Stargate Project: Goa'uld

 An essential part of any Stargate project are the villains of the show, the Goa'uld.  A race of evil parasites, they take control of their human hosts and pose as gods, ruling the human population on various worlds as slaves.  The original movie and the early seasons of the show feature Goa'uld named after Ancient Egyptian dieties.  Later seasons expand to using gods from other cultures.  I suspect they were running out of Egyptian ones.

I wanted to use Egyptian-themed miniatures.  I had seen another gamer use the Wargods of Aegyptus range from Crocodile Games.  I searched through their catalog and picked out several possibilities.  The offical retail prices are high, but I eventually found 3 on sale at Noble Knight and bought them.  And then they sat in my closet for several years.

When I started on this project in late 2024, I got them out and started painting.  The Crocodile figures are on the fantasy Egyptian end of the spectrum, but given that Stargate mixes ancient motifs and scifi, that didn't bother me.  I think the faces on these are very expressive, they express the proper contempt for their slaves and enemies that was displayed on the show.

I took photos of these earlier in 2025, but recently got a new iPhone so reshot them with the better camera.

This is my favorite of the Wargods miniatures witth a great pose and arrogant expression. I can definitely see him saying a phrase used on the show "Bow down to your god."  I am leaning towards naming him Amun or Thoth.

I think this one resembles Aphophis from the show, the main villain for the first few seasons.

I've named this one after the goddess Bastet because she has a catlike face.    

A small falcon and sarcophagus statue came in two of the packs, so I painted them up as objective markers.

I wanted more than 3 Goa'uld for the scenarios I had in mind.  I monitored ebay and other websites for a while but couldn't find any more of the Wargods range at a price I was willing to pay.  I searched the Lead Adventure Forum for Egyptian topics and found a reference to Dragon Bait Miniatures  I had never heard of this company located in Massachusetts, USA.  They carry several small lines from different sculptors: historical, fantasy, pulp, and scifi, including an Egyptian range.  They looked good in the photos so I ordered several packs and they arrived 3 days later.

They are great miniatures.  There was little-to-no flash and the detail is excellent.  I enjoy painting but these were fun to paint, which doesn't happen often for me.  I encourage you to check Dragon Bait out and see if they have anything that catches your eye.

This Pharoah is perfect for my games.  He looks like a temple painting come to life. I think I will use him as Horus.                           

Queen Cleopatra VII, based on the Elizabeth Taylor version according to the Dragon Bait website; I can see the resemblance.  The headdress is fantastic.  She will be Sekhmet.                                         

This miniature and the next one came in a set with the pharaoah.  They could be used either as minor Goa'uld who serve the greater ones or human servants. A nobleman according to the website, I will use him as a minor goa'uld named after the god Ptah.                   

 Described as a priest on the website, perhaps one of the jaffa priests?

I think they mix well.  This project is almost complete, I am finishing a few more things now, with a month to go until Historicon.