Ye Gods! An Olympian Appreciation

[tahra]

Thank you for the review!

I always thought she should be in browns or greens - foresty like colors..

I still have hope to round up enough of her legs for a legion though...

[Macruran]

A foresty coloured Artemis is a good idea! As is a purple legion 

[Ismene]

Those are Artemis' kickboxing clothes. 

Apollo must have been challenging. He's generally depicted stark naked with a bit of cloth, covering not much. I don't hate what they did, but it would look more suitable if the top and the bottom were the same color (as if it's a continuous piece of cloth, rather than him wearing a skirt and a tank top). The giant trim could be toned down. I would have made the laurels green (since they come from a myth where someone turns into a laurel tree).

It would have been interesting to have them as a coordinating pair: Artemis in a silvery short tunic and Apollo in gold.

The deer is lovely, and it's a nice change to have the bow and arrows in silver. It's a shame Apollo didn't come with an animal.

[Macruran]

Those are Artemis' kickboxing clothes. 

 

Apollo must have been challenging. He's generally depicted stark naked with a bit of cloth, covering not much. I don't hate what they did, but it would look more suitable if the top and the bottom were the same color (as if it's a continuous piece of cloth, rather than him wearing a skirt and a tank top). The giant trim could be toned down. I would have made the laurels green (since they come from a myth where someone turns into a laurel tree).

It would have been interesting to have them as a coordinating pair: Artemis in a silvery short tunic and Apollo in gold.

The deer is lovely, and it's a nice change to have the bow and arrows in silver. It's a shame Apollo didn't come with an animal.

Excellent points! I especially like the idea of making them a gold/silver pair. Maybe next time!

[Macruran]

Without further ado - HḖPHAISTOS

We have here the Greek god of blacksmithery and associated concepts. Known to the Romans as "Vulcan", he is thus the only classical god named after a Star Trek planet!



Resplendent in his apron, and outfitted with a panoply of tools, he looks every inch the forger! Not sure about those leathern greaves though







I'm going to give this fellow, intended to portray the blacksmith god, a solid 5 out of ten, because while he is very strongly a BLACKSMITH, he is not at all a GOD. There's not a single goddy thing about him. Tools, apron, beard...you could drop him in a medieval dio and he'd fit right in. Nice, but not what the Greek gods theme calls for.

[Basie10]

He looks like the kind of guy that would ask his mates out to the pub to listen to some Cold Chisel, or possibly Nine Inch Nails, and then get hammered

[klickyklack]

  this thread..  I'm loving the commentary & photos.

I don't have ANY of the Greek gods, but dammit, Demeter & Athena are so lovely.  My wallet is crying something about going to crows 

[Tiermann]

That's a great figure, but yes he could have had a Greek Key detail on the apron or something to make him stand out a bit. Maybe a helmet. At this point I would say a version of the Invincibus helmet would be great for him. I don't think that mold existed when the figure was created.

[Macruran]

Forgot a criticism: the shield he's working on doesn't even look Greek. Missed opportunity to add another cool Greek shield design!