Bloody Frostgrave!

[Bearwoodman]

My little group is on the cusp of starting a new Frostgrave Campaign with new Wizards.  This gives me an opportunity/excuse to (a) try a Wizard school I have not tried before; and (b) buy some miniatures I have had my eye on for while - in this case some English Civil War figures from Bloody Miniatures. I am no expert on the period and even if I was I think ECW gaming might be a difficult sell to my current group, but I do like the figures and of course the beauty of a fantasy miniatures-agnostic game like Frostgrave is that you can shoe-horn pretty much any miniatures you want to into the game.  I therefore placed an order with Bloody Miniatures for a few packs which arrived very promptly and which I am in the process of painting up.   

So far I have finished:

My new Wizard - Valentine Furnace, a pious and puritan Thaumaturge.  He might not be much fun at parties but his will is iron and he is planning to use Blinding Light to powerful effect against rival warbands, wandering monsters and other Royalist sympathisers.



My new Apprentice - Solomon Penfold, older than his master, Solomon is dutiful, patient and unflappable despite (or perhaps because of) having poor eyesight and being somewhat hard of hearing.



Together they will now recruit a band of upstanding and pure Roundheaded Thugs...   



...in preparation for facing the terrors of Felstad.



I will update once further painting has occurred.


Er, I think it says "Here be Dragoons" 

       

[Romark]

A fine start 

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Excellent,  and inspiring.

[Hobgoblin]

What a terrific idea - and great painting!

Musketeers as crossbowmen should work well, and thugs and thieves should be no problem with Bloody Miniatures.

[Captain Blood]

Nice use of the figures. Thanks for sharing 

[snitcythedog]

Very cool concept and nice work.   I was expecting a bit more gore so this was a nice surprise. 

[Storm Wolf]

Very nice indeed and may I proffer my humble opinion that Solomon Prentice looks not totally unlike a certain Terry Pratchett

[Little Odo]

Great start to what looks like a very different and very interesting warband and project. Best of luck with it, and please show us tons more progress shots.

[Bloggard]

great stuff.
very well done, atmospheric, photos.

[joe5mc]

Awesome little project! Those figures are looking good!

[OSHIROmodels]

I like those 

[Daeothar]

Great stuff! 

You could put Soloman Kane in there as your Captain perhaps.

I've got a new warband in the works also based on religious fanaticism, but in the form of a band of Northern Crusaders. My wizard will be a Thaumaturge as I figured that would best suit his fervour though.

And of course I still have to put paint on them...