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Um, hmn. Base coat black. Smother in Baneblade brown. Give it an Agrax Earthshade wash. Drybrush Baneblade Brown. Bit of Khemri Brown, then random stippling of browns/ greys/ green.

The magic factor is laziness. Seriously I use the same method for all my terrain. - Black - Main colour - wash - main colour - highlight - random colours - oh, and can't forget the black outline over everything.

As for the rules Frostgrave is pretty generic. It even says that the names for things are just stand ins. For the most part the rules suite for the setting. I mean soldiers are soldiers and bandits are bandits. Sure the rules have Wizards being overpowered, but I'd hope to see non-Wizard leaders coming in later down the line. Though that brings me back to the rules being generic. You don't have to have your leader as a wizard. Those spells could equally be proxied for commanders - "bone dart" could be "throwing knife / hand crossbow", the wall of smoke a smoke bomb, possessing a soldier instead being spurring them on with a courageous speech.

I'd also note that the games I've played of Frostgrave have involved a fair bit of rules lawyering. ...So maybe adding in House rules at this stage might not be the best idea. Least if we actually want to finish a game. I could get away with writing up my own rules a lot with 7Tv as I was the only the one who really played it, the other guys just turned up for games for the setting/ models. Though not to derail this tangent, which may be for the best at this point, that does remind me to go and pick up the This is Not a Test rules.

Speaking of This Is Not A Test, I've started assembling the first of my Brother Vinni Miniatures. A BOS Paladin, Commander Shepard and Hilda, the Swashbuckler Rogue/Fighter with sword and dagger/shield. The latter may see use as a Rogue or Fighter in D&D 5e.

Liking that silt strider station! Very well done!

May have had this painted last week, but I wanted to stick some posters onto it, but ran out of ink. Crap came up, so that didn't happen, so here's there's the guard tower anyway.

One heckuva tower! and it has posters I think?

What's it made from? Foamboard?

By posters I mean these:



Oddly the series has had little in the way of graffiti and posters. =/

All that Hlaalu stuff is made from cut up cork tiles with a bit of balsa wood for stability. Party because I don't have to tidy up the edges like foam so much. That and it has a sort of porous texture which is nice for this style of building.

Evening me lovelies.

Did I say that I was going to make anything last time? Hmn, may have mentioned this in my Fallout thread. Anyhow, this is what I've been up to for this Elder Scrolls stuff.

Despite being set in Morrowind, this is the Skyrim version of Dwemer armour rather than the Morrowind one. Perhaps in part because the later's a bit low poly (though saying that, here's an updated version of it). Hope he looks all right. =P




The shield's not attached as its still curing. Though he's on a 30mm base right now I'll cut him down to a regular sized one to paint. The larger base was just for ease with the sculpting. For the unaware, here's what he's based on.



Hmn, I aught to probably cast him up, then hack off bits of the armour to use as loot. Unfortunately I want to paint him, so I'm not sure if I should be putting that off. Saying that, there's always more things which could be sculpted. =P

Epic! Cant wait to see him all painted up!

Nice looking Dwemer armor!

Current (early) WIPs which are flying about. I've ordered some instant mold stuff, so I'll make molds of the Dwemer / Enclave suits first before painting them, in case I need spare bits later (better than having to sculpt little bits from scratch).



Left to right: Alit, Kwama Warrior, warrior in Dwemer Armour, Shields: Light Imperial (missing the boss), Netch round shield, Bonemold tower shield, Netch tower shield. Random armature.

And the Dwemer warrior complete, for the sake of it. =P

What is the kwama warrior's original model? Great stuff!

Its a Reaper Miniatures insect warrior. I think its called an Ice Terror/ Demon/ Horror, something along those lines. I'm just going to swap out its upper torso and arms, and extend its nethers a bit. Beyond that it has a decent enough resemblance to the Online version of the Kwama Warrior for me.



Though I am sitting here with the of a Kwama Forager. If I'm going to be making molds I should be able to copy a few of these if I need enough for a hive. =P

I slapped this thing together last night too. Its a warrior in Light Dwemer Armour from the Online game. I'll probably give her an axe and maybe a sword.

