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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Hobgoblin on July 29, 2024, 10:11:05 AM
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You know, thick legs, boar tusks, brass wings, etc.? Don't think I've ever seen one.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Gorgones_Cdm_Paris_277.jpg/1200px-Gorgones_Cdm_Paris_277.jpg)
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Not sure. I do remember as a kid purchasing this gorgon from tin soldier miniatures and it is still in production. Although now it is labelled minotaur and doesn't fit the style you are after.
https://tinsoldieruk.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=413_401&products_id=6805&zenid=n2oh3pa04f182dkm0jvc4gn1v1
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Not sure. I do remember as a kid purchasing this gorgon from tin soldier miniatures and it is still in production. Although now it is labelled minotaur and doesn't fit the style you are after.
https://tinsoldieruk.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=413_401&products_id=6805&zenid=n2oh3pa04f182dkm0jvc4gn1v1
Ah, yes - I have that! It's a D&D-style 'gorgon', which would be better described as a khalkotaur (https://hobgoblinry.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-little-king-and-khalkotaur.html). Basically, Gygax followed Edward Topsell's History of Four-Footed Beasts, probably via a US book on monsters published in the late 60s, which described the khalkotaur but calls it a gorgon.
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Edward_Topsell%2C_The_Historie_of_Foure_Footed_Beasts_Wellcome_L0028396.jpg)
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If you're looking for a Medusa-like mini, go to www.etsy.com, you will find many. :)
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If you're looking for a Medusa-like mini, go to www.etsy.com, you will find many. :)
Thanks - but I had a look earlier, and they all seem to be either Harryhausen-style snake creatures or D&D-style snake-haired ladies. The truly monstrous Archaic Greek Gorgon appears absent!
This is the kind of thing I'm looking for. I might have to kitbash one - perhaps using a GW savage orc as the starting point or something.
(http://www.my-favourite-planet.de/images/people/m-01/medusa/medusa-olpe-amasis-bm-b471.jpg)
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You might find a suitable base mini if you look for 28mm female orc.
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Thanks - but I had a look earlier, and they all seem to be either Harryhausen-style snake creatures or D&D-style snake-haired ladies. The truly monstrous Archaic Greek Gorgon appears absent!
This is the kind of thing I'm looking for. I might have to kitbash one - perhaps using a GW savage orc as the starting point or something.
(http://www.my-favourite-planet.de/images/people/m-01/medusa/medusa-olpe-amasis-bm-b471.jpg)
Savage orc sounds like a good start. I imagine feathered wings would be best as well rather than leathery bat wings. Perhaps angel wings from Reaper might be worth a look https://www.reapermini.com/search/angel%20wings/latest/03181
I found my original Gorgon I bought when I was very young. I chopped the horns off for a conversion on something else. When I came across Tin Soldier again at a later date I bought a new one. Maybe I'll find some new horns for the old one, then I can have a pair of them.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375202216093?chn=ps&var=644223980826&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-153316-527457-8&mkcid=2&itemid=644223980826_375202216093&targetid=4584619899083048&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=554609234&mkgroupid=1296325313557553&rlsatarget=pla-4584619899083048&abcId=9320693&merchantid=87779&msclkid=774655a99c5a1366d612330158a46d0b
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it's been stated repeatedly, NOT a Harryhausen one, a traditional Greek Myth one...
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Hobgoblin Junior could make something suitable, I am sure?