Legions of The Petal Throne - Painting Guide
Legions of The Petal Throne - Painting Guide
Legions of The Petal Throne - Painting Guide
T-4 Two-Handed Swordsman, the Legion of Red metal plaques similarly over the insteps and with gilt handle, leather-wrapped hilt. Hanging
Devastation: toes. His cape may have the stylised flame sym- from ear-pieces of helmet are leather flaps,
This figure has the flame-red helmet crest of bol worked in gold and black on the back. He sometimes dyed in a “trim” colour: red, yel-
the God Vimúhla; his helmet is blue, however, carries a gilded Chlén-hide mace with steel or low, etc.
except for front and side gold or silver trim. He copper spikes, and at his side he may have the Yán Koryáni Standard-bearer:
has a mail aventail of small steel links; highly sacrificial dagger of copper used by this sect.
This man wears the typical “regular” Yán
decorated inlaid metal or Chlén-hide epaulettes T-6 Medium Infantry from Sokátis: Koryáni helmet with vertical thin metal plaques
with basic blue colour and other colours or lacquered alternately turquoise or green and
metals as trim; blue Chlén-hide muscled cui- This man wears a Chlén-hide blue-dyed helmet
with a metallic crest. He has shoulder epau- white, with gold trim. The central crest is gold
rass; steel-link chain mail half-sleeves with gold or a brilliant metallic emerald green. Ear-pieces
or blue Chlén-hide or metal banding; metallic lettes of Chlén-hide and a leather siege coat to
protect him from light missiles, etc. He has a are metal, and aventail is made of small metal
blue Chlén-hide vambraces; belt of inlaid metal plaques sewn on soft leather. Epaulettes are
kilt of white cloth, greaves of blue-dyed and
plaques; over-kilt of soft white or light blue green-lacquered metal or Chlén-hide, with gilt
decorated Chlén-hide, with sandals of leather.
cloth; under-kilt of mail sewn on leather; sil- or silver trim, some red tracing also possible.
vered or blued Chlén-hide greaves; soft red His halberd is of Chlén-hide, with a wooden
handle and a light Chlén-hide head dyed metal- Scale cuirass of metal sewn on dull fabric tu-
leather shoes with metallic plates sewn on tops; nic. Belt is elaborately engraved metal on leath-
lic blue, silvered, or coloured. On his back he
cape is usually white or light blue with red, er. Over-kilt is made of large horizontal strips
black, or dark blue striping horizontally or ver- carries a Chlén-hide shield with a demon face
on it; this is highly coloured in blue, metals, of soft dun-coloured leather; underkilt is dark
tically. Often the cape will have a central em- green or other colour cloth. Metal greaves and
white, red, etc. etc. The people of Sokátis often
broidered ornament on back. Great two- banded vambraces; leather shoes with metal
use black as a trim colour, more so than other
handed sword is of steel, gold hilt, leather plates on top. Steel or Chlén-hide sword in
Tsolyáni.
wrapped handle. metallic silver, gilt hilt. Standard is a gilded
shaft, turquoise, gold, and white large feathers
at base, then highly coloured and gilded “drag-
on” head above, with “tail” of long green and
white plumes. Other colours are sometimes
used, depending on the Legion; black and
green, red and green, turquoise and gold, etc.
Helmet plume matches this.
nostrils show through the peeling, rotting skin. side they are serving in a battle — they never
He wears a black leather belt with copper become confused, although their human em-
studs, with the dagger and pouches hanging at ployers do! The Ahoggyá may also wear tubu-
his “waist.” His body shades to black under- lar body armour, which fits rather like a stove-
neath, at the backs of his legs, and on the feet. pipe just under their eyes, leaving their mouth
The sword is again steel, with a silver, copper, free. An armoured covering for their upper
etc. hilt. carapace is also seen, although the thickness of
His shield is of a curious shape, black wood the latter really renders this strictly unneces-
fronted with raised metal discs, highly emboss- sary.
ed. The shield is black, and the discs are cop-
per.