This blog is an eyegasm every time something new happens.

Nothing shall be painted.

Ever.

More WIPs tonight.

Painting is overrated!

Life got in the way of pictures last night. Will probably pain up a test Kwama Forager tonight. I say test as it was made during my lunch break, but I guess given that its a horde type critter it doesn't have to look fabulous. In other news I've been trying out making some molds, but so far the results haven't been amazing. I'm not sure if they take to greenstuff well as opposed to plastics (greenstuff's softer, so the edges aren't as defined). I'll persevere I suppose ...though I'm not sure if the current results are worth showing (they're pretty bad. The Dwemer Shield I was practicing comes out looking like its sculpted from chocolate).

I'm painting up the two Dwemer Warriors right now, but didn't have the time to finish those today. Instead have something which I threw together this morning instead.





In Frostgrave this would count as a Necromage, but Morrowind players will probably know it better as an Ascended Sleeper. Its mounted on a 25mm base right now, but I'll boost it up to a 30mm one before its done to give it more of a presence. Its all greenstuff bar a pair of Mantic Ghoul arms, and aye, the tentacles aren't finished.

...Yes I am aware that the Sixth House ended after the fall of Dagoth Ur, but whatever, that's no excuse to pass on making a cool model. =P

I feel likehe's a bit smalk for an ascended. He's very physically imposing ingame. Some more cloth may do him well.

Perhaps in terms of girth. The lower half could be bulked out more, but at this point that'd mean taking off a layer. =/

Yea, I'd do it if I were you, but whatever, he'll look the part no matter what!

I'd mean to have the Ascended Sleeper painted, but binging on Hell on Wheels and Justified got in the way. Next time I guess.

Damn, and I still have that Enclave Hellfire Trooper to paint. ...OK, will get that done before the new game is out. Promise! *lies*

Anyway, pictures. Sorry if anything's out of focus, doing this quick before I go out so its not Sunday when I post this. =P

Both Dwemer Warriors, the Skyrim Heavy Armour version and the Online Light Armour one are done. I guess they'd just be regular party members. That or I make some Dwemer constructs and have a whole warband of these types.







And the quickie Kwama Forager.



Or rather a maggot from the Binding of Isaac.



Plus a Dark Brotherhood Assassin painted up in the Skyrim colours. Its an anonymous succubus model with the wings lopped off which I happened to have sitting spare.



And done. So on the books is the Ascended Sleeper and that Enclave Hellfire Trooper. I aught to make some more ruins really, but bah, laziness!

More great looking sculpt and paint work!

Awesome work as always. You should livestream your sculpting! And oh my god I forgot how cute that damn maggot was.

Yo, pics. Live ...from a train!



Its an Ash Vampire. ...Because yeah, for some reason I'm making House Dagoth models despite those guys all being dead after the events of Morrowind.

Based on this cosplay of Dagoth Ur, with  a few less details so she's more generic. =P

WIPs? WIPs....





Two shots because of crappy focus.

So from front left to rear left. Chitin armoured warrior, Bonemold Armoured Telvanni mage (an upgrade to my existing Apprentice maybe), Redoran Watchman, Bonemold Armoured Ancestor Skeleton and an armoured Ordinator (shield needs straps).

Plus terrain. ...Because I really need more buildings to actually play a game on properly =P

THE WATCHMAN! YES!!!!!

Since you have Morag Tong... any plans on making the Tribunal guard armor?

The Royal Guard Armour is perhaps a bit too specific a set given the setting, but hey that's being picky. I have an Ordinator decades after the Temple was devolved, so who's to care? =P

Which version though?

The Original:


An Oblivion remake:


Or Skyrim's:


Or another one from Skyrim:


I prefer the last one as its less Imperial looking, well at least having more Dunmer leanings.

Love those buildings! Definitely going to be making Wyrmalla pattern cork buildings for Frost Grave terrain. Your work is really inspiring.