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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Ultravanillasmurf on September 13, 2020, 07:07:03 PM
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Once my local book shop re-opened, I ordered an assortment of books including Oathmark.
Here is my brief review of the game.
https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/08/oathmark-review.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/08/oathmark-review.html)
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For those not wanting to click the link, I was intrigued by the rules, and filled with more enthusiasm than sense, I picked up a couple (more) boxes of Fireforge historicals from a model shop.
I then ran out of bases, so for a not-Colours order I bought a few boxes (and bases) from North Star.
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Hopefully this thread will chronicle the building of mighty armies and their battles.
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Basing
Oathmark works with 25mm square bases for infantry (with a maximum frontage of five bases). Now I have a lot of assembled (but unpainted) Frostgrave figures, all on 25mm round bases.
Luckily Renedra have an elegant solution - sabot bases.
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Other companies have similar bases (I am looking at getting some from Products For Wargamers which have three 50mm round holes for larger figures - they are in MDF).
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I look forward to seeing your project develop.
I just picked up Battlesworn, and it has some interest additions to the game (Riverine craft and a different type of campaign primarily) ive not played Oathsworn yet but it has a lot of elements I like.
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Just today I also used the word "intriguing" in regards to Oathmark, so I will follow your thread with high interest :)
The "Lots of 25mm Round Skirmish Minis" situation also applies to me, so I might get myself some of those Renedra Trays though I am thinking of eventually trying to play the game with the classic 20mm squares bases (which might depend on some feedback I might get in my questions thread about Oathmark).
Godspeed for your new project, I can absolutely relate to all of a sudden having begun a new one. Your phrase "filled with more enthusiasm than sense" perfecty describes a phenomenon very well known to me ;)
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Thanks Historiker, only just seen this.
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I highly recommend Products for Wargamers as a supplier. I have always had excellent customer service and quality products from them, both in person at Crisis and via post. They are also the most affordable I found for the 25mm sabot trays.
Now I am looking forward to seeing how your project comes along Ultravanillasmurf!
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Really looking forward to seeing your armies, be they Gnolls or others, as I am quite fond of the design direction of the North Star miniatures lines.
Particularly interested seeing the Elf Light Infantry as the only thing having kept me from buying those was that I hope that Northstar will release some Human Rangers eventually. We all know from Rangers of Shadow Deep that they do know how to get these right!
Oathmark really had a rough start due to it being released right in the middle of this whole global mess but I do think that there is great potential there and that Osprey are correct in having it positioned as one of their main games.
As said: All the best for the project!
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So, here is my first rank of Gnoll Linebreakers.
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Out of the box Frostgrave Gnolls with some Green stuff details and Anvil Renaissance Pauldrons.
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Another two ranks of Gnoll Infantry to assemble, but lots to paint.
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Really like the pauldrons. Takes away the "We are D&D villains" vibe and makes them look like an organized fighting force!
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Thanks.
If I was to do them again I would have added some armour to their chests (I only decided to up-armour them after assembly).
They do have some added armour on the backs.
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Very cool that you are already diving into the other unit types apart from the run-of-the-mill warriors. So far I have not assembled a single linebreaker.
Currently I am thinking that I might just use my square human infantry shields on some of the dwarf infantry to identify them as warriors instead of soldiers. Don't really like the Heavy Infantry Dwarf kit (too playful armour, too "evil dwarf-y" for me).
Will you do a whole Gnoll army or just several Gnoll units to use in a wider kingdom?
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Very cool that you are already diving into the other unit types apart from the run-of-the-mill warriors. So far I have not assembled a single linebreaker.
Thanks.
A couple of the Linebreakers were from my original build when I bought my first box for Frostgrave (I do need to find Into the Breeding Pits sometime).
So they were to reduce the number of figures I needed and to make the army slightly different.
Will you do a whole Gnoll army or just several Gnoll units to use in a wider kingdom?
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Well I ended up ordering two more boxes from North Star in August.
Because of the way you can build armies, I am building small armies that can be combined into larger armies. I have not planned beyond the initial 550 points really.
I do intend to build as much as I can for a Gnoll army.
I have Gnoll Soldiers, Archers and Linebreakers. Warriors might well need more Pauldrons from Anvil, or bits from the Skeletons.
Not sure how to build Spears, the bows are held horizontally so they would need wrist work. I might use the two handed spear arm.
I have one Snow Troll (Heresy), and need to order some more.
I am planning on building some Spellcasters (using the great Sword arms).
The Demon Renders included some armoured digitigrade legs which would be good for Command/Champion figures.
Plastic Hyenas would be great (but unlikely) so might use the wolves from the goblins set (if available separately).
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Currently I am thinking that I might just use my square human infantry shields on some of the dwarf infantry to identify them as warriors instead of soldiers. Don't really like the Heavy Infantry Dwarf kit (too playful armour, too "evil dwarf-y" for me).
That is a good idea. I was wondering about using pavises or some Roman shields.
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So, how could the other frostgrave unit boxes be used besides gnolls for orcs? the human soldiers seem obvious, but what about the barbarians? the knights maybe sprinkled around as champions for units?
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So, how could the other frostgrave unit boxes be used[?]
I have not thought much beyond the primary Oathmark Infantry box for that faction (Fireforge Northmen faction are self contained).
Selected Frostgrave Soldiers would work as Militia and Rangers, others will work as Spellcasters and command. The Knights will be cover Warrior and Linebreakers.
Barbarians, interesting thought - possibly Warrior, Ranger and Linebreaker (hardy barbarians scorn armour, they do not need it). Alternatively reduce the Defence value.
Possible expansions?
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Barbarians could use orc stats.
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Barbarians could use orc stats.
Interesting thought.
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So, having seen the suggestion about using Frostgrave Soldiers, here is a Town Militia for the minimum points value.
Human Captain
Town Guard:
Two ranks of Spears
Two ranks of Archers
Five ranks of Militia
The plan is to use Oathmark Human spear arms and possibly Oathmark Dwarf shields.
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Great idea!
