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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Frostgrave => Topic started by: Ogrob on December 17, 2017, 11:34:31 AM
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Thought I might post some of my Ghost Archipelago progress here. I'm mostly working on the beasts right now, with the intention of having a mostly complete bestiary by springtime. Also need to decide what models I want to use for my crew.
So here's what I've got so far:
(https://i.imgur.com/r40ScE5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/omUQdjw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/v3itHqJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nA9Seek.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tGZajbD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/w6Ra8qy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cpOaG6t.jpg)
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all look great, Ogrob.
particularly like the pteradons / razorbeaks.
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Very nicely done! Which models are those?
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Thanks! Big dino is from Kaha Miniatures, other dinos are Copplestone and the rest are official North Star models.
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Love your colors! I especially like the little egg-stealing dinos. You did a great job on the them.
I need to get started on my bestiary soon, too...!
Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/
(http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww213/mikedemana/Miscellaneous/LPL_bades_zpsl7op2jaz.jpg)
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Love your colors! I especially like the little egg-stealing dinos. You did a great job on the them.
I need to get started on my bestiary soon, too...!
Thanks! I image searched for various dinosaurs and picked some of the more colourful patterns I found.
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That there komodo dragon is very cool.
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And here is my Crew:
(https://i.imgur.com/PU9Qx7f.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/O6Un7k7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/epBGtLC.jpg)
Also painted up some Warlord Greeks for Dricheans:
(https://i.imgur.com/T7J6cgd.jpg)
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And some fishy things:
(https://i.imgur.com/gDj0YQN.jpg)
Finally, I'm working on some sculpts for Eritheans. The heads are from Aventine's elephant range.
(https://i.imgur.com/IPCZ1HT.jpg)
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Looks awesome! :o Love the censoring star... lol
Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/
(http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww213/mikedemana/Miscellaneous/LPL_bades_zpsl7op2jaz.jpg)
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love the painted figs - your band at least, very cool selection of figs.
not how i see the dricheans, skin-tone wise, but very nicely done.
and the elephant guys ... you've sculpted those bodies yourself? absolutely brilliant. :-*
I'm doing my own too - bodies from reaper bones fire giants, heads from zvezda persian elephants - but I think the results will be a little over the top both in size and armour ... your's look as tho' they'll be commercial standard.
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:o wow. fab.
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Looks awesome! :o Love the censoring star... lol
Thank you! Posted them to Facebook as well, so better safe than sorry. Would'nt have bothered for just here.
love the painted figs - your band at least, very cool selection of figs.
not how i see the dricheans, skin-tone wise, but very nicely done.
and the elephant guys ... you've sculpted those bodies yourself? absolutely brilliant. :-*
I'm doing my own too - bodies from reaper bones fire giants, heads from zvezda persian elephants - but I think the results will be a little over the top both in size and armour ... your's look as tho' they'll be commercial standard.
THank you. Dricheans live on tropical islands, so non white seemed given to me. The elephants are just a little larger then what North Star models often are, but not crazy oversized.
:o wow. fab.
Thank you!
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didn't mean the dricheans should be 'white', just to clarify.
yeah, your elephants look just right - I meant mine, if I finish them, will be rather ott.
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Great Project - Well Done :-*
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Almost done.
(https://i.imgur.com/8dJsipV.jpg)
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those are just brilliant.
Northstar should try and licence them from you (mind you the heads would make that difficult I guess)!
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I agree - they look brilliant.
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:o cheers!!! ill take one of each please.
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Thanks guys, but there are many imperfections and short cuts on these that would mean poor casts. My sculpting is not quite at a commercial level.
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Painted things!
Official Ancestral Guardian:
(https://i.imgur.com/wQ5WZ46.jpg)
Copplestone Raptors:
(https://i.imgur.com/lyvXqNG.jpg)
Elephant dudes:
(https://i.imgur.com/Jc6hBGp.jpg)
GW Azyrite ruin:
(https://i.imgur.com/uUzLjDe.jpg)
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Everything looks great but those elephant dudes are fantastic!
