Author Topic: Statues (Read 2461 times)

Polkovnik · « **on:** November 20, 2015, 07:59:17 PM »

I wanted some statues for Frostgrave and someone on here mentioned using chess pieces, so I thought I would look out for some appropriate ones on ebay. I found a few and ended up winning two auctions for chess sets - so I now have lots of statues. A few are not really appropriate (some of the bishops and castles) but most of them are ideal. One of the chess sets was a fantasy one with dragons, gargoyles, undead and wizards.

Here are some pictures of them:

Too many statues!

Gargoyles and evil wizard:

I made a plinth from styrofoam:

King & Queen:

What better scenario to play last week than the Living Museum, giving us a chance to use a few of them:

I have way more of these than I'll ever need so I've put a few on ebay (UK) - search for Frostgrave statues if you're interested.

Urquhart · « **Reply #1 on:** November 20, 2015, 08:07:35 PM »

Excelent idea!!!

archmage45 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2015, 08:20:00 PM »

I agree, very nice indeed! How much did you end up spending on them?

Froggy the Great · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2015, 08:31:42 PM »

I highly approve!

monkeylite · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2015, 08:35:32 PM »

Those are perfect. Istm it's better to have your statues a different scale to your figures.

jp1885 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2015, 08:59:25 PM »

What a brilliant idea - and one very well executed!

Mr Vampire · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2015, 09:41:33 AM »

Genius. I'm going hunting for cheap chessboards the next opportunity I get!

Rhoderic · « **Reply #7 on:** November 21, 2015, 09:48:38 AM »

Excellent idea. I far prefer statues that don't just look like wargaming miniatures that have been painted grey.

Nooblord · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2015, 10:02:38 AM »

I use Loka pieces for my statues for similar reasons to the OP. I got a mixed handful of them for next to nothing and they are fine for my purposes though the ones in this thread look a bit better to me. Loka is a chess like game made by Mantic and the pieces are made of a fairly hard plastic.

James Holloway · « **Reply #9 on:** November 21, 2015, 10:20:10 AM »

Chess pieces are a splendid idea -- I have a bunch of those little historical figures you get in museum gift shops, but chess pieces seem more imposing.

Drachenklinge · « **Reply #10 on:** November 22, 2015, 01:55:31 PM »

What a great idea ... chess-pieces. Hilariously brilliant. Thanks a lot!!

And yours are well ... ahm ... stonified or ... stoned(?), sir.

Harry · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2015, 01:59:41 PM »

That is a great idea. I suspect I will be adding a few more statues to my city sometime soon.

ElOrso · « **Reply #12 on:** November 22, 2015, 07:11:40 PM »

Me too! I feel a bit silly for not thinking about it myself :-)

tyrionhalfman · « **Reply #13 on:** November 22, 2015, 07:55:51 PM »

Great idea with chess statues. Thanks for sharing

Elbows · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2015, 09:55:48 PM »

Yep, consider that idea stolen.

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