Frostgrave Prep Work

We've got our first game of Frostgrave coming up tonight, just to get used to the ruleset and all that.

I got a crossbowman finished up for it and laid out a table to mess around with.  (This is before the kids helped out.)
At the bottom we've got some exciting new building going on.  A couple molds came in this weekend from Hirst Arts  and I've been banging out bricks for two days.

Be sure to check out what Bruce has for sale if you're looking for some great DIY terrain!
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More Frostgrave Warband Figs

Doing a little bit of catch-up after a few days off from painting.

First is a fig from Reaper that will mostly likely be my big boss wizard for Frostgrave.

Then we have a Citadel dark elf assassin that I came across in a tub of old goodies.  He'll make a great thief.

And yes, I've been working on treasure tokens as well.  This is a piece that's been on the shelf unpainted for 15 years!  It came in a pack of Foundry vikings.

Frostgrave: Wizard? Apprentice?

I finished up this reaper mini and I am trying to decide if she will make for a good wizard model or apprentice model.

Regardless, snow will be added to the base later!

Oldhammer

Sunday night was a rule-book-flipping party for 3rd Edition Warhammer.  We threw down about 1000 points of wood elves and greenskins.  It was a lot of fun to run through various situations and challenge our brains to go back to the old way of thinking and playing. Overall, we got back into the groove a little more easily than I think either of us expected, so hopefully we can bring the hammery goodness to others!

And even through it wasn't a 'real' game, it still deserves a little bit of a write-up.

The wood elves and orcs square off across a plain.

Orc skirmishers take to the ruins, hoping for a decent vantage point.  In the background, mounted elven lords jockey for position with a unit of boyz.

This troll was perfectly positioned to jump into combat with the elven lords and assist the orcs.
Then he spotted a butterfly and wandered off.

The elves managed to rout the orcs after a couple rounds of combat and spook the troll in the process.
By the end of the game he had meandered all the way to the opposite long end of the table.

The troll and goblins panic as the orcs are routed by the elven cav, but not before the goblin shaman caused major havok on the elves with a couple rounds of wind spells.  The shaman managed three consecutive turns of denying an archer unit its shooting phase: MVP.

In the final round a unit of elves are charged by the other orc unit, led by Gutspilla the level 10 orc hero on a war boar, and another troll, This proves to be too much for the elves; they rout and their neighbor unit panics and flees off the table.  Waaagh!

So what did we learn? Quite a bit, but here are some highlights.

• The magic system is very different and pretty exciting.  It's probably most effective in the first couple of turns and then less so once units start getting into proper scraps.  Not having the winds of magic and dispel rolls was pretty refreshing.
• Movement is more rewarding and more restrictive, so it's important to know the movement rules cold.
• Reserve moves are AWESOME.  Lots of nice ways to apply that mechanic.
• Combat is handled so well.  The push-back rules are so helpful in providing good sensible combat.
• Trolls are stupid.  As they should be.

Building Frostgrave: Week 8

More of the Same: This week was all about the building details.  Detail, undercoat, airbrush, repeat!  By now all my buildings have been detailed which is great.  Below you can see the inn ready to have it's roof modeled on and be primed dark brown.

The inn was one of 8 buildings that got detail work completed this week and it feels good to get that part done with.  I put together roughly 3 buildings at a time and then undercoated them dark brown.  We had some nice weather this week so it wasn't a problem for me to spray them and leave them outside for awhile to dry.

They then came back into the basement where I airbrushed the roofs and siding.  At this point all but two buildings have completed this process.  The Inn and the Companion Hall have been detailed and are awaiting a time for me to undercoat them.  The Companion Hall was a bit tricky to get the roofing materials to look right, but I think it came out looking ok.

I did run into one problem where my metal ruler went missing.  I'm 99% sure Maddy had something to do with that...  

For Sale:  Lastly, since it was a bit monotonous going through all those buildings, I decided to take a break and make some market stalls.  I have a set of Warlord Game's produce set that I'll paint up and place in them to make the city look a little more "lived in."  

Next week I hope to create a few more little pieces of scatter terrain to liven up the board a bit and give the game some cover between the buildings.  But right now I have to finish two large buildings and paint the trim, doors, and windows of the majority of the houses.

Next up an action shot of the WIP board.

And finally a shot of the board where it stands at week 8 followed by a shot of where I drew inspiration from - Whiterun,

Frostgrave - Day 6

Barbarian?  Thug?  I don't know yet.  But this lady-Conan from Reaper will be a great addition to the warband.

Thugs and a Hound

In preparation for Frostgrave I thought I would use some free time to prep some old models for use in the frozen city.  I re-purposed some GW chaos marauders to be my thugs and a warhound to be my dog.  I figure they would look good alongside a Witch, Necromancer, or other devious type of wizard.  I think they will look particularity great with a barbarian in the group as well.

And if you have seen the last post, you know know that this doggie doesn't need a handler!