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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Dungeons => Topic started by: blacksmith on 16 June 2011, 06:28:40 PM

Title: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 16 June 2011, 06:28:40 PM
Here is another possibly good dungeon themed pack, especially now with those gorgeous new minotaurs released by Pendraken:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qqIe3m1iFTs/TfpE-L4ldeI/AAAAAAAABOo/ArOiqXA_RkM/s320/sacred%2Bband%2B004.jpg)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8dPv_xUysWk/TfpE-o85PdI/AAAAAAAABOw/BSAWcM7YXx8/s320/sacred%2Bband%2B007.jpg)
Bigger pics at my blog: http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2011/06/puny-sacred-band.html (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2011/06/puny-sacred-band.html)
I think it could be a good idea. What do you think?
Cheers,
Javier
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: Steve J on 16 June 2011, 07:29:17 PM
Really well painted and a great idea Javier 8). It takes me back to the film 'Jason and the Argonauts' and the Ray Harryhausen special effects. When I was young I thought the skeletons were amazing.
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: nikharwood on 16 June 2011, 10:19:53 PM
Excellent - top-notch  =D> :-bd =D>
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 16 June 2011, 10:49:57 PM
Very, very nice  :-bd
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: Leon on 16 June 2011, 11:41:06 PM
Excellent, nice conversion work as well on those Greeks.   8)
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Post by: Germy on 17 June 2011, 07:10:43 AM
Loving that  8)
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 17 June 2011, 08:35:45 AM
Thanks for the kind words gents. I'll try to post Satyrs and Centaurs next week  :)
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: Kassad on 17 June 2011, 03:31:17 PM
Wow! I love them. I like Greece Mith background. This year holliday I hope to visit some Minoan archeo sites. I also read you post on TMP, yesterday. In your opinion is "Labors of the Gods" a good skirmish sistem?
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 17 June 2011, 04:37:02 PM
Quote from: Kassad on 17 June 2011, 03:31:17 PM
Wow! I love them. I like Greece Mith background. This year holliday I hope to visit some Minoan archeo sites. I also read you post on TMP, yesterday. In your opinion is "Labors of the Gods" a good skirmish sistem?
I have read it but I haven't played it yet. It's been designed to play Mordheim style; that is, to design a band of 3 or 4 heroes and up to 5 or 15 followers , and fight an opponent in one of the five scenarios available. It has a section of afterbattle ala Mordheim where your characters gain coins, equipment, experience and new abilities.
The game system is with opposing D6 rolls, the activation one figure me, one figure you but you can hold your action and interrupt later on. there are no charts, the combat system looks fun and simple.
In a nutshell, it looks like a good ruleset to play games with its campaing ala Mordheim but perhaps not so fun after some single games.
Hope that helps
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 17 June 2011, 07:06:07 PM
looking really cool!
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: sixsideddice on 18 June 2011, 10:57:20 AM
I love everything about this, the Greek Mythology, the figure conversions, the painting (which is top notch), the execution of the idea, its all really excellent.

Six  :)
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: Kassad on 18 June 2011, 12:35:31 PM
Thanks Blacksmith for the informations. I' m looking for a skirmish ruleset for War of Troy, so your preview is very usefull for me.
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 15 July 2011, 05:00:07 PM
As promised, here are the Fauns, though they're not Pendraken's. But Pendraken sells Fauns as well.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-phZxfTHXs1Q/TiBupa9tRqI/AAAAAAAABRY/q-XZz-zz9kE/s320/satyrs%2B003.jpg)
A close up picture at my blog:http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2011/07/tiny-sacred-band-ii.html (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2011/07/tiny-sacred-band-ii.html)
Cheers,
Javier
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: jchaos79 on 24 July 2011, 08:21:43 AM
you are a genious Javier!

Oustandings as always  :D

looking forward to see more
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 24 July 2011, 08:44:57 AM
Thanks Jorge!
Next will be Centaurs from Pendraken, but right now I'm distracted with various other projects, so it will take time.  =)
Javier
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 20 October 2011, 12:18:34 PM
The promised Centaurs and some Harpies too: http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/search/label/Gallery.%2010%20mm.
(http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/search/label/Gallery.%2010%20mm.)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P6wY1Y5mp00/TqANGOKWEQI/AAAAAAAABdo/i5GE6dSp8zE/s1600/sacred%2B001.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QFtSXl5JalI/TqANGeJMlwI/AAAAAAAABd0/kjubDN4gOko/s1600/sacred%2B005.jpg)

EDIT: Pics resized.
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 20 October 2011, 07:37:08 PM
Thank you for the resize!  :)
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: Leon on 20 October 2011, 08:13:04 PM
No bother!  To resize an image, you need to add a width tag to it, so in the first set of image brackets, it would look like this [img width=900].  The number is the pixels wide the image will display at, so 1000 will be the full screen width, 500 is half the screen, etc...

