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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Frostgrave => Topic started by: Stroezie on February 02, 2019, 07:49:42 PM
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Now that I've finally got some free time again I've decided to start a game with my 10 year old daughter.
She regularly plays boardgames with us and enjoys things like Zombieside and Mice and Mystics so I think she should have no problem with a co-op miniatures game.
As she really likes the story element of these games I wanted something with a simple but sturdy camaign system
So, after shopping around a bit, I decided we'll give Rangers of Shadowdeep a try.
I have just recieved the print on demand copy of the rules and we'll be statting out our rangers and their companions over the next week.
This thread will mainly be for the painting and sculpting of the minis we'll need and for any terrain pieces I need to build for the different scenarios included in the book.
I'll do my best to share some in game pictures with maybe a broad overview of what happened but don't expect to much because I still suck at AAR's.
Ok, that's enough chatter for now on with the pictures!!!
So first up our as yet unnamed rangers
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O3sxNOKv3Sk/XFVsYhzviHI/AAAAAAAAG08/nuPgdgP5sGQg0trXg75zb8hLi3O6EATlwCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190202_110406.jpg)
Some possible companions and npc's (?)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yzLMnWha71U/XFVsZoVeLQI/AAAAAAAAG1I/Li09LM8cJto83u2kDl5nO2YCBtv7MgLnACLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190202_110527.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PBY-XQtWXyM/XFVsYyCghaI/AAAAAAAAG1E/S7Sz2E0GciE7yHLaAHARsVj7oKn8H3FLgCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190202_110450.jpg)
And the first of my own sculpts for this project...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mbPcnOiuCzY/XFVsY1D3LxI/AAAAAAAAG1A/4XbYjECJLRUuR-xkL-sHIZXGWfrfRYQ8gCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190202_110332.jpg)
The painted spider was a proof of concept and now I can get on with the sculpting of the rest of the giant spiders we'll need for scenario 2.
And lastly a sneek peak at the setup for the first scenario.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E4696AH4WgY/XFVvLvramjI/AAAAAAAAG1c/6YR1XzOSJ9MxySuPaXnZ1ivkaTRlr0yPQCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190202_112002.jpg)
Well that's it for now.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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Nice figures and setup.
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Great stuff, friend!
Really good to see you back again!
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Nice work - the colours on those minis really make them pop!
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What a lot of great work. I am hoping to get Shadows book soon. Joseph A Mc Cullough is such an imaginative guy. Paint all the minis has a great interview with him.
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Ok so I guess it's about time I did a little update on this project.
I've mainly been painting mini's as the various orders I placed come in and am in the process of gathering the supplies for the terrain I plan to build.
While waiting for the first of my new minis to arrive I managed to finish the spider sculpts
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sdg4o2gleSk/XMGngSyk7sI/AAAAAAAAG74/MIyeCv2BAyUYdJpwzCrpFUrYR3vrSEFEQCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190425_141727.jpg)
Now, even though I ordered some giant flies of of Ali Express, I also went ahead and tried my hand at creating something a bit more fantastical looking.
So I give you my attempt at a classic D&D monster the Stirge (not really sure I really want to make 19 more of these though)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8j6CnXg464U/XMGnfn8VoNI/AAAAAAAAG7w/nDt69714cuQIJR5PtIJMS9bKVDk0A1owwCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190425_142133.jpg)
Next up the first of my new figures to arrive from Alternative Armies,
To start with that all time dungeon crawl classic giant rats
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wfJab6kXK54/XM8m5kf3COI/AAAAAAAAG9Q/8Nbvyu2O5c4m9Ib_jUagZP1ddN78ldyygCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190505_200736.jpg)
One of the senario's has the rangers fighting some animated plant vines so I thought: "Killer Man Eating Plants!"
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gw-qyCY9lB8/XM8m035D-JI/AAAAAAAAG9I/xyqZjyH8PjMhwa1cm1AKO85Z8eaThQb8QCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190504_174052.jpg)
They are a bit on the whimsical side with quite a heavy "little shop of horrors" vibe but seeing as I'm looking to play RoSD with my 10 year old daughter I think that's actually a good thing.
