting now. Once they're finished I have about a dozen heroes to complete and the 4 centaurs and I'm done. Shouldn't be too long.
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Good job on the Neanderthals. I have them to paint sometime soon... Chunky aren't they :)
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They only arrived this week and I wasn't looking forward to painting all the fur but, as it happened, they only took a couple of hours to do. I reversed my usual 'flesh first' approach and dry brushed everything before adding the 'neat' bits last. Worked a treat.
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Thanks Paul. That sounds like a good strategy. I will try that.
Fur first :)
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So happy that you've restarted. Time to get my but moving again on mine
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Some Reaper Bones beasties. So cheap and light and easy to work with, the Hydra comes in only 3 pieces (as does the Gryphon).
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Gryphon%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Hydra%20002.jpg)
A Beholder standing in for Argus of the 100 eyes.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Argus%20001.jpg)
And a Mesopotamian Feathered bull-man. I have no idea who makes this, I found it on eBay and couldn't resist it.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Mesopotamia%20002.jpg)
I painted another Reaper iron bull but I've run out of bases so no photos yet.
More photos of the ones above on the project page:
http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20Mesopotamia%20002.jpg
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My those are big ones :o
Very nicely painted too.
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Great project! Keep on going ... please :)
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Taking a break to do some gladiators and a Saga army but I'll be getting back to this soon.
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Absolutely amazing stuff, great paint jobs and bases. Keep up the good work!
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Extraordinary stuff and so lovely :-*
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Couple more things, another metal bull and some wild men/ Bear men.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20copper%20bull%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20wild%20men%20001.jpg)
http://www.matakishi.com/agonheroicroleplay.htm
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Good stuff. And nice to see that you're keeping the resurrection going. As one of the few.
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Great, really like the metal effect you have achieved.
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Can't believe I missed this thread - lovely addtions.
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Thanks all.
There's very little to do now, only a handful of miniatures really.
I hope to run a game or two fairly soon once work pressure has eased up a little and then I can report on the success (or failure) of the original plan.
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I really like the wild men. Who makes them?
LB
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They are Westwind yetis.
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Many thanks, you did a great job on them!
LB
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We had the first game of Agon last night. It seemed a good way to launch the gaming in my cabin since it doesn't take up much room being a role playing game and I wanted to give the catering facilities a proper workout.
It was a success. The game flowed well, I managed to keep a handle on the rules and the players enjoyed themselves.
This is a battle with a sorceress after the heroes had defeated her snake minions. I'm afraid I was concentrating on running the game so didn't take many photos.
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20game%201%20001.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20game%201%20002.jpg)
(http://www.matakishi.com/AGON%20game%201%20003.jpg)
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Excellent! 8)
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These GW giant eagles joined the rebasing queue after an accident while I was moving my miniatures into the cabin. They'll make good Agon adversaries, I should have added them to the mix ages ago.
(http://www.matakishi.com/Eagles%20001.jpg)
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Where'd you get that backdrop, Matakishi? It's a beautiful view!
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It's just an image off google printed on to A4 paper.
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It's just an image off google printed on to A4 paper.
It's a nice image! :D
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It's called Villamanin1
a Google search will turn it up.
(http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/s0568338/Villamanin1.jpg)