8)
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 20 October 2011, 08:50:13 PM
Quote from: Leon on 20 October 2011, 08:13:04 PM
No bother!  To resize an image, you need to add a width tag to it, so in the first set of image brackets, it would look like this [img width=900].  The number is the pixels wide the image will display at, so 1000 will be the full screen width, 500 is half the screen, etc...

8)
Thanks for this useful information!
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: sixsideddice on 21 October 2011, 12:40:13 PM
Who makes the Harpies blacksmith... are they really Pendraken, I had no idea thy were that nice? They`re awesome.

Deffo on my list of next to get.

Really cool modelling and painting  8)


Six
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 21 October 2011, 02:21:58 PM
Quote from: sixsideddice on 21 October 2011, 12:40:13 PM
Who makes the Harpies blacksmith... are they really Pendraken, I had no idea thy were that nice? They`re awesome.

Deffo on my list of next to get.

Really cool modelling and painting  8)


Six
No, no. I never said the Harpies were from Pendraken, and now you mention them maybe it's been a bit rude from me to publish them here. You have all the info in my blog.
Cheers,
*Edited: I was going to erase the Harpies above but as Leon modified the original message I cannot modify it anymore.
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: sixsideddice on 21 October 2011, 04:30:56 PM
No no, no worries...  I`m just really taken by the Harpies is all. Where ever you got them (I think I know already when I think about it, so will check it out later) I aim to get a few for myself. I see a lot of game potential for them.

One of those very rare moments when I deviate away from all things Pendraken and flesh out my collection with a unit of something else... I do that with N Guage Railway stuff sometimes as well.

Six   :)
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: Leon on 22 October 2011, 01:09:18 AM
Quote from: blacksmith on 21 October 2011, 02:21:58 PM
No, no. I never said the Harpies were from Pendraken, and now you mention them maybe it's been a bit rude from me to publish them here. You have all the info in my blog.
Cheers,
*Edited: I was going to erase the Harpies above but as Leon modified the original message I cannot modify it anymore.

No worries, as long as there is some Pendraken-y goodness included, it's fine!  Where are they from then, just out of curiosity?
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: sixsideddice on 22 October 2011, 09:14:40 AM
Games Workshop`s 10mm Warmaster range.

Looks like about 10/12 plastic minis in a blister pack for £12.50 plus postage (an additional £5 outside of England). Not something I`d normally consider... pricewise alone... but I do like these little guys for what they`d add to my personal Ravenloft/Horror theme.
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: fred. on 22 October 2011, 09:33:04 AM
Warmaster figures aren't quite that expensive, most packs are £8.70 for a unit, and they are still metal.  The number of figures varies depending on the type, with infantry it's typically 36, for cavalry it's 12 and for some  large creatures 3 or even just 1.

They are nice figures, with lots of detail. They are cast in strips which some people love, and others hate. The worst is that they haven't made any new for some years now, and have retiried some of the more unusual figures, and even whole ranges.
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: sixsideddice on 22 October 2011, 09:37:35 AM
QuoteWarmaster figures aren't quite that expensive, most packs are £8.70 for a unit, and they are still metal.

I just checked the price... £12.50 plus postage outside the UK  :(

But they are excellent aren`t they... I have a few of theirs already. Good that they aren`t plastic though; I`d forgotten most of their Warmaster range were made in metal.

Six  :)
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: fred. on 22 October 2011, 09:42:26 AM
Really? The chaos harpies are £8.70 on the UK site
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat490073a&prodId=prod1120159
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: sixsideddice on 22 October 2011, 09:45:06 AM
I always forget, we work in Euro`s... its 12.50 in euro not pounds... sorry Fred. So 12.50 plus 5 euro postage charge = 17.50



http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat490073a&prodId=prod1120159

Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: blacksmith on 23 October 2011, 08:27:42 AM
You can find Warmaster bargains on Ebay. I remember paying 3 GBP for that blister of Harpies....three years ago  :P
Thank you for your kindness Leon but anyway I'll try to post only Pendraken's pictures from now onwards :)
Title: Re: Maze of Mynos!
Post by: fred. on 23 October 2011, 10:17:20 AM
You'll be very lucky to get Warmaster figs for £3 on ebay now. Prices have gone up a lot - often going for near (or even over) retail now.