However when you say "soldiers" do you mean the old Frostgrave Soldiers Box or the newer ones (Knights and Specialists)?
I ask because I found that the soldiers of the old set are a tad smaller than the newer ones.
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I mean the original ones (except for the Champion).
I had not noticed the difference, saying that I seem to have used all my stock, so I will add a box to my next North Star order.
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Yes, there definitely is such a thing as "a North Star order" now lol
I was quite happy when I found out that the German company Miniaturicum carries the North Star products in Germany. Before that the postage costs were horrendous for me ;)
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I ask because I found that the soldiers of the old set are a tad smaller than the newer ones.
Here is a comparison shot.
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An Elf mini-army.
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An all Elf Ranger force.
The box set contains six ranks of figures, so by dropping one rank of Rangers and the few stragglers, an alternative force can be built by adding one rank of Pathguard and a Level One Spellcaster.
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The Gnoll mini army is still waiting for two ranks of Gnoll Soldiers.
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Wow! That is some great project progress!
You certainly could play your test game right now 8)
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So the first Gnoll was painted on the 9th of September (having been assembled shortly after the box set was released).
Here is the first painted Linebreaker, and the second painted Gnoll (so that is 45 days per figure).
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So, my Gnoll Mini-army is forty figures, two are painted so that is 38 figures so the mini army should be painted in 1,710 days (or about four and a half years).
Here is a view of the added armour.
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And the entire painted army (so far).
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Like the colour palette and the toned down metal! This army will look great!
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I'm waiting for the undead stuff.
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Thanks.
Yes, the Undead will be another distraction (the Gnolls are having to compete with some FireForge medieval for Oathmark painting time at the moment).
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So while I wait for the Undead to start scraping on the door, some developing details of the human kingdoms of my currently unnamed world.
The main armies are the three Northern Kingdoms.
All three have distinctive kit and style.
Kingdom One
Kingdom one has extensive grass lands and so can field more cavalry than its neighbours.
The average soldier wears a long Brigandine coat and an almost conical helm.
Infantry tends toward spears or swords.
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The other two kingdoms are the result of a schism between a single kingdom. This means that they do have some commonality in equipment (a shorter brigandine to their neighbours) but distinctive helmets.
Kingdom Two
Kingdom two infantry sport a reinforced helm.
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They tend to have a lot of archers.
Kingdom Three
Kingdom three has less archers, but their infantry sport a wider flatter helm that provides protection from arrows.
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The soldiers tend to use spiked maces rather than swords.
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Northern Tribes
North of these kingdoms there are various disparate groups, which occasionally band together and strike south.
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Southern Kingdoms
South there are numerous kingdoms.
They have various types of infantry and archers.
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They also have more warriors in heavy armour, and the warmer climes allow for more and heavier cavalry.
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Your efforts put me to shame!
Love the fact that you make up backgrounds!
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Lovely stuff. Could you put an Oathmark human next to a Fireforge not Stark infantryman?
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Your efforts put me to shame!
Love the fact that you make up backgrounds!
Thanks, though I have not got much painted.
Backgrounds are easier than painting ^__^.
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Nice background story, looking forward too read and see more!
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Lovely stuff. Could you put an Oathmark human next to a Fireforge not Stark infantryman?
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Fireforge Foot Sergeant, Fireforge Northman, Fireforge Medieval Archer and Oathmark Human Infantry.
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I do not have a standing (the Oathmark figure in the other photograph is advancing) Oathmark figure with the Oathmark head to hand. The Oathmark figure above has an Anvil head.
The Fireforge Forgotten Realm figures are taller (the oath mark figure has a base), but not so much that you cannot use them together (well I am using them together).
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The Southern Kingdoms have more Warrior units. Their armour is better made and they are better trained than the Northern Rank and File.
The main differentiation between the Southern Kingdoms is in helmet and shield design. Their armour is not as well suited to northern climes, and the troops tend to suffer because of it.
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Work in progress Fireforge Templar Infantry (from one sprue, except one head which I got from another sprue). The Templar and Teutonic Infantry boxes contain two each of identical sprues and the respective Command Sprue.
I did not get any painting done this weekend - I started off building a rank of Northern Alliance Warriors, got distracted by some Barbarian Spearmen (using the Northern Alliance spears), then further distracted with the idea of a column versus line attack of Gnolls versus Elf Rangers so needed another twenty Gnoll Soldiers, then wondered about a Gnoll Spell Caster which meant I needed to gets some bits off the Cultist sprue - but while I was was looking at the sprue I thought, well I will need a Necromancer (I have a GW plastic one somewhere but hey) so put one of those together then needed a body guard of Cultists...
https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/08/deus-vult-templar-and-teutonic-infantry.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/08/deus-vult-templar-and-teutonic-infantry.html)
Of course no matter how brave your knights are, they need to have the support of some archers.
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More work in progress Fireforge - built using the components of one Medieval Archer and one Foot Sergeant sprue. These sprues have the same bodies, just different weapons.
https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/08/deus-vult-foot-sergeants-and-medieval.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/08/deus-vult-foot-sergeants-and-medieval.html)
To differentiate between the Southern Kingdoms, the knights have different helmets, in this case Anvil Industries Sallet helmets.
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More work in progress, and using the same bodies as above. To give a consistent weapons appearance, they use the Oathmark Elf Light Infantry arms.
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Fireforge Foot Sergeant, Fireforge Northman, Fireforge Medieval Archer and Oathmark Human Infantry.
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I do not have a standing (the Oathmark figure in the other photograph is advancing) Oathmark figure with the Oathmark head to hand. The Oathmark figure above has an Anvil head.
The Fireforge Forgotten Realm figures are taller (the oath mark figure has a base), but not so much that you cannot use them together (well I am using them together).
Really useful. Thanks!
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So here is the first of the Skeleton Infantry.
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More details and sprue photographs here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/11/oathmark-skeleton-infantry.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/11/oathmark-skeleton-infantry.html)
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What were the Skeletons like to assemble? I’m finding the Wargames Atlantic ones a bit fiddly. Lovely models. But fiddly.
