Monday 4 January 2016

From AdamC 28mm Four more for Frostgrave (20 points)

First up we have this fine "sheildmaiden" from Bad Squiddo Games (or Dice Bag Lady if you preffer) its one of the first of a line of "belivable female miniatures." The scupts are excellent and Annie runs a first rate operation. I've named her Walpurgis in honor of the Swordwoman shown in the I.33 Manuscript.
I decided to do the tunic/dress in blue plaid it just seemed to work for her then the sash in red and the ride stipes on the under tunic set off the blue palate.
Another of my hand painted shields a varient of the raven I did last year.  She'll make a good "Man" at-arms for Frostgrave but please don't call her a Thug she is after all a lady and armed.
This fellow has a Frostgrave head and sword and a Wargames Factory body, arms and shield. He needs a good name probably with a Norse tone to it please feel free to suggest one.
The pieces work well together, though Frostrgrave arms would be a bit large with the body the same issue doesn't apear with the head.
I also adde the rope coil form the Frostgrave soldier set I got and I think it adds something to the figure.
This fellow has been in my dead lead box for a while, he's a bit under dressed for Frostgrave but his armerment makes him an excellent "Treasure Hunter" soldier type.  He's an old Ral Partha for those who are curious. I've Named him Peter Blood (as in the clasic swashbuckler movie Captain Blood).
The observent will see he doesn't have snow on his base this is so he can join the fray in En Garde as well.
Non-snow bases work for frostgrave but snow covered bases stand out sharply on other table.
Finaly the Tracker this is one of the official Frostgrave minatures Armed with a staff and bow.  He goes by the name Wolf but if its his real name no one knows.
I'm glad to add him to my stash of Warband figures having a "tracker" is great for flavor but at the moment they have no special abilities (and for a few coins more you can get a Ranger who is a better combatant) so I haven't added one to my war band but its nice to have him in reserve. That should be another most 20 point entry.
Starting out today, we have the first of three posts from AdamC who is nicely building up figures for Frostgrave.  I do like the snow bases on your figures Adam.  Nice work on the tartan and good to see mixing and matching body parts!  

Might I suggest Urs for the Norse type- he seems a bit of a bear.  Peter Blood looks like his blood runs hot enough to keep him warm.  I like the ARMA reference too.

16 comments:

  1. Thanks Peter I think Urs is fine suggestion I may well use it. I've spent a fair bit of time of the ARMA website over the years as I study historic fencing as part of my reenacting pursutes.

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  2. I like the figure a lot. I am glad you mentioned where the figure came from I am aware of Bag lady, but not her figure line very much.
    I know more Saxon Names than Viking. Mildred is a mans name as is littleman or Orc (Nick name meaning "Jug" in old English so probably for a drinker! Ulf meaning wolf or Hrothgar from Beowulf are also pretty obvious But I like Eric, Leofwine or even Roland (OK Roland is Norman, But Normans are descended from Vikings so I think you could get away with it. Whatever you choose I am sure it will fit the character perfectly.

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    1. Excellent names I shall use them if not for this fellow than for another. Annie's line is very good I did a figure comparison on my blog a while ago so you can see how they mix and match with other lines.

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  3. Thanks for the tip on Bad Squiddo. Nice work here. The Frostgrave tide continues to build!

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  4. I33 is a great source if you have the patience, nicely done!

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    1. I recommend Steven Hand's translation and inerpretation of the book.

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  5. Nice work Adam. That plaid is super.

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    1. Much easier in this scale then when I do it in 15mm

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  6. Nice job on these, I like the conversion but my favorite is Peter Blood. I have the shield maiden sets as well, but they need to be cleaned up and assembled still. :(

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    1. Thank you, the ladies are a little fiddly but not too bad.

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  7. Nice job on the lot, I also like your Ral Partha duelist, I just spied mine a month ago within my mountain of neglect!

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    1. He's a good figure I would be interested in your interpretion.

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  8. The treasure hunter is very cool.

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