CREATING PRINCE TUTENKHANUT
BY TY FINOCCHIARO
This article is one of the US Web Team's "Fleshing Out" series,
which bring tiny bits of the Warhammer world
to life.
Throughout the Codexes, Army books, evocative Games Workshop imagery, and background
material, countless individuals and champions have been mentioned. Some of
these heroes have been given the royal treatment by the talented GW sculptors
and realised in model form for the tabletop. Others have not.
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Ty Finnochiaro |
Ty: These Fleshing Out articles will be all about the characters
that may have a really interesting back story but never
quite made it into official model form. To bring these characters
out of the shadows, we'll challenge talented conversion
artists and painters to model these characters and show
us how they did it. Of course, none
of these projects will be official in any way
- each one will simply be an individual's interpretation
of how a previously unmodelled character would look. We won't
discuss stats or rules since the focus here is on modelling.
We just want to provide a fun way to get folks thinking
about and then building unique models.
Alright, now that we know what this article is about,
it's time to check out Prince Tutankhanut. He had the honour
of
being the first character in the Fleshing Out series. He
is mentioned as a bit of background material (quoted below)
on
p. 65 of Warhammer Armies: Tomb Kings. Ty Finocchiaro
of the Black Gobbo crew converted and painted this
model. The thing that drew him to Tutankhanut was the fact
that the story mentions that the character has some sort
of protective golden body. That's rad. Also, as Tutankhanut
was
a skilled archer in life, Ty wanted to make a neat staff
for the model that could chuck bolts of energy instead of
boring
old arrows – being a Tomb
King does have its benefits,
after all. Check out how Ty made this cool conversion by
following
the links below.
Prince Tutankhanut
was the only son of the wealthy King Ahken of
Numas and was famed throughout Nehekhara for
his handsome features. Tragically, the young
Prince was slain before he had even come of
age at 15. He had been hunting lions, for he
was renowned as a particularly skilled bowman,
even when speeding along the plains on his war-chariot.
Separated from his hunting party, a crude spear
hurled by a savage northern tribesman smashed
into his chest and threw him from his chariot.
Adored by his wealthy father, Prince Tutankhanut
was given an elaborate burial. When the young
King awoke from his death sleep he was horrified
at his withered skeletal form. According to
the Nehekharan beliefs, in the afterlife, the
Gods would bestow each king with a body of gold.
Tutankhanut was furious to find this was not
the case and demanded that his priests fashion
him such a body. When he arises from his tomb
resplendent in his golden body and death mask,
the still living people of Numas hearken to
his call – they perceive him as blessed
by the Gods. When the Prince and his army march
to war, the people join behind the icon of Tutankhanut
as they march alongside their long-dead ancestors
to war. Tutankhanut has led his army to many
victories. Fighting in the thick of battle,
his golden form deflects even the most powerful
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