Furry conversions for Frostgrave and Badgers & Burrows et al.

[Chris Abbey]

Last weekend I had a stack of spare heads and tail left over from assembling miniatures for Albedo Miniatures Game and nothing to do with them until some more production casts arrived so I got thinking about the conversion potential.

The Albedo Miniatures come with a separate sprue containing a head and tail for the particular creature. The heads have a nice nick and a little cast on pin at the end, making them ideal for converting other miniatures. I decided to make a start with some fantasy miniatures to put a party together that could be used for an anthropomorphic themed game of D&D or Frostgrave.



Here's the first one. He's been made from a Frostgrave soldier body and arms and an Albedo Miniatures bare headed fox head and tail.

[FionaWhite]

Well now I'm just going to have to ask - any chance said heads & tails could be available separately for just such conversion purposes?

[Loop]

Well now I'm just going to have to ask - any chance said heads & tails could be available separately for just such conversion purposes?

I was just thinking the same thing.

[Chris Abbey]

Yes, the sprues which contain the head and tail are going to be made available separately so that they can be used for conversions. At the moment we have bare headed cat, dog, fox and two types of rabbit, however during the kickstarter we hope to increase the range dramatically. We would like to eventually have every mammal head available either to use for Albedo EDF / ConFed troopers of for use in conversions. I have a lot more fantasy miniatures I've converted so will get camera out this evening and get some more photos posted.

[FionaWhite]

Yes, the sprues which contain the head and tail are going to be made available separately so that they can be used for conversions. At the moment we have bare headed cat, dog, fox and two types of rabbit, however during the kickstarter we hope to increase the range dramatically. We would like to eventually have every mammal head available either to use for Albedo EDF / ConFed troopers of for use in conversions. I have a lot more fantasy miniatures I've converted so will get camera out this evening and get some more photos posted.

That's all kinds of awesome, thanks.

[Chris Abbey]

Here are a couple more conversions that I have done, this time with the Albedo Dog, bare headed sprue.



The Cannine Archer is based on a plastic Frostgrave body from there Soldiers box set.



The second miniature uses parts from a Victrix British Napoleonic set.

[Chris Abbey]

Interested to know what people think about buying / choosing heads and tails set from the new Albedo Miniatures. Just trying to decide how to list them on the website!

We are just working out how we are going to offer our heads and tails set for sale. These will be useful for doing conversions. They will cost £4 for 5 heads and 5 tails. Is it better to be able to select by headgear (i.e. berets, caps, helmets, bare headed etc). by species (i.e rabbit, cat, dog, fox etc), or should we list each head type individually (i.e. Cat - bare headed, Cat - helmet, fox - bare headed etc)?

[Elk101]

That's a tricky one. I can see people wanting all helmet heads, all berets, etc but also wanting them by species for an all dog unit, etc.

Are there variations amongst the dog in helmet heads or cat in helmet heads, for example? I'd so I'd be tempted to go with dog-helmets, dog-berets, etc.

[FionaWhite]

The second miniature uses parts from a Victrix British Napoleonic set.

This is kind of reminding me of an old cartoon whose name I can't quite recall... it was basically The Three Musketeers but with dogs instead.

But regarding the offering of the heads I agree with Elk101 - a tricky question though I'd also vouch for the solution offered.

[tyrionhalfman]

This is kind of reminding me of an old cartoon whose name I can't quite recall... it was basically The Three Musketeers but with dogs instead.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=three+musketeers+dog+cartoon&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=ivsn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3rpaj7ajdAhXsLMAKHYsjC5AQ_AUIESgB&biw=375&bih=553&dpr=2#imgrc=zV20tGR6dNZoRM:

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

[Chris Abbey]

It's not just Dogs that are having all the fun.
Here we have a feline adventurer heading into the depths of a dungeon.
Frostgrave plastic soldier body and arms with Sally 4th Albedo cat head and tail sprue from ACP164 range.

[FionaWhite]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=three+musketeers+dog+cartoon&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=ivsn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3rpaj7ajdAhXsLMAKHYsjC5AQ_AUIESgB&biw=375&bih=553&dpr=2#imgrc=zV20tGR6dNZoRM:

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

That's the one, thanks! 

[Chris Abbey]

Here's a Rabbit Armed Crossbow Critter that I made recently.
It uses a Frostgrave body and Albedo Miniatures Head & Tail.
We have just added these conversion sets to Sally 4th website.

http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Albedo-Patrol

[Chris Abbey]

Here is a conversion that I have made last week using Frostgrave Plastic soldier body and arms and an Albedo Miniatures Dog head and tail conversion set from www.acp164.com

[djbii]

Nice one. I've been wondering how to make figs for Pugmire on the cheap. This is deffo the answer :-)