Frostgrave stuff this week. Crappy photos, I'm afraid :(
All miniatures are 28mm Midlam Miniatures. Buildings handmade from timber, hardboard, sand and talus grit, Pegasus hobbies bricks.
These should have been painted over a month ago, but I had man-flu for three weeks so they've only just got painted :(
The buildings are WIP. Hopefully these will be used in 2016 - New Years Resolution for 2016: Play Wargames!
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Great figures, but the 'pointy' is superb! :D
Midlam Miniatures are very good, your buildings are coming on nicely too.
Nice work Sir :)
Thanks all.
The small and medium buildings now have a base apiece, and I'll start attaching rubble and balsa detailing tomorrow. Made a couple of statue bases today as well, using 1x 40mm MDF circular bases, 4x 20mm circular bases and 1x Belt Fed Miniatures girl figure.
Hmmm! Hammerin' Iron in Frostgrave? ;)
Nice figures and scenics btw.
Very nice work, that man. 8)
Cheers - Phil
Cheers folks. Been working on them and will post some more photos later today
Other wargaming news... Bit of a success in that one of my name suggestions has been taking up and used in the renaming of my most local gaming club.
The Shire (former name) now becomes "Catterick Garrison Wargames Club"
Actually, I think I said Catterick Wargames Group (CWG) as having WC at the end of the acronym looks slightly amusing, or confusing to the uninitiated. The Garrison part was added so as to not confuse with Catterick Village (also on the Garrison, however) which has its own club I'm told.
Frostgrave Terrain: more photos on the blog
http://nevermindthejankers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/frostgrave-terrain-and-construction.html (http://nevermindthejankers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/frostgrave-terrain-and-construction.html)
It all still needs painting.
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Walk through, of sorts, on how the buildings were built.
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I'm liking those.
You seem to have created a lot of terrain easily and effectively. The addition of the balsa strips and rubble really works to break up the flatness of the hardboard.
Did you cut the hardboard with a saw or a knife?
Even though I know next to than nothing about Frostgrave and similar rulesets, I can appreciate nicely made scenery and your pieces are good. Can't wait to see them with some paint on.
BTW a bloke on another forum has effectively used cotton bobbins as the bases for his statues.
(http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt239/goatmajor/temporary_zpsoslpvpry.jpg)
Very cool!
Thank you all :)
Quote from: fred. on 28 December 2015, 11:27:59 AM
Did you cut the hardboard with a saw or a knife?
Electric Jigsaw, and then an electric sander to smooth out all the edges and flat surfaces.
Quote from: Subedai on 28 December 2015, 12:43:27 PM
BTW a bloke on another forum has effectively used cotton bobbins as the bases for his statues.
Thank you for posting the image. I'm definitely going to have to copy the design!
Time to raid the sewing basket. ;)
I've painted one of the ruined buildings shown previously.
With the edges of Storm Frank hitting us, its a bit too dark to take decent photographs, so I'm afraid the following will have to suffice.
I've painted up the two 'ruins' that I showed in the basic construction walk through. As its been noted to me over the Internet, the ruins I'd constructed can be used for various games and settings, the only conflict to period or geographic locality being how they are painted.
I've painted them as red brick, with a lime washed rendering over the top. The bases I've left brown, for now at least. The rubble is a inexplicable grey (answers on a postcard!)
Paints used were those tester pots from Wilkos (a UK department store)
More info on the blog
http://nevermindthejankers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/painted-28mm-building-ruin-diy-build.html (http://nevermindthejankers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/painted-28mm-building-ruin-diy-build.html)
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Looking good, Roy !
Cheers - Phil
Looking good, would be better if the rubble was brick ;)
Thank you both.
Yes, I will admit to there being some artistic inconsistencies. It is nice and colourful, though ;D
Progress On The DIY 28mm Ruins
What I've got painted, so far.
Possibly not evident from the photo's is that the external and internal walls are two differing colours.
I've left them pretty plain and generic so as to facilitate multi genre and period use.
Cheers for looking.
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Very nice indeed, Roy !
Cheers - Phil
They look really good Roy.
They've turned out nicely. My only concern is that your painting table looks a tad too tidy for me, I prefer the 'lived in' look. :)
What make are the paints with the "jam pot" covers? The red and white ones?
They don't have 'em 'ere in wildest Runcorn.
Quote from: fsn on 04 January 2016, 08:33:25 PM
What make are the paints with the "jam pot" covers? The red and white ones?
They don't have 'em 'ere in wildest Runcorn.