And the last for now a sand worm which I decided to paint purple in honor of the classic D&D creature.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wktTt-6S35w/XM8m3OalXmI/AAAAAAAAG9M/dKXQUKUGY_k16B_OcnHFreoM1ETBDlg4wCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20190504_174138.jpg)
I've also made a list of the terrain pieces I still need to make so hopefully I'll be able to share some of that with you in the near future.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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Excellent additions, Stroezie! Great work!
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Fabulous! And I hope your daughter enjoys it and comes over to the dark side!
Is the amazon in the first picture from Lone Gunman?
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Now that the summer holidays are nearing the end I've finally got some hobby time again.
So how did I spend these precious moments?
Well, I painted some Crom's Anvil tribal warriors to serve as leaders for my Copplestone Picts.
I will be using these in stead of the Gnolls some of the missions call for.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vn6uGOtG5Fs/XV7Wfy0kM3I/AAAAAAAAHEU/tjkbbQpFIzo1JosN_rWOxUDW9yVri0dLACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190822_194805.jpg)
I also wanted some treasure/clue markers like the Frostgrave ones from Northstar.
I couldn't really find anything that hit the mark in 15mm so I decided to sculpt some myself.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zKSXNrxde4k/XV7Wf9klrlI/AAAAAAAAHEc/wAUtx2Kdwc8RswKOBA6pGXOiTTlWMohygCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_20190822_194844.jpg)
And, as I seemed to be on a roll, I decided to tackle the spider cocoons for the second part of the first mission too.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6wYbMtNj-jY/XV7U9bX7O5I/AAAAAAAAHEM/RlFiU1pPHlMFhj3l0OW_Snc8DpRSPr_JQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_20190510_095536.jpg)
Next I think I'm going to try my hand at sculpting some casualty markers and I have based and basecoated the zombies and survivors so they are ready for painting to.
Things are finally moving again, hopefully I'll have more things so share with you soon.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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Wow, everything looks ace!
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Like I said I seem to be on a roll.
Lets hope I keep on rolling.😎
Here are the survivors.
They are from Ral Partha, lovely models, so full of character.
I can see so many uses for them, survivors, angry villagers/lynch mob, down on their luck bandits...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N1RlKhFP0qg/XWDasfY7GQI/AAAAAAAAHEk/T2Mdn3zRosACaTGkiacE56lRuLgQ8_w_wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190823_212632.jpg)
"Don't you think all zombies kind of all look alike ?"
I was never a fan of the whole zombie trope and would have preferred to have swapped them out for maybe some kind of humanoid spider hybrid (in ROSD the giant spiders bite turns people into zombies) but well ... meh...
So I speed painted these, not the best paintjob ever, but for tabletop they'll do.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eFQOEVWX9Ac/XWDasolL4fI/AAAAAAAAHEs/e39MDkoD_dMCjEZYQthatzNXEZSJE8fggCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190823_212555.jpg)
And of course all that rotting flesh starts attracting flies doesn't it!
Some cheap chinese plastic flies which I simply based and then could not resist touching up the badly painted eyes.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b5q3DukPmZk/XWDasXrwP4I/AAAAAAAAHEo/F3_L47xoXOUE8w0Vyeq-xs-yX20j14ILACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190824_083129.jpg)
That's it for now.
Sculpting the five casualty markers is probably going to take me a bit longer, though I may cop out and just chop up some extra minis I have lying around and use those to make them instead.
Cheers,
Stroezie
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Brilliant thread. Love the miniatures and scenery. Well played indeed
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Great post. I am dying to try this game out but need to find the time and some fellow players. Also kudos on the fun sculpts and paint jobs, really a fun project!
JP
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8) way cool stuff!!!
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Great post. I am dying to try this game out but need to find the time and some fellow players. Also kudos on the fun sculpts and paint jobs, really a fun project!
JP
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Great paintjobs and the spiders sculpts are great!
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Its been a bit of a miscellaneous bunch of figures this week.
Two skellie archers to get them up to strength, a restless spirit, a champion of evil, a yuan-ti archer and I found the last of my survivors and gave him a quick paintjob to.