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What were the Skeletons like to assemble?
They went together very easily. The key thing to be aware of is the shoulder joints are ball and socket rather the flat surface of all the other Oathmark/Frostgrave figures.
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It is worth checking the left arms you use, the left socket on at least one of the bodies is positioned so that choice of arm is limited.
I used plenty of Tamiya thin liquid poly (the one I use on the Rubicon ABS kits) to ensure that the joint is solid. The rest of the figure (base and head) were added using Humbrol liquid poly.
I will see if I can get a photograph of the sockets.
The weapon arm does flex rather a lot, you do need to support it when painting only because it springs around.
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Really nice paintjob!
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Very informative. Thanks. Wonder if compatible with Wargames Atlantic
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Thanks all
Wonder if compatible with Wargames Atlantic
Unfortunately I do not have them.
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First Northern Kingdom soldier with an alternative head.
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Fitted with an Anvil Industries Brodie Head, this soldier is the first of one of the three Northern Kingdoms to be painted.
The pose looks a bit odd because there will be a shield fitted later.
Here is a comparison shot with an "out of the box" Oathmark soldier.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ELUo2weZw0/X86v9qJbayI/AAAAAAAAHWM/jC2QAQOTPjUjCaFfKoD785vPyC7jeO8YACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/human-infantry-ah-8.png)
These two kingdoms have a common origin, with similar design armour and equipment.
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Great project so far, really shows the versatility of all the plastic kits available.
Those Anvil Industries sallet helmets are new to me, definitely keeping that in mind for future projects.
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Wonder if compatible with Wargames Atlantic
I've just used some spare Oathmark arms and a head on a spare WA body, went together no problem. The WA skellies are a wee bit chunkier though.
Excellent work in this thread, some nice kitbashes.
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Just to show that I can concentrate on one army at a time, here is the first Revenant Warrior.
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Sprue photographs are available on the Fireforge website, and on my blog:https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/12/fireforge-living-dead-warriors.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/12/fireforge-living-dead-warriors.html)
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First painted Goblin.
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More and sprue pictures here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/12/oathmark-goblins.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/12/oathmark-goblins.html)
Two Knights to command forces.
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Joriff the Necromancer leads his undead hordes to battle.
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CUT!
Can you two, yes, you on the end, please stop gossiping!
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Joriff the Necromancer leads his undead hordes to battle.
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Looking good. They look very spry for their age ;)
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This unit is coming along great!
I've also had my eye on cultist minis as the officers and heroes for the undead army. In fact, I think the frostgrave cultists sprue has bits to make them ghouls?
Oh, what's the white stuff you use to smooth out the area around the molded on base and the green renedra round it stands on? I see people use that stuff to take down the disparity between the two, but not sure what it is.
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This unit is coming along great!
Thanks. I have another two ranks assembled (and one of them based), awaiting some warmer weather for undercoating etc. I also have a rank of cultists with hand weapons (which will also get shields) based, undercoated and Chaos Red painted.
I've also had my eye on cultist minis as the officers and heroes for the undead army. In fact, I think the frostgrave cultists sprue has bits to make them ghouls?
There are undead elements (heads and arms) on the sprue (which apparently I have not photographed - something for tomorrow). They are more skeleton than ghoul.
Oh, what's the white stuff you use to smooth out the area around the molded on base and the green renedra round it stands on? I see people use that stuff to take down the disparity between the two, but not sure what it is.
It is Standard (grey/green) Milliput two part epoxy putty.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliput (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliput)
https://www.milliput.com (https://www.milliput.com)
It is a composite material, I think the filler is porcelain. It makes it solid when set (unlike greenstuff which tends to be a bit flexible) and can machined and sanded once set.
For basing I mix about five to ten millimetres length from both sticks (one grey, one green) until an even colour then separate off a small amount, roll it and apply it to the base. Rinse and repeat. It can be worked (using water) like clay and texture applied with a scalpel, colour shaper or sculpting tool (probably anything you could texture Greenstuff with). It is probably fully workable for about twenty minutes (depending on temperature). It remains soft for about an hour but is not fully set for twenty four. I normally base up to twenty Frostgrave/Oathmark type bases per batch.
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^ That's an awesome post! Very clear instructions.
Cheers!
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Just to show that I can concentrate on one army at a time, here is the first Revenant Warrior.
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Sprue photographs are available on the Fireforge website, and on my blog:https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/12/fireforge-living-dead-warriors.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/12/fireforge-living-dead-warriors.html)
Very useful size comparisons as ever but I don’t understand why the revenant is 6 inches taller than another human from the same manufacturer; maybe there is extra height in the dead?
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Great progress - I particularly like the Oathmark skellies
:)
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Fantastic stuff, love the necromancer.
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I've also had my eye on cultist minis as the officers and heroes for the undead army. In fact, I think the frostgrave cultists sprue has bits to make them ghouls?
Here is the sprue photograph:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-usFhZ0wfa-Q/X-t6vmxSQtI/AAAAAAAAHgI/YlXd9UTyx40sH3cKltLGxsf3I6ybF6-9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/frostgravecultists-1.png)
As you can see, there are skeletal heads and arms on there.
There is a photograph of the back of the sprue here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/12/frostgrave-cultist-sprue.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/12/frostgrave-cultist-sprue.html)
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Very useful size comparisons as ever but I don’t understand why the revenant is 6 inches taller than another human from the same manufacturer; maybe there is extra height in the dead?
Me neither.
I was a bit surprised that the Northmen were slightly taller than the Oathmark and the Deus Vulte from the same manufacturer.
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Me neither.
I was a bit surprised that the Northmen were slightly taller than the Oathmark and the Deus Vulte from the same manufacturer.
That’s not a surprise. They clearly were aiming these to be compatible with Warhammer empire, you can see that from their advertising images and I think it’s a great idea… As I have such an army already
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Some Work In Progress (but not as much as I wished, and nothing compared to AKULA's).
