BruceR, Chamber of Challenges, The Altar of the Snowlord, 45 pts

"Weel, we enter the Altar of the Snowlard sporting our very best wear."

 

My challenge was to paint jock kilts and here they be.  Close up they are lines and blobs, but 2-3 feet away I feel they look the part.  I've tried to paint them as Seaforth battalion highlanders and hopefully will not give offense to any true kilt counters.  I hope from a distance they pass.  The Scot on the right is a liaison come from another unit/clan to ensure the boys are going the right direction.  Actually, I painted him first, didn't like the scheme so I moved on to another.  Like others here in the challenge I accumulate mountains of lead and I don't repaint, I simply move on to the next in line.  

So here is my offering to the Mighty Snowlard in hopes me jocks meet with his approval. 

The figures are from Pulp Miniatures once again and a simple joy to paint.  They are full of character and of a hefty size for painting, which I frankly love.  This is the Highland Special Weapons bag from the British Empire section.  Fun to break up the color of greens and browns even if not worn in the field.   "So damn you sir, we were attached while on parade with na time to change.  Which way to the enemy."

The lads sport a light machine gun, anti tank rifle, a drum fed Thompson and two revolvers.  What more can a unit ask for in support.  

5 28mm x 5 = 25 pts

Chamber = 20 pts

Total 45 pts

Cheers and thanks for looking.

Stay safe.

BruceR

 

From PaulSS: [Sarah the Sorceress] Vivandière (25pts)

I've painted up the second Vivandière from the pair I picked up from Brigade Games and like the earlier one posted a few days ago it's a really lovely sculpt by Paul Hicks.

Vivandière/Cantinière is an synonymous term for the ladies who accompanied the French regiments with their barrels of wine or brandy to sell to the troops.

I'd recommend this Wikipedia article for more information on their history and role.

I thought I should include a shot of the pair of them, ready to raise the spirits of the troops with spirits. I've also picked up a Eureka Miniatures Vivandière and hope to get that done before the end of the challenge to complete the group.

A single 28mm figure with the Sarah the Sorceress bonus will add 25 points to my target.

28mm Napoleonics Duel Totalizer: 26 mounted, 117 foot, 3 guns, 1 boat.

I'm sure that delightful young lady will raise the spirits (and the hopes) of the young men of the French army.

Tamsin

From PaulSS: [The Tomb] Madam Two Swords (30pts)

 

The Tomb: Paint a tomb, a burial-mound, a barrow or a henge. Bonus points for any ghostly guardian which lives, entombed, within...

I was rather lost for inspiration for this entry, but a trawl of the local games stores turned up this Wizkids "Heroic Statue" a few times, and the plinth could hold some remains, so, on Saturday I pulled the trigger and bought one.

It's quite a simple paint job, the statue was done in VMC Bronze with a couple of washes of AP Green Tone to give a verdigris effect, while the plinth is from a basecoat of VMC Basalt Grey with some staining and lichen patches stippled on.

A single mounted 28mm figure with the location bonus will add 30 points to my target.

Nice bronze-work, Paul. I'm just wondering about the lack of verdigris given the moss on the stone plinth. I assume that some poor sod was instructed to clean all the weathering off the statue and noticed that the boss didn't mention the plinth so left it mossy. 

30 points well earned.

Tamsin 

From PaulSS: [Sarah the Sorceress] Cantinière (25pts)

 

Hopefully Sarah the Sorceress will be willing transport me from Adventurers’ Landing to the Oubliette in exchange for a tot of brandy from the tonnelet of this cantinière.

The model is from the Brigade Games Vivandiers set and will join my French forces for the Hundred Days campaign, much to the delight of the Grognards.

A single 28mm figure with the Sarah the Sorceress bonus will add 25 points to my target.

28mm Napoleonics Duel Totalizer: 26 mounted, 116 foot, 3 guns, 1 boat.

From BruceR Lair of the Spider Chamber 40 pts

Shushhhhhhhhhh  we are nearing the Altar of the Snowlord.  We have pushed many challenges and overcome some strange tasks to reach this point.  Go ahead open that last chamber door, its only a spiders lair................SPIDER MY A--!!!!!!! 

Well as I said before I had the Spider's Lair beat until I read the Challenge Chamber Scroll.  Back to the drawing board.  What self respecting hobbyist of decades does not have an unpainted dragon sitting on the wall.  The good news it had been put together some time ago.  

