Casual Tea's Frostgrave Stuff (Wizard! - 7/31)

[Wyrmalla]

There was a roleplay system which had their illusionists done up in a similar style. Like they were all a bit mental and with Illusion being the magic of controlling and abusing reality they looked like they were abusing their spells too much.

With Frostgrave you can use anything, and stuff like that's a great find. Do they already have an apprentice as well ...or is the Apprentice some misshapen blob who failed at their experiments (or succeeded)?

[Bloggard]

fantastic paint-job.
gorgeous colour.

Recently I've been painting lots of Skaven, not spending more than a couple days working on each model, sometimes painting in small batches, all in an attempt to learn to paint faster. I was getting a little burnt out on that however, so this week I took a break and painted this female mage model for a friend. It's from Cadwallon's Legends of Signum game. A great choice for an Illusionist and impressive looking model once finished, but man, not easy to assemble!

[jp1885]

That's a fantastic mini and you've painted her brilliantly!

[casual tea]

There was a roleplay system which had their illusionists done up in a similar style. Like they were all a bit mental and with Illusion being the magic of controlling and abusing reality they looked like they were abusing their spells too much.

With Frostgrave you can use anything, and stuff like that's a great find. Do they already have an apprentice as well ...or is the Apprentice some misshapen blob who failed at their experiments (or succeeded)?

There is no apprentice yet! I'm keeping an eye out for one. Playing Frostgrave has opened up a lot lot of model ranges from small companies and sculptors for me. So many cool wizards to choose from!

[casual tea]

Can't have too many demons, right? I got this guy on a whim with a Hasslefree Miniatures order because I liked the model. This was another attempt to learn the famous "loaded brush" technique popularized by Ben Komets. I think I'm starting to get a feel for it now. My first attempt was a total failure, it was last year when I had just come back to the hobby and had not the skills or materials to succeed at something like this. My regular opponent plays a witch, so this guy will probably be springing from a bottle and wrecking me sometime soon, heh.

[Bloggard]

very skilled and painterly effect.

[jp1885]

Agreed - great work sir.

[casual tea]

Hey yall, I have here a Rackham wizard painted painted for a friend's warband. I thought I was going to paint this in one session, but it ended up taking three. Damn all these straps and flappy robes! It's a little messy but I'm proud of it nonetheless and glad to call it done. Looking forward to this guy in an upcoming Maze of Malcor campaign!

Cheers!

[Bloggard]

splendid figure - and your paint job appropriately evokes another Rackham- a certain Arthur! Lovely.

wish I'd been 'into' the Rackham stuff when it was current and relatively affordable.

[LiamFrostfang]

  very cool!!!

[jp1885]

I concur - brilliant!

[Brandlin]

Loving the colour combination on that wizard. Coupled with the extreme highlighting it gives a very suitable frosty feeling...

[casual tea]

splendid figure - and your paint job appropriately evokes another Rackham- a certain Arthur! Lovely.

wish I'd be 'into' the Rackham stuff when it was current and relatively affordable.

Yeah, they are prohibitively expensive these days, sadly. I was lucky to have bought many when the company was liquidated and the game stores were selling off all their products years ago.

Loving the colour combination on that wizard. Coupled with the extreme highlighting it gives a very suitable frosty feeling...

I imagined this guy standing on a rocky outcrop with a blustering wind whipping his robes about. I'm glad that comes through! Thank you.