NH-4 Ahoggyá:
These are several sexes (as much as one can
make out). The “males” are brownish, ranging
from a light yellowish brown or tan on upper
surfaces to a dark brown on the body and un-
der the limbs. There are also slate-grey Ahog-
gyá and a bluish-grey one, but the “sex” of
these is not clear. There are even occasional
rare greenish grey ones, but these do not
emerge to fight in human wars. The Ahoggyá
has a knobbly, rough light brown carapace on
top, arms of a darker colour shading into the
darker browns of the body. They are bristly
and rough, with smaller bristles on their bony
arms and elgs, longer hair on their bodies.
They wear little clothing: usually just armlets
of steel or copper, an elaborate belt hung with NH-5 The Sró:
weapons and pouches, and occasionally inlaid
decorations on their thick upper carapaces. These great beasts have two basic colours, de-
NH-3 The Hláka: The purpose of these is not known. The Ahog- pending upon the sex: males have a dark green
This small flying humanoid ranges from five gyá has yellowish eyes, set in brownish or body and black wings, with lighter green
feet to about six feet in height. The Hláka is a greenish-brown skin just under his carapace. around the mouth. Their three horns tend to be
leathery greyish-brown, shading to lighter His mouth has reddish-brown “lips” around it greenish white. Their eyes are red spheres with
greys mixed with tan on the wing membranes, and yellowish teeth. On all four sides of his nictitating black membranes and a central
and with darker brown areas along the spine, at body he has eyes, but there is only one mouth; round pupil. Their teeth are whitish, their
the joints, and on the slender hands and feet. the other three sides have sexual, auditory, and forked tongue bright red, shading to brown
Along the top of the head and down the upper olfactory organs under the eyes. These are best and black in the corners of the mouth. Their
back there is a curly greyish ruff of what ap- pictured as small amorphous lumps, painted a huge wings are black, with dull green ribbing
pears to be somewhat of a cross between fur slightly lighter tone of brown or yellow-tan. and claws. The male Sró is lighter underneath,
and feathers; this conceals the Hláka’s hearing The claws and nails of the Ahoggyá are black. ranging to a dull medium green. His claws are
organs. The muzzle is light brownish grey, with He carries simple, crude weapons of several gleaming black. The female Sró, on the other
black nostrils, and blackish areas around the varieties. He prefers steel but also uses Chlén- hand, is more bluish-green, speckled with sil-
three deep-set eyes. These eyes are a curious hide. His swords are thus . . . steel-coloured, ver, and shading to lighter, brighter blues in the
translucent blue-green in colour on most with leather-wrapped handles, a bit of gold on areas mentioned above. Very old Sró tend to
Hláka, although individuals may have black or the hilts, etc. His maces are Chlén-hide or become darker and more blackish, though re-
reddish pupils. The teeth are an ivory white, wood with metal spikes. He may also carry a taining their sex-differentiated colours. A faint
and the lips shade from brown to black. Al- round dish-shaped shield, always lacquered wash of silver can be used to highlight the
though the Hláka are an ancient cultured race, black and deep red, dark purple and dark scales of the Sró and give the slight sheen and
and their abilities and intellects are as high or green, etc. While the Shén may wear a helmet iridescence to the scales which are required.
higher than their human comrades, they tend crest of the colour of the human country for The huge sword is always bright silver with a
to disdain armour and rely instead upon their which they are fighting, the Ahoggyá never do, bronze or gold hilt.
speed and flying skill. At most, therefore, they and thus sometimes only they can tell which
wear a light belt of Chlén-hide with a golden
buckle and a sheathed short dagger of Chlén-
hide in a brown leather sheath. The Hláka may
carry a light javelin of wood with a Chlén-hide
point, or a sheaf of smaller throwing darts (us-
ually three to a bundle). Occasionally a slender
stabbing sword (almost like a rapier) is used.
The Hláka’s tail is a long greyish-white stab-
bing rapier as well, being composed of a bony,
flexible cartilage. Some Hláka decorate this tail
with rings or ornaments of gold and may put a
delicate needle point of steel on it as well.
Hláka weapons are usually poisoned with a
dull blue-green substance brewed by them from Y-2
certain local plants. The Hláka usually wears T-2
no other clothing, nor does he carry a shield. For figures T-2 and Y-2 the spears should be glued to the figure in an
Occasionally a strip of coloured cloth may be upright fashion so the figures can be ranked in a unit.
worn.
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