No guts, no glory: Zombies and Plague Elemental

Greetings all.

Just a quick one from me this time (although that's two in a week - pretty good by my usual standards!). I actually finished the models you're about to see sometime last week, but with all the BOYL excitement I didn't actually get chance to take pictures of them. They painted up nice and quickly too, which was a bit of a result as I've been wanting to get them off my table for a while.

First up, two "speed painted" (still not that quick!) zombies, mostly to be used in Frostgrave:

These two are both made from the old(ish) GW plastics, the staple of many an undead army, as well as conversion fodder over the years. Not at all my best work, but they're only zombie grunts so I wanted to get them done as quickly as possible. I used Tamiya Clear Red, mixed with a little black ink, to pick out the gory bits.

The other model I managed to finish at the tail end of last week was a repaint of my Plague Elemental. I actually painted this exact model some time ago, just to get back into the swing of things painting-wise. He looked ok but I was never fully happy with him, so when it came to painting my way through the Elementals, I decided to strip and redo him. Here he is before the repaint:

And now after:

Definitely much happier with him this time round. I also based him up Frostgrave style, either for use as a major demon, or possibly the Alchemical Abomination in the Dark Alchemy campaign (probably he'll end up as both, and more).

I'm nearing completion of my Elementals mini project now, with just Life left to do. She's a little bit daunting though, and definitely the most detailed of the lot. Once I build up the courage to get cracking I'm sure it'll go better than expected (and I'll do a long overdue group shot of all of them together).

Comments are of course welcome.

My BOYL coverage

Greetings all.

I'm a bit late to the party with this, but here are my pics from the excellent Oldhammer weekender at Foundry. I'll say a few words too, but mostly I'll just let the pictures of awesome models and lots of fun do the talking.

So this was my first time at BOYL, though I suspect it won't be my last. I traveled up with my good buddy Alex (from Leadballoony), and we stayed a short drive from Foundry, meaning that we managed to make it there nice and early each day. Alex managed to get a couple games in over the weekend, while I didn't roll a single die! I did have an absolute blast though, meeting loads of cool people, including the legendary Tony Ackland. Also had the honour of having my face sculpted by Kev Adams, so that was a bit of a result (incredibly nice bloke too).

I won't really say too much more before commencing the picture dump, as there's too much awesome to convey with words. Huge fantasy battles, painting competitions, and the incredible glass cabinets at Foundry to follow. I'm gutted to have not jumped on this bandwagon before, and I'll definitely be there next year (possibly with better organisation so that I can actually play a game or two!).

Enjoy the pics!

A return to blogging, perhaps. Oh and a bunch of models.

Greetings all.

I've been somewhat lazy in keeping up this blog recently, mostly because I've been so busy with real life stuff that I just haven't had the motivation! That said, I have been painting and gaming when I've had the opportunity, and it's possible that you've already seen some of the pics I'm about to share. I'll also give you a little backstory to what I'm working on and why.

First up are my C34 Elementals that I'm working my way through. I'm actually rather enjoying painting these up now. They've got a lot of character and you don't see many of their like these days. While they aren't exactly super rare, I'm certainly glad I've got the full set in my collection. The two most recent additions are Fire and Death:

Really had a blast painting these two, Fire in particular. Death will also be serving as the Lich Lord in future games of Frostgrave.

I've also been playing through a Frostgrave campaign with my good buddy Alex. We've just finished the rulebook scenarios, including an incredibly bloody finale that resulted in death and maiming on both sides! About half way through the campaign, my wizard and captain both died, pretty much the worst thing that could have happened! Nevertheless, we persevered and wrote it into the story (my wizard was betrayed by his apprentice, and the captain obviously knew too much...). With that in mind, I decided to paint up a new wizard model, to represent the newly promoted apprentice in his new role. As a result, Scabrous Vile and his new apprentice Drear were born:

I also painted up a few more henchmen to go treasure seeking with them. Firstly, a crow master (and crow), made from a heavily chopped up marauder thug. The crow is and unmodified model from the Nurgle Lord on steed:

I also painted up another red haired archer, also based on a marauder thug (with some minor conversion work):

I think that brings us fully up to date for now, just in time for me to head off to BOYL tomorrow! I suspect Alex and I will be getting a few games of Frostgrave in while we're there, in between gawping at other people's gorgeous renditions of models from the golden age of gaming. 

You must gather your party before venturing forth... More additions to the warband!

Greetings all.

What started as a little side project has become really rather addictive now. That project is, of course, the mighty Frostgrave. A fantastically fun and ocassionally frustrating (D20s are the enemy) game. If you haven't already been bitten by the bug, I strongly suggest you give in and allow it to happen. You won't regret it.

As our campaign progresses, I find myself adding more and more soldiers to the warband. The life of a soldier in Frostgrave can be somewhat short, but fortunately gold can be plentiful at times, which helps to cover the frighteningly high level of deaths in the workplace for these poor fellows.

Joining my merry band this week are two treasure hunters, and an apothecary. As befits the theme of my warband, all three are made from old school chaos models. In this case, two more thugs and a sorcerer:

Hope you like em. Work on my C34 Elementals project is also coming along nicely, so should have some more of those to show in the next few days. In the meantime, comments are most welcome.