Elf Army
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uJCstHlW6Pk/YAxL_3r6QDI/AAAAAAAAHlU/PXIM-bCKAZIi-8VeyfTvOv50P1VRLt-9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/army-wip-elves-20210123.png)
One box of North Star Elf Light Infantry.
Gnoll Army
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K0DuK7U_6RU/YAxL_zXScOI/AAAAAAAAHlQ/Nd7--tMG7mkY5RLfk2-P24X1qRTo7LKnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/army-wip-gnolls-20210123.png)
A number of boxes of Frostgrave Gnolls.
Necromancer Army
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One box of North Star Skeleton Infantry and some Frostgrave Cultists.
Northern Kingdom Army
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OUiI7Mptlf0/YAxMAkQErRI/AAAAAAAAHlY/PKOoFHV8-VoCcVYD4cLJdWN75FAxLzDMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/army-wip-northernkingdoms-20210123.png)
North Star Human Infantry (some with Anvil heads) and Fireforge Northmen Infantry. Two characters with Frostgrave Knights bodies. one with the command head from the oath grave Human Infantry, the other with an Anvil Brodie Gladiator head.
Southern Kingdom Army
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Fireforge Templar/Teutonic Infantry (one rank with Anvil Sallet heads) and Fireforge Medieval Archers.
Northmen Army
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mUoN8wmVslQ/YAxMAhfDTHI/AAAAAAAAHlc/vsrAuz1C9TUdjKTJLbOKJ8QAjePUdFgswCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/army-wip-northmen-20210123.png)
Frostgrave Barbarians and Mantic Games Northern Alliance Clansmen (one of the Frostgrave Barbarian archers has an Anvil head, and there is a prototype Barbarian skulking at the back built from a Warlord Celt with a Frostgrave Barbarian head intended for The Red King campaign).
Only the Elf army exceeds the minimum army size.
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Inspired by the release of the Oathmark Cavalry (sprue photographs here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2021/05/oathmark-human-cavalry.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2021/05/oathmark-human-cavalry.html)) I assembled the first one.
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The horse is in two parts, with the whole of the head on one side - the joint being hidden by the reins.
The rider's body is in five parts (plus shield).
There are parts to equip all fifteen figures identically with Hand Weapon, spear or bow.
The supplied shields are the large rectangular ones found on the Oathmark Infantry sprues. Not sure how practical they are, and a different design would have been nice where you are building different forces using the same bodies (especially as both sets generate plenty of spare shields if you build the archer option). I do have a lot of shields to choose from so it is not so much of a problem.
There is a distinct family resemblance between the infantry and cavalry.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWi1LhmO7So/YLHS-pXvWZI/AAAAAAAAH94/uUwJyox8WX04ZM-ueK8_7n4TwWvP6lU0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/humancavalry-12.png)
So having built one of the Oathmark cavalry, I thought I should do something about the Fireforge Northmen Cavalry I bought back in November 2020.
Sprue photographs here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2021/05/fireforge-northmen-cavalry.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2021/05/fireforge-northmen-cavalry.html)
The horse is in four parts (head, left body, right body, tail) and the rider in six parts plus shield.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-skvz143IDYw/YLHXq3QLYoI/AAAAAAAAH_c/nbkQg23d8Ngah5br_4ysj_O9wyyDjjcXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/northmencavalry-7.png)
The riders can be armed with sword or spear and have the same circular (Aspis?) shields as the Northmen Infantry.
Here are the two figures.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gngrinJzWJI/YLHTIO_nrCI/AAAAAAAAH-M/pG-4zXY9uP4IIWwtO9h-Ke6yw7G_9MS1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/northmencavalry-11.png)
Here the Northmen faces off against the Oathmark Human Infantry,
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One thing - I have ridden a horse twice so I am not an expert, but neither of the figures appears to be holding on to the reins. Are warhorses controlled by gripping the horse's body?
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One thing - I have ridden a horse twice so I am not an expert, but neither of the figures appears to be holding on to the reins. Are warhorses controlled by gripping the horse's body?
To some extent sure, but they should probably be holding reins. I don't think any of my plastic cavalry from any manufacturer manage this, but you can cover the gap with a shield and pretend.
In the royal horse guard we rode (ceremonial only, I'm in no way a rider) with double bit tack and two pairs of reins held in one hand, one strap between each set of fingers on the left hand, sabre in the right.
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So how are my many and various armies going...
As previously shown, I have the Elf Ranger mini army assembled and undercoated: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=126942.msg1613010#msg1613010 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=126942.msg1613010#msg1613010)
Well, I have assembled my second mini army - based on the minimum points value from the rule book - Humans.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDgcX3Mn_DA/YP1XpPDiccI/AAAAAAAAIIA/LnsdJruIbrEl8fRs-YsXEi7fv9yfOeNJACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/oathmark-human-army-2.png)
Four ranks of human archers; three ranks of human infantry; two ranks of human spearmen.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rBn_nVdahog/YP1XpAwI5AI/AAAAAAAAIIE/-dLLmCanw3QZ605NuiGXR4TfMee6yUTsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/oathmark-human-army-1.png)
Now I have to finish the bases and actually paint them. One figure only is painted, and he was painted at the end of 2019.
I was going to show a graph with the actual production and projected painting timetable, but it was far too depressing...
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Beginning of the Revenant army.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1PIom6Wyf3WA1S1EauMD73H3gfx54ekkBdrSnUgv8buQQs5CXAVa6FHowVlIn82AGOHwn2hFSUz02dp3l2UfAmwLgZDxcBWb13nKAVRSht6MC72SPAKhlcubeJV2eFhDcSfrHCLqSpLm5lHbfVnyjMrYWh9vefN9SsXBdvYME-5Ak_Oip8XSdPIwkqA=s500)
Linebreakers.
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Revenants look good.
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So Joriffe's undead army has tripled in size.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZClqzuNDp44/YS5y7PswaWI/AAAAAAAAIOU/6aQ9Zekf7T4k5VLATrReq7LjnP9ZKWhEACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/skeletons-2-1.png)
Okay that is only another twenty figures, but they are painted (which is better than the human army) even though the most recent set do not have their shields added.
