BSC2024 Daeothar's Frostgrave Warband Camp

[Codsticker]

... and now it's a cathedral!

[McMordain]

Maybe the mage has some small friends 

The build looks great, can't wait to see it painted.

[infelix]

a very impressive build!

[Lost Egg]

A council of Snotlings maybe...

More great progress Daeothar.

[Ragnar]

"Nigel gave me a drawing that said 18 inches. Now, whether or not he knows the difference between feet and inches is not my problem. I do what I'm told."

[mikedemana]

This build is truly stunning.  The level of detail and creativity is well beyond what would be considered top notch!! 

Mike Demana

[Daeothar]

Cheers 

A small update, as I head into the detail zone. There won't be many more pictures I reckon, since painting time is rapidly approaching now and I will go dark then until the big reveal.

So, here's a bookcase I built out of styrene. It will be populated with all kinds of books I've gathered over the years. There'll probably be a skull, some bottles etc as well.

You can see some of the selected nicks and nacks I will be adding to the build in the second picture.

Some of the items in the below list I have already available, but some I will still have to build or source:

- Dog Kennel (to be built next with styrene)
- Cauldron (a metal one from my bits box)
- Enchanter's Workshop (I will have to assemble this with other bits and scratchbuilding)
- Crystal Ball (I'll raid my daughter's beads collection when she's asleep tonight )
- Scriptorium (I have an STL of a suitable desk that needs to be printed)
- Celestial Telescope (a GW bit from my bits box)
- Summoning Circle (will be painted onto the 2nd floor)
- Carrier Pigeons (this one got me stumped. some sort of dovecote perhaps?)
- Arcane Candle (probably a scratchbuild with some plastic rod and wire)
- Summoning Candle (same as above)
- Sarcophagus (a free STL I already printed off)

[Codsticker]

Love that book shelf!

[The Voivod]

Great work on that bookcase.

But knowing what your bookcase looks like, you'll be needing a lot more books to fill it to an appropriate level. 

Build is looking super.

[Daeothar]

 

Don't worry, I'll make it as lifelike as possible 

Oh, and here's a WIP doghouse...

[voltan]

- Carrier Pigeons (this one got me stumped. some sort of dovecote perhaps?)

If you feel like a challenge, how about the mechanical owl from clash of the titans.

[Burgundavia]

The bookshelf is nuts - really need to get myself a resin printer one of these days

[The Voivod]

Don't worry, I'll make it as lifelike as possible 

Eh, close enough. Needs about 4500 more battletech paperbacks though.
Are those glued down yet? 'cause I'm not envying the paintjob they are.

[Daeothar]

 

They're only mocked up here; once in position there will be less books and more nicknacks; this was just to show off 

And I'll probably go back and forth with painting and glueing with most of the interior: start with them loose for ease of reach, then glue them in place and od the final shading, fitting in etc in-situ.

By the way; I have not printed a single book for this project: a colleague gave me a couple of stacks he had printed off as a test and I still had a blister pack of Greenstuff World resin books I received years ago which came in really handy here

If you feel like a challenge, how about the mechanical owl from clash of the titans.

Now there's an idea! 

Speaking of the Frostgrave essentials: the dog kennel is done, and I have now also sourced the crystal ball; it's a glass bead to put inside paint bottles with a nub fromt he underside of a 50mm square WHFB base, which I cut out (from an already cut bit of base in my bitsbox) and sanded round. Made for a perfect fit.

Oh, and the cauldron and sarcophagus I already had; I just pinned the legs of the cauldron into place, so they're both ready for painting now.

The end time is fast approaching. The painting time...

[anevilgiraffe]

I did the library for the Frothers Cthuluedo game... it's not that bad to paint, I mainly did red spines, with some blue and green, the occassional gold line or dot.