Mythic Battles: Hera We Go Again

First off let me offer apologies for the pun, it was the best I could think of!
With painting still going ahead but no gaming this week we have a good group of models completed, first off Hera.
Hera is the long suffering wife (and sister) of Zeus who's constant dalliances offend her. In the Mythic Battles back story it is Hera who releases the Titans to gain revenge on Zeus for straying again, this then causes the cataclysm which sees the Gods cast down and the dead rise.

Hera is noticeably shorter than all the other Gods so I mounted her on some cork pieces to lift her up, in game terms she is also only four points as opposed to the six point cost of all the other Gods. Hera does allow you to bring two 5+ point units which combined with her cheaper cost allow you to draft a couple of the big boys into your team.

I also completed the Children of Echidna box, in fact both of the box's I had as I had already opened the first to use the Chimera as an Undead mount. The second Chimera I painted with a brighter scheme and whilst not my favorite model due to some soft features around the head it came out OK.

It's always handy to have a flyer in your Mythic Battles force and the Chimera is a tough fighter with some nice special attacks, if you have the Art of War cards to use them.

Next is a pair of Teumessian fox's which I opted to paint up as red and snow varieties. Having two of the model allowed me to try something different with each of them and the red version is based on a 50mm square for use in Kings of War.

The Teumessian fox is fast and has 5 activation cards and his ability to move away from enemy units would look to make him a perfect unit to capture and carry omphalos back to your divinity.

The last monsters from the box are Basilisks and for these again I put one on a 50mm square and went with contrasting paint schemes. For one I went with colour shift paints which when used over a gloss black base give a metallic sheen effect, the other was painted with normal paints and then the Army Painter 'dip'.

The Basilisk is another unit with the useful (but expensive) Petrify ability which allows it to destroy Troop units and hinder all the others. It also has a rather nice second free attack it can use each turn.

Lastly we have the Manticore which is one of main reasons I re-backed the game in Kickstarter. It's a really nice model and I was annoyed I had not picked it up the first time around.

The models itself is a good size and sits on a 100mm long base just like the Hydra. The wings on the model came in a straight up position just like those on the Chimera so I gave them a soak in hot water which allowed them to be re-positioned into a better pose. The model has got a lot of nice detail on it from the poison dripping tail right up to the tong lolling out of it's mouth.

In game it is another five point flying monster with good attack and defence stats and an interesting ability to lower the attack and defence of your opponent, the Manticore will be looking to get in among the enemy and then grind them down.

That's almost all the Mythic Battles models painted up now with just Poseidon left.