Humbaba - Lord of the Cedar Forest

[Ithoriel]

Instead of sensibly painting more units so I can actually play a game with painted figures I wandered off and painted Humbaba, the demon who guarded the Cedar Forest and who was klilled by the Sumerian heroes Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

Often depicted as a severed head made out of human entrails I opted instead for the description in the Epic of Gilgamesh of a creature with a lion's head, ox horns, vulture's claws, a hide covered in spines and thorns and a tail that ended in a snake's head (as did his "member" but that seemed an anatomical detail too far )

I'm pleased with how it turned out so, with armies still to complete, I'm now going to paint ..... some Sumerian city modules  

[Roy]

That's some lovely work. Very nicely done

[Ithoriel]

Thank you!

He started out as Microworld's Great Dingonek so not much work to convert.

[Techno]

Nice work, Mike.

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

I wasn't aware that you were "often depicted as a severed head made out of human entrails"! I'm sure your artists are doing you a disservice.

But I was confident that Humbaba would be turning up sooner or later in your Ur-armies. Nice work.

[FierceKitty]

(variant response)

Orinoco, do you remember Great-uncle Bulgaria's reminiscences about the pangolin he had an affair with in his youth? It's all true!

[Chris Pringle]

What a lovely monster! Great work!

Chris

[Steve J]

Great work

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That's brilliant

[lowlylowlycook]

Very cool.

[d_Guy]

Very nice adaptation.

[sunjester]

Strange, but I like it!

[Ithoriel]

I wasn't aware that you were "often depicted as a severed head made out of human entrails"! I'm sure your artists are doing you a disservice.

But I was confident that Humbaba would be turning up sooner or later in your Ur-armies. Nice work.

Trust me, they flatter me outrageously

If only I had some armies for him to turn up in

[Roy]

"If you go down to the woods today you're in for a big surprise..."

I don't know why I didn't think of that song first time around 



Leon. Get your  :- emoticon fixed!