The beasties in Arena Rex are some of my favorites. The Helleniki get this seahorse.
As is my tradition with the mounts, I magnetized the rider and tried to hide the magnet in the mount. This rider is kind enough to use his net as a saddle, which give a nice connection to work with.
And of course, we need Dimitrios on foot as well. I guess he’s still kind of sitting on his net.
The freeform nature of list building in Arena Rex makes it easy to talk myself into any of the models. So sure, I started getting the Helleniki.
This set seemed to have a bit more flash on the models than most of the Arena Rex I’ve gotten. But it’s easy enough to trim the paper thin resin.
That shield’s not gonna do much good on your back there, Krios.
I went with a lot of greens for the Helleniki, in part to go with the hint of verdigris I wanted to put on Phaedra.
Crassus is one of the beasts found found within the Arena Rex world. The photos don’t really show it, but it’s a massive model. Amusingly, if you take it in your cohort, after you ‘kill’ it, it becomes a living hazard. Don’t poke the bear!
As a bonus, it also comes with this secondary model. Crassus has been in the pit for some time, evidently. Perhaps a second hazard?
Sereqet is another of the beasts for Arena Rex. Like Caho-Ta and Ladon, it can optionally have a rider. In this case, Zahra is part of the Morituri starter.
Like the other mounts, I drilled and glued in a small magnet to help the rider stay in place.
I wanted a metallic green for the carapace. It came out a bit on the chalky side, but I’m generally pretty happy with it.
As a bonus, this model would work as a pretty good radscorpion for This is Not a Test, Fallout, or other post-apoc games.