Can you give us an idea how tall that "Official Ancestral Guardian" is and where it's from?
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I concur, that's some amazing work!
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Everything looks great but those elephant dudes are fantastic!
Can you give us an idea how tall that "Official Ancestral Guardian" is and where it's from?
Thank you! With official, I meant by the makers of the game so North Star. He's just over human size for the game, about 35mm to the eyes I think.
(https://i.imgur.com/dYOvWZ2.jpg)
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love the elephant men and ruins in particular.
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Thank you!
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:D great brushwork bros!!!
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going back a bit, but as it remains a bugbear for me: top 'eyes' on the human figs.
really well done.
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Thank you, they can be a bit hit and miss for me as well.
And thank you Frostfang!
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Outstanding stuff!
Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/
(http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww213/mikedemana/Miscellaneous/LPL_bades_zpsl7op2jaz.jpg)
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Great stuff! Love the dinosaurs, really gives a nice Lost Worlds vibe to the Archipelago, quite fitting! :)
The elephant men look awesome, great sculpting and brushwork. For me the big hammers/clubs reinforce the image that they're opponents you'd rather not mess with, unless you're in the company of a powerfull wizard :) Well done!
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Thank you! We played the Erithean Graveyard scenario a while back, and of course I had to deal with all of the elephant men spawning on my side of the table.
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That's quite unfortunate, especially after taking all the effort to paint them up nicely, not much of a thank you >:( :D During our first campaign we had a scaly worm that had it in for elves, he Always showed up in their rear, being quite a nuisance... >:( :)
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A couple more monsters painted. Not much to say really.
(https://i.imgur.com/bFvdRNa.jpg)
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Nice - where did you get the ghost/banshee ?
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Thank you, it's a WizKids unpainted DnD miniatures. I've just drybrushed it a little bit to make the details visible.
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Thank you, it's a WizKids unpainted DnD miniatures. I've just drybrushed it a little bit to make the details visible.
And the crocs?
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Malifaux. The gremlin line has a number of nicely sculpted animals. I've left off the gremlins being eaten, but they seem designed to give you that choice.
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Love the gorillas where are they from ?
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An expansion for the Descent boardgame. Good game, and a great source of monsters for Frostgrave.
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:) very well dun.
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Got a model from Hero Forge the other day. It's a nifty website that lets you design your own miniatures and have them 3D printed. A bit expensive, sure, but fun. This model is inspired by a piece of artwork that I stumbled across on the net, and I've seen nothing like it in miniature so I decided to give it a go and get one printed.
It showed up with visible print strata, but painted up better then I thought really. What do you think?
(https://i.imgur.com/cMrMbjZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kD6QQam.jpg)
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Very nice!
Can you tell us more about the quality of the Hero Forge minis? They seem excellent but I've been afraid to make an order. I've seen 3D printed at work and the didn't look great.
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I got the Premium Plastic which on a quick overview seems to be the only real choice to me. Detail is decent to good, sometimes a little bit shallow but painted up ok as per above. The eyebrows were just about visible on the model after primer.
The plastic is hard, a touch brittle, and the arrow was bent a little bit. There are no mold lines, but a few tabs left from print supports. On the bare model, you do see the different layers from the printer, but they can be sanded on larger surfaces. Either way, I don't feel they show much at all once painted.
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I like hero forge miniature (yes expensive) but you can have fun with the designing and you get what you want. I did these last year http://bandit86.blogspot.com/2017/03/hero-forge-painted.html and have just order 2 more for a frost grave war band.
