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.

Stargate Project: Columns, Obelisks, & Statues

This is the second post covering terrain pieces for my Stargate project. It includes the smaller items. You can see the larger ones here. A nice benefit is that all of these pieces can be used in historical games as well.

I painted these with the same method as the buildings.  I started by spray priming them with two coats of Army Painter Skeleton Bone. Next was an application of Skeleton Bone with a large brush, to cover any areas the spray didn't fully cover and to give a nice even base. Some of the pieces had details that I painted individually.  Then I gave them a wash with watered down Army Painter Soft Tone. This shaded in the hieroglyphs and other details. The final step was two coats of Krylon Matte Varnish.

I bought these four 3D printed columns from Miniature Building Authority as a set. The detail is excellent and each side has different designs. I have them arranged so that you can see each of the sides. The miniature is a 28mm Roman from Footsore's Gangs of Rome range.

A large obelisk from Armorcast with a 28mm Macedonian from Aventine for scale. All the Armorcast pieces have a large variety of hieroglyphs on each side and are nicely done. I have been tempted to go back and paint the larger hieroglyphs similar to how I did some of the buildings in my last post, but have not had the time.  It may be a future improvement.

Two more pieces from Armorcast, (l) a ruined obelisk and (r) a ruined column.  I used the ruined column as a test piece when initially working out the paint scheme.  

Two statues devoted to the Egyptian god Set. The statue on the left is from Dragon Bait Miniatures, whose products will figure prominently in a future post on this project. I have dubbed the jewel on top 'The Eye of Set'. The statue on the right is from Miniature Building Authority and is a 3D print.