Wednesday Weekly # 2 - Frostgrave

Hi there Everyone!

Happy Wednesday!

Alright, well, I am going to be totally honest here. I did not get much Hobby work done this week. My WIP table was looking pretty... well... full of the stuff I showed last week. So, last night, I took some time to get a base coat for each of the Frostgrave models I am working on. My idea for these wizards/witches was to define them pretty aggressively with bright colors, because you better believe if you have power you are going to flaunt it. Now, again, this is the sprayed on base coat, with no detail finished at all. I still need to give the models a wash or three, and possibly a glaze to tie some of the highlights together. 

E'Vereta Becot

Saval Dormier

With no further ado, I would like to present my Elementalist, E'Vereta Becot. I thought red was an appropriate color for her, seeing as she will be tossing fireballs literally everywhere. Following her, I have Saval Dormier, her apprentice. Following the elementalist theme, I went with a bright blue to represent ice. The flames he is holding in his hand will also be icy blue. 

Tartus the Crazed

One-Eyed Sue

Now, I am working on three more Frostgrave models, one being an archer for my warband. The last two models I am currently working on are for a friend of mine who will be rolling with the Summoner. I am sad to say, I actually forgot to take a picture of the Summoner himself, but I did get his apprentice. I would like to introduce Tartus the Crazed.

The last model I will show today is a test scheme for the hirelings of the warband. I would like to present One-Eyed Sue. 

Now, I would like to talk a bit in terms of hobby experience from this week. I am happy to announce that I have set up my first Frostgrave games, to be played on monday. We will be using proxy models, and very anachronistic terrain, but we will get to actually play the system a few times, which is awesome. I spent a fair amount of time building my Wizard sheet, so it is completely ready for Monday!

Hope everyone is having a good week! 

Any tips going into a new game?

-Rob-

Wednesday Weekly #1 - Frostgrave, Horus Heresy

Hi there everyone!

Firstly, yes, I know it is Thursday. Loads of things have been happening this week, probably the biggest being I started a new job, and have been trying to keep my head on around that. Also, because I suck, and forgot... the batteries to my camera were dead... so... Hey! Welcome to Wednesday Weekly... on Thursday!

I have a couple of things I want to share today! I haven't gotten a whole lot of painting done this week, but I did get some very important things built and primed. I also had an opportunity to play some D&D, so I will share at least one of my misadventures with you. 

First up, lets do some pictures. 

I got some packages delivered this last week with some nice Frostgrave models/bases in them... so I figured my best bet is to go ahead and build them up so I can get right to painting them. Well, the Treasure markers went together easy and quick, so I just painted them up right away. And, well, because I had my airbrush all set up any way, I figured it would be awesome to take care of priming some metal figures as well. I would like to present...

E'Vereta Becot, and her Apprentice, Saval Dormier

I am pretty excited about getting some pigment on these models, the figures themselves actually have quite a bit of detail in them. 

I also have the Summoner and his apprentice, but I may have to take the liberty of naming them at a later date. Picture to follow! I was also able to build one of my archers, I believe this will be One-Eyed Sue

The last projects I am currently working on is two-fold. I am working on a Pre-Heresy Imperial Fist army.... and a Pre-Heresy Emperor's Children army. 

So first up I have a test model with my purple color scheme on it. This is... attempt number 4? I
finally like the gradient of the color though, so I am pretty happy. The real trick will be translating that into bulk models! So first, the test model, then two more HQ units that only have the armor colored. I have given some thought to doing a fine edge highlight
at some points, but am undecided. Thoughts?

My last picture I wish to share is my armor scheme for my Pre-Heresy Imperial Fists. Now, it has taken me a long time, and a ton of research online to fine a scheme that works for me... and so I present my Imperial Fist Contemptor Dreadnought. Not the best pictures, but still working on finding a medium that works best.

And my last little bit, a tidbit from my RPG. I was exploring a room in the basement on a tavern where a Ghoul attack took place... and rolled a 20.... so I found a locked door. Me, being a Bard, thought... well, I better just bash the door down. (Trust me, cross classing as soon as I can). I hit the door once with the pommel of my dagger, and I hear it give way some. I think, well, this is working well. I do it again. Attack roll against door... 1. Strength roll for effect...19. Pommel hits door, breaks lock, embeds itself... in my chest. Needless to say, I was having a bad day. 

I hope your week is going well! Do anything hobby related?

-Rob-

A New Begining - Frostgrave

 

Frostgrave... A Small Skirmish Game using wandering monsters and a campaign system. What more could you really want from a fantasy wargame. Welcome to my most Recent Endeavor.

 

 

Frostgrave is a game that has captured my attention, and the attention of some of my friends, from the Video stylings of Ash from Guerilla Miniature Games, and Owen, from Gaming with the Cooler. Check out thier Youtube Channels... they are Awesome.

 

Rather than rolling a metric ton of D6 dice, for Frostgrave you need a single D20... for each Player. In terms of Models, there are several official models for the game, which i will talk about shortly, but a huge selling point for this game is that it explicitly says ANY RELEVANT MODEL WILL DO. You have a Thug for 20GP? cool... as long as it has a single hand weapon, you are good. The game play itself seems very quick, perfect if you have 30 minutes to run a quick match.  

 

Let me Clarify.... I have not Played.

 

But I am going to.

 

In order to get to that point, I need a few key things. A particularly important part of Frostgrave is Terrain.... so part of my project for playing this game will include making some old city ruins. Another huge part of the game is the warband itself... which i will go over shortly.

 

I have built the list I am going to start with... and have created a start of the Fluff I am going to use for it.

 

Without Further Ado.... and no Pictures.....

 

Veritas Adventure Company

 

E'Vereta Becot - Elementalist

Saval Dormier - Apprentice

Nathaniel Beracome - Archer

One-Eyed Sue - Archer

Sir Oric Velantes - Knight

Dorin Doricson - Man-At Arms

Bob - Thug

 

So I have decided I am only going to buy two models... for now at least. The Elementalist and the Apprentice come together in a Blister Pack from North Star Miniatures. North Star also sells a pack of 10 or 20 Figures to be assembled as various other members of the party. My idea, however, was to fill up the party in other ways. For Example, my two archers are going to be pulled from a Bretonian Peasant Bowmen Group, and a random High Elf Archer I have floating around. As for the knight and the Thug, I happen to have a Paladin Character Model for D&D which I think will fit quiet well, as well as... I hate to say this... my own personal character representation of my D&D character... my bard. Everyone Knows Bards make great Verbal Thugs, so this really makes a whole lot of sense. And Lastly, the Man-At-Arms is going to be a Bretonian .... well.... Man-at-arms. Pretty Linear, Right? I aim for Simplicity.

 

 

- Rob -