In Greek mythology, Talos was a giant man of bronze who protected Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders, by circling the island's shores three times daily. This is the Grenadier take on him, circa mid-80's:
As with many of the Grenadier figures of the period, it's quite crude - the pose is slightly unnatural, but then I am guessing that was the intention of the sculptor.
The figure was fairly easy to paint - Citadel Tin Bits, then a black wash, then highlights of gold. Due to the height of the figure, the base was a one solid plinth of metal, which I've tried to disguise with stone blocks made out of Milliput, inked and highlighted.
From a gaming perspective, I think its a good figure - it makes an ideal metal guardian for stalking any number of dungeon corridors - but ultimately it suffers from comparison to the classic Ray Harryhausen animated Talos from the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts. Now a scale figure of that by Grenadier would have been something to behold!
Have you seen the Talos miniature that crooked dice do?
ReplyDeleteThat is a mini to behold!
Nice blog by the way, regards for 2014
WOW! That is one amazing mini...I'd love to have a go at one day! Just a small matter of clearing the current lead mountain first... and thank you for your kind words about the blog!
Deletesee, I agree the early Grenadier stuff really put me off buy any of their stuff for years, the only ones I really ever liked was their early 90's Orcs for some reason.....
ReplyDeleteI love the crudeness from the early Grenadier stuff, it has such a charm. But this "Talos" does not do the Ray Harryhausen version justice (most likely due to copyrights, but I digress). Great paint job thought.
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