The Next Sacrifice...

Another Sacrifice...

This is another one of Federico's sculpts that almost by accident - rather than design - fits perfectly with the Chamber of Sacrifice project.

Per my last post there are planned to be eight(8) columns - three with the captives shown, three with those same figures with minimal clothing (torn, loincloths, or whatever) and a column without a captive. This left one of the eight columns unaccounted for, unless the "empty" column were used twice.

The single "empty" column is obviously the one that previously held the woman in the Sacrifice set. I had toyed with the idea of yet another captive, but then remembered that Federico had offered me this sculpt - perfect! She can be "in the queue" as it were, waiting to become...

...the Next Sacrifice!

Probably need a guard or two to stand over her...

What larger set?

The Chamber of Sacrifice

I mentioned that the sacrifice vignette is going to be part of a larger set. I am working with Federico on producing a "Chamber of Sacrifice" set which will include resin scenery pieces. The above pictures show the floor templates I had laser cut by Litko Aerosystems.

The two greens of female captives chained to columns shown in the picture above are some sculpts that Federico did earlier and previewed on the Frothers site. I liked them and was inspired with an idea for a themed terrain piece. I emailed Federico and purchased the greens and asked him to do the male captive also shown above.

The screws standing in the pictures show where additional columns will be located. When the three captives have been mastered I will send them back to Federico to get versions with some scraps of clothing. I have also requested a column without any captive chained to it.

Having advanced thus far I began considering what else we could do. Perhaps a well or abyss in the central floor piece? Then I remembered the EPT art and requested Federico to sculpt that as a vignette. The concept being we can offer it separately or as part of the larger "Chamber of Sacrifice" set.

There are plans afoot for a general Temple of Sarku/Durritlamish release of companion figures: guards, priest/priestesses, acolytes, drummers, horn blowers, worshippers, etc. I am gathering ideas - so if you have any let me know.

The Sacrifice...

The Sacrifice, by Federico Genovese

Based upon art from the original Empire of the Petal Throne rules, and intended as part of a larger set.

How Swamp Folk walk...

A discussion on the Frothers forum prompted me to go out and find some indication about how Swamp Folk might walk. This is what I found:

Draft Horse

From the works of Eadweard Muybridge. I have two books that collect some of his stop motion photography; one is for his human subjects, the other for animals.

There used to be a question as to whether all a horse's hooves really left the ground when it gallops. Muybridge was able to conclusively prove that they do. Previously it had been in dispute.

Pictures Fixed!

I don't know why it is, but lately whenever I upload pictures I keep getting issues with them not loading properly. They end up with wierd, pixilated streaks across them as if the data didn't all upload. I don't know if this is some problem related to Blogger or my service provider or what but, in this latest instance, it is now fixed.

Please see my last post for non-streaky, non-pixelated WIP pics of the upcoming Swamp Folk. 26mm to the eyes.

Oh, wait - it doesn't have any eyes...(yet!)

First Look: The Swamp Folk

Swamp Folk WIP pics

Just a quick post to show off the latest stuff Ian Mountain is working on for us: Swamp Folk!

As the Swamp Folk have never been done in miniatures before, I hope you Tekumel fans will all be as excited as I am! :-)

These will , of course, be available through the Tekumel Club in due course....

We're Ba-aack!

So our trip down to Fall In was successful. Picked up our first castings - yay! - and delivered some to those that had asked to pick them up at the Con. Crossing the border there was a maze of red tape but not really as much trouble as I had expected. (Yay - Again!)

I've been sorting out the Tekumel Club blog...hope to finish it this evening. You can check it out here:

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