The Gorgons - Euryale

 

First addition to the Cursed Host of Hera is the Gorgon Euryale, a 28mm model from Footsore Miniatures for Mortal Gods Mythic. The Gorgons were Theno (Stheno), Euryale and Medusa and were reportedly the offspring of the mother and father of all monsters in Greek Mythology, Echidna and Typhon. Interestingly Theno and Euryale were immortal and Medusa was mortal. The reason for this might be that Medusa had different parents and was considered to be the offspring of Phorkys and Keto and not Echidna and Typhon; more on Medusa in another post. The Gorgons are part snake, ugly with snakes for hair and anyone foolish enough to  gaze into their eyes would turn into stone. I will be looking at modelling some hapless victims for scenery from spare Greek miniatures I have in the lead pile. Another famous offspring of Echidna and Typhon was Cerberus the guardian of the gate to the Underworld. Sadly, Cerberus is currently not included in the Mortal Gods Mythic game, but I do have a rather lovely resin model to paint that I picked up from Bad Squidoo Games, and I'm hoping that a card and rules for Cerberus will be added at some point.  The remaining Gorgons are on the painting table. 

The Bronze Age project has suffered some delays due to work and the weather, but I managed to finish a large batch of figures this afternoon. I'm hoping to start basing them up tomorrow, so it shouldn't be too long before they make an appearance on the blog.

Source: https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Gorgons/gorgons.html

The Graeae

It has been a slow week, recovering from been assaulted two days running on the ward and currently off with a mild concussion. As a consequence, no painting has been done, but I do have some figures to show that I'd painted after the last game of Mortal Gods. 

28mm Graeae from Wargames Foundry for games of Mortal Gods. I've had these figures in the lead pile for many years and thought they'd make suitable objective markers for games of Mortal Gods and Mortal Gods Mythic. The Perseus figure is part of the set as sold by Wargames Foundry. 

The Graeae are minor gods in Greek Mythology, probably most noted for their appearance in the myth of Perseus in his quest to find the location of three magic objects that could kill Medusa. They were the daughters of Phorcys, and Keto (sea gods) and their names were Enyo (Horror), Deino (Dread) and Pemphredo (Alarm).  The Graeae shared one tooth and an eye, which can be seen bring held out by one of the sisters. They were also sisters to the Gorgon Medusa, but not the other two Gorgons Theno and Euralys. More of the Gorgons in another post!

Source: https://www.greekmythology.com.htm