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Author Topic: Crocodile Games Olympus Athenians - UPDATE 27.5.20 - Honour Guard  (Read 3144 times)

Offline Morts

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Re: Crocodile Games Olympus Athenians - UPDATE 17.5.20 - Theseus
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2020, 07:39:19 AM »
Lovely figures and painting - just wish Black Pyramid would get some more stock in....

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Re: Crocodile Games Olympus Athenians - UPDATE 17.5.20 - Theseus
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2020, 12:49:55 PM »
Lovely figures and painting - just wish Black Pyramid would get some more stock in....

Absolutely!!

I've made progress with the Mythic Greeks, or 'The Sword & Sandal' Dragon Rampant Warband. These are Theseus's Honour Guard and his Herald. They'll form an Elite Foot unit with Theseus.
The Herald was actually a conversion - I wanted the actual Herald model for use as a chariot-riding noble, so did a weapon swap. The Musician got the Herald's icon standard and the Herald got the Musician's spear point. Sadly, my Greenstuff skills weren't as good 41/2 years ago as they are now, so the join on the reverse of the icon standard is less than stellar, but it'll do.
The Honour Guard have had their shields replaced with Anvil Industry Spartan shields. This is because the stock shields that come with all Athenian Hoplites in the Crocodile Games range are not hoplons, but some odd shaped thing that, while it is definitely Greek, doesn't scream 'Hoplite' quite enough (they also had sculpted on designs that are murder to paint in large numbers - doing Theseus's cast on bull bas bad enough!) The Anvil shields are the only ones big enough for these 32mm heroic scale fellas. Luckily, LBM transfers designed for Immortal Miniatures just about fit. I still need to varnish the shields, actually so they shine a bit on the pictures.
I'm really pleased with these. The armour colour really pops (GW Retributor Armour highlighted with GW Auric Armour Gold) and I wanted a more golden style bronze for my very Hollywood Sword and Sandal Greeks. I like the cloak pattern too, which replicates that on Theseus's cloak, minus the golden yellow background colour.
The final pic shows all the models painted thus far and they do seem to look pretty good together.
Next up, the 6 hoplites accompanying Ariadne (Helen) and the Oracle in their Wizardling Heavy Foot unit, followed by a unit of Peltasts (scouts.)
























Offline seldon

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Re: Crocodile Games Olympus Athenians - UPDATE 27.5.20 - Honour Guard
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2020, 01:24:49 PM »
absolutely fantastic!

Offline Morts

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Re: Crocodile Games Olympus Athenians - UPDATE 27.5.20 - Honour Guard
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2020, 05:25:46 PM »
Stunning - very nice .....

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Re: Crocodile Games Olympus Athenians - UPDATE 27.5.20 - Honour Guard
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2020, 09:54:57 AM »
Great work, especially on the cloak and shields.  :-* :-* :-*

Offline Corso

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Re: Crocodile Games Olympus Athenians - UPDATE 27.5.20 - Honour Guard
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2020, 01:44:42 PM »
Beautiful work - well done!

Offline Burnin Coal

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Re: Crocodile Games Olympus Athenians - UPDATE 27.5.20 - Honour Guard
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2020, 12:29:32 AM »
Lovely brushwork - cloaks are especially good  8)
Figures painted 2020 : 100

 

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