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Title: Dags does Frostgrave.... Another day, another Wizard 23/10
Post by: Dags on 03 July 2021, 11:00:50 AM
As so often I'm late to the party so I've recently lost my Frostgrave virginity and been having a blast playing it. Off for a weekend campaign with mates at the end of the month so rather than repurpose existing minis I thought I'd paint a band from scratch. Just got to find time to get them done in between work...... no pressure then  ;D o_o :o


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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave....
Post by: Ogrob on 03 July 2021, 11:07:37 AM
Off to a great start, fantastic little mini.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave....
Post by: AKULA on 03 July 2021, 11:10:04 AM
Lovely job mate...the red nose is a nice touch  :D
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave....
Post by: LiamFrostfang on 03 July 2021, 11:40:55 AM
 8) very cool...looks good!!!
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave....
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 03 July 2021, 01:23:59 PM
Nice job.  I always balk at doing proper wintery bases for my stuff, in part because I'm still holding out hopes for more Ghost Archipelago support and in part because I've used my actual Frostgrave figs more for RPGs than the game itself. 
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave....
Post by: snitcythedog on 03 July 2021, 01:29:30 PM
Glad you tried it out and enjoyed it.  No matter how many times you play it is still fun and interesting. 
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave....
Post by: Dags on 09 July 2021, 10:39:07 PM
A few more...

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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave....
Post by: Blackwolf on 09 July 2021, 11:58:37 PM
Nice! I like those a lot 8)
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave....
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on 10 July 2021, 04:43:53 AM
Excellent sculpts and brushwork. I am finding myself increasingly interested in trying out Frostgrave but there just never seems enough free time.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Snow Gray & the 7ish Dwarves
Post by: Dags on 31 July 2021, 01:09:32 PM
Well, I got them done in time despite a manic workload and a week where it was impossible to paint due to weather. Unfortunately, the campaign weekend has been postponed due to the plague  :'(

Anyways, here we go; Snow Gray and the 7ish Dwarves (provisionally named Dave T, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, Titch, Pugh, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble & Grubb)

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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Snow Gray & the 7ish Dwarves
Post by: 2010sunburst on 31 July 2021, 04:33:55 PM
Fantastic painting.  Really characterful faces on these.  More than a touch of the Irish about some of the dwarves as well…..
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Snow Gray & the 7ish Dwarves
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 31 July 2021, 05:59:45 PM
Lovely paintwork and a very neat combination of miniatures there, but for cripes sake, someone give Snowy a sandwich.  You can practically see the poor woman's backbone through her navel she's so thin.  :)
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Snow Gray & the 7ish Dwarves
Post by: Dags on 12 August 2021, 11:42:06 AM
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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... May have bought more Dwarfs 12/08
Post by: fred on 12 August 2021, 12:23:05 PM
Fantastic painting!

Which range are the Dwarves from?
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... May have bought more Dwarfs 12/08
Post by: Dags on 12 August 2021, 12:29:31 PM
Quote from: fred on 12 August 2021, 12:23:05 PM
Which range are the Dwarves from?

They're the Ratnik/LAF ones - the sculpts must be getting on for 15 years old; some of the sculpting is pretty ropey (finger prints on the putty not smoothed out before moulding and details missing) but they've got buckets of character that lets me forgive their shortcomings.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... May have bought more Dwarfs 12/08
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 12 August 2021, 12:38:24 PM
Fingerprints on the master add character, and it proves they weren't sculpted on a computer.  :) 
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... May have bought more Dwarfs 12/08
Post by: Blackwolf on 12 August 2021, 12:44:23 PM
Cracking! :-* Snowy is a great miniature,managed to get a spare years ago from Sally :)
I particularly like the little chap with pipe and axe,lovely figure. Whilst I understand about the sculpting issues (I have some of his PA minis),there’s something very characterful about them.
Anyway.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... May have bought more Dwarfs 12/08
Post by: Dags on 12 August 2021, 01:00:11 PM
Quote from: Blackwolf on 12 August 2021, 12:44:23 PM
Snowy is a great miniature

Sasha (her real name) was always my favourite of the charity minis. Again, 10 years old now but easily holds up. Still spin the mould occasionally when somebody wants one.

Quote
I particularly like the little chap with pipe and axe,lovely figure.

Agree 100% - in a range of really characterful minis, he stands out.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... May have bought more Dwarfs 12/08
Post by: Dags on 19 August 2021, 11:21:26 AM
Eks Bokstu....

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Crofty...

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Jeff...

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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: gamer Mac on 19 August 2021, 01:08:52 PM
They a very characterful band of Dwarfs :-* :-* :-*
Great painting :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: Mason on 19 August 2021, 02:15:58 PM
Beautiful brushwork!
 :-* :-*

(Gotta love those names, especially Eks Bokstu lol )

Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 19 August 2021, 02:21:13 PM
Lovely as always.

