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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Frostgrave => Topic started by: Governor General on August 31, 2015, 08:01:48 PM
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Frostgrave looks like so much fun that it has awakened my long dormant love of fantasy games. Alas my fantasy collection dispersed over the years as VSF became my games of choice. So Felsted 19th cen. Atlantis, El Dorado, Felsted names to stir the imagination. John William Burgon immmortalized the frozen city in his poem Frostgrave," An ice rimed city, half as old as time". Here are a selection of characters . A Wizard, Knight and Treasure Hunter. The Wizard and the Knight are from Castle Falkenstein, a magic vs Steam tech RPG from the 90s. I painted the knight back then, the wizard a year or so ago and the Treasure Hunter ( a West Wind Fig) I painted last week. I have a growing collection of minis for this theme and I'll be posting them soon.
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Simply splendid!
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Cracking idea, bring on the Victorian
Polar Explorers Frostgrave I say, nicely done.
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Thanks Wulfgar! Frostgrave revolves around magic so Wizards first. A Sigilist (R) and his apprentice. I talked about the Wizard in my last post. The apprentice is a Ral Partha fig for Shadowrun, a magic vs cyber RPG from the 90s. When I was painting the mini I was going for an Alfrid of Laketown from the Hobbit movies. My wife took one look at the fig and dubbed it Adolf Hipster! lol
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My wife took one look at the fig and dubbed it Adolf Hipster! lol
lol
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Witches and Enchanters!. The 1st pic is of Aenglish Witch Lady Diana (R) and her apprentice Hermione. Lady Diana is a Castle Falkenstien Fig and Hermione is from West Wind's Vampire Wars line. The Enchanters are from N. America (New Aengland ) Doc Brown ,on right is the Wizard. It's a mini from Parroom Station. The Apprentice, Krusty, is a Khador mechanic from Privateer Press.
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Love the genre bashing you are doing here. A really cool spin on the Frostgrave premise and some nice looking models.
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Victorian Sci Fiction + Frostgrave = :-*
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Nifty idea, and some nice figures there.
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Great idea and terrific execution - inspiring!
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Six-guns and sorcery! Set Frostgrave somewhere in the Far North of the New Continent, and I'm starting to see Mounties, trappers and Inuit in the dread ruins...
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Thank you all very much for the kind words gentlemen! When I first became obsessed with Frostgrave my impulse was to buy new figs but my wallet advised me to look at what I already had. The wallet made a good call. I had minis painted that I can use and I've painted 10 more ( with another 20 in various stages of prep ) so I'm wearing away lead mountain. The first pic is my Summoner Aisha(R) and her apprentice Aida from the Aegyptian Empire. The fig with the staff is from Ral Partha's Shadowrun line and the one with the crop is from Brigade games. The second photo shows my Necromancers Prof. Moriarty (R) and his apprentice Dr. West. Moriarty is a Black Pyramid fig and Dr. West is from RAFM's Call of Cthuhulu line.
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Crosssbows! I wrestled w/ the ideas of fire arms in Frostgrave but decided against it seeing as I wanted to keep the spirit of the game. Magic often means no guns, besides imagine what an Elementalist could do to gunpowder. Now the challenge of missile troops. I found the figs among my ACW figs(all from Foundry). These are mainly standard bearers I hadn't painted. The one on the far left is part of a cannon crew. The ACW troops provided a good look, lots of haversacks and blanket rolls. The next challenge were the crossbows. I did a lot of searching through old bits boxes. I found 4 finally but the repeating crossbow had hands attached. The fig on the right got the dubious honor for conversion, I removed the mini's hands and glued the bow ( with it's much larger hands ) to the fig. The crouching figure was wounded but I think it looks like he's reloading. So here they are 19th century crossbowmen.
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Tiny Tim and Brutus the hound! Tim is a hulking 32mm from Foundry. He has been bouncing around my lead pile since the turn of the century. Brutus is from West Wind's vampire Wars. I had a few rules for my Frostgrave obsession, I have to already own the fig( financial considerations )and it has to look at least vaguely 19th century. Both these minis were painted for this project. Tim has one of the colour schemes I'm using for Frostgrave, red, green and gold. The other colour scheme can be seen on my treasure hunter in the 1st post, blue grey & silver.
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Nice collection of figures.good idea with the crossbows to get around the lack of gunpowder in frostgrave and nicely converted too.thanks for sharing
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Two of Moriarty the Nercromancer's thugs. The one on the left (Jack) is from Brigade Game's Victorian Gangster line. Coat and scarf armed with a big knife he is one of the first of my painted figs I thought of for Frostgrave. The other figure has been lurking in the lead pile since the mid 90s. It was part of a vampire/werewolf RPG line, the one mini in the blister pack you don't know what to do with. The weirdness of this figure makes him a great thug. Top hat, tail coat and long underwear. Every hunt for treasure needs a guy with a shovel. I'm calling him Shmee. This new project has been great for getting old odds and bits from lead mountain painted!
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These are some soldiers and thugs for various war bands. From r-l West Wind, Brigade, West Wind & Brigade. I had already painted these but hadn't really found a use for them. They will do quite nicely for Frostgrave. Just a thought on trees in Frostgrave. Trees are great for scatter scenery and breaking up line of sight. Over the next few months (at least in the U.S. ) pre painted pre snowed trees will be available everywhere. They will also be cheap, as little as fifty cents apiece! One question how big are Trolls in Frostgrave? Are they like pro basketball players or like in LOTR?
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Who better to be a Chronomancer and apprentice, besides they're dressed for the weather. In the words of River Song," I hate good wizards in fairy tales, they always turn out to be him". If you look close on their bases you can see a date of 1988. They were made by FASA. I purchased the figs and painted the Doctor in the early 90s. Romana didn't get painted till this year. Alas 20 years of bouncing around in plastic shoe boxes left her with a smooshed nose.
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I hadthe same idea for a Chronomancer, but a more recent incarnation. :)
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What a wonderful idea early 19th century dismounted Napoleonic cavalrymen should fit into this concept too!
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Summoner's Warband, so far. The Summoner in the official Frostgrave figures has a N. African, Middle Eastern vibe so my Summoner is from my analogue, The Aegyptian Empire. Founded when Cleopatra and Antony defeated Octavian it has survived in one form or another till the 19th cen. Kid Terminal remarked that Napoleonic cavalrymen would make good characters, I guess great minds ect. I've talked about the Summoner, her apprentice and the crossbowman in earlier posts. The two troopers in kepis are Mexican officers from Foundry's Maximillian Adventure line. They were painted a couple of years ago. Since the troopers looked so fancy I knew the officer had to be resplendent. The officer fig is a Napoleonic French Dragoon that has been haunting lead mountain since the late 90s. I was really pushing the blue , grey& white colour scheme on this mini. The rest of this warband will have more traditional middle eastern attire. The summoned Demon is a Ghast from the late great Grenadier Miniatures Call of Cthulhu line.
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Dragoons just what I was thinking!
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Elementalist! Northstar's description of Elementalists says that they tend to wear bright clothes and flashy decorations. I feel I've caught that aspect of the character pretty well. The fig is a converted Napoleonic style officer who came out of a scratch and dent box at a hobby store decades ago. The element is the flame part of a torch I found in an old bits box while looking for crossbows. I painted him up over the last two days, felt inspired. I'm calling him General Malaise. There's gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight!
