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Title: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on July 09, 2015, 02:21:07 PM: Hi there folks, joined a little while ago and thought I'd better say something :) My painting and gaming tends to be super diverse and sporadic, so this thread may wax and wane as my interests move to new genres, but for now at least I'm gearing up for the arrival of Frostgrave, which looks like being all kinds of awesome fun! So in preparation, I've painted a few old Reaper Bones I had lying around. No real plan for them, may or may not use them, but they were a fun distraction for a few evenings. Bones plastic is still the most awful material to paint on, but these turned out halfway decent I think. I've also since these photos were taken gotten around to basing them with snow bases befitting the setting.

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_0956_zpsbiktwxii.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_0956_zpsbiktwxii.jpg.html)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_0955_zpsrcbxl6i5.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_0955_zpsrcbxl6i5.jpg.html)
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: nic-e on July 09, 2015, 05:43:08 PM: I picked up that same wizard from orcs nest the other day for frostgrave, yours is looking great! :)
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: deathjester25 on July 09, 2015, 06:23:50 PM: They do look very nice. I agree painting bones sucks. I backed to first kickstarter and ended up giving them all to my son to play with. Still love reaper though
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: bandit86 on July 11, 2015, 06:20:45 AM: Very Cool (the girl is one of my Favs from Reaper)
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Ivan DBA on July 11, 2015, 05:49:58 PM: Great painting, and good choice of colors too. The patina on the fountain is excellent.

I'm actually painting that same wizard as a fire Elementalist for Frostgrave.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Jiron on July 12, 2015, 05:28:39 PM: As keen player of Pathfinder RPG, I'm glad this wizard is so popular. He is an iconic image of wizard in the Pathfinder RPG.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Gutbukkit on July 12, 2015, 07:50:48 PM: A great start to your warband. I look forward to what you have coming next.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: carlos13th on July 13, 2015, 03:46:46 AM: I really.like.the colour scheme you are using
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on July 14, 2015, 02:46:06 PM: Thanks so much for all the kind words people :) Not a whole lot of progress, although I have a couple more wizards lined up ready to paint in anticipation of my book arriving. In the meantime, here's a barbarian. There aren't enough ethnically diverse barbarians in the world. No need for them all to be hulking vikings.

Painting is super sloppy, still a lot I need to go back and finish :?

And here's a link to my blog, if anyone wants to see non-frostgrave models. Just started some AoS chaos :)

http://nsevenswords.blogspot.com.au/

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_0967_zpsz10byppp.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_0967_zpsz10byppp.jpg.html)

Thanks for viewing
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on July 26, 2015, 02:19:00 PM: Just a quick update. Not much to show, been painting other projects, and slowly assembling some of my lovely plastic frostgrave troops. Great kit. Hoping to be able to have a game next weekend, scrambling to get together enough terrain in time. Here is some pics of what I currently have finished. Pretty rough and ready paintjobs. The snow looks better in real life, very icy, like melting slush. I want the city to look like it's thawing after a long freeze, rather than just being heavily coated with fresh snow.

Sorry for the dodgy photos, got a snow table top but it isn't set up yet.

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Terrain/IMG_20150726_1621292_zps353vsazw.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Terrain/IMG_20150726_1621292_zps353vsazw.jpg.html)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Terrain/IMG_20150726_1621142_zps1xnq47jh.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Terrain/IMG_20150726_1621142_zps1xnq47jh.jpg.html)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Terrain/IMG_20150726_1621382_zps4obzp8on.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Terrain/IMG_20150726_1621382_zps4obzp8on.jpg.html)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Terrain/IMG_20150726_1622132_zpswsc0pt7z.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Terrain/IMG_20150726_1622132_zpswsc0pt7z.jpg.html)

Thanks for viewing.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: joe5mc on July 26, 2015, 02:50:26 PM: Terrific slush effect!
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on September 29, 2015, 10:32:53 AM: Thanks Joe! Much appreciated.

Anyway, my thread was all the way back on page 9 ::) So I figured I better resurrect it since I've been doing a ton of frostgrave hobbying lately. I'm bad at remembering to take photos, so here's just a single workbench pic of two small pieces of terrain I've finished - there are quite a few larger buildings in progress. I'm super happy with them, they've turned out very well and cost almost nothing to make. I've gone heavy on the snow effect because, to me, the fluff of Frostgrave, barebones as it is, is one of the best things. With so many people (understandably) playing temperategrave, I wanted to really capture the feel of a deep frozen city.

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Terrain/IMG_20150929_163553_zpscbgix2t4.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Terrain/IMG_20150929_163553_zpscbgix2t4.jpg.html)

Lots more to come, including warband soldiers and more terrain :)

PS, in the background you can see the start of my first barrow complex - it'll count as a mausoleum for that scenario. I eventually want to make two or three, but they're taking a lot of work.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Mahwell skel on September 29, 2015, 10:45:09 AM: What a great idea using a cork tile to make stones. I have been debating how best to do that for ages, thanks.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Polkovnik on September 29, 2015, 11:13:24 AM: That snow is fantastic. The most real looking snow I've seen. What did you use to make it ?
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Awesomeshotdude on September 29, 2015, 11:15:13 AM: Great looking stonework and terrain pieces, Magos. I'm very much looking forward to seeing the one in the background completed, it looks very interesting!
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on September 29, 2015, 11:52:41 AM: Thanks guys :)

@Mahwell skel - yep, I was trying to figure out how to make ruins, the remembered I had a bunch of cork tiles I picked up for like $5. So far I have used two tiles to make enough terrain for a 2x2 board. It paints up beautifully and because it has some flex, is very hardy.