With Joriffe.
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Now to work out the mini-army list.
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Loving it. You're giving me the itch to jump back into fantasy big time! Keep them coming mate.
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Thanks.
Just crunched the numbers, and a complete minimum point army just requires three more ranks of Skeleton Soldiers.
Admittedly my original mini-army design was slightly more mixed (and included spears and archers), but I got in the flow and used up too many sprues ^__^.
I will have to buy some more (and another can of Army Painter Skeleton primer).
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So here is the (not quite finished) Skeleton mini army for Oathmark.
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So nine ranks of Skeleton Soldiers and one level one Necromancer.
I managed to get some of the TTG Skeleton primer, so they will get painted soon.
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Another figure that has been sitting forlornly for a long time unpainted
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Perry plastic with a head that I cannot remember the source.
Definitely assembled during my GOT enthusiasm, he may well be leading an Oathmark army of some sort.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I1EssEG9mq8/YUULl7O3AhI/AAAAAAAAIPA/P6qR4cWfzfQ4s3JrA4eKUS1OtvHCVdNAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s503/knight-3.png)
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I have a lot of those Perry sets too, and I like them a lot. And painting the fully armored ones is so quick, its refreshing.
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Warlord Celt head I believe. Nicely painted, love the metallics.
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Loving your work mate! I really need to get a bunch of my skeletons finished like you have. Your work is inspirational!
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Great to see more progress being made 8)
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Thanks.
@BZ: Yes, full armour is great when you want to get something "finished". I am hoping the Oathmark Dwarf infantry will be similarly easy (and I hope the Heavy will be easier).
@Ogrob: I think you are right - that takes the figure back a while.
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Oathmark dwarf infantry is basically a group of iron statues (with some beards and wooden handles), it goes really quick.
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Oathmark dwarf infantry is basically a group of iron statues (with some beards and wooden handles), it goes really quick.
You may think that, I could not possibly comment....
^__^
And it is not just Dwarf Infantry.
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So instead of finishing off some of the Stargrave figures I just received (or the various Oathmark armies), I have been distracted by another human army for Oathmark.
The inspiration is the Nilfgaard Empire from The Witcher books and television series.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pM0wbpAGNNg/YVCkDy1wv2I/AAAAAAAAITA/xyGq14BywyMEzsiYSOPcnv5UfRBEIohNACLcBGAsYHQ/s576/byz-spear-7.png)
The figure is from the Fireforge Byzantine Spearmen set. https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2021/09/fireforge-byzantine-spearmen-and.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2021/09/fireforge-byzantine-spearmen-and.html)
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The box will build twenty five Spearmen with options for the early and late Byzantine shields, once I have completed more of the figures, they will receive the later teardrop shaped shields.
The Byzantine Scale armour does look similar to the odd Niflgaard armour from the television series.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zwAepjeNdXw/YVCkEFB4MQI/AAAAAAAAITI/5Oy_QaW_YP8HruUyDfT1vzAe9fP1jkW6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s561/byz-spear-8.png)
First two ranks of spearmen.
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One rank of archers.
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Your troops look better than that odd armor in the TV series.
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Looking forward to seeing paint on these. They really look uniform and professional.
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Another figure that has been sitting forlornly for a long time unpainted
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJbb18uRiFs/YUULlyWd3tI/AAAAAAAAIO8/NqVzZNOJFaERG_3Lpo47krkrY1l7xi6rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/knight-2.png)
Perry plastic with a head that I cannot remember the source.
Definitely assembled during my GOT enthusiasm, he may well be leading an Oathmark army of some sort.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I1EssEG9mq8/YUULl7O3AhI/AAAAAAAAIPA/P6qR4cWfzfQ4s3JrA4eKUS1OtvHCVdNAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s503/knight-3.png)
You’ve done a great job as ever but for my part I reckon Perry’s are too small to be compatible with Oathmark and Foundry etc. But this one just about pulls it off. Cos of great paintjob :)
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And just to your Byzantine infantry pics are v interesting as the miniatures look better than the painted ones on the website which I’d dismissed. Mmm…
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At SELWG Irongate Scenics caught my eye with a 3D printed Ballista.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSfC254V7ngy6SEYlv4LZ7zEUzKqivjMxZ142gR0-orZx3zEr40umi5ZgGQcgVUs9d-u-tvzxf8woOSaH0OfpQjZackFovmomHfmk2tZBc7uxP6eWpmQ3oIfkqQNflD443T9hXMwDJd8vGulBEvlJillqtESXAIyXsI0VKMC0kDRmuiF7AVVjS9ptdXg=s500)
Two Oathmark Human Infantry for scale.
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The bolt is about the same size as an Oathmark Human spear, so some of the unused ones will be the source for ammunition.
Oathmark infantry (probably with some Frostgrave Soldiers bits) will make up the crew.
It is a bit wide for Oathmark - it is about 60mm wide, but that is probably not a major issue.
It does need some clean up and stringing.
https://irongatescenery.co.uk/product/ballista/ (https://irongatescenery.co.uk/product/ballista/)
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It is as if the trees themselves were on the move...
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A Crooked Dice Treant will provide my Elf and Elf Aligned (Squirrels?) armies some heavy hitters.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRLMKV_REMnVcAYmuuC9lHnJ4_TlnHu-1MkWxuLw_fYhUnD9ZvL7Ij2AVEPydeV0FwoAI0-snfvTdEVzHADxCRiNTLcvtuJw-RZ3sLm7hAUnmZEjT5_jPoTgVWuObDliNKQ7Ppml85WCduYO3cVeMkvK5YnHdOW4kFf3brMAi1Cshvzg3D2mhH2Edt_A=s500)
A Nilfgaard spearmen looks on in awe.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMU6yuq8lPsai-8Zd7ejKcoq9Uj09T5DVvS40LQ0XzCKdLkzRDOWdI9MCkJdVfuw-ovsyP4Qjup1f3M67sCp6rRTALGJupVuByP-8rZRIZ46aShw82F5VCRmkWqxV-rejSv3XEbHtgSjaYP_A1csVGtbCeDcV7M03TMXeVlkPsn27ve9uAXWyxzfVLuA=s519)
I added an additional branch from the Crooked Dice Dead Forest set to the right shoulder/back, there will be a number of these in my army and the branches will alter the silhouette making them look different.