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Forgot to mention the tower in the background is a HeroQuest plastic piece I painted up over the weekend for Frostgrave.
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I am really enjoying your take on Frostgrave. I wondered abut using the idea of Gilbert Norrell and Jonathon Strange as wizard and apprentice, especially after the recent BBC series.
I have one of those keeps, must dust it off and get it in use.
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The elementalist is perfect! What will you do for the apprentice?
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Thank you Mister C and Kid Terminal for your kind words! I'm having a lot of fun here on the lunatic fringe of Frostgrave and to find others enjoying it as well is the icing on the cake. Mister C, Strange & Norrel were definitely a big influence on this variation of Felsted. Kid Terminal, The Elementalist's Apprentice will have to wait for now, at the moment I'm concentrating on figs I already have. On to the Necromancer's Warband (so far). Moriarty's Miscreants, bottom row l-r; Bert, Sweeney, The Col., Tom O Bedlam, Schmee and Jack. Top row l-r; Dr. West apprentice, Prof. Moriarty Necromancer and A. Body zombie du jour. The second pic is a close up Sweeney Todd, The Col. a Treasure Hunter and Schmee short for Schmeegol.
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More Warband close ups! 1st pic, Bert the chimney sweep. I know I said no guns this is the exception. It's a compressed air gun, something Moriarty's henchmen used in the Sherlock Holmes stories. By happy coincidence It has the same stats as a Frostgrave crossbow. Next is Tom O Bedlam, a fig from RAFM's Call of Cthulhu and Saucy Jack a real cut up. 2nd photo, Apprentice Dr.Herbert West originally from Arkham in New Aengland, Prof. Moriarty Necromancer extraordinaire and A. Body zombie. The Prof. wanted one robust enough to carry treasure and thick enough to absorb a crossbow bolt.
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Fantastic looking gang! If you would be so kind as to list who is a thief, thug, etc... And by the way who makes the Tor Johnson zombie figure?
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Kid Terminal, The Tor zombie is made by RAFM part of their Call of Cthulhu line. At this point with the exception of the Treasure Hunter Col. and the air rifleman I think the rest of Moriarty's warband are 20gc Thugs. Sweeney, the one licking the knife, may end up being a thief if I cant find another candidate. I'm also considering adding a war hound. At this time The Necromancer still has 90gc worth of hiring power so we will see what is still lurking on lead mountain.
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Witch's Warband, so far. Lady Diana is an Aenglish Witch and I wanted her warband to have the look of people from her estate and local town. I named the Witch Diana after the late Diana Wynne Jones. She wrote a slew of stories involving magic in alternate Victorianish settings. So 1st pic l-r bottom row; Pip the stable hand, Seamus the groundskeeper Tiny Tim village strongman, Brutus faithful hound and Will former poacher. Next to Lady Diana is Hermione her Apprentice, a nod to J.K. Rowling. In the 2nd photo you can see a couple of pieces I painted for Frostgrave. The large tower I talked about before. The small tower on the left is one of my oldest pieces. It was a hot pink plastic tower bought at a toy store in the earliest 90s. It was filled with plastic D& D style monsters. I got it because the door and window were in scale for 25/28 mm. I primed it grey and so it stayed for over 20 years. This game has been a great inspiration to me to dig out and paint all kinds of odds and ends. The snowed on walls and trees in the picture were purchased during Christmas holiday seasons over the years. One of the things that drew me to Frostgrave is that I have a lot of these pieces and they fit perfectly in the game. In the States these prepainted, presnowed bits will be easy to find over the coming months. Discount, Dollar, Drug and Hobby stores will be stocking them in abundance.
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I've broken a self imposed rule about only using what I already have for Frostgrave. This is resin scenery I purchased for a dollar apiece this weekend. I got them at a Dollar store already painted. All I had to do was dry brush with white. That only took a minute or so per piece. I bought a gate, 4 fence sections, a gazebo (of the Lich Lord ), a statue and 3 trees for 10 bucks! These are Halloween decorations when the Xmas stuff comes out it will already have snow on it. The fig in the shot is 28mm for size comparison.
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The 1st pic is oof the dollar Store statue, all I did was dry brush white. 2nd pic is a Lemax fountain (bat bath) I bought at a hobby store. the basin was filled with "blood" that I repainted to look like ice. It was a more expensive item, $2.50. I also got some more figs painted up, they will be posted soon.
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Is anyone else thinking 'Gazebo of Doom'?
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Which Dollar Store? Dollar General? I NEED some of these pieces for $1 a piece.
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I think it was Dollar Tree. Not all of them seem to stock the scenery you may have to visit a couple. "Gazebo of Doom" lol
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For those who don't know the story
http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Jul/gazebo.html
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Now is the season of scenery contentedness! Great finds at great prices. The Lemax stuff is often work it.
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A Thug, an Archer and a Treasure Hunter. 3 blasts from the past! The Thug is from Ral Partha's Ravenloft line. He's part of a village mob that's been half painted forever. I bought the fig in the mid to late 90s. The archer ( a native New Aenglader ) is from Grenadier Miniatures Shadowrun line. Yes he is wearing sunglasses ,that I've tried to make look like goggles, Shadowrun was a magic vs cyber game set in the near future of the 1990's. He's been unpainted for years, the sun glasses didn't seem very 19th cen. Luckily I need non gun missile troops and he is perfect. The Treasure Hunter is from Ironwind(?) miniatures. He was part of a set that tied into Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula. The fig is a slight 25 mm but it's massive base makes it a 28mm. I think I bought this mini in 92 so he has been haunting the lead pile quite some time.
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Newly painted soldiers for Frostgrave! Finding armed 19th cen. figs sans gun in my collection has been a challenge. Most of these have remained unpainted because a firearm of some sort was part & parcel the games I was playing. The fig on the stairs is from WestWind part of their Vampire Wars line. I had 2 sets of these, his counterpart is part of German forces on Mars. Bottom row l-r, Foundry ACW; I wish this pic showed the knotwork on his sleeve it was a pain to paint but it turned out rather well, ACW wounded officer; I don't remember the maker I think of him as Major Belch due to his facial expression and finally Sgt. Willy formerly grounds keeper Willy.. Willy is from Foundry's Indian Mutiny line. Years ago Foundry had a clearance sale on older lines. I wanted 5 armed sailors from the I.M. line, Willy was the next numbered fig in the catalogue. Through a mix up I received 5 identical Scotsman. I kept 2( others went as gifts) Willy's twin is on the N.W. Frontier.
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Frostgrave Adventures. Wow Frostgrave has provided quite the Summer distraction for me 20+ figs painted, mainly from the deeps of lead mountain and scenery, some quite large! This latest group bottom row l-r, Foundry ACW fig; a standard bearer his look really reads Frostgrave thug to me, A WestWind Vampire wars fig; when I painted this mini I saw a resemblance to Chaka from the tv show Land of the Lost, a Prince August fig; he is a ranger the reason I kept him was I thought he looked enough like a Mountain Man from the wild west that I could use him so. I planned on giving him a musket now I'm glad I didn't. His original bow is long lost, I fashioned his replacement from a paper clip. The fig on top of the stairs is from Eureka, part of their Napoleonic ranges. He's on officer of Swiss militia. I know the soldier classes in Frostgrave are supposed to be descriptive of what gear the fig actually has. By this criteria most of my minis are thugs. That's ok for starting out but as the game progresses I might have to make the classes descriptive of ability rather than gear.
