Saga: Ancient Greek command

MOLON LABE - ancient Greek for "Come and take them". It is told that King Leonidas of Sparta replied this to King Xerxes at the battle of  the Thermopyliae when Xerxes demanded that the Greek should lay down their weapons. Michi's little Spartans chose to honour mighty Leonidas by adopting this reply as their motto.

  

There is a standard bearer which was uncommon in armies of ancient Europe, but shows the importance of the particular command base. The model is from Brother Vinni. The sculpt was slightly converted, because ther used to be a modeled owl on top of the standard and letters engraved for Athens. Those who had watched 300 know Leonidas' opinion about Athens and thus the standard had to be changed to a more Spartan look.

The second miniature is an Aulet, playing the Aulos, an instrument consisting of two reedpipes which was the most popular of all in the ancient world. Musicians are not relevant in Ancient Saga, but she might also add to the importance of the command base.

Third is Helena, Queen of Sparta, which Michi found as a collector's miniature on Ebay. She is the only metal cast among the new models. Brother Vinni's miniatures are cast in resin.

The plastic base got three magnets implanted and sand glued on to safely hold those three minatures. 

 

Their 20mm diameter bases were made from copper plated steel coins which are held in place by the neodym magnets under all circumstances.

 

Saga Antike: Mehr Ermüdungsmarker

Michi hat die letzten drei Ermüdungsmarker für seine griechischen Stadtstaaten fertig. Bei Saga Antike stellen sie je drei Ermüdungspunkte dar, für die stellvertretend je drei Helme auf jedem Sockel einstehen.

Inzwischen ist es ein halbes Jahr her, seit die entsprechenden Marker für je zwei Punkte Ermüdung fertig wurden. Es folgen ein paar Nahaufnahmen der drei Ermüdungsmarker. 

Die Figuren sind aus Zinn von El Viejo Dragon und die Helme sind aus Kunststoff von Victrix. Bei manchen Figuren wurden letztere auf die angepassten Köpfe geklebt.

Marker 1:

Marker 2:

Marker 3:

 

Gaslands: Car wreck - Schrottauto

  

Car wrecks are often displayed on the gaming tables in zombie games or other post-apocalytic scenarios. They are also not misplaced in any modern warzone or in scrapyards for gangster scenarios set in modern times. Usually these were somewhat beat-up die-cast models or only the bodies of such.

Often they are shown completely rusted or burnt.

This is not what Michi wanted. He intended to display damaged and aged wrecks, left for decay beyond any chance of repair. Those damages caused by accidents are not easy to apply to hard die-cast bodies, therefore casting them in softer material was the way to try.

 

 

Incredients for the experiment shown above: 

Blue stuff (a rubber that softens in hot water to make moulds), Fimo Air (an air-drying clay that must not be baked), Lego bricks to build a box for the mould - and finally a model car with closed windows.

  

This is what the result looks like when it is cut and dented for proper damage after coming from the mould. 

  

 

This is another result, which was the first one to paint after release. Michi chose a cream colour, because it would well contrast the rust.  

The paintjob was layered and highlighted, then washed brown and chocolate brown paint stippled on for the rust. The wreck was protected with two layers of varnish after painting and covering the windows with gloss varnish.