Monday 7 March 2016

AdamC- A mix of Frostgrave Figures (75 points)

Ok this Monday I have a mixed group of figures I plan to use for Frostgrave and Dragon Rampant both. 
 First up we have six giant Rats from Reaper Miniatures. 
 I did half of these in gray and half in brown.  Rats are a common problem in Frostgrave they are aggressive and nasty.  
 They have gown large on the corpses of adventures and the undead themselves. 
 A Frost Giant, these big badies are rare in Frostgrave but if you run into one you’re going to have a bad day. 
  This is Reapers stone Giant and it comes in three pieces that got together quite well. 
He has a lot of great detail and the "Bones" material is excellent for figures like this since he would take a lot of lead to make. 
 This figure is from Blacktree miniatures and I plan to use him as "Crow Master"  a type of soldier that trains the Blood Crows of Frostgrave.   The Figures is called Felix, Wood Elf Falconer, I think a falconer or hawk makes more sense so I went that way.
 I'm not sure about the cloak but I tried to make him and his red-tailed hawk match after a fashion. 
 Here we have some kit bashed Men-at-arms six in all.  Bodies, heads, and shield are Wargames Factory. 
 The arms and weapons are from Fire forge and they went well together. 
  I'm imagining these guys as a band of mercenaries that hire themselves out to wizards venturing into Frosgrave.  I came up with the emblem on the shield, a blue axe head or maybe and arrow head. 
 They will also make a great a unit of soldiers for Dragon Rampant, six is just enough for an elite foot unit.
  OK this last guy doesn't really fit Frostgrave, as they don't have actual oger yet (though with the "Into the Breeding Pits" supplement we'll get Gnolls so maybe ogres will show up some time too. 
For now he'll proxy in as a second Ice troll if I need one. I love the face on his club... that must have come from some strange tree. 
 Again lots of good detail on this harness and belt. The tattoo or ritual scar on his shoulder is one of my favorite bits. 
I've provided this picture to help Peter with the points all figures are 25/28mm scale.  The six Men-at-Arms and the "Crow Master" are 35 points.  Perhaps we'll call the rats 15mm Foot making them 12 points.  The Ogre could be a 28mm mounted figure for 10 points and the Giant might be a 28mm vehicle for 15 points?  If you agree that would be 72 points plus any extra for hand painted shields.

Let's call it 75 points all in Adam.  I like the Reaper rats, they captured some good rodent like poses.  I also really like the Crow Master, especially his crow.  But the killer for me is that giant.  Well done and another 75 points for your Frostgrave side duel.

21 comments:

  1. Thanks Peter. I realy like that Giant too and I will look forward to seeing it on the gaming table... hopefuly showing up near my opponents warband not mine!

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  2. I should not have looked at these when I was feeling cold. I feel colder now and must go and warm myself up! Brrrrr!

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    1. Clearly we need a summer challenge so you can be more comofrtable looking at these :)

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  3. Nice set of figures Adam :)

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  4. Very well done indeed Adam. I especially like the Frost Giant skin tone...

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    1. Thanks I was pleased with how that came out so I am flattered you noticed.

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  5. Really nice mix of figures Adam. That Frost Giant is particularly nice.

    It's too bad there are no ogres yet, as Kev White has just done a beautiful one that would be perfect for Frostgrave.

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    1. Yes its an unfortunate over sight but we will probably see something like them as some point.

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  6. An interesting bunch of miniatures. I like the giant the best.
    cheers

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    1. Yeah the Giant is great, Reaper has several but I think this one is best.

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  7. Another bomb for Frostgrave, enjoy your trips there

    Ian

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    1. "Bomb" might be over stating it but its a good weeks worth of painting.

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  8. Those rats are very nasty (meaning cool!).

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  9. Nice work on the rats and minions, Adam! The frost giant came out very well! ;)

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  10. Those rats are so useful, you can't really have too many.

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