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Guess I will be visiting the local dollar stores in the greater Charlotte area this weekend.
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The standard bearer, not to mention Napoleonic Sergeants with halberds will easily pass as infantrymen, the kilted scotsmen could be barbarians, Dragoons and other heavy cavalry knights, etc..
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The Lich Lord! Now that Frostgrave is thawing he's in his backyard by the Gazebo of Doom, figuring out the garden...of Evil! This is a GW Chaos Sorcerer, the slot had GW1985 on it. I bought it in the late 80s. The GW minis were just hitting the shelves in my part of the world at that time. These figs were so different than anything else I had seen. Most of my fantasy collection has dispersed over the years but I found the fig in an old bits box and painted him over the last couple of days. I dry brushed his hair white as a place holder colour but I like enough to keep as is.
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Very cool guy and nice paint job. He could also work as a wizard with that golden face mask.
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The 1980's GW figures where among their best IMO. The garden of evil looks nice it could us some dead flowers though.
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Frostgrave has been quite the spur for painting. These are the 26 figs I've painted since late August. These minis span almost 30 years of collecting. I've got another 25 I've painted for other projects that I feel go with the game. That's enough for several warbands, now time for cultists and monsters! Thanks to Kid Terminal, Knightofspades, Mister C et al. for feedback and positive comments.
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Wow that's some progress! I can't wait to see Frankenstein's monster as a construct not to mention clockwork thingys.
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Well Kid Terminal I hope this doesn't disappoint. On a non related topic how big are trolls in Frostgrave?
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Really cool stuff. Great constructs.
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Thanks! I painted up the enchanter and metal construct for VSF games years ago. Frankenstein was painted in the beginning of August just before I caught Frostgrave Fever! I think the group shot looks like the Gilbert And Sullivan Society vs The Little Dickens Carolers at a Winter Carnival.
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An illustrious group of gentlemen! Thank you for sharing!
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Well Kid Terminal I hope this doesn't disappoint. On a non related topic how big are trolls in Frostgrave?
No it does not. ;)
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On a non related topic how big are trolls in Frostgrave?
Large. :D
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Excellent work there Ser. it make me want to get out my Empire of the Dead stuff and put together something from those.
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Skeletons! You manage to get some treasure, elude your opponent and what shows up? Skeletons the occupational hazard. The fig with the axe is from GW the other three are from RAFM. I like that the RAFM ones look a little not human. I picture Felsted to be one of those very old when Egypt was young kinda places. I played around with a rusted look on the skeleton's armor, not entirely happy with it. I think I bought these after seeing Army of Darkness. Finally got around to painting them this weekend.
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I have the GW one the RAFM ones look rather ape like in a nice way.
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Imp! This fig is from Ral Partha. I discovered it in a box of flying Martians I've been meaning to paint.
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The old Ral Partha figures are great! So is the paint job.
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Lich Lord Cultists! The cult of the Lich Lord has always had a following in the circles of the aesthetes, decadents and rive gauche dwellers. Poe makes him a central character in his poem The City in the Ice, " Lo Death has reared himself a throne in a frozen city lying alone down within the dim ice..." Here we have a cult Sigilist , his apprentice and a cult Templar. The Sigilist and his apprentice are from GW. The Templar is from Ral Partha or Grenadier. I was intending on using these as Cthulhu cultist. I've got at least one more hooded fig for a cult member after that its cowls.
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Love this group!
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Troll(?)! This fig is by GW. I believe its a hobgoblin. This mini is deceptively simple, there is all kinds of detail and texture that I have done no justice to. I actually tried painting in the eyes, been years since I attempted that.
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Troll size. In the age of 25mm this Troll fig towered like a colossus. The other figs are 28mm from WestWind's Vampire Wars. The troll is only taller because of the slotta base (although very broad and fearsome in dentantia.) Is this big enough for a Frostgrave troll? Kid Terminal thanks for your support, I really enjoy Fiends in Waistcoats!
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These days with most skirmish games large creatures are based on 40mm round bases and are about 35-40mm tall, but then most new figure lines can tower over the great West Wind Vampire wars line. I like these old GW monster figures they have a lot of personality, and he is certainly wide enough to be menacing so this is a long winded yes.
Thanks for looking at my blog.
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Barbarian & War Hound! The barbarian is a repainted plastic fig from the late Heroscape game. Most human minis in that game ran 32mm this one is a robust 28mm. The war hound is from Ral Partha probably from their Ravenloft line. The troll in the last post is will be down graded to something from the breeding pits possibly an Oranguman! I've got a larger mini I'll paint up as a troll.
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He works just fine as a barbarian. I've always loved the old Ral Partha dogs.
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Bard and Apothecary! The new class of characters are very exciting, finally had an excuse to finish painting up my bard fig. Its from Prince August Gaming, I think a post-apoc line. His coat was a lot of fun to paint I was tempted to paint it ala Clockwork Orange. The Apothacary is a Napoleonic Cantiniere I can't remember the maker.
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The Amazing Siegfried N. Roy, Illusionist! Siegfried has performed at many venues but there's no audience like a Felsted audience. This fig is by Ral Partha. It's either from Shadowrun or a vampire RPG line. Everything about this mini screamed Las Vegas, from the toothy smirk to the cape. I tried to give it that cheezy tux look. In the words of Siegfried, " I don't do tricks, I perform Illusions!" The 3rd pic shows Siegfried regretting calling for a volunteer from the crowd.
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Flesh Construct and Thief! The Flesh Construct is from Ral Partha part of their late great Ravenloft line. The photo washes out some of the skin tones, I was trying to give it a lot of different people's bits look. The Thief is a 25mm RAFM from their ACW line. The 2nd pic poses a question, since flesh constructs are made from dead bodies can Necromancers control them or are they Enchanter specific?
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New Barbarian! This fig looks like the description in the game. It's another repainted plastic fig from Heroscape, I lucked into finding a complete set with a lot of additional characters at a thrift store. The second pic is a size comparison. 1st fig is a 28mm from West Wind so the other minis are 30 and 29mm.
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Man at Arms, Warhound and Knight! The Man at Arms is a Foundry ACW figure. I like his haversack and pouches, the very thing for stuffing treasure in. The Warhound is from West Wind's Vampire Wars line. I painted him to look like the Northstar Warhound, an oversized rottweiler. The Knight is also a Foundry fig, a Grenadier from their Napoleonic lines. I got this mini as a gift years ago. A combo of not playing Napoleon and being intimidated by the figs intricacy kept me from painting it. I've acquired a lot of respect for those who paint such minis and blown away that they have to paint lots of them with historical accuracy.
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Tracker! I know Trackers are supposed to have a staff and bow, but it was easier to convert the Uzi to a crossbow. The fig is by Ral Partha from their Shadowrun line. The mini has a date on bottom of the base, 1992, which explains the hella mullet hair. I think it's an elf street mage. I purchased a lot of this line back in the day for VSF conversion. I'm getting close to 50 minis painted since mid August for Frostgrave. For me that's quite a productive period.
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Wild Dogs & Thug! Four newly painted figs brings the Grand Total to 52 minis in about 2 months, a personal best. The dogs are totally repainted plastics from Heroscape. I think they're wargs. I based their colour scheme on what I remembered about wild dogs in Africa. I was pretty pleased with it till my wife said they reminded her of Bambi. The Thug is part of an angry villager mob from Ral Partha's Ravenloft line. I painted another of these earlier, I don't like repeating but I think He's different enough to pass.
