Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago - Previews

[joe5mc]

Yes and yes.

[Philhelm]

Any chance for fantasy conquistadors?

[joe5mc]

Apart from the helmet, I'm not sure what would make them conquistadors?

[joe5mc]

A few more photos and associated blogs:



https://therenaissancetroll.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/vasha-tune-heritor.html



https://therenaissancetroll.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/covis-earth-warden.html

[The Red Graf]

Thanks for the answers Joe. I hope I'm not being greedy, but one thing I love about the original Frostgrave is all the pets you can have. Familiars, animal companions, wardogs, demons, and constructs. Will we have as much variety in the Archipelago?

Which brings me back to that tiger. 

[Philhelm]

Apart from the helmet, I'm not sure what would make them conquistadors?

Smallpox?

I was mostly thinking about the helmets.  Fantasy conquistador equivalents would be awesome.

[The Red Graf]

Smallpox?

I was mostly thinking about the helmets.  Fantasy conquistador equivalents would be awesome.

Werewolf Miniatures made conquistador heads if I remember correctly. You can find them on eBay. They even had an ogre in a Morion helmet.

[Murawski1812]

I am very excited to see this!

[Steelwraith]

Smallpox?

I was mostly thinking about the helmets.  Fantasy conquistador equivalents would be awesome.

A long time ago I created an Estalian warband for Mordheim, using the Pirazzo's Lost Legion miniatures GW created a long time ago for their Dogs of War mercenary forces. I painted them up exactly like conquisadores, and they turned out quite nicely. The set allowed one to field pikemen and crossbowmen. They wouldn't be a bad choice, as they are equipped with the Spanish style breastplate and pouffy trousers and the classic bassinet style helms. Might be worth a troll through ebay to see if they'll work for you.

[Zinkala]

Check out Warlord Games Pike & Shot Wars of Religion. They have a plastic box of 24 minis and some metal models suitable for conquistadors. I don't have them myself but there's a decent chance that the plastic bits will work with Frostgrave minis as a bonus. Yet another set of minis for my wish list  

edit: Was just browsing Warlord Games store and they have separate metal morion helmets in a few styles.

[Philhelm]

A long time ago I created an Estalian warband for Mordheim, using the Pirazzo's Lost Legion miniatures GW created a long time ago for their Dogs of War mercenary forces. I painted them up exactly like conquisadores, and they turned out quite nicely. The set allowed one to field pikemen and crossbowmen. They wouldn't be a bad choice, as they are equipped with the Spanish style breastplate and pouffy trousers and the classic bassinet style helms. Might be worth a troll through ebay to see if they'll work for you.

I'm familiar with those, and always thought it would have been great to create an Estalian army, save for the price and lack of variety.  A plastic set would be preferable for my needs these days.

Check out Warlord Games Pike & Shot Wars of Religion. They have a plastic box of 24 minis and some metal models suitable for conquistadors. I don't have them myself but there's a decent chance that the plastic bits will work with Frostgrave minis as a bonus. Yet another set of minis for my wish list  

edit: Was just browsing Warlord Games store and they have separate metal morion helmets in a few styles.

Are they the same scale as the regular Frostgrave miniatures?

[mellis1644]

I'll be tempted to get the figs for this but with my large Rum and Bones board game collection I', likely to just use those...

Interested in the rules though.

[Grumpymoose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59l4vga_aXQ&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

Wargames Illustrated has a video flip through of the book

[Belgian]

Really looking forward to the Ghost Archipelago pre-order due to the exotic setting and solid Frostgrave rules. I have been busy for some months now, gathering  a nice collection of info, videos and pictures in one thorough summary. Should anybody be interested you can find the link here https://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2016/12/northstar-miniatures-new-frostgrave.html?m=1

[Zinkala]

Are they the same scale as the regular Frostgrave miniatures?

Can't say for certain as I don't have them. But Frostgrave minis are a bit smaller than my old GW minis and so are the various historical plastics I have including some from Warlord Games. I'm thinking the Warlord 16-17th century minis be a closer match than GW Empire in size. Might be wrong.