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Thanks guys.
The problem with the Perry miniatures (if you can call it a problem) is that they have more realistic proportions.
The knight with the two handed sword is taller than my comparison Oathmark Infantry figure. Partly that is due to the use of a non Perry head (I have been told I used a Warlord Celt head in this example).
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-72Hhf-w5eig/YInXNpLPBcI/AAAAAAAAH0s/CdddYqm0qwsI5a_HRq5Ou7VFpNWyHfxRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/comparison-empress-7.png)
Okay not fantasy comparisons, but the figure on the left is an Empress BAOR figure (towards the larger size in 28mm) and the one on the right is an Empress ANZAC figure (Paul Hicks' sculpts are on the smaller size).
The head is from the Wargames Factory Male Survivors set.
I have another fully armoured Perry figure that is topped by a Frostgrave Soldiers II head for a certain "Lioness".
When daylight returns I will try some more comparison photographs (which will make up for my slow painting ^__^).
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do like that crooked dice treeant - not seen that before.
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Inspired by Joseph McCullough's blog post, I bought a box of Fireforge's Almughavars to use with North Star Oathmark Human Infantry arms. The arms are okay, but have short sleeves which are unsuitable for the cold of my Oathmark setting.
Here is a comparison of vanilla Oathmark and the Almughavars.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLAXNKxRM6afX0EmJZd17DuD-1UyAEJansNDzLPCJ3SQGEglOKCjMbD76RKVxi466QCJNalvZeTHVUcPrp1Ppu_oPT90gDctwE9C_aTGUjk0DZMMjCyjOwNfDALCOFmOs1sjNf27RKWCLtlGFxr93YKmvAIfwpKiGlyChjpVnWz08xlvTd-9T4zV0PQ/s1000/alguhavar-2-2.png)
The shield arm is as supplied, the sword and the bow arms are from the Oathmark Humans set.
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Continually good stuff mate, loving it! 👍
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Scale and size are funny things, but for my money the Almughavars are the most compatible kits with Oathmark humans, next to most of the Frostgrave range of course.
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Nice, I've been eyeing that Fireforge box for a bit. Good to see them.
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So here are the first five figures from the recent Orc Infantry box set from North Star.
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Comparison photographs:
Oathmark Goblin
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Oathmark Human
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEqs9AHRti4joucoPdyfWM0yc5YhzfAI3WfgFyOBwDJ6q3mvK5JSOL0Rr7ye4sj8PLmv-ZVyU-r0LzlC3ouCnNMcdMB9Y3sr78A-CyWPHfcXUrqb0V_zTWzGQBpAr4dW_ik1zicq43CoSWea9zWgLGIrO0uTashpMIMfUZjtOJ1xxvlkWU6t8ElUi1w/s1000/orc-infantry-8.png)
There are sprue photographs here:
https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2022/08/north-star-orc-infantry.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2022/08/north-star-orc-infantry.html)
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Lovely orcs. Wonder if they’ve got the right weapons for the GW middle earth game.
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Nice pictures, especially the comparison shots. I just received my box and I like these orcs a lot.
As far as using them with the LotR rules goes, I don’t know which equipment types you would need, but I expect the Oathmark box will cover most contingencies- you can build archers, swordsmen, or spearmen, with or without shields. No 2-handed weapons, but it is an easy conversion to use Frostgrave arms on the orcs…
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Thanks, very usefull comparison! They will arrive in Germany only end of next week.
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No 2-handed weapons, but it is an easy conversion to use Frostgrave arms on the orcs…
This would have been posted earlier, but I fumbled the left arm from the barbarian sprue, so had to replace it with one from a crossbow set.
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I’ve been doing a few similar conversions on the orcs to turn them into line breakers. The gnolls set also has 2-handed axe arms that can work with a little work.
With this fellow, would it have been feasible to cut the left hand at the wrist, spin it around so that it is on top of the axe handle, and glue it in place?
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With this fellow, would it have been feasible to cut the left hand at the wrist, spin it around so that it is on top of the axe handle, and glue it in place?
You make a good point, so good I applied a razor saw to the figure's wrist and managed to remove it.
After a five minute scrabble on the floor, I finally found the hand, and after gluing the right arm back on (I think the liquid poly has evaporated a bit) I attached them all together.
Photograph tomorrow.
Just added the Elf Infantry sprue to the blog: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2022/08/oathmark-elf-infantry.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2022/08/oathmark-elf-infantry.html), hopefully tomorrow I will add Dwarf Heavy Infantry with five assembled heavy dwarfs.
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Revised left hand.
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That’s just what I was thinking- it looks like a fairly natural grip. I expect he’ll look very intimidating painted up!
I never actually considered using the crossbow arms with the axe arm, but what you have done turned out really well. Might just have to look again at the sprues and do something similar.
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North Star have three Dwarf box sets for Oathmark.
This is a Dwarf Border Guard, built from the Dwarf Light Infantry set.
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Four Dwarf Warriors (Heavy Infantry) and an orc interloper.
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The missing dwarf.
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Goblin, Dwarf and Orc.
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And finally, William Killian.
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Mrs. GG thinks the Oathmark Dwarves are on the large side but I quite like them. They are my current go-to for Dwarves.
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Mrs. GG thinks the Oathmark Dwarves are on the large side but I quite like them. They are my current go-to for Dwarves.
To misquote a stupid story in Viz magazine from several decades ago, "Oathmark Dwarves make normal sized people for small people. Normal sized people make dwarf sized people for large people".
Yes, they are quite big. Given they are chunkier and have heavier heads than most human figures they look like they would easily out-bulk most humans. Still, nice figures. That poor goblin certainly won't stand a chance.