Yeah, wondered about that too. Bonne Maman paints and preserves? :)
I'd guess they contain mixes there seems to be something hand written on the lids. The empty jars can be bought from hovercraft and the like or they could be recycled from cafes.
Great thread by the way enjoying seeing it all progress.
Thanks everyone. :)
I have been informed that they're too clean and tidy -
I may mucky them up, a bit, when they're all finished - That I should be building them out of Foamcore -
though hardboard is only £3 a sheet at B&Q when a pensioner buys them on a Wednesday - That I should be using sand and not Talus grit (for the rubble), and lots more of it - And, lastly, that I should coat everything in Army Painter stain varnish, so it all looks brown.
All that just coming from the Lead Adventure Forum! ;D
On Facebook I was told that external and internal walls are never painted the same colour -
I didn't know how to respond to this statement!Gotta love the Internet ;)
I've just made then, and painted them, quick and easy, so they look suitable for tabletop play. What I've created was acceptable when I was a member of a gaming club in the 1990s. Has wargaming fashions and what is termed acceptable changed that much? Its like all those fashion magazines telling how your body should look and what you should be wearing. Wargame shaming! ;D
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Quote from: Subedai on 04 January 2016, 08:23:36 PM
My only concern is that your painting table looks a tad too tidy for me, I prefer the 'lived in' look. :)
Ah, I tidied up that small area to take the shots. The rest of the place is a jumble of stuff, scattered, left haphazardly atop things, and generally messy.
Quote from: fsn on 04 January 2016, 08:33:25 PM
What make are the paints with the "jam pot" covers? The red and white ones?
They don't have 'em 'ere in wildest Runcorn.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 04 January 2016, 08:39:04 PM
Yeah, wondered about that too. Bonne Maman paints and preserves? :)
Quote from: NTM on 04 January 2016, 09:35:37 PM
I'd guess they contain mixes there seems to be something hand written on the lids. The empty jars can be bought from hovercraft and the like or they could be recycled from cafes.
Great thread by the way enjoying seeing it all progress.
Vallejo paints bought from some bloke trading out of Middlesbrough. I don't like those dripper bottles so I decant them into recycled jam jars. The paint sometimes does cause the lids to stick, but a metal probe to prise the lid free does the trick.
They look pretty good to me :-bd
I think I personally prefer the red brick and cream one – it is more eye-catching and has a kind of Roman vibe going on.
Still, how can you argue with "the internet"... =)
Cheers!
Meirion
Thank you O Dinas Powys :)
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To Do
Four more buildings to paint up.
Possibly tone down the paint jobs - Though they are actually a lot less brighter than they appear in the flash photography. There's also more coloured layers than is to be seen in the photo's.
Think about adding some static grass or grass clumps to the terrain bases so it blends in better with the tabletop - Though this is dependent upon what choice of tablecloth I use. If its of a brown colour (muddy) then I'll probably forego any grass.
Not counting the cost of the Minibits trees, nor the GW grass mat, I reckon I've spent around £15 or so on the DIY ruins so far (there's four more to paint, not shown, remember). Rather a good saving I reckon, and if anyone tells me they look crap ... Well, I'll just highlight that the cost of the build far outweighs the DIYs shortcomings.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hgh-b_Lxzxs/VpzAeYKr7sI/AAAAAAAAE1c/j36Y5AtLPGo/s1600/Ruins.jpg)
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Cheers,
Roy
Looks bloody good to me, doubly so for £15 and some time :D
If I was being picky though :D
If doing them specifically and only for Frostgrave (or a snowy/winter theme) I'd have a load of snow effect on the bases (bicarb of soda with a touch of white paint mixed in, or snow flock etc to taste). Other than, I can't see anything that would/should make anyone carp!
Looking good, Roy !
Cheers - Phil
They do look good, but perhappoes a tad clean for having been under ice for a few thousand years.
IanS
:-bd =D> :-bd
Thanks all.
They'll no doubt end up being used for all manner of games (if I ever get around to playing), so there won't be any snow on them. Probably will be some grass patches added, as I've just remembered I've a game board (somewhere) that matches the muddy look, though it also features patches of grass.
Yes, I'll admit they're very clean looking, but to fix would mean more work than I care to do at present, if I'm honest. I just want something to play with, so am not too worried about it. I'll probably see about addressing the issue once they're all painted up and in use, then I can come back and have a look at the issue between games.
