Thursday is our next game and me and my mate strive to paint new stuff before each game. So I sat down several nights and got quite some stuff done! We're playing "The Pits of Null" this Thursday so...
Nullmen
At first I had no clue what miniatures to pick for the Nullmen, but then I remembered the Cthulhu range from em4Miniatures/Moonraker. They are perfectly otherworldly and plain alien that I liked them for these creatures. For the painting I used 'antimatter's (from Deep Wars) painting method of painting with glazes. I followed his tutorial and used the Liquitex inks to get colourful blends with enough of the underlayer showing to make highlighting a breeze. For a first attempt I am very pleased and I love the method for these types of miniatures.
And the creature cards:
So otherworldy and utter alien creatures...coming to Felstad from the...
Pits of Null!
I really struggled for the Pits! So hard to imagine something original, strange and colourful. In the end I settled for printed photos of space. I googled for colourful nebulas and went with the ones with lots of pink and orange. I printed these on photo paper and then glued them to 3" templates. Added some sand and painted it. Added snow and then used Woodland Scenics Water Effects for the weird maelstrom. Worked well...but not on all of them. The Water Effects apparently took some of the ink away leading to white spots. I had to fix these, but it didn't went as smooth as I wanted. So in hindsight it would be better to laminate them before glueing them down.
But still, I think they work well as strange otherworldly portals that brought the Nullmen to Felstad's dimension. And they add a lot of colour to a table covered with snow!
Knight
What a totally cool miniature. He's super basic and simple but it works so well. Love the pose too, I just had to give him grey hair. He looks a bit stooped and old. For the shield I used a Space Wolf transfer, seemed perfect for the miniature. Had a lot of fun painting this guy! Only made the black around his eyes a bit too strong, but okay.
Crow Master & Blood Crow
The Crow Master is also a terrific miniature. Really original in terms of clothing and nice it's a female. I doubted a while which colour I would pick for her coat. In the end I went with magenta, lovely colour. And it also goes very well with P3 Coal Black, one of my favorite paints. Lots of detail, but all nice to paint. Only not a big fan of Mark Copplestone's "marble"-type eyes. I really prefer eye slits.
The Blood Crow is a Privateer Press crow as the Northstar one broke off its feet (my fault). I simply stuck a pin in this one and glued it to the rock. For the colour it just had to be red...it's a Blood Crow!
Great pair and I also am a big fan of them in the game.
Ruins & Walkways
I am always on the lookout for new cool scenery for Frostgrave. And I wanted to add more height to the game. Fortunately I found four resin aquarium pieces cheap on a Dutch eBay-like site. Primed them, drybrushed them and added lots of snow. Done! Well, the ruined castle had to be altered a bit as it was a 10mm castle otherwise
(using some plaster and foam to get rid of some detail).
And four more walkways so I now have 7. More than enough to give an interesting multilevel game!
Next time I'll be back with my last two soldiers (Daemon Hunter & Thief) and a shot of the entire warband.
05 March 2016, 03:47:24 AM