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Pack Mules! What do you get the Wizard who has everything? Someone to carry it for him! The mule(or Porter as they prefer) on the left is from an ACW cannon crew. The one on the right is a FIW mini. I added the sword and the knife. When the stats come out on these I'm ready.
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Frost Giant and Knight! The giant is an out of production fig from RAFM. They still have a version of it with a coal scuttle helm instead of a top knot. I wanted to go with a freezer burned meat look on his skin. This mini has quite a heft, from the days of lead. The Knight is a Mexican officer from an Alamo project that never gelled. I don't know the maker but it's an old fig. The Knight is doing the sensible thing when one is confronted by a Frost Giant, run away!
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Vampires and Frost Wraith! Looking at the Nickstarter's new figures jogged my memory and I realized I had some minis I had painted previously that would be perfect for them. The vampire on the right is from GW. I painted him several years ago. I thought he could be one of Felsted's native vampires, frozen millennia ago and revived with the thaw. The vampire on the left is from Ral Partha's Ravenloft line. I view him as an adventurer who ran afoul of one of the creatures of the night, a cautionary tale of the myriad dangers of the Frostgrave. The frost wraith is a blue plastic toy I found at a thrift store. I painted it as an experiment with washes and high lights not knowing how great it would be for this game.
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Skeletons(part 1)! Looking at the Nickstarter I realized that the skeletons I painted before, page 4 of this thread, are Armoured Skeletons . I did some furious digging into lead mountain and found some less armoured. These are all from the late, great Grenadier Miniatures all with 1988 stamped on them. There was a fantastic hobby store in my neck of the woods, Merlin's Books. Through the 80s & 90s they carried fantasy and Sci Fi minis from Grenadier, Ral Partha and GW. Merlin's also had a huge selection of used sci fi and fantasy books and a great selection of used games. Alas all things pass and Merlin's Books closed early on in the new millennium. These skeletons were probably some of the last fantasy figs I collected. Space 1889 was just about to be released and my love affair with VSF was about to start.
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Very nice! I like the vampires.
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Thanks for the kind words Rufus! It's always nice to hear from others on this board who's work I enjoy. There are more skeletons on the way and some new characters so stay tuned!
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Skeletons (part 2)! The figs on the far right and left are from Grenadier 1988. The one second left is from Ral Partha. I love this mini. The sculptor did an incredible job, such detail. I believe I purchased these after seeing Army of Darkness. The final fig is very old the date on the base is 1978. Its by Heritage. This mini waited 37 years for paint.
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Fantastic! They hold up really well for relics! :)
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Skeletons are among my favourite monsters and these look really cool. Great work!
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Love the Nosferatu...very cool.
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Treasure Hunter and Javelineer! First thanks for the kind words and feedback gentlemen! Hearing from my peers on the board is greatly appreciated. The new characters provided by the Nickstarter have been inspirational. Case in point the Javelineer. The fig is an angry pitchfork wielding villager from Ral Partha's Ravenloft line. I trimmed two tines off the fork and split his right fist to add the javelin. The Treasure Hunter is an ACW officer from Foundry. At the turn of the century I ordered a bunch of Civil War figs from Foundry, due to mix up I ended up with lots of officers. Foundry was very good about fixing their problem even letting me keep the mishipped minis. I think this Treasure Hunter has been one of my favorites to paint. It's his dynamic pose and facial expression. I gave the fig an opera bouffe jaeger uniform and it really took off!
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Bronze Statue! The statue is a plastic fig from Hero Quest. I gave most of those minis to my nephews years ago, this one was found in an old bits box. The stiffness of the figs pose combined with the lack of weight made it perfect for a statue on a pillar. Like Fencing Frog and Achilles I used a craft store wooden spool for a plinth. These come 6 to a bag and are inexpensive. I looked at older bronze statuary for my colour scheme, I'm very happy how the verdigris turned out. This isn't a "living" statue, more of set decoration and arrow blocker.
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Looks good.
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Really fun work. The treasure hunter looks really cool.
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I really like that weathered bronze effect. Nicely done.
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Wonderful! Love the idea of this! It's too bad that Mike Owen didn't make more wizards for his Steampunk FOG range as it seems like thugs and monsters abound but it's hard to find good Victorian wizard figures and their matching apprentices.
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You know, it would be kinda cool to use some of the warbands from 'In Her Majesty's Service'. The idea of the Thule Society exploring Frostgrave is appealing.
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Thaumaturge & Thug! Wow, 6000+views! Thank you all that have left words of kindness and encouragement and everyone who dropped by for a look. I'm glad the bronze statue went over so well. It was a proof of concept now I've got some bigger bronzes to paint. The figs are a natïve New Aenglander Thaumaturge and a classic Charles Laughton style henchman. I believe both minis are from Ral Partha. The Igor was part of a set, the other part of which should appear soon. I'm elated that others are enjoying the Victoriana version of Frostgrave. :D
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I thought you'd typo-ed and your warband was including tanks.
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Herman Melville based his outstanding work of romanticism, Moby Dick or The White Worm, on his experiences on expeditions to the Frostgrave. The book follows the fanatical Elementalist , Ahab, on his quest for revenge against Moby Dick, the Great White Worm. "There she blows, there she blows, a hump like a snow hill!", Moby Dick. The worm pictured here is more typical of Felsted's unique ice worms.
The worm is by RAFM as is the Igor fig(not Ral Partha as I had earlier posted). It's from the days of lead and has quite a heft to it. Monkeylite if your looking for my tanks you can find them on the VSF board. :)
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Love the Rafm Giant Tomb Worm. I'm going to see if I can try and track one done for my collection.
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Wow really cool figure and great paint job on it.
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This cool thread is getting cooler and cooler...it's veritably frosty :D
Love the minis...please keep them coming
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Archer & Warhound! I thought I could use at least one more shooter so here he is. The fig is a 25mm ACW standard bearer from RAFM. I added a bow and quiver. I painted up one of these as a thief but I believe they are different enough not to look repetitious. The warhound is from Grenadier. I wanted a german shepard looking dog, what a pain to paint. The fig is fine , trying to recreate the dog's colouration drove me bonkers! The last shot is of all the dogs I've painted for Frostgrave. When I started this project I had a couple of self imposed rules, I had to already own the mini( financial reasons ) and the adventures had to look at least sort of 19th cen. I love the juxtaposition of Victorians vs fantasy figs, it reminds me of a site from the 90s called Orc's Drift. Awesome Adam, Knight of Spades, Grey Panda I'm glad your enjoying this thread, stay tuned more to come!
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Very nice....love the selection of hounds...what make are the other doggies?
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The dogs are l-r, West wind, Grenadier, West Wind & Grenadier. The West Wind figs are from the Vampire War line. The Grenadier dogs are out of production in the U.S. but an Italian company has some of their molds. All together the minis make for one scary dog park! :)
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Living Statues (and misc.)! The dreaded Living Statues of Frostgrave. The Statue figs are Champions of Slaneesh from GW. I never played any of the Warhammer variants but I purchased a lot of GW minis cuz I thought they were cool. I had been intending to paint these a statues for a long time, Frostgrave finally gave the push to do it. The statues are less weathered than the other statue I painted. I thought perhaps they were under partial cover and the spell that animates them might have a preservative element. After all what is the point of guardian statuary if its too decayed to move? The misc. is in the third photo. It portrays Dodger the thief about to make the score of his life but for cruel fate. Felsted is a tough town. Dodger is a plastic fig from Pirates of the Caribbean. I think it's Orlando Bloom. I did a slight repaint and based it. The other misc. is the building behind him. It was a small wooden birdhouse that I painted as stonework. The treasure chest and the resin gravestone on the right were also recently painted.