The model is metal and without markings so I'll leave it to the other adventures to throw out guesses as to its origin.  Reaper?  

 I'm thinking it is a youngster in the red dragon breed as smallish.  The model is very nice.  Some excellent holes in the wings for effect and the metal ribs make it easy to highlight.  I confess I did the bulk with the air brush and then to the brush for highlights.  How surprised will the gang be if we pull out Frostgrave again and a new foe awaits!

GW figure for size demonstration. 

Size wise it is similar to 28mm vehicles I have painted so I've tallied 20 points for the beastie.  If too much O'Wardens of the Chambers feel free to deduct.

20 pts Dragon

20 pts Chamber 

40 pts total

BruceR Snowlord's Treasury Chamber 28mm Pirates (50 pts)

 The secrets of the Snow Lord's Treasure eluded the band of adventurers.  No "unpainted" treasures could be found in the bin of lead or resin.  Alas, all painted for prior Frostgrave adventures.  Ahh, my eye lit upon these Chinese pirates from Foundry miniatures, some crates from Bad Squido Games, and an idea was born.

The Spider Tong has waylaid an English steamer and liberated its cargo.  What is this, no gold, no weapons?   Boxes and bags of Opium, the English treasure.  The idea from the Opium Wars with the English carrying it's scourge/cargos to China from India.  

30 pts 6 28mm figures

20 pts for the chamber

50 pts total

From EdwardG: A sprint through three Challenge Chambers! (78 points)

 Hello all,

I hope everyone is having/have had a great Sunday. Today is the first warm(ish) day of the year. The wife is already making long to-do lists for the garden in the coming weeks. So I can foresee hobby time taking a slight battering. So with this in mind I made a conscious effort to get the three Chamber entries that have been sitting around on my desk for a while finished off. 

First up, the Chamber of Darkness! I am sure everyone is now well aware that this is a grey scale challenge. I must admit, I have never tried painting in grey scale, but I found it to be a very interesting experience. There is something simple, yet tricky, when using such a reduced pallet. In hindsight, I am quite please with my entry, but tbh, he certainly is not the best grey scale figure I have seen. I am in awe of the skill of several of my fellow challengers. 

My entry is a strange figure, he is made by Foundry (I think) as part of their Gallic Priests/Druids pack. He is a short 28mm figure, nearer 25mm in size. When I first found him lurking at the bottom of the lead pile I thought I had a figure of a dwarf, which would have been most odd as I am purely a historical gamer! 

Next up on my sprint to get as far through the dungeon Challenge Chamber crawl as possible before the Spring time of the Garden. Is my entry to the Larder! I have to admit, I struggled with this one. I finally decided to take the larder theme and stretch it a little, in the hope that I could paint something that could squeeze in. 

My entry is a simple one, it is as a generic 15mm camp for one of my many DBA armies. In DBA the camp is something to be either defended to the last man or used to bait and switch an opponent into falling for an overly complex and totally flawed plan. I think it is a great, if poorly written and edited, set of rules and my gaming friends and I have a wonderful time playing it. The actual wagon is from a Mirilton set, that I bought with the idea to one day create a Communal Italian army complete with Carroccio. Sadly to say, that army has never managed to make it to the table. So in an attempt to bring some of the lead to life, I thought to use the wagon for this piece. I had misplaced the traces, and thinking back I am not sure if it ever came with them. So I improvised some with a tooth pick that gallantly sacrificed itself under the knife. 

I only took one photo, as it is a very simple vignette.  

Finally! I have made it to the Second Level!! 

In an attempt to keep this going, I managed to finish off my entry to the Hatchery as well this morning. It is another figure from Scythe, as I had no figures with any kind of bird in the lead pile. The figures in the game act as avatar character pieces for the players. Each one represents a faction and has some kind of animal. Luckily for me, the avatar for the Crimean Khanate has a falcon. The figure is made of a soft plastic, and was a struggle to paint compared to my normal metal figures. The details are not very well defined, but I think I managed to get an acceptable figure out it. The faction colour is yellow, hence the main colour choice for the mini. I have now painted 1/5th of the Scythe set (from two different factions), and so now I think I am required to finish the set although sadly I am not sure I will be able to do them all before the end of the Challenge! Possibly something for Challenge XII...

So as for points total. I think I have the following: 

3 x Challenge Chambers = 60 points

2 x 28mm mini = 10 points

1 x 15mm vehicle/camp = 8 points 

Total = 78 points! 