@polkovnik - thanks! I'm really happy with it. I don't have an exact recipe but basically it uses a mix of water effects (the one part stuff), pva/craft glue and snow flock, mixed into a paste and smeared around. I've started adding a drop or two of white paint too, which helps the snow pop a bit more and not go too translucent/slushy.

@Awesomeshotdude - cheers mate :) The barrow is inspired by a piece of skyrim concept art I found.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on September 30, 2015, 04:14:36 AM: Some skeletons I painted last night. Nothing fancy, they are super rushed. Just drybrushing and washes mostly, but they only took an hour or two, so they'll do.

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_20150930_1306352_zpsrlh58jg8.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_20150930_1306352_zpsrlh58jg8.jpg.html)
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: verd on September 30, 2015, 01:30:21 PM: :-* I like this thread!

Watching with interest. :D
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: armyofmites on September 30, 2015, 01:41:33 PM: Hi. I like this greenish color on the shields, is it GW Nihilakh Oxide or something else?
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: tyrionhalfman on September 30, 2015, 05:27:33 PM: Lovely skellies especially the eyes.thanks for sharing
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on October 01, 2015, 03:05:11 PM: Thanks guys, glad you like them.

@armyofmites - yep, nihlahk oxide. I was skeptical at first because verdigris is pretty easy to paint normally, but it makes it easy to just splash around for tabletop standard models.

Anyway, I finally had a real bolt of inspiration for a warband to play. Will have some proper fluff coming, but for now, this infantry is the first member of the a warband made up of... the last remnant of old Felstad. Led by a chronomancer ;)
Not my finest painting, can't get the ornate armour to look good. Tried metallic, nope, so now nmm... which I suck at. But oh well, he'll do.

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_20151001_235334_zps48hbmt3d.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_20151001_235334_zps48hbmt3d.jpg.html)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_20151001_235345_zpsa129cpix.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_20151001_235345_zpsa129cpix.jpg.html)
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Crazy Ivan on October 01, 2015, 03:19:37 PM: :o Very nice, looks lovely with that head and scabbard! Curious about your fluff, sounds intriguing...

Excellent looking skellies too, by the way!
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: joe5mc on October 01, 2015, 03:41:36 PM: Super cool! Where is that head from?
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Post by: commissarmoody on October 01, 2015, 04:00:26 PM: Look pretty cool to me
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: wulfgar22 on October 01, 2015, 05:18:27 PM: Great stuff! Really like the verdigris on the skeletons!
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on October 02, 2015, 02:51:44 AM: Thanks guys :)

@Joe5mc - the head (and shoulder plate) is from the Mantic revenant set - I've always really liked the style of armour they wear, and since I'm using Mantic models for most of my undead Felstadians, it makes sense to keep the armour consistent for my chronomancer.

Anyway, little more progress, this time a witch. Quite pleased with how she turned out, I kept the colours fairly simple, using the many layers of clothing to create a sort of reverse fade effect.
Side note - most of the women I paint end up with jade lips and eye shadow. It's both because I like the colour and, from an aesthetics view, it is highly constrasting to the pale skin tones, which helps define the face clearly. But mostly I just like the colour.

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_20151002_1135082_zpsqbs0itn0.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_20151002_1135082_zpsqbs0itn0.jpg.html)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_20151002_1134522_zpseqxnd1w5.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_20151002_1134522_zpseqxnd1w5.jpg.html)
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Awesomeshotdude on October 02, 2015, 03:37:34 AM: Looking good Magos - I particularly like the Skeletons...
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: tyrionhalfman on October 02, 2015, 06:21:14 AM: Great additions. Thanks for sharing
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Post by: commissarmoody on October 02, 2015, 07:13:33 AM: She looks great, who makes her?
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on October 02, 2015, 10:17:37 AM: Thanks, the witch is from Reaper, their Pathfinder range.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on October 02, 2015, 12:44:05 PM: Ok, one last post for the day. Finished off some wolves to add to my growing number of encounter monsters. Also took a scenic pic of the skellies in some ruins. Excuse the crappy phone pics.

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/IMG_20151002_1643592_zpsdyftl8wc.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/IMG_20151002_1643592_zpsdyftl8wc.jpg.html)

(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt243/Magos_Kasen/Models/d2adbb2c-cac4-4cd3-a778-764fc135a7fa_zpsmcjytwjt.jpg) (http://s616.photobucket.com/user/Magos_Kasen/media/Models/d2adbb2c-cac4-4cd3-a778-764fc135a7fa_zpsmcjytwjt.jpg.html)
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Eric the Shed on October 02, 2015, 01:35:55 PM: those wolves look great - as does the rest of the thread

thank you for sharing
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: capthugeca on October 02, 2015, 03:14:35 PM: Quote from: Eric the Shed on October 02, 2015, 01:35:55 PM
those wolves look great

Second that!
Where the wolves from?
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Dr DeAth on October 02, 2015, 05:18:06 PM: Quote from: capthugeca on October 02, 2015, 03:14:35 PM
Second that!
Where the wolves from?

Werewolves from? :)

Some excellent minis and terrain in this thread, I think I'll give your snow recipe a go.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Awesomeshotdude on October 03, 2015, 02:04:53 AM: Wolves look great Magos!
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Magos Kasen on October 03, 2015, 11:30:33 AM: Thanks guys, much appreciated :) The wolves are from Red Box. Not sure if they're still in production.
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Wraith01 on October 27, 2016, 02:29:19 AM: Awesome stuff.
Need a group shot!
Title: Re: [MK] Start of a Frostgrave warband
Post by: Jennifer on October 27, 2016, 03:05:03 AM: Nice work. I really like those wolves, where did you get those?