I also made some terrain: the pillars in the background
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mmn6gtRwOVk/XXgK4lSsO2I/AAAAAAAAHF4/bdGPAab0U-sx9jP0FXLoapFVy8bhtez4QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190829_112309.jpg)
The skellies, knight and survivor are from Ral Partha and the spirit and snake woman are from Alternative Armies.
A couple of scenarios have a vulture as a kind of eye in the sky spy for the evil overlord.
I thought I'd try something a little different and sculpted this guy instead.
It's a D&D monster thats basically a giant eyeball with wings,big claws and a rat tail with a stinger that cries piosonous tears called an eyewing,
Here he is "nekkid"
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X77ls-C5N5M/XXgK4TSbk-I/AAAAAAAAHF0/xXCDKVt7-aA7ty26NWpKA5MluLSwm1tMQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190903_183941.jpg)
And with a little paint on him..
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S45P3mh2b9U/XXgK4wF4yOI/AAAAAAAAHF8/aVRhYFBlFWArxjr1przk7qM4e-UGbClFQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190910_223949.jpg)
I've started experimenting on sculpting some crates and treasure chests and have a group of demonworld goblins primed and ready for paint.
Also the tile these photo's were taken on is part of an old dungeon tile project which I'm looking to revive soon so, if you like what you see, stay tune for more.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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I do like what I see!
Impressive sculpt, friend!
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I do like what I see!
Impressive sculpt, friend!
Thanks, I had fun sculpting it, although the wings were a challenge.
So what have I been up to this week?
Well, I wanted to start expanding my dungeon scatter terrain so I decided to try my hand at crafting/ sculpting some crates and chests.
The big crates are just wooden blocks which I scored with a pin and then painted.
The smaller crate was a bit of an experiment, I tried to sculpt the sides seperately and then assemble them once the had cured.
This turned out to be much to fiddely so the treasure chest got sculpted the traditional way, in one piece over a little armature.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y7khXMSJUp4/XXvYh26hPBI/AAAAAAAAHGY/kNOLFSKn6Hgp8RI12XyNlnBNSaZ2KShpACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20190911_074829.jpg)
As for painting miniatures , I finished the Goblin Rabble pack from Ral Partha's demonworld/ Blighthaven range.
Lovely figures to paint with lots of character, to bad these haven't made it to their singles collection yet as I'd love to get my hands on some more of the different poses.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RkaqcXedaO4/XXvYk30tv3I/AAAAAAAAHGc/rltNqA_ygikNi0SotkoDuakxmQlZxcJtACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20190912_215647.jpg)
I'm going to have to rummage through my lead pile and see which figures strike my fancy .
Also, having done the little treasure chest, I think I might try sculpting a mimic version of it to.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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Great progress, I like your dungeon furniture!
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Got some more sculpting done, finished the little chest and made a bigger one.
Treasure chests! Quick, check for traps...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RQHdxZ6K5pI/XYfR0Sn2I_I/AAAAAAAAHHA/LTyqLx_wl1YKhHpGndX3Ol-a-xThTO5fACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_20190922_211222.jpg)
And then just couldn't resist trying my hand at sculpting one of these...
Oh no! Too late...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UdWeUfhodXE/XYfR0TmFDzI/AAAAAAAAHHE/DUVYyGfSehsUiGI9VM5jMWTdCY1mh19_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_20190922_211154.jpg)
This little Mimic was really fun to do. I think ,as I start doing other furniture, more of them may end up sneaking in 😎 ( isn't he adorable? )
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QJkP_sAq3qo/XYfRwdUxcrI/AAAAAAAAHG8/vXCTrb0zsZwsna_k8oBXB0exbeD_c6i4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_20190922_210913.jpg)
I also painted these skeletal knights from Ral Partha's 1879 18mm VSF line.
Sadly my flash seems to have washed out the colors and depth a bit but you can still get an idea of what they look like.