I placed an order to Hero Forge on June 3rd it arrived today June 8th
Both the figures I designed were perfectly rendered with hardly any print lines that I can see without magnification and I can't see much cleanup that needs to be done. I was pleased with the ones I got last year but the quality and service is even better now. Yes the price is high but you get something you design (which is fun in itself) to your specification and now a week from concept to delivery...well worth it. Thanks for the super service
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I placed an order to Hero Forge on June 3rd it arrived today June 8th
I acctually had a problem with the speed. The website said two weeks to process, so I ordered, went on holiday and figured she would turn up when I got back. Instead, they sent the package after like two days, and I barely had time to pick her up from UPS (Sweden doesn't usually do home delivieries on small packages, we pick them up from a service point). One day later and it would have been sent back :D
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Kitbashed a Crackshot (heavy armor crossbowman) for my Crew. Shieldwolf and Perry parts.
(https://i.imgur.com/dL3t5qc.jpg)
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Also finished this Gorgon today. It's a GW Melusai I think they're called.
(https://i.imgur.com/EhBx6Rv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mEESboL.jpg)
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That's pretty darn smooth!
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I'm using a few of those too.
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:) looking great!!!
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And the latest addition, two Dust Devils. These are medium Air Elementals from WizKids, so cheap plastics and I couldn't quite get the mold lines out. Still, cheap and servicable for a monster type that is otherwise a bit tricky to find models for.
(https://i.imgur.com/XTlRshJ.jpg)
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those are good models, and you've done a lovely job with them.
and personally I wouldn't worry about the mold lines - such things are hardly ever going to be noticeable at playing distance?
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those are good models, and you've done a lovely job with them.
and personally I wouldn't worry about the mould lines - such things are hardly ever going to be noticeable at playing distance?
Figure as much. Durable plastic creations are really preferable to excuisitely detailed figures when monsters are being handled by all players in a large game.
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Detail looks great to me, tbh - I'd be very happy with them from every point of view.
It's just that I see a lot of talk about (and apologising for) mold-lines, and I've never really got it.
I don't think the odd mould-line on a well-painted 28/30mm figure detracts much when all's said and done.
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If you need more dusties and want different figs for them, try contacting Scott "Four Color Figs" Pyle. He had some air elementals done in a rather similar style for his Goalsystem Delves kickstarter and might still have some to sell. I added a little glue-and-sand mix to mine and produced something like yours for an ebay customer a while back.
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Thanks, but I think two will be plenty. They are just for random encounters.
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New crew! I've been reading a lot of african inspired fantasy lately, like Kai Ashante Williams, Nnedi Okarafor and of course some Black Panther, and this crew is inspired by those works. Five crewmen, two archers and two Savages led by a mysterious Warden. The Heritor is a model I made last year, hence the separate photo.
(https://i.imgur.com/K725luT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VTQmlnl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Jkvaa2d.jpg)
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they look like they mean business.
Heritor's a great fig.
nice paint-jobs, and like your basing - I'll be going back that way I think.
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Thanks mate. I'm going more and more to same basing style for everyone, with just a little variety in which tufts go down. That way any models can be used next to any others in the collection.
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Big fan of your Frostgrave work! The wonder-woman crew leader is probably my favorite, but I really like your latest warband as well!
I came across the adventure pack (https://shop.badgergames.com/product.sc?productId=52&categoryId=47) for Congo recently, and the animals (https://shop.badgergames.com/category.sc?categoryId=180)from Darkest Africa while looking for more animals to pick up; they may be more good additions to your collection!
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Thank you! Always on the lookout for nice animals and beasts. I have a Phil Hynes tiger from a recent kickstarter that I really need to paint, it is by far the loveliest big cat model I have seen.
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Didn't want to start a new thread for Rangers of Shadow Deep, in case it doesn't go anywhere, so posting here instead.
Had a quick read of the rules today and planned out a Ranger with companions. Not sure if numbers or quality is the way to go, but for now I picked a Tracker, a Rogue, a Man-at-arms, a Conjurer and a Bloodhound. Dug out some plastic sprues and came up with the following:
(https://i.imgur.com/U4T1dy8.jpg)
First go at Frostgrave female soldiers, some lovely bits in that kit.
What do you guys think?
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8) very cool mods!!!
