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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Frostgrave => Topic started by: Curadh on 15 August 2015, 02:04:07 PM

Title: All 20 soldiers painted- look good from far but far from good!
Post by: Curadh on 15 August 2015, 02:04:07 PM
Hello all.  Well last night I finished off the rest of my frostgrave plastic soldiers.  It was not a chore at all- unlike other painting 'quests' I've had in recent years. 

My 20 models are pale comparisons to Kevin Dalimores, :-I but will do fine for my frozen tabletop Frostgrave battles at home.  Hope to get some battles in before my son leaves back for college.

Overall, just awesome plastics that were easy to assemble and paint- and modify.  And as an extra added bonus I have lots of extra sacks, weapons and heads for other projects now.  I encourage everyone to get a box of the plastics, you will not be disappointed.
Title: Re: All 20 soldiers painted- look good from far but far from good!
Post by: rufus sparkfire on 15 August 2015, 02:18:02 PM
They look very nice! Well done.
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Post by: wulfgar22 on 15 August 2015, 06:19:28 PM
Look pretty damn good to me! Great job!
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Post by: Mick_in_Switzerland on 16 August 2015, 06:53:55 AM
Very well done   :-*

Who makes the skeletons?  They also look good.
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Post by: Awesomeshotdude on 16 August 2015, 07:29:01 AM
Great work on all your Spellcaster and Soldier mini's, and the skeletons also look very good!
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Post by: Andym on 16 August 2015, 08:01:18 AM
They look good to me! 8)
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Post by: DoctorPete on 16 August 2015, 09:30:41 AM
Well done!  Those appear to be the Wargames Factory skeletons.    :)
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Post by: Awesomeshotdude on 16 August 2015, 09:33:33 AM
Well done!  Those appear to be the Wargames Factory skeletons.    :)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right..and I only just realised they are weaponless and shieldless...and cool new take on them!
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Post by: Harry on 16 August 2015, 09:34:11 AM
Looks good to  me too.
Just getting twenty minis painted up looks good ... you got that bit right first ... you keep painting at this rate the quality will come.
I spent years never paining very mch because I was not happy with the results. it got to a point where I just said sod it I am going to get some of this painted and started painting regularly .... guess what ... very soon I was paining to a standard i could live with.
Title: Re: All 20 soldiers painted- look good from far but far from good!
Post by: Curadh on 16 August 2015, 04:53:53 PM
Hi thanks for the nice comments.  Yes they are war games factory skeletons.  I made one group weaponless and are the unarmored skeletons.  I made one group of Skeletons with weapons as the 'armored' ones.  Picture below.  I also got in my second game and it was a blast.  I also watched another one.  We started playing with amended game length and a 2 point advance for a winner and 1 point advance for a looser.   
Title: Re: All 20 soldiers painted- look good from far but far from good!
Post by: Curadh on 11 December 2015, 02:38:16 AM
And here is a start to the latest plastics.  I wanted to create some bad guys using some plastics from other kits, and so that's what I did!  I also wanted to modify some of the metals to give them a little different look.  We will see how it works out
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Post by: Xintao on 11 December 2015, 04:31:19 AM
Nice work. I'd put them on my table anytime. I read a quote today, maybe on this board, "the only bad paint jobs are no paint jobs" I really believe that.

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Post by: Daniel36 on 11 December 2015, 10:36:18 AM
What is it with Frostgrave players and insecurity? So far, I have seen more threads where the painters say that their work doesn't look good than with ones that like what they did.

I love what you have done so far man, your work looks excellent! Your painting is great, your conversion work is wonderful, I look forward to seeing how you paint up those weird cultist armourerd skeleton hybrids. They look awesome!!

Don't sell yourself short man!
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Post by: Lawful Evil on 11 December 2015, 10:46:53 PM
Maybe they're comparing their paint jobs to those gorgeous, official ones? Regardless I've enjoyed seeing everyone's Frostgravings.
Title: Re: All 20 soldiers painted- look good from far but far from good!
Post by: Harry on 12 December 2015, 09:48:39 AM
Nice work. I'd put them on my table anytime. I read a quote today, maybe on this board, "the only bad paint jobs are no paint jobs" I really believe that.


I do like that.

Love the kit bashing and customising ... Great when folks personalise their minis or come up with something unique from kit bashing. Look forward to seeing these guys painted.
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Post by: tyrionhalfman on 13 December 2015, 09:34:24 AM
Lovely kitbashing thanks for sharing
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Post by: Curadh on 20 December 2015, 01:54:22 PM
Hi all, here are the kit bashed figures I painted to represent my frost Knights .  I also received the frost wraith figure (which is a big metal figure!) and painted it up in the same style.  Very drab Greys and off whites for the bones.  Next onto my cultists!
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Post by: marcusluis on 20 December 2015, 10:40:59 PM
can you tell us where the bits came from for the kitbashes?
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Post by: jp1885 on 21 December 2015, 08:23:20 PM
Cracking kitbashing - bravo!