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So here are the first five figures from the recent Orc Infantry box set from North Star.
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Comparison photographs:
Oathmark Goblin
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Oathmark Human
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There are sprue photographs here:
https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2022/08/north-star-orc-infantry.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2022/08/north-star-orc-infantry.html)
mh... here it looks like overly long arms? maybe it is the perspective, but something seems to be off for me. thanks for the pictures though!
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Clearly this is an homage to the Rogue Trader Space Orks, who had very long arms as well. ;)
Joking aside, I kinda like the Oathmark ranges. Never worked with any of these figures, but I find the Dwarves rather charming, and the Orcs look nice as well. Oh, I've seen the wolf riders wolves in person. Good wolves.
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North Star have released the third box of plastic Goblin figures for Oathmark.
For my Oathmark background, these are going to be townsfolk/militia - poorly trained and under equipped.
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They are significantly slighter than the Goblin Infantry (even without the armour).
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Comparison: Oathmark Goblin, Oathmark Human, Fireforge Almughavar, Oathmark Orc, Oathmark Goblin militia and Oathmark Dwarf,
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Of course the biggest challenge for me is to actually build (let alone paint) even a mini army of militia - without upgrades that is 91 figures.
I might build a level one Spellcaster , a Captain and utilise a small unit each of Spears and Archers as Town Guard to reduce the headcount a bit.
As a "House" rule, I would give units Courage (1) when defending their home.
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For my Goblin Militia army I decided that to reduce the number of figures I would need to build (let alone paint) I would have a core of slightly better troops.
There is the Town Guard comprising a Captain, two ranks of Goblin Spears, two ranks of Goblin Archers and a Level one Spellcaster.
The Goblin Slave sprue includes a Goblin without armour who I thought would be suitable as the body of the Spellcaster. The head is one of the hooded ones from the same set. The arms are from the Frostgrave Cultist sprue.
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The backpack is from the Frostgrave Soldiers II, the accessories from the Frostgrave Wizards II sprue.
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There is still plenty of work to do on it.
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That goblin spellcaster looks great! :-*
There's a part of me that wonders if a kit of troops that's even worse than regular goblins will be useful in game terms, but I am glad that the option is there anyway. I also reckon with ghoul or similar heads, they would make for great human slaves/wretches/rabble of various sorts, and that mixed with the FG cultist kits it would easily allow you to make two visually-distinct echelons of dark worshipper too.
I have to say though, I was a little disappointed with the Oathmark orcs... Whilst they are a bit more upright that the goblins, they don't seem to be much bigger/bulkier to me? They're still very nice models, but I think I was hoping for something a bit more visually distinctive to reflect their beefy statlines, and which could make for some chunky low-tech/savage types for Star Grave too. Oh well, back to my original plan of using FG Demons with Orc/Goblin heads! :)
///Edit: spelling gremlins...///
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Great kitbashing as always mate! I need to get some of those Oathmark Goblin slaves. 👍
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I have to say though, I was a little disappointed with the Oathmark orcs... Whilst they are a bit more upright that the goblins, they don't seem to be much bigger/bulkier to me? They're still very nice models, but I think I was hoping for something a bit more visually distinctive to reflect their beefy statlines, and which could make for some chunky low-tech/savage types for Star Grave too. Oh well, back to my original plan of using FG Demons with Orc/Goblin heads! :)
I sort of know what you mean. I really like the Oathmark goblin line - even the much-disparaged wolves - but I'm not sure that they're a great fit with the descriptions and statlines in the game. For one thing, the goblins are described as "some of the weakest, least reliable and most ill-disciplined soldiers you can find", but in both the illustrations and the miniatures, they look quite muscular, scary and fierce! It's the same with the wolves - the statline doesn't seem to reflect the grizzly-sized carnivorous mounts.
(We haven't played Oathmark much since an initial flurry of games, and I chiefly use the miniatures for Kings of War and HOTT. So such discrepancies make no difference to me; I'm looking forward to getting hold of the goblin slaves. And I'd rather have the fierce-looking regular goblins than weedy ones!)
That said, I think the orcs are sufficiently bigger and fiercer than the goblins to justify their (effectively) human statline in Oathmark. I wonder if the orc heavy infantry will be significantly bigger. While orc soldiers and spearmen have human stats, orc warriors and linebreakers get an extra boost to their F score (3 and 4, respectively, vs 2 and 3 for humans). So perhaps there are bigger, beastlier orcs in the works.
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@Hobgoblin:
Yeah, but I can't help but feel that I could have made a perfectly passable/equivalent orc soldiery using a mixture of FG barbarians and soldiers, mated to some spare goblin heads (since you get so many goblin heads, this would work well with very little waste in terms of kits). It's just that for a whole new plastic kit, it's all a bit underwhelming I suppose, but I'll stop whinging about it now! :?
I wonder if the orc heavy infantry will be significantly bigger. While orc soldiers and spearmen have human stats, orc warriors and linebreakers get an extra boost to their F score (3 and 4, respectively, vs 2 and 3 for humans). So perhaps there are bigger, beastlier orcs in the works.
I hope so! I'm crossing my fingers for big, heavily-armoured troopers, with a mixture of bare and heavily-armoured heads, and lots of big two-handed weapons! :D
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That kitbash looks quite good. I like the idea of using packs and stuff from the Frostgrave sprues to make militia/ servants. I may do something similar to make a ‘baggage train’ for my orc/goblin force. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Thanks for the kind comments.
I like the idea of using packs and stuff from the Frostgrave sprues to make militia/ servants.
It is also useful to make the figures distinctive, especially if you are using the plastic figures for characters.
The Engineers will have Frostgrave packs and tools from the Dwarf Light Infantry.
I am not a particular fan of the orcs (I would have been happier to have the Human Militia - but then there are plenty of suitable human figures).
For my narrative background, the orcs are raiders (inspired by the picture in the Oathmark rule book). The mini army is just seven ranks of soldiers with two Champions.