I like their slightly more exotic look, makes them look like they are from some long lost civilisation imo.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sHAvMkcfGhk/XYfR0ktoVhI/AAAAAAAAHHI/3EDjYY201Rg1VdhHcO9Or4nqegEgbgBSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_20190922_214749.jpg)
Well, real life has been keeping me busy so that's all for now.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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Amazing stuff, Stroezie!
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Wow, I didn’t even know that those Ral Partha skellies existed! Now I want some...
Out of curiosity, what do you use as armature for sculpting the chests? I tried once using only putty without anything underneath and it was a complete failure.
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Wow, I didn’t even know that those Ral Partha skellies existed! Now I want some...
Out of curiosity, what do you use as armature for sculpting the chests? I tried once using only putty without anything underneath and it was a complete failure.
Haha, I hear you on those skellies, I felt the same way when I first found out about them.
As for the chests, I totally cheated with the armatures :D
For the big one I glued the ends of 5 or so popsicle sticks together and covered them with a thin layer of plumbers putty.
The small chest is the same thing but with coffee stirers.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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In Rangers of Shadow Deep: Temple of Madness there's rules for a more spell casting oriented ranger.
I really liked the idea but I kept thinking these characters should be able to take familiars instead of animal companions so I painted up these guys.
Now all I have to do is think up some stats for them.
They are all from Ral Partha's Demonworld line.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkAXVcqdwFU/XZg-D-8EmiI/AAAAAAAAHII/EBZicZuFPusSHiK6Cz7WSKs7vNWqSt5WQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191003_105753.jpg)
I also finished two more traditionnal looking rangers a cleric and an executionner, I don't know what I'm going to use him for yet, I just think he looks cool.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YVfI-r8mefU/XZg-HZtwV2I/AAAAAAAAHIM/3sU-BS1Q1u8jBG8dLHb5XuvSbjRdU-lyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191005_001703.jpg)
Besides painting I also managed to do some sculpting.
This one was a bit of an experiment. Its made completely out of plumbers putty. why?
Well, I have a tendancy to spend way to long trying to get some of the details just right when I'm sculpting, plumber's putty cures in 5 to 10 minutes so that forces me to work fast.
This stuff does not take detail as well as green stuff and I also didn't even know what it was going to be when I started sculpting so over all I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
I imagine it as a cross between an armadillo and a shark (there's a d&d monster like that I think).
I may do a second one bursting up out of the ground , could be fun for a Ghost Archipelago scenario.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LpxBwDyXDMg/XZg-NGW_zgI/AAAAAAAAHIQ/ZcqIUbqfs5YgmEpeFqqp_v-l0xGRnPG6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191005_001840.jpg)
That's it for now, I hope you enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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Some brilliant additions, Stroezie! Looks very good and with the right amount of tongue in cheek sculpts!
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LpxBwDyXDMg/XZg-NGW_zgI/AAAAAAAAHIQ/ZcqIUbqfs5YgmEpeFqqp_v-l0xGRnPG6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191005_001840.jpg)
This one reminds me of a Reaper monster. Good job!
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Very impressive work, I like that executioner!
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I had a rather productive week, all the terrain on this board is newly built.
The rocks and hill were made from cork coasters, the bridge is made from coffee stirrers and the bushes are plastic aquarium plants.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Byz3IADCbLo/Xa3xxOM_0BI/AAAAAAAAHJQ/NX_lLuzQfmogtxa4F1OrHpDuSEXDhgcRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191021_194449.jpg)
I had enough cork coasters for three more hills so now I've finally got some elevated terrain for my games.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OSx3VqSy4e4/Xa3x0b_OMeI/AAAAAAAAHJU/4Ac1zU4m-zwfohnfLC2IKHePzawVogN6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191021_194657.jpg)
Next up is a summoner and his pet demon.
The wizard is a Demonworld figure and the demon is a 28mm Vor growler pup both from Ral Partha.
The braziers are demonworld demons with an upholstery nail glued on top and some green stuff flames. They are nice sculpts but a bit to static for my tastes, this seemed like a good way to still be able to use them.
