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Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #105 on: April 10, 2022, 08:05:56 AM »
Wow, this is going to me my new favorite thread!  I too suffer from the same fascination and obsession with all things ancient Egyptian.

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #106 on: April 10, 2022, 08:30:45 AM »
Lovely crisp painting.

Offline Bloggard

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #107 on: April 10, 2022, 10:01:03 AM »
lovely paint job.

as regards the 'speed paint' comment above- yep, I was aware you were referring to the reaper cultists only - and they look fantastic to me.

Offline The Golem

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #108 on: April 10, 2022, 02:00:38 PM »
Thanks for the kind comments fellows!

All of that work looks amazing! It makes me really curious - do those reaper cultists match height wise with oathmark/frost grave minis, or are the more in the 30/32mm scale of things?

(Reaper, from what i remember, is a bit all over the place scale wise- so I don't know what these might end up being!)

I shot two picture of cultists along with some Frostgrave minis:





The cultists are slightly taller but I don't think the difference is too bad.

Offline The Golem

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #109 on: April 29, 2022, 06:18:10 PM »
Hi folks!

Slight update with a Frostgrave Sandgrave knight from Reaper Miniatures:







Only thing left to do is varnish the mini before glueing it on its base. Definitely not my best mini but at least it's done.

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #110 on: April 29, 2022, 08:14:56 PM »
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Definitely not my best mini
Well I like it.

Offline bandit86

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #111 on: April 30, 2022, 05:14:39 AM »
Not sure if you seen this but Reaper miniatures has a Kickstarter going on for the next 16hrs that has an Egyptian expansion set  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reaperbones5/bones-6-tales-from-the-green-griffin/posts/3493504  you might like it
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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #112 on: April 30, 2022, 06:57:45 AM »
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Offline The Golem

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #113 on: April 30, 2022, 01:56:01 PM »
Well I like it.
So do I! 👍
Thanks for the kind words guys. :)

Not sure if you seen this but Reaper miniatures has a Kickstarter going on for the next 16hrs that has an Egyptian expansion set  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reaperbones5/bones-6-tales-from-the-green-griffin/posts/3493504  you might like it

I already know about this KS campaign (but thanks for the heads up anyway!) however I'm going to pass on it because I can't really afford to spend money in the hobby at the moment.

Offline The Golem

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #114 on: May 20, 2022, 11:09:38 PM »
A small update with 3 skeletons from Otherworld Miniatures:


Offline The Golem

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Re: My obsession with egypto-fantasy.
« Reply #115 on: June 29, 2022, 07:49:33 PM »

I also started a conversion for an important character of mine, a magician lady. The original mini is from Reaper Miniatures (Yanara).



My plan is to change her head, her belt ornament, the top of her staff and maybe ad a few more things on the way.

So I started by sawing her head off and sanding down the remaining hair (she still has a small fur on the shoulders).



A quick test to make sure the new head (from Statuesque Miniatures) looks good:



I think it's a perfect fit for my magician/priestess lady specialized in healing spells (she's a thaumaturge in my games of Frostgrave/Sandgrave). I like the softness of her round shaved head.
I had doubts about the piece of fur on her shoulders and upper back. Should I keep it or should I trim it and sand it down completely? After some thinking, I decided I will keep it and paint it as a special garment, a piece of leopard fur, to show that she is not a mere novice of her temple but a high priestess.

From now on, I have to:
  • drill and glue the head to the body
  • re-sculpt the piece of fur with some green stuff (it has been predictably damaged when I sanded down the hair left for the previous head)
  • cut off the top of her staff and find a more suited replacement, something more egyptian looking
  • shave the belt ornament (currently some kind of winged skull) and replace it with an ankh cross

I'll post again when I have finished the conversion (hopefully soon). ;)

So four months later, I finally found the courage to complete this little project...















This lady happens to be my thaumaturge for my Sandgrave warband, which is complete:

« Last Edit: June 29, 2022, 08:58:14 PM by The Golem »

Offline has.been

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #116 on: June 29, 2022, 07:55:14 PM »
Stunning job.

Offline Pattus Magnus

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #117 on: June 29, 2022, 08:45:43 PM »
Beautiful work on the conversion and painting! That’s a great looking war band all around.

Offline Ray Rivers

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #118 on: June 30, 2022, 01:42:15 AM »
Outstanding!  :-*

Offline Koyote

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Re: The Golem paints egyptian fantasy miniatures
« Reply #119 on: June 30, 2022, 03:01:12 AM »
Amazing

 

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