"Dejah Thoris Revealed! " Topic

Hi Everyone!

Well it has come down to the last 48 hours of the campaign! It has been quite an exciting project with the release of a large number of cool new miniatures. We are getting closer to unlocking the next stretch goal which is the skeletal guards II set and I'm hopeful this wont be long. Yesterday, I received some new images of recently completed sculpts by David Soderquist which include the two female warriors with axes that are part of the unlocked stretch goal set, Egyptian Female Guards IV. There is also an image of the 2nd Tomb Robber set, which is the final stretch goal reward that is available for the campaign. I am going to post a few more images of these tomb robbing desperadoes in the gallery – they really are packed full of detail and character. To give a better chance of reaching the Tomb Robber set I am going to reduce the goal to $13,000 USD to unlock them.

I have another surprise for you all – three amazing new Add-Ons! These are NOT stretch goal rewards, so there is no goal to be reached – Everyone can simply add them to their perk by making a contribution for the amount required and letting me know your selections. I was not sure these models would be sculpted in time before the end of the campaign, but pharaoh's overseer is persuasive and reach of his whip is long ;) The first Add-On was sculpted by Brother Vinni and is of a mummy kidnapping one of pharaoh's concubines, inspired by the Lon Chaney 1942 horror classic, The Mummy's Tomb. This awesome set also includes a standing version of the concubine and is available for only $15. USD The next new Add-On is the waterline crocodile sculpted by Andy Pieper – silently waiting in the Nile for a victim to snatch in its terrible jaws. This model is 25mm x 50mm (the same dimensions as a horse base) and is only $5. USD Finally, Dave Soderquist sculpted a lovely Egyptianised Dejah Thoris inspired model, called pharaoh's favourite. Adorned in lots of gold and jewels and little else, pharaoh's favourite holds a mirror and is yours for only $5 USD! I thought it might be fun to end the campaign with a bang by surprising you all with these new Add-On models. Thanks for your support and contributions – this range would not exist without them! All the best Mike

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Mike has commissioned some really stunning sculpts in his 4th Indiegogo campaign. I particularly like the Egyptian hunting hounds, and these last 3 add-ons are very welcome too

Great figures, I'd really like to get some of his undead

Some of the figures they have coming out look really great. Some, in my opinion, not so much. Not sure what application I will use them for, but there are a few which have caught my eye for sure.

Here are a couple of threads with some ideas…

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Altfritz,

I am actually thinking of using one of the, uh, more fully dressed ladies as a Princess of some sort of a Punic Lybian tribe for a command stand.

The idea I am floating now is a Princess who is fearful of her uncles gaining to much power, so she travels with her army so that it remains loyal to her. I would probably put a body guard or two with her, maybe someone with some fruits and wine, and a Greek general to be the real commander. Maybe as a divisional commander in hail caesar. It would be unique at least.

As I recall, in the original books she was pretty much always "revealed," was she not?

The bottom row of pictures looks uncomfortably like Snooki from Jersey Shore. :(

I've painted a couple of these. The Brother Vinni ones are gorgeous but some of the others are quite dodgy.

Glad 'some' of you like 'some' of them :)

Only 17 hours to go before the campaign ends. All of the stretch goals have been unlocked and there are the new Add-ons above which are also on offer. If the girls are not your thing there are plenty of undead, animals and even a monster – Cheers Mike

Not sure if a concubine holding a mirror can be "Dejah Thoris inspired". Dejah Thoris wouldn't be caught dead in such a role.

I understand the "outfit" is similar -- jewelry and little raiment, but it's a case of similar means to two different ends.

With Dejah Thoris the attire is cultural; that is how her people dress. That she is astonishingly beautiful is an accident and no gentleman should get the wrong idea; any cad getting too close will be set straight with strong words, blows, daggers, swords, pistols, or any other means necessary, all justified.

With a concubine the attire is *exactly* about making sure a man gets the aforementioned "wrong idea", except of course, in this case it's actually the right idea. The man is *supposed* to act on it.

I know the sculptor understands this, it explains why the figure is holding a mirror not a sword but really, it's the wrong context to use the name at all.

Ummm yeah . . . think your putting a little too much thought into the roles that Dejah Thoris may or may not have and this miniature.

The miniature is partially based on a comic book image of Dejah Thoris by Arthur Adams and that's why it is 'inspired' by the aforementioned Martian princess. She is 'Egyptianised' by giving her some items of jewelry with Egyptian motifs and the mirror she is carrying is from an Egyptian tomb. Whether someone intends to use her as Dejah Thoris and all the implications that may entail is up to them.

The mummy carrying the princess triggered my "gotta have it!" reflex and caused me to donate. I'm not ashamed.

This could make a good figure for Queen La of Opar. I'm always looking for something for her but I'm heavily influenced by the Russ Manning (if I remember right) depictions in the comic book series of the Sixties. La was exotically garbed in a mythic Atlantean rig, very striking.