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Yea, I think I'll be sticking with troublemaker and onslaught thank you very much.

Yep.
Received my lucky dip from North Star today.

£28 for a lot of metal but no control. So what's I got? Some Nazi's, Foolish Yanks, Brave Tommies (with a great Para Sargeant), 2 Toff Officers and some Highlanders. Lots of Archers and some Cowboys. This gives me a great bunch of supporting characters for Pulp World War 2 games but disappointingly I didn't get as much that would be useful for the Conclave of Hrin and Frostgrave as I hoped. also I'd have liked less archers. Some useful lead for the pile though and some great random models for trade and variety..


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Well receiving them led to me looking forward to Lure of the Liche Lord which I ordered at the same time and so I started mucking about with generic Frostgrave miniatures. I'm also idly considering what I've got where for each of the entries. Vaguely planning to assemble a varied cast to give me the options for pretty much anything for two people. Idly I can do at least three themes of band Humans, Chaos Nutters & Skaven with Halflings possibly once I work out a wizard and apprentice. The bestiaries harder work equally I've got the Zombicide kickstarter which'll give it a huge boost. Anyway heres some models!

Nurglings as Imps is a straightforward use of models languishing in my bitz box. Excellent!


These Kung Fu fighters given knives work as Thieves


This Arabian Archer will work excellently as a Ranger

This Ashigaru will make a reasonable Marksman (no Crossbow but as long as he stands out and is armoured that dosn't worry me)

These have been chosen for these roles as I want models that are more individual for elite characters. These will provide exotic mercenaries for my discerning wizards as well as a chance to practise different skin tones.


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Bestiary thought exercise

Wizard-Own, quite a few for various Warhammer armies
Apprentice-Own several requires a younger plainer model.

War Hound-Own, I acquired several for my Halfling Mordheim Warband no mods required
Thug-HW-Own some
Thief-HW-Own some
Archer-Bow-Own lots my Bret Archers will appear here
Crossbowman-Crossbow-Own some, Mordheim models, Empire Militia
Infantryman-GW-Bret Men-at-Arms
Tracker-Staff & Bow-Own Bret Archers again
Man-at-Arms-HW & S- Own may need to convert some Bret Men-at-Arms down to this
Treasure Hunter-2HW-Own, Empire Militia again
Knight-HW & S HA- Own Medieavel Foot Knight (Bret Knight Infantry from Medieavel historicals so I could actually fight a siege)
Templar-GW HA-Own various Empire models
Ranger-Bow-Own Bret Archers again
Barbarian-GW-Own Conf Kelts.
Apothecary-Staff,Potion-Don’t Own at least don’t think so
Marksman-Crossbow, HA- Ownish Ashigaru will do but definitely short of Crossbowmen

Skeleton-Own spares from a Vampire Counts Battalion I brought for my Beastmen as well as some Wargames Factory Skeletons acquired cheap for conversion fodder
Armoured Skeleton-Own spares from a Vampire Counts Battalion I brought for my Beastmen as well as some Wargames Factory Skeletons acquired cheap for conversion fodder
Zombies-Zombicide KS
Ghouls- Zombicide KS
Wraiths-Own originally brought as Death Elementals for After the Cataclysm
Vampires-Don’t Own plenty of nice ones about though

Bears-Don’t Own fairly rare children’s toy?
Boars-Don’t Own probably go for Children’s toy bitz ordering either GW or Mantic boars is an option possibly cheaper
Giant Rats-Own I’ve got a Skaven army so I’ve got regiments of these
Ice Spiders-Don’t Own, Childrens Toys easy option
Ice Toads-Don’t Own, Children’s toys again
Snow Leopards-Own, Hoarcat pride from Wyrd
White Gorillas-Don’t Own, Children’s toys again
Wild Dogs-Own same source as the War Hound
Wolves-Own, Dire Wolves used as Chaos Hounds

Small Construct-Don’t Own, GW Familiar? Various Elementals, Statue paint scheme
Medium Construct-Own Med foot knights painted as statues for my 6mm. Also Golem thingy. Various Elementals an option
Large Construct-Don’t Own. Elementals again?

