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Mythical Agyptian Bases¶

The bases are all painted and grass tufts added.

The tufts are from Noch (#07004), and are fine, but have a very visible glue layer on the bottom. On the one hand this is sometimes quite visible, on the other some of the tufts also did not fit flush to the base, due to the sand structure.

To cover the glue and the gaps, I used two flocks from Woodland Scenics.

This is the end result. The tufts are blended into the base, the glue covered.


Here is the whole force finished and assembled.

And in their storage box.

Project done :-)


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Mythical Agyptian Bases¶

I started to work on all the bases. They were painted in ochre and drybrushed in a bone white.

Next, some grass tufts will be added.


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Mythical Agyptian Priests¶

The priest are done.


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Mythical Agyptian Priests¶

For the icon I choose a symbol of Nekhbet from the internet and printed it. Then I tried to recreate that in a 3d version. I wanted to have the forward wing raised above the body, the rear wing lowered below the body, etc.

The first attempt was to carve it from foam. But this failed miserably. It would perhaps worked better with a hot wire cutter than a knife, but the edges especially were very flimsy and I did not trust them to last.

 

The second attempt was to carve it from grey stuff. While the first layer went okayish, the second clearly showed that I have no sculpting skills whatsoever...

 

So in the end I glued several icons on another layer of paper, and cut out the different layers, then gluing them on top of each other.

 

The priest got a piece of brass rod glued into his hand to mount the icon on.


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Mythical Agyptian Demons¶

The demons are done. My first comment still stands, they are aweful concerning flash and mold lines. While painting I removed some more that I was not able to see before. But the minis totally make up for that with an also incredible amount of detail! Thinking of painting a unit of 20 or so of them would be really daunting... Painting 4 I really enjoyed :-)

Here is the paint list of colours not already used with the rest of the Agyptians:

  • Skin Body
    • Foundry 124A African Flesh Shade
      • 1/5 SWW001 Soft Body Black
      • 4/5 SWW018 Amethyst
    • Foundry 124B African Flesh Shade
      • 4/5 Foundry 124B North African Flesh Shade
      • 1/5 70.918 Ivory
      • several steps with more ivory added each time
      • 1/3 SWW017 Purple
      • 2/3 70.596 Glaze Medium
      • Thin glaze over shoulders as a transition to the purple spine
  • Skin Head/Spine
    • 70.959 Purple
      • 1/5 SWW001 Soft Body Black
      • 4/5 SWW018 Amethyst
    • 70.959 Purple
      • 4/5 70.959 Purple
      • 1/5 70.918 Ivory
      • several steps with more ivory added each time, painted in thin lines, especially in the spine, to create a texture
      • 2/3 SWW026 Cotton Candy
      • 1/3 70.596 Glaze Medium
      • Severl thin layers to tone down the chalkiness of the ivory
  • eyes
    • 70.962 Flat Blue
    • SWW018 Amethyst
    • 70.961 Sky Blue
  • blades
    • 70.950 Black
      • 3/4 70.950 Black
      • 1/4 71.109 U.K.P.R.U. Blue
      • applied as thin glazes in several steps from the top of surfaces as the light would catch them, towards the center, building up the colour towards the top
    • 71.109 U.K.P.R.U. Blue Edge highlighting

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Mythical Agyptian Mummies¶

I highlighted the bandags with

  • 70.976 Buff
  • 70.820 Offwhite

The miniatures where then gloss varnished.

Finally, an oil wash was applied:

  • 1/3 Winsow & Newton Lamp Black
  • 2/3 Winsow & Newton Burnt Umber


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Mythical Agyptian Priests¶

The good thing is, the doctor sent me on sick leave for the whole weak.

The bad thing is, all the sleeping and "suffering" (my wife's words) take away so much time and leave not that much for painting. But giving the models a quick spray with black was doable.

I started painting the skin but did not get that far...


[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Mummies¶

The good thing is, the doctor sent me on sick leave for the whole weak.

The bad thing is, all the sleeping and "suffering" (my wife's words) take away so much time and leave not that much for painting. But giving the models a quick spray with black was doable.

With the mummies I managed to base coat

  • the exposed skin with
    • 1/3 70.950 Black

      2/3 70.981 Orange Brown
  • the bandages with
    • 70.847 Dark Sand

I then slathered on a different wash on every miniature

  • SWW004 Concrete
  • SWW007 Stone
  • SWW008 Baby Poop
  • SWW010 Dark Sepia


[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Demons¶

The good thing is, the doctor sent me on sick leave for the whole weak.

The bad thing is, all the sleeping and "suffering" (my wife's words) take away so much time and leave not that much for painting. But giving the models a quick spray with black was doable.


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Mythical Agyptian Priests¶

I wanted to come much farther today, applying at least the base colours, but the beginnings of a flu requested me to spend too much time sleeping...