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 =) =) =)
That's some lovely work. Very nicely done
Thank you!
He started out as Microworld's Great Dingonek so not much work to convert.
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Nice work, Mike. :)
Cheers - Phil
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. :)
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Orinoco, do you remember Great-uncle Bulgaria's reminiscences about the pangolin he had an affair with in his youth? It's all true!
What a lovely monster! Great work!
Chris
Great work 8)
That's brilliant
Very cool.
Very nice adaptation.
Strange, but I like it!
Quote from: FierceKitty on 26 June 2017, 11:18:37 AM
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 :)
"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
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Leon. Get your :- emoticon fixed!