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Offline ancientsociety

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Frostwallon Warbands (8/5 Skeletons)
« on: 15 March 2017, 01:12:50 AM »


I've had most of Rackham's Cadwallon miniature line for about a decade sitting in a box collecting dust. While they don't seem very amazing now, at the time, there was nothing else like them - exquisitely detailed, 32mm fantasy miniatures with dynamic, interesting poses and a uniquely quasi-medieval/quasi-Victorian aesthetic. If you've ever read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, these miniatures really epitomized the characters from the Ankh-Morpork subseries (prior to the release of Micro Art Studio's licensed Discworld 28mm line) - somewhat arcane, somewhat advanced, with a dash of the cartoonish. The problem was, they were just so nice and so detailed, I never felt my skills had been up to tackling them. Enter Frostgrave - an easily approachable fantasy skirmish game that finally gave me an excuse to crack open the box.

This is my first warband with at least another one or two planned just from what I currently have. The bases are CMON's excellent "Mystic" base set.

Much more pics in the link below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2017/03/frostwallon-warband.html
« Last Edit: 05 August 2017, 03:32:19 PM by ancientsociety »

Offline eMills

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Re: Frostwallon Warbands
« Reply #1 on: 15 March 2017, 01:29:28 AM »
I always really liked the Cadwallon stuff. That's a great looking group you have there.

~Eric

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Re: Frostwallon Warbands
« Reply #2 on: 16 March 2017, 09:59:43 PM »
It's always a treat to see some Cadwallon miniatures painted up and that's a lovely looking and characterful warband you've got there. I've always loved the look of their corrupt and jaded militia. The rulebook is also a bit of gem, being crammed with stunning maps and artwork.

Looking forward to seeing more!

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Re: Frostwallon Warbands
« Reply #3 on: 17 March 2017, 02:37:08 PM »
Great looking warband!
laf medals by Robert  (steam flunky), auf Flickrhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/torq42/sets/

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Re: Frostwallon Warbands
« Reply #4 on: 07 June 2017, 05:07:27 PM »
I'm back! Between the burnout of Adepticon and painting up another commission project, I haven't had much time for personal painting projects until the last few weeks and decided to paint up a few monsters for Frostgrave. I stumbled upon the Pathfinder line of prepainted miniatures and, with the low price on some singles, decided to try my hand at a quick repaint. 




​​​​​​​More pics and info below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2017/06/frostwallon-monsters-troll-wraith-moon.html

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Re: Frostwallon Warbands
« Reply #5 on: 16 June 2017, 01:00:18 AM »
In a further attempt to clear out my backlog of miniatures, here's another batch of monsters for the sewers of Frostwallon, this time all part of the Reaper Bones line of miniatures I picked up at Adepticon this year.



​​​​​​​More pics and info:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2017/06/frostwallon-monsters-reaper-bones-batch.html

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Re: Frostwallon Warbands
« Reply #6 on: 07 July 2017, 11:28:42 PM »
I've wanted to try my hand at doing some terrain using Hirst Arts molds for years, probably as far back as when I first started gaming, but I always balked at the pricing. Luckily, I have a friend with a nice collection of them who let me borrow a couple to try out.



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More pics and info:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2017/07/frostwallon-terrain-burnt-out-ruins.html

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Re: Frostwallon Warbands
« Reply #7 on: 05 August 2017, 01:19:12 AM »
These are a group of skeletons for Frostwallon, originally Rackham Morbid Puppets. These seem to be pretty rare to find these days and I'm really happy I was able to track them down because they have a certain dynamism that most 28mm skeletons lack. I especially love the "en garde" skeleton and the tired, crouching skeleton. Pictures (as I mentioned) don't really do these guys justice and I tried a few new techniques on them. 

More pics and info at the link below:
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2017/08/frostwallon-skeletons.html?m=1


 

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