NovaHue Paints

I got another paint set from Amazon.

NovaHue in 50ml bottles.

It came with a collapsible cup.

Kinda nice space saver.

And a mixing palette, I rarely mix paints and usually do so on aluminum foil.

A bunch of paint brushes and a trowel and a sponge.  Sponge pictured above with the paint jars.

The paint is thick like poster paints.

I likely will use it to paint backgrounds or maybe little dollar store buildings.

I did paint a couple dollar store buildings and it worked out okay.
 

Catwoman and King Tut?

In the TV series Batman, he fights two characters who often use ancient Egyptian iconography.

Catwoman often has cat related Egyptian statues in her lair.

The Sphinx is a lion with a human head.

And of course there is King Tut, who always has a very large, very elaborate lair filled with Egyptian art and statues.

I always thought it would be a natural crossover to have both Catwoman and King Tut working together to get some Egyptian artifact.

Or perhaps the two of them could be working at cross purposes to one another, each trying independently to steal an ancient Egyptian themed item with a cat theme.

Here King Tut makes an appearance!  Holy Boy King, Batman!
 

What Good is a Sphinx?

The Sphinx is mostly found in Egypt.  During the First Battle of El Alamein, in July of 1942, forces of the Afrika Korps got to within 60 miles of the Sphinx and Giza Pyramids.   

Sphinx have also been found in Syria, Israel, Turkey, and Greece.

James Bond was in Egypt among the ruins during The Spy Who Loved Me, so international espionage and intrigue and adventure can happen with a Sphinx. 

Ancient artifacts are often taken apart and re-assembled in other nations as monuments, or museum pieces so a sphinx could be found almost anywhere.

Ancient monuments are sometimes copied and used as tourist attractions at locations far from where the original is located.

So a Sphinx could play a role in many different kinds of toy soldier set ups, and miniature wargames and role playing games.
 

Reptile Toys

I like to shop the pet department for terrain.

Ancient Egypt used the Sphinx a lot more than just the giant one tourists go visit.

So having models of smaller ones can be useful.  This pet toy is for lizards.

Add a few palm trees and some beach sand and you have a quick set up of tourists visiting a sphinx.

It is nicely detailed all around.