Brass Bull
Reaper
#77256
Bob Olley
2015
A cool Khalkotaur for my undead Classical Greek army. The Khalkotauroi were two large bulls created for King Aeetes of Colchis (modern day Georgia) by the god Hephaestus. Originally, the Khalkotauroi were described as living bulls with bronze hooves and bronze mouths, out of which they breathed fire. Over the years, they've been depicted as fully bronze animated constructs or even clockwork-like machines.
When the hero Jason travelled to Colchis in search of the golden fleece, King Aeetes told him that if he could yoke the Khalkotauroi and plow a field, he could have the golden fleece - thinking the task impossible. But Aeetes' daughter Medea, who had fallen in love with the hero, gave him a magic ointment that would make him immune to the fiery breath of the Khalkotauroi. Jason successfully yoked the bulls and plowed the fields with dragon's teeth, creating a harvest of spartoi - who have now joined the ranks of the undead army!
Dead simple to paint. Black primer over the Reaper bonesium, then a coat of Scale Color Decayed Metal (bronze) and then a wash of GW's Nihilakh Oxide.
Reaper
#77256
Bob Olley
2015
A cool Khalkotaur for my undead Classical Greek army. The Khalkotauroi were two large bulls created for King Aeetes of Colchis (modern day Georgia) by the god Hephaestus. Originally, the Khalkotauroi were described as living bulls with bronze hooves and bronze mouths, out of which they breathed fire. Over the years, they've been depicted as fully bronze animated constructs or even clockwork-like machines.
When the hero Jason travelled to Colchis in search of the golden fleece, King Aeetes told him that if he could yoke the Khalkotauroi and plow a field, he could have the golden fleece - thinking the task impossible. But Aeetes' daughter Medea, who had fallen in love with the hero, gave him a magic ointment that would make him immune to the fiery breath of the Khalkotauroi. Jason successfully yoked the bulls and plowed the fields with dragon's teeth, creating a harvest of spartoi - who have now joined the ranks of the undead army!
Dead simple to paint. Black primer over the Reaper bonesium, then a coat of Scale Color Decayed Metal (bronze) and then a wash of GW's Nihilakh Oxide.