I also finished the rest of the pillars which you can see in the background.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Z-nCc6Kq2M/Xa3x7WbbLKI/AAAAAAAAHJc/aOCiJm60vk8dbtMI0q0QGDFF3fQnrTC4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191021_195445.jpg)
The rest is a rather mixed bunch as I've largely been paining which ever figure struck my fancy.
So, from left to right we've got, another dark knight, a jailor, my new more spell casting focused ranger, a dwarven man at arms and a dwarven crossbow man who appears to be a bit bugg eyed in this picture.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RiFd1G0jg98/Xa3x_ss-mlI/AAAAAAAAHJg/7uT0lfg49OQVGI2IfxrhnZS0b9G_IA0zQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191021_195535.jpg)
And, in preparation for Frostgrave 2e. some bronze statues.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2hd3u9fy_0s/Xa3x3vX3E2I/AAAAAAAAHJY/rgl68orUb1k32gcl95J0xHA0yPAC9LP9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191021_195321.jpg)
Thats it for now.
Tomorrow I'm off to Spiel 2019 in Essen where I'll be spending the rest of the week in boardgame bliss so it may be a while longer till you hear from me again.
Cheers,
Stroezie
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Very nice! I really dig the statues...might have to get some in that style too...
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Wow, what a productive week!
Love your new terrain, how large is that board? 50x50cm?
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how large is that board? 50x50cm?
These two are both 50x50cm, for 15mm skirmish thats usually more than enough imo.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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So, what have I been up to lately?
Well, I decided to try my hand at making some modular dungeon and cavern tiles.
I've been playing a lot of Rangers of Shadow Deep and D&D and I want to increase my indoor options.
Here's what I've got so far
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ujBw21lkOf0/XeZJqOMNupI/AAAAAAAAHMU/aAVPZvlSHaIJCcw438K4W1kwPnEKWk_bACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191121_125820.jpg)
I got the design from Wyloch's Armory , if you have not done so already, you should definately check out his youtube channel it's awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKJd7jQ989DZvtf5C69mYA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKJd7jQ989DZvtf5C69mYA)
The only change I made was to rescale them for 15mm and magnetise the bottoms so they don't slide around during play ( I have a white board as a playing surface )
I also painted some more dwarfs.
In my mind they are a cleric, a wizard and a fighter, although they could always end up being something else once they hit the table.
The campfire is a quick sculpt I did because I needed one in a game.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uF4IoXR_plY/XeZJp4TEtfI/AAAAAAAAHMQ/DL5thQAb7aEdp3WvkYeqxLqErNaSS2bcQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191203_123614.jpg)
I hate to waste green stuff so I usually always have some press molds or dump sculpts so I can use up any leftovers.
These are the results of my latest batch of dump sculpts.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--F-wUGDG6TA/XeZJqB9gDuI/AAAAAAAAHMY/ZJjR_oTU2BM1wDuYZdd3qZ48blQwCuVhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191203_123651.jpg)
and a shot with the dwarves to give you an idea of their size.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4TWnUlbTojc/XeZN3QuJARI/AAAAAAAAHMs/o5qzAhP8n6EY15DnGatMNg5wSHuQGlu3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191203_123814.jpg)
Thats it for now.
So what's next?
Well, I've cut a small mountain of tiles to further expand my dungeons,
have just recieved my kickstarter pledge from Splintered Light and to top it all off,
after playing a couple of games of ROSD, daughter number one has now asked me to help her roll up a character for D&D.
All in all, I should have plenty more to share with you soon.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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:o wow!!!
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what a fantastic collection, and in 18mm at that! Some lovely figures in the demonsworld range.
love your boards too ... and your sculpts are brilliant. That Stirge is an all-time classic :-*
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Really love this project, great terrain, amazing minis and ...everything!
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Ok folks, last post of the year before the holiday madness begins.
Best make it a good'un then 8) ,
So....
..."Out of the mists of Tír na nÓg strides Slaine MacRoth with his axe 'Brainbiter' in hand and his dwarf Ukko by his side."
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uSYVRJZOpNk/XgB-WIaj9kI/AAAAAAAAHOU/FMXrsDFwKUgtWpsMr7H2oDoTQv-1WsjlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191223_092537.jpg)
Sláine: "Announce me, dwarf."
