The Silver Bayonet – Egypt Spring Clean
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About the Project
I started painting up models for the Egypt expansion of The Silver Bayonet ages ago, but can't find a record of it amongst my projects. I never finished the project and wasn't fully happy with the progress I had made on some of the paint jobs. It seems like a good excuse to record the efforts as a Spring Clean Challenge.
Related Game: The Silver Bayonet
Related Company: North Star Military Figures
Related Genre: Horror
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2025
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Artillerist
Artillerists in other lists have always had a pistol. Haven't read the rules to see why this one hasn't. May put a pistol on the base as discarded after shooting.
I found a small bead that passed as a cannon ball. I had kept most of the models light on weathering and blood, but felt I fancied adding some Blood for the Blood God and Zandri Dust at the coat edges.Scout - Expansion exclusive
Fun model. The online example paint job was a riot of colours.
I used Death Guard Green, Macragge Blue, Mephiston Red on the sash and Wyldwood and Black Legion Contrast on the boots and equipment.
The pantaloons were a Trollslayer thin base, with a Carroburg Crimson shade and a Mephiston Red and Trollslayer Orange mix highlight.Pharaohic mummy.
This 3D Only-Games sculpt was cheap but very uninspiring. 
I can probably improve the paint job, but was unsure what colours to use and how much it should be rotten looking and how much it should look more regal and fantastical. The slender proportions make it look less dramatic and impressive, so I may just use it as a mummy and look for something better.Swarm
I might try to find some scarabs or beetles as a swarm, but these grubs were cheap at Only-Games and think they will proxy as a grim swarm if I can't find something at a price I am happy with.
These were hit with Guilimam Contrast paint and highlighted with Cadian Fleshtone and a higher highlight with a white and Cadian Fleshtone mix.Sphinx?
Only-Games described these as sphinx. I am not sure. They're fearsome bald big cats and if they don't fit into the bestiary I will crowbar them into their own scenario or stat line to make an appearance at some point.
I used different flesh tones to give me the feel and patterntion I wanted.The Janissary
I don't know who the Janissary were so I will have to educate myself.
The yellow/ orange was achieved in an odd way. I tried to lighten up the trousers with some white and then use Casandora Yellow shade to tint it. This didn't work, so I added a white and Trollslayer Orange. This had more pigment of course but didn't give me the colour I wanted. I then turned to a thin Tamaya yellow paint that I had, but this didn't give me what I wanted. In the end I used a thin coat of Wraithbone and the Tamaya yellow and felt it was time to end the journey there. I have other yellows that I should have used, so this is a failed recipe that got me to a mediocre result.
The skin was mostly achieved with an Agrax wash over Cadian Fleshtone. This came out too glossy so I did a highlight mix of Cadian Fleshtone and Mornfang Brown to cover the worst of the gloss effect.I looked up the Janissary and recognised the hats and dress of their 17th century uniforms, but don’t recall seeing them in their early 19th century garb. It seems that they abandoned the high, sail like hats from earlier eras for a more manageable turban. The Janissary don’t seem to survive long after the Napoleonic Wars and just become another element of the Ottoman Army. The wearing of the striking uniforms centuries later seems to engender a feeling of Turkish patriotism and pride, harking back to a time when these relatively elite and successful troops were feared and admired.
3D print Giant Scorpion
Not an amazing mini but does what it says on the tin. A scaled giant scorpion. I couldn't work out how best to base it so there are some exposed basing pins on the feet here and there but I'm not that bothered..
I used some Wyldwood Contrast on the back scales. I used a yellow shade on the poison sting at the end of the tail. The rest was just Agrax Earthshade and Zandri Dust drybrush.3D print Mummies
Found some cheap mummies on Only-Games.
I went for Athonian Camoshade to taint the faces and exposed skin with a mild green tone. The rest were hit with Agrax Earthshade. Then to make it easier to tell them apart I tried different levels of bandage highlight. One barely dry brushed, one drybrushed more heavily and one with a higher white highlight.