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This group is really fantastic! I like specially how Frostgrave and Oathmark pieces combines
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Thanks guys! The Oathmark humans might as well be the official armoured Frostgrave soldiers :D
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Done some greenstuff and basing work to get them ready for painting.
(https://i.imgur.com/WGmmQXY.jpg)
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Ah the joys of sprue-bashing.
Nice work - looking forward to seeing them painted up.
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And painted!
(https://i.imgur.com/mPdWTo5.jpg)
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Simply wonderful. Great stuff. Where did that fine dog come from?
I really love the models on the extreme left and right; they look mystical and the hats are great!
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Thanks mate! The dog is from Warlord Games' Farm Animal sprue. I happened to have one and was really happy to be able to make an all plastic band.
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I have now played the first two scenarios, and have started on the third. We lost the faithful bloodhound in the watchtower of Tor Varden, but recruited a swordmistress, Lady Julie.
For some reason I built a custom board just to play the Broken Stairs mission.
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beautful board.
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And painted!
(https://i.imgur.com/mPdWTo5.jpg)
Wonderfully painted miniatures!
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Very nice figures, excellent painting.
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Thanks guys! Here is my latest recruit, after the dog died at Tor Varden. Almost didn't post it because I was unhappy with the face, especially the right eye. Let's blame Windsor & Newton, I'm sure the latest two Series 7 I bought were dodgy. Got a couple of Raphael sable brushes since painting this, let's see if they help.
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Nice job.
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Finished the models for, and played Blood Moon today. My Ranger has found a magic crossbow and a magic cloak so he got a new leveled up miniature.
The rest of the models are scenario NPCs, four survivors who may have been infected with lycanthropy, and two children that might be found in the manor explored.
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The face looks great! I can understand why you would be unhappy with the eye, but that is from up close.
One thing you could consider, which will probably fix the eye, is adding a brown wash to the face. I always notice the eyes on my models to "rectify" so to speak because of the shading around the eyes.
But I love your team! Very characterful bunch!
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:o look good to me!!!!
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Where are those kids from please ? I thought Hasslefree or Breugelburg, but can’t see them if they are. They look like useful gateway drugs for my own goblin...
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Where are those kids from please ? I thought Hasslefree or Breugelburg, but can’t see them if they are. They look like useful gateway drugs for my own goblin...
Oathsworn's Sensible Shoes range.
Thanks everyone!
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A lot of splendidly creative kitbashing in this entire collection. Well done Ogrob :)
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A lot of splendidly creative kitbashing in this entire collection. Well done Ogrob :)
Thank you Captain! I do think the Ranger squad is some of my best overall, both modelling and painting.
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That T Rex looks fab. Dangerous and deadly! Your elephants are terrific!
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Some reinforcements for my Ghost Archipelago crew that I have painted through spring. The big guys are Warhammer Tzeentch Cultists with head and weapon swaps. Nice kit without too much GW skull crud.
(https://i.imgur.com/hyvzeLe.jpg)
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:o great stuff!!!
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Thank you! I realize now I should do inventory on this crew, because I have no idea if I have actually covered all possible specialists.
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Kitbashed a Dwarf Ranger for roleplaying, and because I'm really happy with it I am posting it here. It fits in well with my Rangers of Shadow Deep content, and I'm not about to start a fourth log thread for my rpg miniature projects.
(https://i.imgur.com/JhQG89X.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nEVmdvo.jpg)
Bit list:
Victrix Vikings head
Oathmark Human Infantry arms
GW Empire Wizard hood
Fireforge Templar cloak
Oathmark Dwarf body
Victrix viking knife
Frostgrave Wizard potion and pouch
Frostgrave Soldiers II rope
What do you think?
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I think he looks brilliant, clever kitbashing!
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And painted up, ready to show off after last round of LPL:
(https://i.imgur.com/DVmdfmt.jpg)
And his friends, a mix of Bad Squiddo metals and Oathmark/Frostgrave/Victrix kitbash:
(https://i.imgur.com/6zr8BPU.jpg)
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fine band of dwarfs there.