Frostgrave, I'm not specifically going to be focusing on this game now I've decided, but will join in with games, and help with terrain where needed, as and when local gamers play. In truth, seeing that there's a second supplement coming out for Frostgrave I'm becoming more turned off with the idea of the game - I hate having to keep purchasing rules books or magazines just to make sure I know the rules/stats for what my opponent is doing.
Thanks again,
Roy
I've got Thaw of the Liche Lord, Roy - it's nothing "essential", but rather a new set of linked scenarios in a campaign. More a scenario pack than a supplement (think the old Warhammer scenario packs - MacDeath, Rorkes Drift etc). Looks pretty good though so if you want to play a bit more thematically or get bored of the dozen scenarios in the book it's well worth it!
Very nice indeed
Take care
Andy
I have kept my 'Frostgrave' buildings snow free as well, you can get more use out of them then.
Thanks all.
These should probably be named bits for a 'Miniature Paintball Game' for Shildon 2016 (because everyone's doing Musketeers now! :'( )
Is that a "Drat you Osprey and your new "EnGarde!" rules!" coment there :D
Actually, 10mm with the new LoA figures would be lovely...
Just knocked this together in the joiner's workshop. A skirmish-sized battle-board, that I can use for both DMH (Dead Man's Hand) and my Miniature Paintball Game idea.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ep_fVOWM1Ow/VqDwe9q-SbI/AAAAAAAAE3E/E9ErJJdU4_Q/s1600/Board.jpg)
Originally I measured up for the ruined buildings I've been making, but post-polyfilla I realised it could probably see use as an Old West game-board, too. Luckily, the 4Ground buildings I have fit!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vuz2QEvBIRY/VqDwh6hxeXI/AAAAAAAAE3Q/8YuEXm_GVq4/s1600/Board1.jpg)
What might not be obvious from the photo's is that the board features four raised areas, and the central x-route is sunken.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QWrfE6c0Gto/VqDwh9heMkI/AAAAAAAAE3M/Uc5JFIE3rFI/s1600/Board3.jpg)
Three coats of various brown paints later and it'll be good for the western United States and paintballing among some ruins. Oh, there's Frostgrave* too. I Might have to call my games Mudgrave.
The metal handle on the wooden framework was my Father's idea. Great idea, Dad!
*Yes, it's probably too small for Frostgrave.
[Also, I've alter the name of this thread: "Wizard Group Figures, Ruined Buildings and Gaming Board"]
If it's 2ft by 2ft or larger it'll go fine for "MudGrave" :D
Be quick and straight into the action which is not a bad thing!
24" x 30"
:)
Its the spare bit of hardboard I had left over from making the ruins.
Haha, very handy! Yeah, that'll play fine - we did similar size last night and it's good for two players :) nice and fast and lots actually happening :)
Er, the board's gone all Wild West X_X
The info's on the blog - I'm feeling lazy, so if you fancy seeing more please click on the link below. Cheers. [Oh, I used a flash on the camera and its made the board look all one colour.]
http://nevermindthejankers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/diy-board-old-west-28mm-wip.html (http://nevermindthejankers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/diy-board-old-west-28mm-wip.html)
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Very spiffy !
Cheers - Phil
Mudgrave?
Quote from: toxicpixie on 23 January 2016, 07:21:56 PM
Mudgrave?
Frostgrave played on a board and with buildings without the snow/frost effects
Roy mentioned early that he had decided not to add snow to make the buildings useful for more than one game :)
I know, I was suggesting a name for it :D
We've seen "Temperategrave", "Junglegrave" and various others. "Mudgrave" seemed a good name ;)
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checked google to see if there was anywhere called Mudgrave, USA. But nearest it found was a company that made pencils called "Musgrave".
The 'place' does need a name though.
- I checked and between the camera and the artificial lighting it has made the board appear all one colour. In the flesh the contrast can be seen. Once the buildings are all positioned I may decide to dedicate the board solely to Cowboys and then place some grass tufts and the like in places.
The photos on the blog do it better justice, I think!
My Old West town now has a name. Dead Mule.
I've, also, made some new signs (shown below), as two of the signs currently on the model buildings are hideous!
Unfortunately, I don't know how to make a 'correct size' .pdf (where you only have to print and glue to the model). So it means a trial and error approach, of printing off enlarged signs until I get the correct fit. I might figure it out someday...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UdhtGFKpu8g/VqtuV7eD11I/AAAAAAAAE5g/lqgZBvG541g/s600/D%2527Arlo.jpg)
I'm going to have a break from the Old West. I fancy painting a base of 10mm Barbarians for Warband, next. Then it'll be back to it.
The last sign is particularly appropriate ;) :)