Witchhunter (updated - 26/07 more market stalls)

[Lowtardog]

Nice mutts.

Huntsman should be on horseback, maybe one of the headless horseman minis with a perry head? Add some spectral mist (a la greenstuff) to the horse's mane, tail, legs etc... maybe a spectre or two too.

The last lot got converted into zombie dog pack, tails snipped off so they all look like dobermans and the addition of the Obelisk doberman make a nice fast zombie pack

[anevilgiraffe]

the hunt is in my bumper book of British folklore I think - but yep, should be very workable... doubt I'll go for mounted though as I'm looking at a small skirmish area... could use the original pack master of the mastiffs with some work...

have also been thinking about the Wild Wargs for hellhounds... plastic so I can tinker nicely and suitably undoglike...

have started painting my converted hound master, but having trouble with a decent colour for his clothes - want to avoid a uniform look, so don't want black or buff, but my dull greens so far aren't really working... I think there isn't enough fabric on show to work properly, it's all straps and belts and creases so the colour isn't working...

also desperately waiting for a horses skull so I can finish my May Pole sculpt... a small order from Redoubt should help there as well...

[Lowtardog]

I havent followed your thread on Frothers but wouldnt an Ebob horse do the business?

http://www.ebobminiatures.com/products/fantasy.htm#

[anevilgiraffe]

it would if they were in stock... 

[Lowtardog]

it would if they were in stock... 

  thats a bugger

[anevilgiraffe]

I've got hold of a GW horse skull, but it's just too massive... Ebob's stuff is usually in a more historical scale rather than heroic GW stuff, so should be perfect - I just need to source one...  

[abdul666lw]

Anyway the  Wilde Jagd / Chasse Gallery / Mesnie Hellequin is traditionally flying (for some reason scholars tend to associate it -Wutendes Heer - with dim memories of Odin and Sleipnir?), so would require a tabletennis table!

Its last incarnation being the 'Ghost Riders In The Sky'

(In some versions meeting the Hunt can be beneficial - but certainly not to witchhunters )

But the 'ground' hunt of the Dark Hunter on foot is indeed also known, generally associated to a local character of old, rather Baskerville-fashion.

[Commander Vyper]

the hunt is in my bumper book of British folklore I think - but yep, should be very workable... doubt I'll go for mounted though as I'm looking at a small skirmish area... could use the original pack master of the mastiffs with some work...

have also been thinking about the Wild Wargs for hellhounds... plastic so I can tinker nicely and suitably undoglike...

have started painting my converted hound master, but having trouble with a decent colour for his clothes - want to avoid a uniform look, so don't want black or buff, but my dull greens so far aren't really working... I think there isn't enough fabric on show to work properly, it's all straps and belts and creases so the colour isn't working...

also desperately waiting for a horses skull so I can finish my May Pole sculpt... a small order from Redoubt should help there as well...

How about a deep dark red (like a bloody leather red?) Might work?

[anevilgiraffe]

well this may as well go in this thread as the threads that inspired it are already in the workbench...

for a while now I'd had 4 2ft square foam terrain boards for a nice 4x4ft playing area... sadly following several downsize house moves, I no longer had the space other than the floor - however good luck finding a level surface with these floorboards, the square tiles tended to follow their own inclination... so I flogged them and bought what appears to have been one of the last Mat-o-War green mats going.... only at 6x4ft it was more than I'd ever need... cue another moment of inspiration from Silent Invader...



an accident with the UHU meant I had some stains to cover up (glue honest), so with some scenic spray cement I added some static grass - with a very dodgy nozzle, this was more random than I planned and so there is more on there than needed, but it helps give some more colour and texture to the grass and helps match up with the terrain I have...



so, there it is... a handy skirmish board, a little under 3x2 feet that can sit nicely and flat either on the floor or on my small painting table (when it's clear) and can be stored upright (hence keeping the metal surround)... it should be big enough for the small games I have in mind for either Folk Horror or Doctor Who, although some distances may need to be shortened... I just need to finish more scenery - the three river bank sections fit nicely along the long side and by removing the dock area, the two sections fit on the short side... I have some dirt tracks in mind (again nicked from Silent Invader) and this has led me to think about a bridge section as well... we'll see...

oh, and I kept the cork board on the other side - I plan to use that for urban/industrial terrain...

[aggro84]

I really love this project. 

Great board idea. I might borrow (steal) it. 

2 by 3 is a great size for a dark, foggy, Witchhunter game.

[anevilgiraffe]

yep... just need to finish more scenery 

[Silent Invader]

Am looking forward to some game reports! 

[Andrew May]

Ah this is where you've been hiding your thread Chris! Just had a jolly good read, it's really brilliant to see someone striding out on a different path to everyone else with such an inspiring project, bravo!

[anevilgiraffe]

silly ECW boot question.... I take it the weird leather buckle thing on most of the boots you see was for the stirrups... so no stirrups, no weird buckle thing?

[Lowtardog]

silly ECW boot question.... I take it the weird leather buckle thing on most of the boots you see was for the stirrups... so no stirrups, no weird buckle thing?

Ithink it may have also been a fashion thing so wouldnt worry too much