*Argeld Adventurers and the Doom They Seek - now with added doom

[evand]

Starting up a classic D&D game is the perfect rationale for painting up a group of foolhardy heroes and the foes that will beat the snot out of them. And if that isn't enough reason, there's the D&D adventure system games that are great fun, and each come with their own catalogue to fill in.

LAF has certainly inspired many forays into dangerous places, including mine. I thought I'd share some pictures of the (often paltry) struggle against evil in the realm of Argeld:



Bandits of the Irondrake Forest - neutrally aligned plunderers if ever there were some. The gang was slain to a man by none other than the Vampire of Barovia himself.




Squire Banflower and his porter, Sopwith - fortunate survivors of an expedition to the Dwimmermount. Sopwith drank his earnings away promptly, and Banflower's charitable donations made him a quick mark for the thieves guild.




Frances Do'Urden* and Alfredo Mousebeak, unstable runaway Underdark heiress and low-statured illusionist from the grim city of Dimspur. A remarkably lucky pair, vanquishers of the fell beast Cindergloss.
 



It's rumoured that they were aided in this exploit by the Old Wizard Oxo and the Froodian Wizard / Therapist Mandeltraum.

The miniatures are a diverse lot. Old citadels and grenadiers with a few recent D&D plastic repaints thrown in. An opened copy of Ratspike provides the backdrop in the last picture.

Thanks for looking - hope you enjoy.

-EW
 
 *edited when my girlfriend corrected me on the correct spelling of Frances's name. I should know better...

[DeafNala]

That is a FINE LOOKING Band of Rogues...VERY WELL painted & based. FINE WORK!

[dijit]

Some lovely and very characterful minis with some great stories. So, I call 'more, more!'
Duncan

[Blue in vt]

  Greed...these are something special!


Well done!

Blue

[Thantsants]

Beautiful - love that muted colour pallete and bravo for the Blanche backdrop 

I'm also very taken with your background and the names you've come up with - especially Sopwith.

[Mason]

Lovely paintjobs on a great selection of characterful miniature.
 


One question:
Which range is Squire Banflower from?
I dont think that I recognise him.
 

[phreedh]

Oooh, those are well nice! What's that critter in the first photo? Great paintjob on it!

[Funghy-Fipps]

Wow: I really like your painting style. Very earthy colours and great detailing. I'd love to see more of your stuffs 

[Engel]

Ohh this is nice. 
I love the dark, down to earth color tones.
The miniatures are a really unique collection to.

[Galland]

Nice miniatures with a good paint job, and presented in a pleasant way! Thanks for sharing

[B. Basiliscus]

that SHOT! holy SHIT!
 

[Admiral Benbow]

Great miniatures, great painting and very nice "historic" facts ...
 

[Franz_Josef]

What make is the Squire Banfold figure?  Has a nice fantasy renaissance look to him.

[evand]

Very meaningful praise from many illustrious leadheads - thanks! Never really taken pictures of miniatures before - it's a challenging art form itself.

@Phreedh: The critter is a wolf from WOTC's Castle Ravenloft boardgame that I tried to turn into a lynx with a little greeenstuff around the mouth. Looked at a lot of pictures for reference, something I hardly ever do. But it made the rest of the work a lot faster and the result better. It's a good lesson I will probably not learn from at all. 

@Mason and Franz_Josef: The squire is actually a C-series halfling called Hugo. It's lead heresy, I know, but I chopped off the feet and built new legs from milliput. I have a couple of other citadel halflings getting the same treatment now. They're some of the best sculpts, that range, but I wanted to bring them into proportion a little better. The sword resting in his hand is attached magnetically, so it can be swapped for a lantern.

I'll try to get some more pictures done when the natural light is more plentiful.

[aggro84]

Nice paintjobs. I love the muted earth tones!