Stay safe and hope to post again soon!

Best,

Ed :D 

From BruceR Hall of Heros (30 pts)

         After beaching the Tug, the party moves into the Hall of Heroes and is greeted by another contingent of the Movember Crew.  Only a hero can sport such "Marvelous Mustaches" and thus the heroes of the chamber. The two guide the party through the hall and beyond leaving us with some thoughtful words as we continue our investigation of the Chambers.

 Captain Krustache of Kashgar

"I have some interesting scrolls back it the yurt if you would care to see them"

The 2015 Movember sculpt by Bob Murch

 

         

Pasha Moustasha Ali-Pasha

"What you need to remember Gentlemen, is that monkeys can be troublesome for the expedition cook, but apes are a distinct hazard for the radio operator under all circumstances." 

The figure are great fun to paint and I'll use them in any number of adventure style scenarios.  

With that I've cleaned up a batch of Pulp Figure British Army Tropical Rifles to supplement the sailors back at the Tug. Hope to get to them, which could be difficult as we went above freezing (here in the south of the Great White North) for the first time in 28 days.  Painting could be "challenged". 

Stay well.

2 28mm 10 points + Chamber 20 pts = 30 pts total.

From BruceR Chamber of Challenges Graveyard Beach 5 28mm 25 pts + 28mm vehilce 20 pts + Chamber 20pts = 65pts

Muff McGillicutty has returned and assembled his royal marines to venture into the Graveyard Beach.  For this task the royal scoundrels have commandeered a tug and a good thing as well.  What else could you get through this cavernous stream in search of the "Red Casket" for Muff's benefactor.  Not sure what it contains just retrieve it we shall lads.  

The Royal Marines are pulp figures and are really great to paint.  The white uniforms are fun and the faces are great.  I picked these up to go with some pulp British army lads I had used for a Bolt Action force. So while in the subzero painting muse of the Challenge I grabbed the bag and knocked them out.

The tug is an Empress Miniatures Resin model.  I picked it up for those same pulp army brits I did thinking I would use on a show board to indicate my early war brits sat on the  Suez Canal.  Well the army was done but the board got tanks instead of a boat.  Again the Chambers Challenge had me grabbing it of the shelf, break  out the airbrush and go at it.  I base coated it rust brown and a light grey.  From there the brush hit everything else.  Not sure how it will play other than terrain at a dock.   Now to build a dock...............

Here is the crew landing at the Graveyard Beach and retrieving the "Red Casket".  Muff oversees the retrieval, while two sailors cover the other three.  

The Casket is a metal miniature from the lead pile.  Not sure where it came from and it has no markings on the back.  So I have painted the Royal marines, with the intention when purchased to flesh out an early WWII force for flavor.  I saw the water and thought, Royal Marines + Tug + Casket = Graveyard Beach.  So I hope the Chamber god's approve.

5 28mm Royal Marines 25 pts

28mm Tug Boat 20 pts

Chamber "Graveyard Beach" 20 pts

Total 65pts

Thanks for following the perils of Muff.  Thus ends the US 3 day weekend.

Cheers

BruceR 

 

From BruceR Chamber of Challenge, 3 25mm 15pts + Adventurers Landing 20pts = 35 pts

 

Moving from the Shrine the party enters the Adventurers Landing.  Here the party returns to the FIW with Rangers Hal and Will moving through still water looking for the supply island.  As they approach what they think is the correct spot they see movement and Hal drops his paddle and sights his musket in case the Huron or some Frenchie has stumbled upon their supplies.   The figures and canoe are AW and will work great as a Sharp Practice 2 moveable deployment point.  I used a 60mm base and painted it green.  Next I used Vallejo Still Water, a product I had, yet never used.  After pouring over the painted surface I dropped a couple of tufts in the goop.    

The two are painted as British Rangers in FWI.  One has his ranger frock still on, the other working hard has packed his coat.  The canoe has seats, a bag, paddle and a couple of additional muskets.  Hoping approaching the landing with the canoe is acceptable for the chamber.  

5 pts for the 28mm figures = 10 pts

Canoe I took 5 points as well, adjust if too much = 5 pts

Adventurers Landing Challenge = 20 pts

Total 35 pts

Stay safe and sane.  Tomorrow the weatherman says
it will break above zero.

BruceR