Greek mythology: Minotaurs, Amazons and more

[PhilC]

Hi everybody! It's not easy to write something on this forum these days (nothing like a criticism, but an apology for not being very present), but I'm taking advantage of a day off to show you pictures of Greek mythological creatures.



Thanks to Dark Alliance and other manufacturers, it is now possible to gather figures to represent a Greek mythological army. Let's begin with the Minotaurs, by Dark Alliance:


The white one can be seen either as a boss, or as an infernal version of a Minotaur.

What about Amazons ? Dark Alliance released several set on this subject, but I prefer the Linear A set.


What do you think of them? An occasion to try different skin colors. Then we have some Centaurs by Dark Alliance:


Also a Cyclops:


I also wanted to paint a Hydra, so I had to use an old Ral Partha 25mm figure, released in 1984 - with a Darl Alliance Amazon for size comparison:


Now I have to base these figures and mix them with various Greek hoplites and peltasts to get a complete HotT army.

More pictures and explanations here: https://philotepsfigures.blogspot.com/2024/06/greek-mythology-of-minotaurs-and.html

[Kekso]

This is so cool.

[steve_pickstock]

Nice - lovely paint jobs.

Some of my favourite sets, especially so because the makers produced them as a result of customer requests. The Linear A Amazons are fully compatible with the Red Box models.

[k.b.]

A fascinating thread Phil. Don’t know why but methinks a lot of us members are probably suckers for Greek Mythology. When I scrolled down your post I found myself looking for Jason and his Argonauts…… which might be a reason why we old timers are fans of Greek Mythology!

[blacksmith]

Fantastic painting Phil, thanks for sharing. Also, I didn't know about those amazons from Linear, I'll have to check them out. Cheers.

[Konrad]

Great stuff,Phil.
Love your cyclop.

[Santi Pérez]

...What do you think of them?...

Well, Phil, I can only think one thing about the figures of this very original army: they are very well selected and beautifully painted.

I especially love the colours of the different types of human and animal skins. Also, all the figures fit very well with each other.

Santi.

[steve_pickstock]

BTW Linear A have announced a Jason and the Argonauts with Talos set based on the 1963 film.