Mythic Battles - now in three flavors

The monthly painting contest for February over in the forums gave me the incentive to get started on this project, and also to start with some Greek characters. The Isfet Kickstarter campaign included two small expansions for the original Mythic Battles: Pantheon. It’s hard to imagine that Pantheon needs any more models, but Monolith dug up (or maybe planned all along) a handful that they hadn’t done yet.

Chthonian Wrath includes Demeter, goddess of the harvest, and Erinye, who in Greek mythology is a deity associated with vengeance, but the game classifies her as a monster rather than a god. I always try to match board game pieces to the game’s artwork, and Demeter’s very limited color palette was interesting to work with. Erinye was a bit more fun, with brighter colors and some source lighting, which I always enjoy doing.

Keepers of the Soul features a very weird take on Charon, the boatman who ferries souls to the underworld. In the post-apocalyptic world of Mythic Battles, presumably the river Styx has dried up, so Charon has been forced to improvise, wearing his boat around his waist and plodding along on crutches.

This set is rounded out by Thanatos and Hypnos, twin brothers and the gods of death and sleep, respectively. I painted these two entirely in that technique which shall not be named, starting with a drybrushed base coat over black primer and then using Speedpaints to fill in the colors. I thinned the speedpaints a bit so the color would have a washed out look to match the artwork.

Artwork reference: Chthonian Wrath box art by Pascal Quidault; Keepers of the Soul artwork by Loïc Muzy.