An Egyptian Nomarch in His Palace

 Using brick molds from Hirst Arts, I formed mud-brick walled Palace for the nomarch. The exterior...

Removing the roof, his two sons are practicing their warcraft under the watchful eyes of their tutor (top-center). The Nomarch's bedchamber to the left; his wife's to the right, Two guest rooms lower left and right, and the eating chamber, upper right. All opening to the center open-aired courtyard with the garden at top...

Looking at the garden from another vantage point, the Nomarch located at center...

A closeup of the same...

Another view of the Palace interior...

The walls are painted and/or  decorated with downloaded images from the Net. Ive been pleased with the result

Men of Troy

 Here is my (and Wargods Aegyptus from Crocodile Games) take on the Apolonian Guards of Hector...

Men of KMT

 Combining Wargods Aegyptus from Crocodile Miniatures  with Mortal Gods, I'm getting prepared for a struggle for an ancient oasis, Using Foundry Ancient Egyptians for the Asar, here are some of the forces...

These are Warlord Games Egyptians...

And More Foundry...

More to come...

A New Take on the Argonauts

 Im like many who have enjoyed Jason and the Argonauts over the years. The club actually refought the "Hydra's Teeth" battle  earlier this month, but I wanted to upgrade a bit. So this time Heracles stays with the Argo, and the King of Chalkis deploys his army to retake the stolen Golden Fleece. 

So here is the battlefield. I don't have an Argo model, so I placed an Arab Dhow on the beach instead, seen at the top-left. The Chalkis King is seen in the lower right, along with his priest of Astartes. He has begun calling up his Army of Skeletons. The King's soldiers soldiers are seen in the upper left, trying to cut off the Argonauts on their way to the Argo. Heracles and some Argonauts are located just below the Argo, while Jason is to the right...

Some of the Argonauts fighting off numerous Skeleton warriors...

Chalkis warriors closing in on Heracles (bad idea!), center of photo with his famous club, and his Argonauts...

Jason and Heracles are holding off their enemies while the Argonauts reach the Argo...

Unfortunately my camera's battery ran low, so that ends the visual. But it was fun.

 

Ancient Kemet

 One of my favorite historical periods, and my incredible fortunate opportunity to partake in a Fulbright Travel Program to visit and study for three weeks has led to this. My take on the Temple Complex at Karnak. While my model is not an exact duplicate, it does I believe, capture the majesty of this massive religious site.

Ignoring the clutter on my gaming/work table, this is the view eastward from the Nile towards the Hidden One's Mansion. At the center is the Great Hypostle Hall of Ramesses II, while at the far end is Thutmose III's Festival Hall. The stand alone temple to the right is made fro kits from Hirts Arts (as are all the models),

The next view is taken from the north. The Shrine of Rameses III is right center fronted by the two massive statues of the Pharaoh (one hidden by the Kisok of Tahraqa)...

A closeup view from the south into the second courtyard and its gilded obelisk..

An update to the complex, Painted decorations added to the first Pylon and with the Docking Basin and two barges tied up...

The view changes to the eastern end of the complex with interior shots of the Festival Hall of Thumose III as seen from the south...

Next we are looking at the same Hall, this time from the east. The small chapel which is actually on the exterior of the Hall, is the Shrine of the Hearing Ear. It was here that average Egyptians would be allowed to leave their prayers for the gods!..

Final view of the Hall is from the north...

More to come as the project continues...

Mycenaen and Trojan Heroes

 (l-r) Ajax, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Achilles...

Patroclus (l) sparring with Aeneas (r)...

...and flipped...

(l-r) Mycenean Hero Clonius matches up against Trojan Ennomius. (names taken from The Illiad); while Mycenean Agapenor is wondering why the Trojans Amphius and Chronius had to double up on HIM!

Common warriors taken from Myceneans (l) and Troy (r)...

More Mycenean (l), Eumelus, Guneus, Idomeneus, Leitus, Medon;  and Trojan (r) Heroes, Glaucus, Hippothus, Memnon...

Another batch of common soldiers from both Greece and Troy...

Jason and the Argonauts

 Since our states' second slow down in response to Covid, having been working on an eclectic group of figures; first up, the Argonauts. Most are from Foundry, while four (inc the LARGE Jason) are Footsore (second, and fourth from left; third and fifth from right). While i have loved the miniatures out of Footsore for years, these are my least favorite ever. Think ill have to use the giant for some super-sized Greek!

Next we have the King of Colchis with some of his guards. All are Foundry...