Ukko: "Er... Sláine Mac Roth... a bone-splitter, a reddener of swords, a pruner of limbs who delights in red-frothed, glorious carnage. No welcome visitor. Not a friendly face. Your lives would be prolonged for getting out of his way. Excellent with the axe and sword he is. Far from trifling the wounds he gives with his ungentle, woe-working weapons. Well damaged his enemies. Their tribes are full of vacancies. But I expect you know that yourselves now!"
Being slightly underwhelmed by the size of the Splintered light not-Slaine I decided to take matters into my own hands and convert a Ral Partha Thain barbarian into a more decently sized 15(18)mm Slaine.
I cut away his puny knife and green stuffed him a propper axe...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7hojhqbeEH8/XgCFnnN_rMI/AAAAAAAAHO8/1TDaNjFJVjUPeG-85Bbjicsfl4yJsC1-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191223_095234.jpg)
...and then gave him a fur cape.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J7DbHD9n4SA/XgCFnZAv74I/AAAAAAAAHO4/rOakqEnknhIKsk72opgxJ6swD0xZiwpvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191223_095311.jpg)
And because you can't have a hero without some monsters for him to fight I also painted...
a cave bear from Northstar,
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kfr-D8Tm2lw/XgB-UxkfVsI/AAAAAAAAHOE/8ECqY8akDFY0EcliYFwi_rtL5lEv7JaOACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191223_092051.jpg)
I am the carrion maker!
a Green Hag from Ral Partha
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UbKiqZwhCVg/XgB-Vgb1YcI/AAAAAAAAHOQ/9Qxqp5YAtWQrutES4XyqOfWxQZ19_lnowCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191223_092251.jpg)
I can't waste time talking to you... I'll stop that mouth with steel!
some Owlbears from Splintered light
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Kiss my axe!
some Splintered light Perytons
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fUeP_h9Ph90/XgB-VOf9I2I/AAAAAAAAHOI/2hRx6WBP0YwCg-MeojSh1NlLoseP0gKgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191223_092142.jpg)
Flies will enter these wounds!
a bunch of goblins , the mounted ones are from Ral Partha, the one on foot is from Splintered light.
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I am the reddener of armour! My axe shall leave a wake of death!
two Splintered light chimeras
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It's time I got more gore on my war weapon!
A pair (foursome?) of ettins from Splintered light.
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Ha! Double the number of heads for me to pickle and show of to my friends!
A big purple people eater from Ral Partha
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I am the CORPSE-SCORER!The axe river will flow — and you will drown in the wound sea!
And finally a lava demon also from Ral Partha.
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I am Slaine MacRoth, my blood is white hot!
All in all I painted nearly a score of figures...
...and I did not think it to many ;)
Cheers and happy holidays every body!!!
Stroezie.
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8) way cool!!!
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so good, that it's making me think about 15/18mm skirmish etc gaming ...
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Ok, first post of the year.
What! Wait where did January go?
Oh well... there goes that new years resolution...
Let's see what I've been up to then...
First of I've been bangin' away at some more cavern tiles.
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As you can see I'm starting to get enough pieces together so that I can build a decent battle scene
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I'm thinking of making some water edge tiles to soften the transitions from land to water a bit and then some scatter terrain like stalacmites, mushroom clusters and crystal formations.
On to the miniature painting side then...
No fantasy game is complete without some Orcs
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More orcs...
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And a couple of adventurers to help stop said orcs
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u1JjWhaymyU/XjaFdzf6s0I/AAAAAAAAHQ4/EqUA0BQq3BY_BvVHDw9_lkpve1KIuLyhgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200202_083444.jpg)
This next mini is from the last splintered light kickstarter, when I saw him I pledged immediately,
personally I think it is the coolest looking minotaur miniature you can find in 15mm.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YIcobZPcfS4/XjaFdsSWNGI/AAAAAAAAHQ0/7o4o-W54qaMtyxWQ9gT0MWWE4bbwJNQEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200202_083403.jpg)
Makes for a really butch end of session bad guy imo.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MpMi7FAJdA4/XjaFfVAw1NI/AAAAAAAAHRE/tZSP6UnwBuIulyGqmbfQ-xxvkQl2cppfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200202_084458.jpg)
The next three figures are actually from the old 28mm Rackham line, I think they were supposed to be some kind of air elemental familiars or something.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9qVoSiTpEak/XjaFeca4_xI/AAAAAAAAHQ8/dERhi-GVu5gWO2Wt6hSw5jEQxLQ_lTKewCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200202_083531.jpg)
They make great 15mm guardian spirits though,
the question is "Are they friend or foe?"