Jeff there is clearly an old-school D&D veteran who knows how to listen at doors safely.  People stop laughing at hauling an ear trumpet around the dungeon after the first unfortunate "rot grub in the woodwork" incident.

Who makes that Crofty fig?  Really a standout sculpt.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: Dags on 19 August 2021, 03:08:01 PM
Quote from: Chief Lackey Rich on 19 August 2021, 02:21:13 PM
Who makes that Crofty fig?  Really a standout sculpt.

They're all (apart from Sasha, obviously) from the Ratnik/LAF line (available from Magister Militum in the UK (please don't buy the ones I haven't got as he only has limited stock  ;))

He's lovely but does have an issue in that (I think) the mould is old and grappling iron needs some serious scraping and filing -  not enough to warrant sending back but a PITA all the same
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: Dags on 19 August 2021, 03:14:35 PM
Quote from: Mason on 19 August 2021, 02:15:58 PM
Eks Bokstu lol )

In the first game with these I was writing down the equipment and, in a moment of complete stupidity, wrote that the crossbowwoman had an X-Box instead of X Bow so that was what she was known as throughout the evening. The second one with a crossbow is obviously X-Box 2...  ;D
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 19 August 2021, 03:38:04 PM
 lol

Great work  8)
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: MaleGriffin on 21 August 2021, 05:19:21 PM
Gorgeous! Lovely brushwork! I love your skin tones!
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: Reed on 22 August 2021, 10:52:14 AM
Not a fan of giving them names, makes it harder to accept it when they suffer the classical "axe to the head" syndrome.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: 2010sunburst on 22 August 2021, 11:34:59 AM
Fantastic paintwork.. I’m not surprised Mutton is deaf if he’s been hitting things with that huge hammer…being around him must be like being inside Big Ben at midday…
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 22 August 2021, 02:21:00 PM
Quote from: Reed on 22 August 2021, 10:52:14 AM
Not a fan of giving them names, makes it harder to accept it when they suffer the classical "axe to the head" syndrome.

True, although I find a nice fresh coat of paint is far more dangerous to a figure's health most of the time.  If I ever write a rule set I'm including a bonus to hit for any target whose paint job was finished that week just to make the effect explicit.

Of course, unfinished figs would suffer twice as much to start, with the bonus increasing the longer they spend in primer or (shudder) bare metal.  :)
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: Dags on 22 August 2021, 02:49:10 PM
Quote from: Reed on 22 August 2021, 10:52:14 AM
Not a fan of giving them names, makes it harder to accept it when they suffer the classical "axe to the head" syndrome.

With my usual die rolling this is a usual occurrence so the names will either be bad puns or those of people I don't like  ;)
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... I'm giving them names; Kill me now! 19/08
Post by: Orctrader on 22 August 2021, 04:45:22 PM
Brilliant painting.  :)
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Ron & Leonard 24/08
Post by: Dags on 24 August 2021, 11:52:16 AM
Ron

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Leonard

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Minty & Rhino to go and then onto some nasties
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Ron & Leonard 24/08
Post by: Mason on 24 August 2021, 12:47:54 PM
Oooh, they are a bit good.
 8) 8)

Those bases look damn fine too, making me want to back and redo some of mine.....
 ::)

Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Ron & Leonard 24/08
Post by: Reed on 26 August 2021, 10:01:16 AM
Ron could be one of my favorites so far.
Looking forward to see some nasties after being given your brushes attentions.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Ron & Leonard 24/08
Post by: Dags on 27 August 2021, 06:18:46 PM
Rhino...

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...and Minty...

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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Rhino & Minty 27/08
Post by: Blackwolf on 28 August 2021, 02:30:12 AM
Rhino and Minty are excellent,what a cracking collection Dags,lovely :-*
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Rhino & Minty 27/08
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 28 August 2021, 07:49:20 AM
Just a lovely idea for at Frostgrave warband. And the execution is fantastic.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Rhino & Minty 27/08
Post by: Ogrob on 28 August 2021, 09:27:09 AM
Continually fantastic! The colour tones and basing fit really well and create a great winter atmosphere.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Rhino & Minty 27/08
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on 30 August 2021, 12:58:33 PM
Excellent.

Minty really gives the impression she does not want to be there.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Rhino & Minty 27/08
Post by: Reed on 01 September 2021, 05:02:40 PM
Quote from: Ultravanillasmurf on 30 August 2021, 12:58:33 PM
Excellent.

Minty really gives the impression she does not want to be there.

One must be really out of their mind if they want to be in Felstad, among all those horrible monsters and wizards, and the cold...
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Rhino & Minty 27/08
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 01 September 2021, 05:44:44 PM
Quote from: Reed on 01 September 2021, 05:02:40 PM
One must be really out of their mind if they want to be in Felstad, among all those horrible monsters and wizards, and the cold...

The pay's good, though.  :)
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Rhino & Minty 27/08
Post by: Dags on 05 October 2021, 07:45:18 PM
Crooked Dice Skellies....

