10 Weeks 100 Miniatures

[beefcake]

Very cool. That undead wight is my favourite of that eras wights (well all eras to be honest). Love the grey death legion too. Can't wait to see more.

[Davout]

So production has slowed way down. Between a crazy week last week and the fact that I'm painting a unit of knights with all the heraldry I haven't been able to finish up a miniature (hopefully this week).

But I have not been idle. I'm trying to get my group to play through Frostgrave's Thaw of the Liche Lord campaign and felt that a completed table would help spark interest (it did). I put the final details in place last night and even though it doesn't count toward my 100 miniatures goal I feel it is an accomplishment nonetheless.

All the buildings were made with Hirst Arts and Scenery Forge molds, cast in Durhams Water Putty and painted with craft store acrylics.





and my two favorite builds, the store and the library

[Daeothar]

That absolutely is an accomplishment! 

The buildings look great, and fill the table quite nicely. All Hirst Art you say? They must weigh a ton! I am not familiar with Durhams Water Putty though; is is strong enough to weather the rigors of (tabletop) combat (and storage )? It'd be a shame to see such a great set of terrain getting chipped and broken after all.

And my own usual goal is 100 28mm equivalent miniatures per year. And even though terrain does not always count, I do tally small terrain pieces. I simply work out how many 28mm miniatures I could have painted in the time I did the terrain and add them to the count.

So by my method, you're pretty much done now... 

[Davout]

Glad you like it! Durhams is a powdered wood filler I pickup at the hardware store here in the States. It's not as strong as dental plaster (the go to plaster for these kind of molds) but it's easy to find and works well.

In terms of durability the buildings really hold up. I've got a ruined corner that I've used for over 20 years (one of my first builds). If they do chip or break a little glue fixes them right up.

And yes, they are heavy (one of the downsides to this type of terrain).

[Davout]

Miniatures # 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 are six Knights of the Realm for my growing Bretonian army. I'm using Fireforge figures and while relatively simple they do paint up well, though they take forever.

I like to pick a color theme for each knights unit (red and white) in this case and then create the heraldry from there.   I also like to give my knights an "on campaign" look and weather up the barding using pastel powders.
 
Each knight also has a name and a backstory that explains their colors and blazons.























Up next I've got some Frostgrave critters, halfling miitia and some men at arms to go with the knights.

[Davout]

Miniatures # 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43 are six leftover Frostgrave cultists I had lying around with the skeleton and zombie bits added from the box. They'll stand in for ghouls, armored skeletons or zombies as needed.

Did a quick and easy paint job on these guys using contrast paints for the most part. A nice break from the detailed knights from the previous post.





Up next I plan to finish off the last twelve figs from the Grail Pilgrims unit.

[syrinx0]

Nice work. Keep grinding on!

[Davout]

Moving right along here in the back half of my summer. Miniatures # 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49 are six more Grail Pilgrims for my Bretonian army. I've got six more to do to round out the unit, then it's on the some halflings and war machines.

[Daeothar]

Almost at the half way point there!

Keep it up; they look excellent

[Davout]

The final six Grail Pilgrims round out Miniatures #50, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55. Happy to have cracked the 1/2 way point!




I'll also add a shot of the complete unit.





The movement tray is home made, just two pieces of card held rigid by some Popsicle sticks and then flocked. I knocked a few up to see how they'd look and they'll do for now.

Up next on the painting table is some halfling militia.

[Davout]

Up next are Miniatures # 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61. Five Halfling militia and their great crossbow. The halflings are from the Wargames Atlantic classic fantasy kit. I would highly recommend this box to any one looking for some halfligs. You get forty figs in the box with a wide variety of head and weapons options.The individual figs have a lot of great detail and I think they painted up well. 

The great crossbow comes from Eccentric Miniatures, a small US based company. You get two in a pack and they are great little models. Very cost effective as well at $10 USD a pack.

These guys are going to fit in as light catapults for Oathmark and militia "peasant"  units for my Bretonian army.





 

[Davout]

To round out July we've got Miniatures # 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, and 67 another light catapult and it's halfling militia crew.





I've got another week and a half of summer before I have to report back to school so here's hoping that I can be as productive as possible!

[Davout]

Well, I report back to school tomorrow (kids show up a week after) so today is the last day of my summer. I managed to finish up miniatures #68, 69, 70, 71 & 72 yesterday. Five men at arms for my Bretonian army.





The figures are from the Fireforge sergeants box.

In addition to the figures I also managed to finalize a project I've wanted to complete for years. Like many people my age one of my first fantasy gaming experiences came via HeroQuest. I've got a copy at home but I've always wanted to upgrade the board to something a little more 3D. I've tried to complete this project multiple times and always hit some kind of snag but this summer I was determined to see it through.



I'm very happy with the results and I hope this dungeon board will see a lot of uses across a variety of game systems.



The bricks and floor tiles are all Hirst Arts mounted on plywood with a frame of salvaged pallet wood (yes, it's heavy).

As the summer wraps up I'm very happy with my production. Even though I didn't hit my 100 miniatures goal I feel good about getting 72 figs knocked off the pile. In addition, completing the Frostgrave table and the HeroQuest board took care of two big terrain projects.

For all those who viewed and commented thanks and I'll see you next summer!

[Ragsta]

Great results again, and a fine tally!

But come onnnnn, you can still squeeze out that 100 surely 

[syrinx0]

That will be a nice board to game on.  Maybe you can squeeze a figure in now and again before the year gets in full swing.  Good luck with the kids!