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Frostgrave buildings and wall section! The buildings in grey are wooden bird houses from a craft & hobby store. I've been trying to simulate stonework in grey, not completely happy with it but practice makes perfect. The wall section is a dark grey resin piece. I used to have a bunch of these, only one survives. I was tired of greys so I painted it dark red and gave it a burnt sienna dry brush. I'm quite pleased with the verdigris on the bronze. The figure is from West Wind's Vampire Wars line. I'm running out of figs I own to paint so that's why I'm trying architecture.
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White Ape! Actually it's a Ghast fig from RAFM's Call of Cthulhlu line. I painted this mini a couple of years ago but I think it makes a good stand in for the white gorilla. I've got another of these somewhere maybe I'll get it painted over the weekend.
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That's one ape I wouldn't want to feed bananas!
Nice work - I particularly like the verdigris on the statues.
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Cult of the Lich Lord Wizard! This is a RAFM cleric fig. It wasn't moulded with a mask so I painted one on so the mini would look like a cultist. I've run out of alternate cultists to paint. I'm going to wait till the Holiday lead haul for more candidates. JP 1885 thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you liked the verdigris, I've 4 more living statues in various levels of paint. Verdigris plays a big part in their colour scheme.
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Living Statues pt. 2! These figs are GW Champions of Slaneesh from the mid 80s. I loved the intricacy of these sculpts but I was too intimidated to paint them. Luckily the Living Statue palette only has 3 colours (not counting the white primer). I still have 2 more of these to paint for the Museum scenario. The tableau presented by the 3rd photo is entitled " Quiet, I hear something!" When I'm finished with all these statues they will be doing double duty, in Frostgrave and in Martian temples for my VSF games.
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Suspicious Tomb! An open tomb in Felsted is never a good thing. It can mean adventures have looted it or that its occupant has gone out for a bite to eat! I took a break from bronze to practice stonework. This is a resin piece I've had for years, it came out of a scratch and dent box in the 90s. The tombstones are by LeMax. I gave them a light dry brush of white. The fig on the left is from Ral Partha . I converted him into a tracker. The mini on the right is a not Lee Marvin from Artizan.
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Bear Substitutes! It seems that bears make a formidable opponent and a valuable ally. Alas I have no bear figure. I did find some prehistoric mammals (purchased in a tube for a lost world game) that I thought could fill the bill. The first pic is a hyenadon, a proto hyena that could be 10 feet long. I washed the plastic fig with dark brown and dry brushed yellow brown. The next pic is a sabre tooth tiger . I did a bit of repainting, not entirely happy with it but it will do. The next photo is a giant ground sloth. They were the size of Kodiak bears and had formidable claws. I did a dark brown wash and a lighter brown dry brush. I also painted in the eyes and mouth. I've always thought of Frostgrave as an old city maybe Ice Age old. As the city defrosts the fauna are waking up hungry. By a happy coincidence all these beasts have the same stats as bears. The last photo shows scale. The person fig is a 28mm from West Wind.
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They look like suitable bear substitutes to me.
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The Tower of Steel (cut oats)! As I was tossing the empty cylinder of oatmeal into the recycling it occurred to me that it was a good size for a tower, perhaps a ruined tower in a frozen city. I've had the notion to convert these cylinders before but I was afraid they would look like a grade schoolers' diorama on the middle ages. Still nothing ventured ect. At worst I will have wasted some time, at best a new tower every couple of weeks! The Tower is shown in its earliest stages, I tried gluing cardboard to simulate stone work but the shiny paper on the outside shed the glue. I've spray painted it black and I'm hoping that will give enough texture for the glue to stick. Updates to follow!
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Tower of Steel (cut oats) part 2! The weather has been rainy but I've finally managed to get the Tower spray painted. It improved the interior and added texture to the exterior. The paint also emphasized the seams on the outside. I had thought about incising stone work into the cardboard of the cylinder, now I'm going to add "stone" facing, made from scrap cardboard, to it. The fig is a 25/28 mm from Foundry. More on this build to come in... Part 3!
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I've been thinking about making a similar tower. Have you thought about cladding the outside with bricks? Maybe using foam core or even just cut out squares of poster board? One way to hide the seam line of the container.
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Tower of Steel (cut oats) part 3! Well Archmage 45 great minds and all. :) The tower is getting a facing of thin corrugated cardboard rectangles to simulate stone. This project could be called, " It Came From The Recycling Bin". I decided the tower needed more damage so I cut out a hole then realized it was too high up to be shot out of so I had to cut out another. Archmage if your going to make a tower like this cut the holes out before you put on the stone facing ( or at least wait for the glue to dry). I did not and the cardboard squares slid all over the tower! Now to finish the stone work and paint. More to come!
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Tower of Steel (cut oats) part 4! I finished the "stonework" façade and gave the tower its base coat. I like the depth the cardboard provides for the stones but now I've got to paint all the little squares' edges. As a proof of concept it holds up. I will be using oatmeal cylinders again but I'll go with smaller squares and rectangles of cardboard. I'm going to try finishing this piece over the holiday weekend, stay tuned.
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Gnoll Chieftain (alt. fig.)! haven't had time to work on the tower but I did find this stand in for the Gnoll. It's an Anubis from Heroscape. I painted this a couple of years ago to be part of a Pulp adventure. When I saw the Gnoll Chietain on the Nickstarter I was struck by the resemblance.
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Tower of Steel ( cut oats) finished! Longer than anticipated but done. I think using oatmeal tubes for towers is a viable option. I learned some lessons , do the damage to the tower before you glue on the stone work and glue the stone facade on before the first spray painting. I couldn't get the cardboard to stick to the glossy paper so I used the spray paint to provide texture, it worked but then I had to paint the edges of the cardboard to hide the corrugations. So boring! For the next one I'm going to take some sand paper to the glossy and see if that will do the trick. Still at the end of it all I have a ruined tower for very little money and I'm pleased with the results. The fig is a 28 mm. After the Holidays I'm hoping to post some AARs and a new crop of thugs and wizards.
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Nice, I'll need to give this a try.
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New Elementalist! This fig is a converted Brigade Games Napoleonic French Savant. I added the flame( taken off a torch). This mini will be the apprentice to my already painted Major Malaise. For some reason while painting this fig I was reminded of the late great Don Knotts. So here is Deputy Fife, Elementalist. Over the holiday I was gifted with an order from Brigade that will add several new wizards and thugs.
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It's Goleming Time! This Golem started out as a "Thing" toy found in a thrift store twenty five cent bin this week end. It was orange with blue shorts. I primed the fig dark grey then did a black wash and dry brushed it with progressively lighter shades. I think it makes a fine angry golem perfect for the Hunt for the Golem scenario. The mini in the second pic is a Westwind 28mm for scale.
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In the first pic it looked huge, but he is fine. Good fit for the Hunt.