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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Rhino & Minty 27/08
Post by: uti long smile on 05 October 2021, 08:16:55 PM
Quote from: Dags on 05 October 2021, 07:45:18 PM
Crooked Dice Skellies....

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Cracking stuff!
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Dem Bones 05/10
Post by: Dags on 11 October 2021, 05:17:28 PM
I fancied an apothecary and a more active wizard for my little FG band and as nobody made what I wanted I asked LAF's own Tin Shed if he could help (can't recommend Mark too much - top bloke). You may have seen these on his WIP page but after picking up the greens yesterday 'someone' couldn't wait to get them moulded...

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There's also Andy the Minor Demon as it's my mate's birthday coming up and as Cast Demon is his favourite spell (even if he isn't that successful casting it) it seemed rude not to  ;) Any resemblance is purely deliberate.

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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... An apothecary, a wizzard and Andy the Minor Demon
Post by: marianas_gamer on 11 October 2021, 07:11:34 PM
Look great in the metal. I think the apothecary is brilliant! Looking forward to you getting some paint on all.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Dem Bones 05/10
Post by: voltan on 11 October 2021, 07:12:42 PM
Quote from: Dags on 11 October 2021, 05:17:28 PM
Any resemblance is purely deliberate.

Looks a bit too cheerful. ;)
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... An apothecary, a wizzard and Andy the Minor Demon
Post by: LiamFrostfang on 12 October 2021, 11:50:54 AM
 8) very cool!!!
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... An apothecary, a wizzard and Andy the Minor Demon
Post by: Dags on 12 October 2021, 04:47:06 PM
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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Andy the Minor Demon painted 12/10
Post by: Mason on 12 October 2021, 11:25:32 PM
Excellent!
 :-* :-*

(Only a 'minor' Demon...? How rude!)
 lol
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Andy the Minor Demon painted 12/10
Post by: Dags on 15 October 2021, 11:19:37 AM
The painted Wizard...

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....the Apothecary....

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...Ranger Rickolette (from NTS' Beardfolk range)...

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...and her pet Frog...

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....and, finally, a selection all together. To say I'm delighted at how well they scale and fit with each other would be an understatement....

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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: LiamFrostfang on 15 October 2021, 01:18:35 PM
 8) way cool!!!
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: Michi on 15 October 2021, 01:44:21 PM
Better late to the party than not there at all! I am still painting for Frostgrave and even plan a Halloween special this month…  :D

Your band is one of the coolest (coldest???) I've seen so far!
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: Mason on 15 October 2021, 06:08:00 PM
Beautiful!
That is one seriously gorgeous warband you have on your hands there, you should be very happy with them.
 :-* :-*

Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: tin shed gamer on 15 October 2021, 10:49:30 PM
Well you got them coloured in PDQ  lol

I do like the way you use transfers. They make wizard's clothing pop.

Has Andy got you planning another warband yet?
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: Dags on 16 October 2021, 07:57:02 AM
Quote from: tin shed gamer on 15 October 2021, 10:49:30 PM
Well you got them coloured in PDQ  lol

I do like the way you use transfers. They make wizard's clothing pop.

Has Andy got you planning another warband yet?

They may have jumped the queue a bit  ;)

His Nibs put them into rubber on Monday morning and dropped me off a set of castings that night  8)

I'm rather worried he has plans for a whole legion of (minor) demonic minihims  :o

My freehand isn't neat enough to do that many stars consistently (there's 30-40 of them) so decals (1/300th tank ones from Minibits) were the obvious way to go.

Gaming at Ainsty Towers this weekend so I'm sure it will be discussed  :D
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: tin shed gamer on 16 October 2021, 10:24:12 AM
I'm all for using transfers. Using them in a different context to their original .Is a smart move.
I'll quite happily paint banners and shields all day long ( but then I'm an idiot) Never held with that subtle BS that using transfers is somehow cheating. Achiving your desired results with the minimum use of your time Is just smart.

 I'm sure your warband will do well. After all they've nothing to fear but snow drifts.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 16 October 2021, 01:36:45 PM
Quote from: tin shed gamer on 16 October 2021, 10:24:12 AM
I'm all for using transfers. Using them in a different context to their original .Is a smart move.
I'll quite happily paint banners and shields all day long

You and me both.  Not afraid to freehand on flat surfaces but doing it on flowing clothing and complex curves scares the hell out of me.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on 23 October 2021, 05:55:36 PM
Very nice.

I love the effect of the transfer stars on that wizard.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Doc & Wizard painted 15/10
Post by: Dags on 23 October 2021, 09:10:08 PM
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Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Another day, another Wizard 23/10
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 23 October 2021, 09:13:38 PM
She looks like she's very unhappy about something.
Title: Re: Dags does Frostgrave.... Another day, another Wizard 23/10
Post by: LiamFrostfang on 25 October 2021, 09:39:57 AM
 :o awesome work!!!