Someone asked why you would want any figure with worse stats than the goblin infantry? For small points values, only for narrative reasons, but if you have larger points values and bigger tables, they can prevent easy flanking or make Speed bumps.
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I haven’t tried the tactic yet in a game, but I have been pondering using the goblin slaves as “goblin mantlets” to screen the first combat line as it approaches (“But Ted, those goblins aren’t carrying mantlets.” - “I know Rolf, the goblins are the mantlets. They soak up the arrows while the orcs behind them advance.” - [short pause] “Ohhh, yeah.”)
Archers could fire over the slaves, but I’m not sure how their morale would hold up when a screening unit broke. Also, the advance would be limited by the screening units failing command rolls (although movement is a simple action, so they could still advance at least one move per turn).
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Painted figures are like buses, except for waiting over a year and four come at once.
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For those not up to speed on Oathmark, there is a Woolly Rhino in the (Dwarf) army list.
These are Stone Axe Miniatures Wooly Rhinos that I bought at SELWG 2022 from the Irongate Scenery stand.
https://irongatescenery.co.uk/product/rhino-set-1/ (https://irongatescenery.co.uk/product/rhino-set-1/)
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Comparison shot with a North Star Oathmark Human Infanfantry figure.
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More photographs here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2022/12/stone-axe-miniatures-irongate-scenery_31.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2022/12/stone-axe-miniatures-irongate-scenery_31.html)
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Looking good! 👍
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Oooh nice work! Cool blog too
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Like those a lot - good work mate 8)
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They look the part, and nice job n the paint and bases. Also, thanks for the link to the web shop, I hadn’t come across that company before and they sell some cool stuff.
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Nice find on the woolly rhinos, they look like they'd be good for the base size.
I might have to beef up my Dwarf contingent with a couple of indrik now!
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Thanks.
I might have to beef up my Dwarf contingent with a couple of indrik now!
A good plan.
On the Oathmark Barbarian army thread, it was suggested that Mammoths make a good substitute for Giants.
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That might be a good plan. Having only got the rules for Christmas (and even then, when I saw my brother on the 27th rather than Christmas day itself) I'm still trying to find out what I can use for 'counts as'... I did find a forgotten dragon while looking through a box of Heroscape minis (probably haven't opened the box in more than 10 years), and 2 blue-Orcs-on-dinosaurs that I figure can count as flightless dragons, if I need them ('need' being a very subjective term here).
Mostly I've been trying to start an audit of minis so I can work out what I can field at any given juncture. And also, how much painting I have to do on unfinished projects... but one more reason to actually finish things is always good.
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In my quest for variation in the assorted armies I am building, I bought a box of Gripping Beast Dark Age Welsh from Orc's Nest last year.
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The box contains five identical sprues, each of which builds five light infantry. The main weapon is a spear (and shield), though there are optional axes, a sword and a two handed spear. They have wooden backed round shields with a centre grip.
As you can see, they scale nicely with the North Star Oathmark Human Infantry.
The plan is to use them as Human Militia, though they are obviously armed with spears, they will count as Hand Weapons due to lack of training (no Brace).
There are sprue photographs here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2023/01/gripping-beast-dark-age-welsh.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2023/01/gripping-beast-dark-age-welsh.html).
Having checked the sprue photographs of the Irish and Picts, most of them are the same. There are different capes, some heads and additional shields in the latter two.
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So inspired by someone else on here (I apologise that I cannot remember your name), when I saw the Gripping Beast Goth Elite Cavalry on special offer on the Renedra stand at Salute 2023 I picked them up.
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I added the helmeted heads from the Oathmark Elf light infantry to convert them to Elves The Oathmark heads have a ball joint, the Goth Cavalry figures a flat surface,so a pilot hole was drilled into the neck part of the body, and that was opened up with larger diameter drills until a 3mm drill made the correct size for the head.
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The horse had a feather from the Light Infantry sprue added to the head with the feather projecting back between the ears. I did contemplate making them unicorns, but they were not bulky enough.
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There are sprue pictures here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2023/04/elvewn-heavy-cavalry-gripping-beast.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2023/04/elvewn-heavy-cavalry-gripping-beast.html)
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Apology accepted :)! I hope that you will paint them faster than I, because mine are kind of... still grey... But I would like to see, how they look painted :).
https://oathgrave.blogspot.com/2020/11/12-oathmark-elf-cavalry.html
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Lovely work all round, your armies are shaping up nicely. I'd never be brave enough to have so many projects on the go.
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Thanks BZ.
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Barrow or Ghoul Worms are enormous burrowing creatures that having consumed dead flesh have become undead themselves.
Necromancers can control (with difficulty) the creatures, unleashing them on their enemies.
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Having wanted to add some heavy hitters to my undead army, I was looking for something suitable.
Crooked Dice have a Death Worm which I thought would be suitable. This is a one piece resin model.
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I have gone for a dry and dusty version, not sure if a icky wet version would look better.
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The dry and dusty version looks mighty fine to me.
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A horrifying worm! Very suitable model for the unit description. Reminds me of the Carnictis that appeared in the most horrifying of the deleted scenes from Peter Jackson's King Kong film.
It looks good, but I wonder if the icky wet version might look better as well.
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Creepy Dune.
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Thanks.
It looks good, but I wonder if the icky wet version might look better as well.
I might leave it as is and try another approach when I pick up a second one.
Reminds me of the Carnictis that appeared in the most horrifying of the deleted scenes from Peter Jackson's King Kong film.
Thank you for reminding me, I remember seeing that scene when I saw it at the cinema.
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The first expansion book for Oathmark included rules for boats.
There are two sizes, one that takes one 20 figure unit, the other two 20 figure units.
Blotz has released an MDF kit for a river barge.
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As you can see it will take a Renedra 5x4 sabot base (but sideways).
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The hull suffers from the problem with MDF models where there are curves (yes the water will get in).
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I still need to sort the sails and mast.
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Looks like a great kit, thanks for sharing!
Agree on the gaps, might be worth filling with some filler.