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Frostgrave tabletop layout! It's 2 feet wide by 4 feet long. The board can be played as is or as separate 2 by 2 boards divided by a frozen canal( the blue Heroscape hexagons). The ruins are a collection of resin scenery pieces, holiday decorations, aquarium bits and a tower I made from an oatmeal tube. The first photo is a long shot from the left. The 2nd pic is a closeup of the left hand side and the 3rd pic is of the right.
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Great looking table. I'm eating oatmeal everyday hoping to copy that tower ;)
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Thanks Lamilvelo for your kind comment! Keep eating that oatmeal, fiber fiber , fiber, you won't enjoy the hobby with a cranky colon lol. I've had some thoughts on the neighborhoods of Felsted. Although wizards of different schools could live anywhere in the city, it seems reasonable that those of the same schools of magic would tend to congregate near one another. This would give the city districts that would emphasize one school over another even to the architecture. An example might be the Necromancer's District. This neighborhood would probably be near cemeteries and necropoli for raw materials. The buildings would be like forts to keep your competitors undead hordes out of your parlour. There would likely be a lot of death related artwork. The Enchanter's quarter I see being a cross between a smithy and a sculptor's studio. An industrial feel with piles of lumber, stone and ingots of metal with partially completed constructs standing about.The Witches enclave would be park like with trees and plants useful to their craft. The wandering monster table could be tweeked to reflect the neighborhood, more undead in the Necromancer's area, more animals in the Witches, ect. Anyway just some thoughts.
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Outstanding and Inspiring stuff
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New Necromancer and Zombie! The Necromancer, Countess Calagari and her Somnambulist( Zombie ) Cesare. The Countess is from West Wind's classic Vampire Wars range. The zombie is an Artizan mini. He's from their Midnight Workshop-Fog line. Both figures were recently acquired and both were a treat to paint. The sculpting on the zombie is particularly nice.
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This is Dr. Coutts from Artizan. I'm posting more pics because I didn't think my other photo did it justice.
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Awesomely cool necro and zombie, very classy pair! The golem is off the wall! Great paintjob and style.
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What fine work. Those minis work really well together. :)
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Newest Elementalist & Apprentice! Captain Ahab (l) and his apprentice Mr. Starbuck. Herman Melville based his characters in Moby Dick or the White Worm on these two Felsted adventurers. Ahab is an Artizan mini, Edmund Lucas, from their Borderland-Fog line. I received him over Christmas. It's a lovely sculpt that was quite enjoyable to paint. The other fig is from the late , great Grenadier Miniatures. He's a Street Mage from their Shadowrun line. I've owned this lead since the mid 90s. He was the one in the blister pack I couldn't figure out a use for. I went with a water/ice elemental theme for this duo. Thank you The Grey Ghost, Knightofspades and beefcake for the kind words!
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Ahab's Warband ( Crew)! Well the start of one. I am going for a nautical theme for this Warband. The crew are all from Brigade Games. The one on the left is from their Victorian Gangster line. I based his hair on a real life example. The other two are from Brigade's Napoleonic line, they're French sailors. I would like to finish this Warband up with Javelineers. I don't have the Lich Lord supplement yet, so if it's not treading on copyrights or toes, could someone share the Javelineers stats with me? Thank you in advance.
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Mr. Norrell and Mr. Strange, Sigilists. I watched Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell just before I discovered Frostgrave on this forum. It certainly was part of the inspiration for Frostgrave Victoriana. Mr. Norrell is the seated fig, hastily penning a spell. Strange, Norrell's apprentice, is painted as close as I could to how the character looked in the mini-series. Both of these figs are from Brigade Games. They are French Savants from Brigades Napoleonic line.
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As a big fan of Strange & Norrell, I think these are great - bravo!
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Illusionist and Thug! The Illusionist is from Ral Partha's Ravenloft line. I purchased this fig in the 90s. I'm guessing he's a vampire but I painted him as Lord Thistledown, the antagonist from Strange & Norrell. The thug is a recent acquisition by Artizan, Bill Sykes from their Midnight Workshop /Fog line. I painted the mini as a large angry leprechaun, Paddy O Furniture. The final pic shows Lord Thistledown with his apprentice Siegfried N. Roy, who I painted last Fall.
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Soothsayer & Apprentice! Soothsayer W. Whonkah (L) and his apprentice Hermy. Whonkah uses a small statuette as a focus. Hermy uses a traditional crystal ball. Both figs are from Brigade Games Napoleonic line. The Soothsayer is a French savant in Egypt and the apprentice is a French sailor with a grenade. That's nine of the ten schools of magic represented all I need is an apprentice Thamaturgist and I'll have the set! I received an order of West Wind Vampire Wars figs so there will be a plethora of new thugs and thieves soon.
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New Thugs! The unsung, unwashed, disposable heroes of Frostgrave. I like thugs, they are one of my favorite parts of the game. So useful and affordable and expendable. The thug on the left is from Brigade Games Victorian Gangster's line. The other two are from Westwind's Vampire Wars line. All had a lot of character and were fun to paint. I recently received an order from Old Glory of Westwind's Victorian Mob and Victorian Thugs so there will be more of these miscreants painted soon!
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Javeliners & Thug! Final crew members for Ahab's war band. All the new figs are from WestWind's Vampire Wars line. Javeliners or in this case Harpoonists seemed a natural fit for this nautical band. I tried to add Polynesian tatoos to the Queequeg fig to make it look like the character from Moby Dick. My first attempt at it, not 100% satisfied but it will do. I'm happy with how the warband turned out, lots of variation on blues, greys and off off white. Ahab's crew is economical, comprised of thugs, thieves, javeliners and a treasure hunter. If I did the math correctly there is gold left over.
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Nice mix of magic and Victoriana (all it needs is a little Steampunk !)
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For Metternich. This is my Enchanter and his Apprentice. The second pic shows the enchanter with a medium flesh construct and a large metal one. I'm slowly piecing together a warband for them.
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Ok, now you have all related genres covered !
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Statues(Super)! I wanted some more scatter terrain and statues do this well. The first statue is a plastic Thor fig. The hammer made me think of an enchanter. I painted it in shades of white because most of my statues I've painted as aged bronze. The next statue is from Old Glory's Super Hero Super game System. The mini was much larger than I thought when I purchased it. I've probably had Lord Tridan for a decade. I'm still looking for a suitable base for him. The final statue is Spider Man perched on a gargoyle from the Chrysler building. The fig is hollow on the bottom so it can be fitted over a battlement or placed on the ground as a fallen piece. The super hero's costumes don't represent particular culture or time so they are perfect for Felsted. I've got a Doctor Doom holding a hammer I'm painting as black marble, I've never attempted it before so we will see how that turns out.
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Thief and Troll. When I started to paint figs for Frostgrave I had a self imposed rule to only use minis I already had. The Troll is just that. He was a plastic fig in a box of Super Hero minis that I bought because they were close to 28mm scale and I thought I could use them at some point. The others are now statues. The thief is from WestWind's Vampire Wars line. I did break the figs I already had rule and bought a couple of sets from that line. I'm not sure about the paint job on the broken bottle but it'll do. The last pic is of the Spiderman gargoyle on a battlement. While placing it for the photo it fell off and made me wonder if there is a falling debris hazard rule. Your Treasure Hunter scales a ruined tower and kicks a brick onto the Apprentice standing beneath kind of situation.
