Figura Obscura - Anubis and Bastet - Gods of Ancient Egypt

While we have introduced an incredible amount of variety into Figura Obscura with our first 6 releases, we had yet to add a female character to the line. Eric knew this was a perfect chance to make this happen, while also allowing us to do something unexpected with Figura Obscura by releasing 2 distinct figures at once! This decision was also a way for us to get another member of the Egyptian pantheon made now, making it a winning decision all around.

To create Anubis, Eric decided that he wanted to resculpt the entire 1.0 “bare” body. In fact, some of the barbarian parts that were first seen publicly in the Mythic Legions: Rising Sons wave were actually sculpted months earlier with the Anubis project. 

For the heads of Anubis, Eric created 3 distinct looks, including two that were more realistic animal heads (passive and growling) and one which was based on statuary and artistic depictions of this god. Those heads, along with options to display the god with either human or animal feet, give this figure a nice variety of options.

For Bastet, the original idea for the figure was to utilize mostly existing tooling from our 2.0 library of parts. Of course, once Eric began working on the character, he found himself inspired and excited. Rather than making use of the existing library, he resculpted this figure as well. The torso began with the one first created for the Mythic Legions Illythia figure. It was adjusted to create Bastet. For the arms and legs, Eric sculpted brand new limbs. Some of those new parts would also be seen first in the Rising Sons wave, specifically for the arms used on the Manisha Cinderhorn figure.

Like Anubis, Bastet also came with a few display options, including a removable headdress and portraits in both the realistic style like Anubis and a more statuary version of the “Mother of Cats”.