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I've also based and primed a whole bunch of undead so with a bit of luck I should have more pics to share with you soon.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
Ps: sorry for the quality of some of the pictures, I have just swapped out all my old lamp bulbs for LED's and I'm struggling a little to find the right camera settings to compensate.
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:D fab work!!!
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Amazing stuff!
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Some more figures for my ROSD and D&D games.
Today's story begins with...
The valiant town guard
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I have more of them on the way, just as soon as I get around to cutting of their pikes and then sculpting them some halberts.
And they are up against...
some spooky specters
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Three shadowy wraiths
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two fierce wights (who apparently frequent the same hair salon as the bride of Frankenstein 😛)
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and a whole passel of ghouls and ghasts
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For those of you wondering.
The guards are from Ral Partha's Blighthaven/Demonworld line.
All the undead are from Splintered Light, exept for one ghoul who is from Alternative Armies.
Well, thats it for this episode.
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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I love this!! :-* :-* :-*
I will have to muster all my might not to buy into 15mm fantasy.
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Very cool! Nice hair styles!
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Such cool additions! I absolutely love your Slaine conversion.
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I've been in a bit of a gaming and crafting funk this last month but now I've found my mojo back and I have my 7 year old daughter to thank for it.
She was getting bored sitting at home all the time so I had given her a block of Das clay I had lying around. She took it straight up to her room and about two hours later she presented me with two monsters she'd made and told me I had to paint them so I could use them with my little men.
How could I refuse...
So here's the first, a tentacled Lovecraftian horror , which I have been informed is actually only the head of a gigantic subterranean worm.
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And the second one, a cave monster who lures greedy adventures into its mouth using large gemstones.
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As you can see he's perfectly camouflaged and blends right into his surroundings.
They'll never suspect a thing!
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I had so much fun painting these that I kept right on going with some terrain building.
The first things I made were these stalagmite tiles for my cavern set.
Really simple, I just twisted some aluminum foil into the desired shapes and hot glued them to the tiles, some basing sand and paint and Bob's your uncle.
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Going for more easy wins I decided to finally base and paint all my left over green stuff mushrooms.
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And then I finally finished painting the board I'm going to be using my dungeon/cavern tiles on.
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It's a magnetic whiteboard which I picked up at a second hand store for the princely sum of €3.
All the tiles are mounted on magnetic paper so I can set up a scene before a session and not have to worry about things shifting when I pull it out.
As you can see they stay on really well.
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That's it for now,
I'll leave you with some glamour shots of the new beasties on the table...
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What's this? A mushroom grove...
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Or a nursery!
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Parallel worlds or what !?!
Cheers,
Stroezie.
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Lovely stuff, especially that gem monster!
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Great collection, great dungeon cool pics.
All is good for me.
STéphane
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This next mini is from the last splintered light kickstarter, when I saw him I pledged immediately,
personally I think it is the coolest looking minotaur miniature you can find in 15mm.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YIcobZPcfS4/XjaFdsSWNGI/AAAAAAAAHQ0/7o4o-W54qaMtyxWQ9gT0MWWE4bbwJNQEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200202_083403.jpg)
Makes for a really butch end of session bad guy imo.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MpMi7FAJdA4/XjaFfVAw1NI/AAAAAAAAHRE/tZSP6UnwBuIulyGqmbfQ-xxvkQl2cppfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20200202_084458.jpg)
Any chance you could show us a photo of the minotaur next to a 28mm model? I'm curious if it's large enough to use as a man-sized minotaur in 28mm scale.