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Large Bronze Statue! Before I get to the photo I just want to thank everyone who's dropped by for a look! Over fifteen thousand views, I am blown away. The pic shows a toy from the film Haunted Mansion. It was a stand for a crystal ball. The ball was not very good but I felt the stand had potential. I think it looks like a monument to Soothsaying. The fig is a 28mm from Brigade Games Napoleonic line. In the background you can see a new piece of scenery, a section of a ruined colosseum. It's an aquarium decoration, quite large, and only eight American Dollars!
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Colosseum Closeup! The 1st pic is of the interior curve. If you look close enough on the left you can see the National Geographic logo. The letters are raised so I decided to leave them and think of it as graffiti from an American expedition to Frostgrave. 2nd pic is of the exterior curve, the fig is a 25/28mm Foundry fig.
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Fantastic work!
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Thrift Store Argonath! First, thanks jp1885 for the kind words. I think I'm getting the aged bronze/ brass technique down pretty well. The Argonath was a recent thrifting find. It was pretty banged up which made it perfect for Frostgrave. Most of the statues I've painted up look in pristine condition because I can't bring myself to scratch and dent them. This Argonath is missing a hand , bits off the helmet and a big chip off the cape. A little dark grey paint covered up the off white resin exposed. By 28mm standards the statue is about as tall as a 3 story building. It lacks a level surface big enough for a mini or treasure but it sure breaks up line of sight. The fig is a 25/28mm from Foundry.
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Universal Plinth! Statues are rarely placed directly on the ground, most have some sort of stand. The plinth started out as a shiny purple resin box I found at a thrift store. I primed it grey then washed it with black and dry brushed it with lighter shades. It can hold a variety of figures or statues. It also works fine as scatter terrain by itself.
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Great looking project GG
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Last Two Living Statues! Thank you Chairface for dropping by and the nice remarks. These are the last of the statues for the scenario. Like the others they're GW Champions of Slaneesh from the 80s. I used a turquoise blue for the vedigris, I'm happy with it. The second pic shows all six of the Living Statues posed on or near the Universal Plinth.
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Victorian Necromancer, Apprentice and Zombies! The Necromancer is from North Star, part of their Horror Stories line, Dr. Everett Lich. In the second pic (from l-r ) Zombie; Brigade Games, Apprentice; Artizan, Lich; North Star and Zombie: Artizan. It's been a while since I posted but I finally had some time for painting. Seemed right to post a Necromancer for Threadomancy.
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Eugene the Enchanter and Construct! I was going to use Eugene as a henchmen for the Victorian Necromancer but when the mini arrived I realised his gladstone had a saw and pliers sticking out. His general vibe was more Enchanter. The fig is from Brigade Games Post Apoc line and was a treat to paint. I was inspired to paint him like P.T. Barnum from Gangs of New York. Check pattern is difficult (for me) to paint but it looks so good when it's finished. The construct is from RAFM. I painted it as the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz.
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Eugene is a noble name for an inventor and from what I've heard Mr. Tesla says his queued proto-mullet makes him, "a fun guy". Great looking figure and the coat looks came out styling.
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Eugene the Enchanter's War Party, so far.
His apprentice "Tiny" Tim Cratchit and a large metal construct called Herbert,
Herbert is a totally repainted MageKnight Golem and Tim is from WestWind's classic Vampire Wars line. Sorry about the double post but I timed out when I was typing this and they put my entry on a seperate topic and not part of this thread.
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Great work - love the golem!
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Wow, they look great! I hadn't seen your thread before, and have to say I really like the concept of Victorian themed Frostgrave!
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Thanks for the kind words gentlemen!
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Troll and Crossbowman! The Troll is a rebased and repainted MageKnight fig. The crossbowman is from WestWind's Vampire Wars line. I've painted up a couple of trolls for Frostgrave but this is the first one I'm happy with. This MageKnight mini has the height, width and ferocious demeanor that says troll to me. Also he was free. In January I was given a friends collection of MageKnight figs. The crossbowman is from a pack of Transylvanian Villagers. His clothing is close enough to Victorian. Crossbowmen in 19th century costuming are pretty rare. Early in this thread you can see ones I converted from ACW flag bearers.
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New Thugs! Thugs are my favorite characters in Frostgrave, redshirts of the frozen city. The fig on the left is from WestWind's classic Vampire Wars line and the other is from Artizan's Thrilling Tales. The mini with the shovel reminds me of Bert the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins. Bert fled to Felsted when he became the prime suspect in the disappearance of the nanny from 17 Cherry Tree Lane. The authorities never believed his story of her "blowing away on the west wind".
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Love the one with the club - huge amounts of personality in that one!
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Thanks Schoon! I like that figure as well. I hate painting checkered patterns but they look so good when finished. I think the mini looks like a cross between Super Mario and John C. Reilly.
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No wonder you like the thugs so much! Those are some great looking figures.
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Gnoll! This fig is a repainted MageKnight plastic werewolf. Last Jan. a friend of mine gave me his plastic mini collection. I've been going through it a piece at a time. This werewolf's short snout and fantasy armor made me think of the gnoll warriors from Frostgrave. The fig was brown plastic with bright yellow pauldrons and random splotches of red paint. I looked at several painted gnolls and settled on grey skin with dirty yellow brown spotted fur. I painted it in an afternoon and I'm pretty pleased with it.
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Gnolll close up.
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Gnice!
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Great stuff. I love that Construct
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Captain Van Wolversing! The Capt. is from WestWind's OOP Rippers of the Horror Wars line. The mini seems to be a mash up of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Van Helsing Characters. So introducing Capt. Van Wolversing! The curved metal piece protruding from his coat is the bow of a crossbow. I thought it was some sort of flash and almost trimmed it off. There is a lot of variance in scale in WestWind's figs. The second pic shows the Capt(25mm) next to a WestWind Vampire Wars mini(32mm). The wolverine in the comic books is supposed to be a shorter guy so this mini fits the bill. Thanks to horridperson, beefcake and jp1885 for the kind words!
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Bear! I've been needing something of an ursine persuasion for awhile and finally I have one. The fig is a totally repainted MageKnight plastic Werebear. It's big, 54mm, and broad as well. Originally the mini was a brown plastic with the teeth and claws picked out with white paint. The only other colour were splotches of red on the ears and on the back of the neck, if that was supposed to be blood splatter it was in odd places. I considered painting it as a black bear or polar bear but I settled on brown. I don't know what species of bear the fig was reflecting, to judge by it's 8 pack I'm guessing its a cross fit bear. The second pic is a tableau of one of my favorite Shakespeare quotes,"Exit pursued by a bear."
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Thug and Crossbowman! Both figures are from WestWind's classic Vampire Wars line. The crossbowman is an armed Transylvanian villager. His ensemble is more pirate or cavalier than Victorian but 19th cen. arbalesters are hard to come by. I gave the mini a swashbuckling paint job, might make him a marksman because he also totes a sword. The thug is from the London Mob pack. I thought he resembled a famous comic strip character, Andy Capp. A brick seems an appropriate choice for his weapon. There's probably a lot of loose masonry in Felstead, I'll bet bricks and paving stones make up many a thugs plan B.
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Arbalestrix! The rarest of finds, a crossbow women in Victorian dress. The fig is from WestWinds OOP game Rippers of the Horror Wars. The mini is a slight 25mm. This was the case with all the principle characters from the game. They were packaged with minis from the Vampire Wars line , all of whom were 28mm and up. The Rippers were retro both in size and sculpt. The 2nd pic shows the Arbalestrix next to a Frontier Miniature sculpted in the 70s for a Siege at Peking line. I would like to say Welcome to Victorian Frostgrave Ramirez Noname and Sunjester! After being alone in this for so long it's great to have company.
