1/72 Greek mythology

[Philotep]

Hi!
I start here a new topic about Greek mythology. I want to build a HotT army with mostly 1/72 plastic figures. This army will be a mix of mythological creatures and greek hoplites and peltasts.
Let's start with the mythological side (my favourite  ):



If you're not familiar with 1/72 plastic figures, you must know that this industry enjoyed a golden age in the early 2000s. There were only historical figures originally, but some manufacturers (mostly Caesar then Dark Alliance) began to sell MedFan, then a few mythological figures something like a graal to me 

Let's focus on some of them. First we have a look at some Dark Alliance Minotaurs:


Most are painted with a classical color scheme, but I also painted a white one, which  can be seen as a boss or as an infernal version of a Minotaur (or even a demon). Dark Alliance also released a set of Centaurs. Here you are four out of six poses:


They even produced some Cyclops. This is one of them:


For the Amazons, I chose to paint some Linear A figures - very nice figures, too bad they didn't produce other mythological references:


I wanted to have a Hydra as a monster for my army, but there are none in 1/72 plastic, so I painted an old 25mm Ral Parthe figure instead:


And what about ancient Greeks? Oh yes, here there are:




Mostly Zvezda hoplites, with a couple of (very) old Atlantic figures, original ones bought in the 70s.

The same, with some peltasts:


Hope you like them  More pictures here:
https://philotepsfigures.blogspot.com/2024/06/greek-mythology-of-minotaurs-and.html

and here: https://philotepsfigures.blogspot.com/2019/11/back-to-ancients-ancient-greeks.html

Next steps: more figures from the sets already displayed, mounted Greek warriors and mounted Amazons, a Harpy (old Citadel chaos harpy figure), and maybe some Gods if I find some 25/28mm figures to represent them - suggestions welcome!

Oh yes, and basing of course.

[zemjw]

Looking good so far  I didn't realise there was that much 1/72 stuff available for Ancient Greeks, and I've never seen any of the mythological figures.

Foundry do all the Greek Gods in 28mm, so are certainly worth a look (at work, so can't dig out the link). They are spread over two or three packs if I remember correctly, so there should be plenty for you to choose from.

[verd]

Excellent work! 

[swiftnick]

Have done a similar project myself but not to that standard. Really really excellent work there, absolutely lovely.
Those nude Amazons are quite tricky to get now. Very expensive from Hannants.
I presume you knew Linear A have added Talos and the Argonauts. Also Greek gods to their future releases.

[Pattus Magnus]

Beautiful work, as always, Philotep! You always do an amazing job getting the best from the 1:72 figures. These will make a great HotT army when they are based.

[Orctrader]

Lovely.

I'm really impressed with your work on these.  I always struggle with soft plastic figures.

[zemjw]

No longer at work  - https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/greek-mythology

[Philotep]

Thank you all for your comments, always appreciated!

I presume you knew Linear A have added Talos and the Argonauts. Also Greek gods to their future releases.

I was told just today on a french forum, but thank you anyway. Of course I will try to get these sets as soon as they are released.

No longer at work  - https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/greek-mythology

Thank you very much for this link, it might prove very useful if the Linear set is delayed.

[Dr. Kevin Moon III esq.]

Lovely work

Grubbys tanks now sell the old Chiltern (and SHQ) range of Greek gods, which I use in our Of Gods and Mortals games. They would be large against 1/72 figures, but shorter than the Cyclops figures you have, to give an idea of size.

[Philotep]

Hi, thank you for the info 

[Basementboy]

Really nice work! Love the bronze, what’s your pant recipe for that?

[Mr. White]

Dang! I love seeing 1:72 scale projects. It's probably the scale that most inspires me. Incredible work here.
Your blog is fantastic!

[Philotep]

Thank you very much, I'm glad these figures please you.

Really nice work! Love the bronze, what’s your pant recipe for that?

This 'bronze' is made of:
- a base of enamel Gold (an old Revell pot) - the last enamel paint I still use, all others are acrylics.
- a generous wash of Dark Brown (the ubiquitous Agrax Earthshade here)
- some enlightenments with the previous gold

That's all!

Dang! I love seeing 1:72 scale projects. It's probably the scale that most inspires me. Incredible work here.
Your blog is fantastic!

Nice that you like my blog. I've been visiting yours this afternoon, a lot of interesting ideas there, I add it to my sources if inspiration, thanks!

[WYorkIan79]

Lovely work!  I have several mythological armies I use for Ospreys Games Of Gods And Mortals which is a fun and easy set to play!
For Areas I'd recommend this fellow: 
Masterbox 1/32 Greco-Persian Wars Series, Hoplite, Kit No 1 - MB32011 you can have him spear or sword armed too!

[Philotep]

Lovely work!  I have several mythological armies I use for Ospreys Games Of Gods And Mortals which is a fun and easy set to play!
For Areas I'd recommend this fellow: 
Masterbox 1/32 Greco-Persian Wars Series, Hoplite, Kit No 1 - MB32011 you can have him spear or sword armed too!

Thank you very much for your suggestion! It would be a big figure, but a god probably deserves it

I've been slowly painting some more hoplites for this army, which is now large enough to be played (once based) as a 130 pts army for l'Art de la Guerre - I've aded a few house rules for the mythologic creatures. Here your are the result:





The hoplites are now a mix of Atlantic, Zvezda, Hät, Caesar and Linear. I have painted all the shields since I'm not a big fan of transfers (some patterns were engraved, some weren't). A closer look:





This army has a Spartan general (already displayed in the first post), and a Theban subgeneral below:


I now have to base them, paint their opponents (the Mythologic Egyptians, including a god Avatar), and add some more hoplites. A never-ending story 

More pictures and details here: https://philotepsfigures.blogspot.com/2024/10/mythologic-greek-army-complete.html