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Thanks mate, pretty happy with them :D
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Agree, lovely bunch.
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Very smart indeed
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Very nice! Catches the flair of an adventuring dwarven company pretty much perfect!
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Gearing up for a replay (and maybe some convention demoing) of Rangers of Shadow Deep. These Fireforge living dead peasants got a quick and dirty paintjob: just basecoats, dark brown wash and some Vallejo special effect paints.
(https://i.imgur.com/9TGbbFx.jpg)
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They look disgusting...good job.
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Nice.
The one with the dining passenger is particularly good.
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Nice.
The one with the dining passenger is particularly good.
Yeah, had to use that head when I saw it.
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And here we have someone to lead the undead forces of the Shadow Deep. An excellent sculpt from North Star, in my opinion. What do you think?
(https://i.imgur.com/7e4gNX0.jpg)
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N ice paint job, and yes nice figure, though I am bit concerned at the scale creep.
I have a couple of the other sculpts (Artisan) and they're good too.
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He's a big lad for sure, but I kind of like that he towers over regular infantry.
Anyway, here are two more monsters sorted for the bestiary. I struggled to visualize what the Terrorwing should be, but I had a Reaper Bones manticore lying around, and it looks intelligent enough to be a spellcaster and has wings, so close enough. The vulture is from a GW kit of plastic cultists, but works well here in my opinion. What do you think?
(https://i.imgur.com/LkQj9Ga.jpg)
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I think they are spot on! The eyes on the manticore really makes it look smart enough to cast a spell, is it because you painted them like human eyes?
Also that board with the steps :-*
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I think they are spot on! The eyes on the manticore really makes it look smart enough to cast a spell, is it because you painted them like human eyes?
Also that board with the steps :-*
Thank you! That was the idea with the eyes, I read that the mythological version often has a human face and so human eyes seemed to make sense.
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8) cool!!!
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really like those.
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Another update as I prep for some games in the Shadow Deeps in the coming weeks. Two rangers, kitbashed from Frostgrave Soldiers and Wizards II, Oathmark elves, a Fireforge cloak and a Perry agincourt cavalry longbow. The female wizard kit really complements the soldiers well, and makes up for some of the heads and weapons being a little naff on the soldiers.
(https://i.imgur.com/YaWHpMs.jpg)
What do you think?
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Cracking kit bashing.
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Another update as I prep for some games in the Shadow Deeps in the coming weeks. Two rangers, kitbashed from Frostgrave Soldiers and Wizards II, Oathmark elves, a Fireforge cloak and a Perry agincourt cavalry longbow.
It all fits nicely together and the poses look great,
Was it a challenge to use as many kits as possible? :-*
I wonder is anyone can label all the parts ???
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It all fits nicely together and the poses look great,
Was it a challenge to use as many kits as possible? :-*
I wonder is anyone can label all the parts ???
Thank you! These are fairly restrained if you compare to the dwarf I built earlier in the thread. ;)
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looking forward to seeing those painted up.
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And here they are, having brought friends!
I got the Fireforge Northmen peasant kit a couple of weeks ago, and it's a really useful kit. The chap with the bow is a straight build from that kit. The veteran is an almost straight Northman build as well, but the head is from Mantic's new Clansmen kit. The wizard is a straight build from Frostgrave Wizards II, but with a viking sword.
(https://i.imgur.com/ImHxCAz.jpg)
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What do you think?
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Love it! Great color choices, what did you use for the red head?
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I like 'em. They have a very "serious" look.
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Love it! Great color choices, what did you use for the red head?
Thank you! It's a rather simple base of Scale75 Blood Red and highlighted by mixing in orange. Usually I shade with umber, and maybe use some buff colour to mix into highlights for a more realistic ginger, but as a spellcaster I felt she should have a proper red.
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Ah the joys of kitbashing. Great stuff!
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:D splendid!!!
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This thread is full of very nice models and conversions, great work! :-* 8) :-*