Vanvlak's Frostgrave - pic-heavy post 25th August: more scenery

[Argonor]

Thanks; now I have to be ridiculous, so make sure I keep up the standard 
What now, more skeletons, or more scenery?

More skellies first, please! You'll have plenty time to get some scenery ready after getting the rules and reading them, so you'll have a fair idea what scenery to aim for (apart from ruined buildings).

I shall have about 60 skeletons and 30 Zombies ready before my first game, and if I find the time, also about 10 Ghouls (have four atm, another old GW blister with 4, and 2 plastic mantic ones still on frames).

Seems I am going to need a Necromancer at some point... 

[Vanvlak]

This project is literally cool beans  Smiley
Love the frost effect on the ladder..looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Really like the icy ladder, looks great. A building covered in it would look incredible

Thanks - will be trying that on a small tower next, probably...

More skellies first, please! You'll have plenty time to get some scenery ready after getting the rules and reading them, so you'll have a fair idea what scenery to aim for (apart from ruined buildings).

I shall have about 60 skeletons and 30 Zombies ready before my first game, and if I find the time, also about 10 Ghouls (have four atm, another old GW blister with 4, and 2 plastic mantic ones still on frames).

Seems I am going to need a Necromancer at some point...  Roll Eyes

Good grief, I'm not planing on that many! In fact I'm pleased I have a single ghoul from the same set as the skeleton, nice old fellow, he is.

OK, will do the skeletons. And the scenery too 

[Argonor]

Good grief, I'm not planing on that many! In fact I'm pleased I have a single ghoul from the same set as the skeleton, nice old fellow, he is.

OK, will do the skeletons. And the scenery too 

It's because of my God of Battles Lords of Undeath army - but they are bound to haunt the frozen city, too!

[Smith]

Ok, so this is a little weird...

Throughout the rulebook, there are a number of rumours, intended to inspire scenarios and the like. On page 99, there is this particular rumour:

"...of course we didn't climb it. It was a hundred-foot ladder, standing by itself, with nothing at the top..."

Great terrain!

[Henrix]

"...of course we didn't climb it. It was a hundred-foot ladder, standing by itself, with nothing at the top..."

Hmm, hobby.uk.com/ladder-3.html

[joe5mc]

I shall have about 60 skeletons and 30 Zombies ready before my first game

I'd hate to be a wizard in one of your games, Argonor!

[Vanvlak]

Ok, so this is a little weird...

Throughout the rulebook, there are a number of rumours, intended to inspire scenarios and the like. On page 99, there is this particular rumour:

"...of course we didn't climb it. It was a hundred-foot ladder, standing by itself, with nothing at the top..."

Great terrain!

Thanks - and I haven't read the rulebook yet.
So now I have to build the ladder too.

Hmm, hobby.uk.com/ladder-3.html

That might be useful.....

[Argonor]

I'd hate to be a wizard in one of your games, Argonor!

There is always a cost to be paid for great power... 

[Vanvlak]

Time to dust off this thread.
No more skellies yet - but lots more scenery, with a change in the basing concept.
As described elsewhere I've been doing a lot of tiling: a hoard of old ceramic floor tiles has been finding lots of uses for different sorts of gaming surfaces, and my version of Frostgrave has been a beneficiary. I am using 8" square ceramic tiles as bases for bits of scenery, which will be modular.

The beanstalk which I showed earlier in this thread has been attached to one tile; another I showed in my general summer modelling thread is awaiting painting -  here it is again:



 In progress are half a dozen more tiles with all sorts of odds and ends - my Frostgrave will include a range of architecture, and a range of climates, from the traditional frost to desert conditions. The wizards really messed this place up...

The tiles give a degree of modularity, and can produce different settings. Iam also trying to include the features required for the scenarios and have a mausoleum and the tower (+ 2 other tall buildings next to it). I need to come up with a well.

The library - I have a few ideas how to pull this off. I will not use the same tiles, as they in no way resemble a library or a maze or both; so I will have to think of something different for this scenario. The one thing certain is that it will be weirder still. 
More pics later.

[Vanvlak]

Here goes:

Exotic scenery in a very jumbled neighbourhood of Frostgrave - an aquarium decoration, still to be integrated to its base.


And again:


Now this bit was frustrating, as it had some bits broken off and wrapped in bubblewrap - so definitely not during shipping, and definitely not intended as a kit, as the breaks were irregular. Every cloud.... I left the broken top of the temple detachable, added some detail to the edges of the walls (more to come) and a wooden floor - excellent sniper position!


The mausoleum in progress:


THIS will have been abandoned within the city...


And here's a very desirable objective for any wizard:


Some large bits of furniture for other parts of Frostgrave - a home-made brazier and a menhir (still to be finished).

[Cymril]

Great! I was just fascinated by an image on the Facebook page of Otherworld miniatures: an adventurer group, which comes out of the mouth of a stone head. And now I see it is just the Aquarium Head you use. I ordered at once one on Amazon for my Frostgrave Terrain Project. 

[Hupp n at em]

Great! I was just fascinated by an image on the Facebook page of Otherworld miniatures: an adventurer group, which comes out of the mouth of a stone head. And now I see it is just the Aquarium Head you use. I ordered at once one on Amazon for my Frostgrave Terrain Project. 

The very same one is on my Amazon hobby wishlist.  Great minds think alike.

[Vanvlak]

Cymril, I think that's one of Prof's entries in the Lead Painters' League - he made great use of it.
It's a surprisingly large piece, quite reasonably priced and also hard to break in the mail (see my comment on the larger temple). Go for it!
After buying it I was not sure what to use it for, until the weird warped Frostgrave idea won it over.

[mister c]

If that were a red Delorean it would be ideal for a Chronomancer...

[Cymril]

Vanvlak, thanks for the hint, I found his picture! My idea is to use the head as a kind of gate for the terrain in the Haunted House scenario. We'll see, how it works.