According to Wikipedia, Apocrita is a suborder of insects that includes wasp, bees and ants.
To quote: "The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant."
The picture is of a giant wasp, formerly sold by Mega Miniatures as part of one of their sci-fi ranges. Last year the molds were sold off and while someone else bought the sci/fi range, they did not want the wasp so I picked up that.
I am intending on doing some fantasy riders...
Great site, and certainly a... different acquisition.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I used to collect and paint minitures. Great post, now I have to find my box of creatures :) Happy A to Z
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You painted that? Well done.
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Not I, I'm afraid. It's a photo Mega Miniatures supplied me with. I have taken the first steps to getting them back into production, ordering 60 units from our casting company. Of course, I still need to get riders sculpted, or people can supply their own riders.
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New to me and FREAKY this APOCRITA! #AtoZchallenge ☮Peace ☮ ღ ONE ℒℴνℯ ღ ☼ Light ☼ visiting from http://4covert2overt.blogspot.com/
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