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Governor General, you've got a great thread going here and I have to say you have influenced me to explore the Victorian scene.
Nice find with the lady armed with the crossbow.
RMZ
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Thug group shot 1! It's no secret I'm fond of thugs and this game goes through them like tissues at an influenza ward. I've painted up a ton of them. I'll be posting more group shots of them and other hirelings in the days to come. RMZ thanks for the kind words, knowing that Frostgrave Victoriana has inspired others is like champagne for breakfast!
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Blimey, I wouldn't like to meet that lot in a dark alley, or graveyard ...
Nice work.
RMZ
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Excellent!
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More Thugs! Most of my thugs ( in both pics ) are from WestWind's Vampire Wars and from Brigade Games Victorian Age Gangsters. There are a couple of Artizan pieces and figures from companies long gone. When I started this thread I was just painting from minis I already had, like many of us I paint far slower than I acquire. I managed to put a dent in my lead mountain, of course as my mania grew I ended up buying for this project. RMZ and Sunjester thanks for dropping by!
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Who doesn't like thugs? Great work as always!
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Thrift Store Temple/Mausoleum! Found recently I believe it's a bird house. The building is made from a sand yellow resin that I've washed with a thinned dark brown acrylic paint. It originally had a cord that ran through a hole in the apex of the roof to a removable disc on the bottom of the base. Also it had a wooden peg coming out of the front. The first pic shows the front,very baroque. The second is a side shot and the 3rd the back where I intend on adding a scratch built door. Not too shabby for a $1.98 US. The minis are 28mm for scale. Thanks Jp for the nice comments about my thugs.
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That is an awesome find! I never seem to find awesome stuff like that.
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That's a fantastic piece of scenery and a bargain price! ;)
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That was a good find and it fits pretty reasonably with the minis.
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That's a great find - really fits in with the victoriana theme. Bravo!
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Thanks Sunjester, Sebrex 13, Hummster and jp1885 . I'm glad you like the piece! My wife and I are avid thrifters and I've found some useful bits and pieces over the years. Once I've added a door I'll dry brush with white and it will be good to go, although it could be used as is.
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Dollar store Mausoleum/Temple! This was a blue plastic sand castle mold purchased for a dollar at a Family Dollar store. There were also yellow step pyramids (I bought 3) and a red coliseum that was too small for 28mm but would work for micro scale. While my last post was a lucky find the dollar stores that carry these are everywhere in the US. The 1st pic shows it spray painted black and the other shots show it with a dark grey base and lighter grey dry brushing. For my tastes it's table ready with minimal effort. The minis are 28mm from Brigade Games.
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8) very cool idea !!! looks really good in grey
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Crossbowman & Soldier! My self imposed rule that there are no guns in Felsted ( not that I object in anyway those that allow them) has led to a number of conversions. This standard bearer of unknown make is just that. Standard bearers often are molded with empty hands and I always end up with more of them than I need. Frostgrave has helped several of them off of lead mountain and on to the table. His uniform is non specific I tend to go Ruritanean with the colour scheme. The soldier, all hirelings are soldiers according to the original rules, is also a standard bearer from Dixon's Alamo line. Seems appropriate considering the background of the photo. I haven't decided on this figs class of fighter yet. Thanks for the nice comments on the dollar store mausoleum Liam Frostfang, I like that the building was inexpensive, readily available and painted up so fast. The longest part was waiting for the black spray paint to dry ;).
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Women Soldiers! When I painted up the arbalestrix I recalled I had a couple of armed Victorian female figs that would be perfect for Frostgrave. The 1st mini is Mina Harker from Ironclad's VSF line. It's a lovely sculpt and was a pleasure to paint. The 2nd miniature is from the late great Grenadier Miniatures, Lizzy Borden. The fig came in a blister pack with Jack the Ripper. This mini was produced towards the end of Grenadiers run, they were shifting from 25/28mm to 32. I bought and primed this mini back in the 90s, thanks to Frostgrave she's out of deepest Lead Mountain and on the table. I think this Lizzy Borden resembles Kate Mulgrew portraying Capt. Janeway from Star Trek Voyager. I was tempted to paint her in black & maroon.
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:o lizzy bordon...nice!!!
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A couple of great figures.
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Women's Warband! I've decided to make up a warband of women in Victorian attire. Thanks to LiamFrostfang and Sunjester for the positive comments.
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Look out lads, here come the girls!
Great stuff. I particularly like the light green dress on the Mina Harker figure - great paintwork!
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Nice! I really like the Ironclad Mina. I recently saw the model up for sale and thought it was ugly. Looks like it was the paintjob not the fig; Yours looks sweet and I would like one.
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Excellent!
We also have a female band: The International Society of Exploring Ladies.
Without their bold inquisitiveness, many parties of adventurers of the sterner sex, would not have gained the glory and prestige won by rescuing them from their ensuing dangerous predicaments!
They played a part in establishing Queen Ranavalona III in power in Madagascar They backed first Tzu His, Empress and effective ruler of China in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. But she spurned her supporters so TINSEL turned to Ch’iu Chin who led a province in revolt against the Empress.
However it was the European members who had the most success establishing an Empire under which the sun never set! Their leader being of course Queen Victoria, Empress of India!
In later years they became fragmented campaigning for the prohibition of alcohol, female suffrage and other crusades. They may have been involved in the establishment of the Regency of Zauditu, Empress of Abyssinia, Queen of Kings and Lioness of Judah in 1916.
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New Soldier for Women's Warband! A conversion of a fig from WestWind's classic Vampire Wars line. I wanted to build up the Women's Warband but finances being what they are right now I decided to see what I could find in Lead Mountain. Here she is! Turns out I already had this mini so it was perfect for this. I swapped her original hand for a broken MageKnight plastic figures. In the second picture you can see the one I already had painted. Thanks to Jp for his compliments on the Ironclad Mina Harker's paint job and to dadlamassu for the info on TINSEL. The illustrations of the women archers was an inspiration and if I can find another mini that fits that's where I'll be going.
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Inspiring female warband you have now. You have made me want to scavenge through my lead mine (who needs a mountain) to see what i can add to my Victorian collection.
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Archeress! Found another fig I had 2 of and with minor conversion I've got a Victorian archeress. The mini is from WestWind's classic Vampire Wars line. I removed the lamp she was carrying and replaced with a bow made from a paper clip. The arrow resembles an oversized novelty pencil but I can live with it. The 3rd pic shows the two figures together. The one in the blue jacket I painted back in the aughts as the second Romana from Classic Dr. Who. I'll be posting an updated Women's War Band soon.
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Women's Warband updated! In addition to the archeress I included a new apprentice and an alchemist. The apprentice is a WestWind figure from their Vampire Wars line. The stake in the minis hand makes a fine wand. I painted the alchemist last year for Frostgrave. The fig is a Napoleonic from a forgotten manufacturer. The second photo shows the fate of the previous apprentice. She was investigating a mysterious armoire in the ruins of a chronomancer's keep when, with a whooshing sound, it and her disappeared!
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Black powder weapons in Frostgrave? I've never included them despite the Victorian(ish) theme I've been working with. However if the game's designer has rules for this I've got plenty of figs ready to go.