The Living vs. The Dead - An Age of Heroes Plog

[Lost Egg]

Hi all,

Many moons ago I used some Bday mulla to jump in on the Forgotten Worlds KS by Fireforge Games. I wasn’t really sure what I’d use the minis for, I just knew I liked ‘em.

Now, with another Bday approaching and no progress made (on pretty much any hobby project) I find myself tempted to finally do something with these guys. Trouble is though, I don’t have much hobby time or much head-space* so an army is definitely out of the question…

Earlier this year I created a fun little ruleset called Age of Heroes**, aimed at small skirmish games; they are rules-lite yet have a range of upgrades that players can pull from to customise their warband. So, with what little hobby time I can muster it shouldn’t be too tricky to bash out a couple of warbands…fingers crossed…

The Plan
So, the basic plan is to build two forces one Living and the other Dead. I only have a little bit of terrain so I might build one or two new pieces…but best not get ahead of myself. Once my two forces are built and painted I’d like to actually have a game…hopefully…

The Warbands
In AoH each player gets a Hero and 4 Warriors as well as 5 upgrades to customise their warband.

I’ve got a good idea of what I want in my warbands; for the Dead I definitely wanted them to be Infected*** as the idea of them turning their foes against them is too appealing (this used 2 upgrades for the whole warband). I’d also like a mix of minis so both the fabulous Living Dead Warriors and Peasants are in and while a LD Knight is tempting I think I’ll go with a dead dog instead (that’s the Beast upgrade). To get the two peasants I’m going to use a Runts upgrade while I’m going to give my Hero Regeneration to truly make him a thorn in the Living's side.

For the Living I really want a couple of archers to try and take the Dead out from long range so I’ll use a Runts upgrade again but this time I’ll give them both Sharpshooter to take their Shoot Roll back up to 4+. A Hero and some Warriors wielding swords and shields make up the rest of the warband; I want the Hero to stick around so he can have Tough to give him +1 Health and I like the idea of him wielding an ancestral blade so his attacks are Piercing.

What’s Next?
It’s taken me 3 days to finally sort out my forces…so the next step is to start this plog and build up the dozen minis or so I need…wish me luck…


* I’m Autistic so I get easily overloaded
** For Age of Heroes see here...https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=123510.0
*** Hmm...I guess that means I might just have to make a Dead version of each of the Living minis...doh, thats another 6 minis then 

[Lost Egg]

Just a quick update to shows things are moving forwards, here's a pic of my first two guys built up...and a convert Escher ganger I'm working on...

These Forgotten World minis went together well..though the neck joins needed a bit of work to avoid them looking weird; I had to trim them down and GS the one turning off centre.

I might start the bowmen next...

[Lost Egg]

A week later and the first warband is finished...well built...

They went together well, though some of the pieces don't quite sit snuggly and needed a bit of carving / GS work. I wanted the sergeant to stand out a little so carved out the chin whiskers...he looks a little more like me now 

Again the head joins all needed trimming to look natural.

[Lost Egg]

More (slow) progress...

I actually started painting the whole warband at the same time but got kinda lost in the colourscheme so I decided to focus on just the one mini so I could nail it down...I'm pretty happy with how he's turned out. So, I can crack on with the rest of them now...though maybe two at a time.

I also could do with digging out some transfers or coming up with a design for the shields...

[OSHIROmodels]

Looks good 

Slow progress is better than no progress 

[Grumpy Gnome]

Great work! Step by step keep marching on.

[Lost Egg]

Thanks Chaps  Hopefully I can start the other two swordsmen tonight.

[AKULA]

Nice job 

[Lost Egg]

Thanks Akula 

Progress at last...

So that's the three swordsmen done, next up are the two archers then the leader. Slowly chugging away on this project.

If I'm to play a game I will need to think about some terrain too at some point; Age of Heroes only uses a 2x2ft board so I won't need loads...I'm thinking some rocks or hills might a good idea as they are generic enough to be used for sci-fi games too.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Great job! Very characterful faces, well done eyes.

[Lost Egg]

Thanks Rick!

A few weeks ago I finished a couple of bowmen but forgot to snap & upload them...

Here's the warband so far...

...just the Hero to go; he's already built and I've started painting him so hopefully he won't take too long.

[Lost Egg]

Well he took me a while but I finally finished the Northern Sergeant...

I love the expression on his face...though I am biased as we share the same whiskers 

Here's a group shot of the full Warband...

I still want to add some transfers or maybe free hand to the shields but our house is a bit disorganised at the moment as we are having the kitchen done and home school and whatnot.

[majorsmith]

Really like those figures nice and chunky looking

[Bloggard]

excellent - great work on the eyes.
I couldn't bring myself to try and do 'em that well myself, but admire those that can.