FROSTGRAVE - The long night is coming.........

[Harry]

To answer this one Harry.....

I don't actually game anymore. My Son is sadly, at the moment, not interested (11 yrs old, You Tube/ipad generation!) so I now paint as my hobby, some I sell on, others I keep. For example, this warband I will offer up for Sale once the Vampire is completed.

Nooooooo.
I heard that ... I have lost my 13 year old to Minecraft and online gaming. :cries: Sad times.


I was really looking forward to some Vampire slayers.

[King Arthur]

Nooooooo.
I heard that ... I have lost my 13 year old to Minecraft and online gaming. :cries: Sad times.


I was really looking forward to some Vampire slayers.

Sad indeed, but alas that is Generation z, they are surrounded by instant technology and sitting for hours building and painting is simply something from a different planet for them!

"what do you mean I have to paint the model myself? Isn't there an app that does that for me....."

I'm really passionate about WHFB 2nd & 3rd Editions, so after these I'm back to painting my pre slotta Chaos army for 2nd edt 

[King Arthur]

Alright! Last model of the Frostgrave meets Walking Dead group..... the Vampire 



Not 100% happy with the photo as I think the blue background is slightly saturating her skin and dress colour as they are both based upon a bluish grey colour.....

A great model to paint as you get the feeling that the Vampire is merging with the dress and is almost ethereal, which is why the skin tone and the base tone of the dress share the same colour palette. Again, to tie in with the theme of a desperate band of unholy things, I wanted the Vampire to be carrying a decaying sword which fits to the sculpt as her dress is clinging on in tatters in most places!

I hope you like the lastest and last addition to the Undead!

Cheers

Gary

[King Arthur]

Messing around with a different backdrop....



Stalking on the outskirts of a hamlet in the dead of night.....

[jp1885]

I wouldn't like to meet her in a dark alley (or would I?)

[King Arthur]

I wouldn't like to meet her in a dark alley (or would I?)

You'd end up with one serious love bite!

[jp1885]

You'd end up with one serious love bite!

[King Arthur]

Here's a group shot of the 3 Ghoul models:

[King Arthur]

OK Frostgrave-ers..... I have taken some proper photos with the correct lighting which shows the models in a manner similar to the 'naked eye'..... I hope you like them, first up is the Vampire













And after a long night hunting hapless villagers and adventures, she returns to her ruins to get some rest 

[King Arthur]

Next up, is the Vampires trusty 2 Headed Zombie Hound..... it's just finished eating something and is on the prow for the next meal......

[King Arthur]

3rd up is a loathsome Ghoul (Ghoul Mother from Heresy Miniatures). Now in case you are joining this thread late, I wanted a story to my Undead Group, told through the basing and the painting, as Frostgrave and its surrounding hamlets/villages began to thaw out, more and more people began to appear, my Undead are centred around a degenerate band of scavengers whom feast on blood and flesh..... this particular Ghoul is carrying her next meal..... I wanted to portray the models in a gruesome light as a band of Ghouls, Zombies and a Vampire would not exactly be a friendly, squeeky clean looking bunch of individuals 

[King Arthur]

Next up is the secon Ghoul, a male, scuttling across the clean picked remains of one of his meals....

[King Arthur]

Here's the 3rd Ghoul of the group, scurrying into action over a ruined pillar.....







Coming later will be the Necromancer, Zombie Horse, Zombie Cavalryman, Elf Zombie and Female Zombie, plus some 'atmospheric' shots, stay tuned 

[King Arthur]

Here's the Zombie Cavalryman, the rider is a classic C21 Undead Cavalry piece from Citadel and the Horse is a great Ral Partha sculpt, available from Ironwind Metals:

[King Arthur]

Up next is the troupes Necromancer! It's a classic Gandalf the Grey model from Citadels original LotR License from the mid 80's! Here he is raising a long dead warrior from the frozen ground to do his bidding.....











Really characterful model which was fun to paint!