Fantasy Egyptian

Overview

Mythical Egypt is super cool, and has been since at least the 18th Century.

This army is a mix of a wide variety of figure manufacturers, including Wargods of AEgyptus, Ral Partha, Reaper Bones, older Reaper figures, several different historical manufacturers (unknown), D&D plastics, and museum plastic natural history bug toys.

Avatar of Horus

This figure is by Reaper, called Sokar's Avatar. It mixes just fine with the Wargods of AEgyptus figures. This one is a Reaper Bones (plastic) model, although Reaper sells them in lead as well. Comes unpainted.

In Fantasy Triumph I rate these as:

Cataphract (Terror +2, Armored +1/2, Hearten +1, Away +1/2): 8 pts each.

I often take Delayed Entry on this figure to save 2 pts, representing its supernatural arrival (which also fits with Away, its magical travel ability). Terror because the gaze of Horus cannot be borne by mortals. Hearten because he shouldn't be too easy to kill (although I didn't want to spend the points for Deadly, given that he's got Terror already).

Anubis Guards

These are lead figures by Reaper, dating back a long time; they're called Anubis Guard. In Fantasy Triumph these stands are rated as:

Raider (Prowess +1): 5 pts each

Prowess because these are big, bad-ass guys who look like they can outfight normal Raiders.

Huge Scorpion

This figure is a plastic toy from a natural history museum bug collection. I found three or so different ones online, quite cheap; bought them, and used the one that was the coolest (and the best fit for the base).

In Fantasy Triumph these are rated as:

Knight (Terrain Affinity: Desert +1/2): 4.5 pts each

Terrain Affinity: Desert allows it to treat Dunes and Oasis as open terrain.

Large Scorpions

These are D&D prepainted plastic miniatures. I didn't like the original colors (purpley something) so after some research online into scorpion colors, I decided to paint them gloss black. (There are glossy black scorpions, and they look really cool). Some quick gloss black spraypaint and cutting them off their original bases, and they're done.

In Fantasy Triumph these are rated as:

Light Foot (Prowess +1): 4 pts each

Prowess represents their poison. It isn't really necessary to the stand, conceptually, so I vacillate on whether they should have Prowess or not. I've only got one stand of these guys, so it isn't an important decision to me.

Warriors of Horus

These guys are Wargods of AEgyptus figures. They're bigger and stronger-looking than human figures.

In Fantasy Triumph these are rated as:

Elite Foot (Prowess +1, Armored +1/2): 5.5 pts each

Prowess because they are bad-ass.

Good Human Infantry

These are historical 28mm lead figures; not sure of their manufacturer.

In Fantasy Triumph the bowmen are rated as:

Shooters (no battle cards): 4 pts each

And the spearmen are rated as:

Heavy Foot (no battle cards): 3 pts each

I was tempted to base the Egyptian archers on Bow Levy bases (4 per stand) and rate them as:

Bow Levy (Ranged Attack +1): 3 pts each

But I didn't do it. Might revisit that choice later.

Levy Infantry

I found these in the Flea Market at Historicon five or more years ago. They were already painted by someone else; a serviceable job. I touched them up a bit and decided to use them as lower-ability human soldiers.

In Fantasy Triumph these are rated as:

Heavy Foot (Brittle -2): 1 pts each

I could also have based them up as Horde (no battle cards) and had them be a little more durable, but I liked them as Heavy Foot (Brittle), and I got more bases that way since Heavy Foot are 4 per base, and Horde are 5.

Skirmishers

Nubians were renowned for their archery, and many fought as skirmishers. These two figures are historical 28mm, from two different manufacturers (provenance unknown).

In Fantasy Triumph these are rated as:

Skirmisher (no battle cards): 3 pts each

Sphinx

This is a D&D Mini, prepainted plastic.
In Fantasy Triumph these are rated as:

Elite Cavalry (Flying Slow +1, Negate Magic Self +1/2): 5.5 pts each

Heroes

Given how many unique and interesting figures there are in this genre, the potential for hero figures in Fantasy Triumph is nearly unlimited. Here's two of them, both from Wargods of AEgyptus. I'm in the process of painting others.

Anubi Priest

Herul Hero

Temple of Anubis

This temple was constructed brick by brick using Hirst Arts molds. The bricks are cast plaster, glued together with white glue, then when finished the whole thing washed with a tan wash that soaked into the plaster.

The two Anubis figures were Ebay purchases.

The whole thing weighs like 20 lbs. It's massive. And it has interior rooms.

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