Imps-Own Nurglings
Minor Daemons-Own Plaguebearers will do but a Tzeentch Chaos champion will work better
Major Daemons- Own Sauron with Wings anybody possibly too grandiose, Reaper models tempting

Frost Giants-Don’t Own, Don’t like the Reaper models, Not planning a frozen wasteland setting so possibly an Ogre or Minotaur?
Giant Worms-Don’t Own Reaper best bet.
Snow Trolls-Don’t Own, Own River Trolls will use happily.
Werewolves-Zombicide KS

Frost Grave is an excellent game if like me you have a bunch of eclectic fantasy figures gathering dust that you want to use some day. To this end I spent some time yesterday just pulling randomly appropriate figures out of my bitz box.

Most Importantly 3 Wizards. A Sorceress, Witch and Marco Columbo who will also be used for this.

Still don't know who made the Sorceress. I'm guessing Reaper?

Mercs

Mostly from the charity shop of wonder, I've also got lots of the Empire Militia due to an inordinate fondness for the kit during my youth and also my Brettonians will be sacrificing many minions to the cause.

Bestiary

Giant Rats are from the Plague Monk sprue (an excellent sprue for parts actually often neglected) from my old skaven army, the 2 Champions of Tzeentch will do for minor daemons, while the Celtos figure will work as a big nasty of some description. Finally the Skeletons are finally assembled after having been brought as part of the Vampire Counts battalion I brought to start my Nurgle Beastmen with. I used GW skeletons and left the Wargames Factory skellies for spares as those are hideously fragile.

As you can see Frostgrave rewards my hoarder side with many models I haven't ever used suddenly becoming far more useful. First model painted for Frostgrave coming soon!

Painting wise I've also completed my first squadron of SEM walkers

C Squadron 44th Company 231st Hrin Infantry.
These Cerberus walkers are a heavier duty version of the Sentine created on Ladysmith for Siege operations within the Hive where normal vehicles just can't fit and Sentinels can not provide enough firepower.

I've also finished the Command Group of the 3rd Company 232nd Hrin Infantry


This completes the 3rd Company

Are you using proxies for le epic? It's hard to tell from the pictures.

Rhino & Commissar are GW. The other transport is Brigade Models and all the Infantry is PFC C-in-C SEM range mainly the Militia with a few from the Imperial Guard pack as well. #excellent range although irritatingly the website does lack photographs. The models also have ended up rather well camouflaged with my basing material or I could take some better shots!

I am loving the random weirdness that comes out of your box!

Check closely some of it came out of yours!

Received my Frostgrave Nickstarter goodies. Lovely stuff and I've done a review of the cultist sprue over on my Forces of Nurgle page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/231101.page I put it there mostly to revive interest in a flagging blog and also as I plan to dual purpose them as both Frostgrave Death Cultists and Mercenaries and Cultists/Marauders of Nurgle. The thing is also rather more of a collection with army size contingents of Beastmen and Warriors with possibly if I ever feel like being spectacularly lavish Daemons as well. Therefore my work on them belongs there. The other mercenaries and the bestiary work however will remain part of this blog.

With that here's my first Frostgrave model.

This old Empire Foot Knight will be used as a Templar a nice simple quick colour scheme and it looks rather good. While Templars wouldn't be a first choice for a starting warband most of my more basic troopers are in the garage or haven't been undercoated and I've always liked these models.

While I originally brought this beasty to use as a 6mm Death Elemental It'll also find a use in Frostgrave as one of the various forms of ethereal undead which are floating around. Another quick simple scheme.


I've also got another piece for my 6mm fantasy done a Gryphon.


Going to more normal fare here with a few Epic pieces done.

D'zarkan Daemon Prince of Tzeentch

Microworld Werebat done up as Monkeytroll suggested.

Keeping with Chaos I've also based up some Fiend Riders of Slaanesh

Cavalry was a big part of Epic Chaos armies which never made the transition to 40k, bit of a shame really as they'd add some much needed variety to Chaos armies which are rather stale at the moment (3 Hell Turkeys and the rest dosn't need to turn up for what good it''ll do). It also makes them nicely different from the Imperial forces giving them a different tactical dimension.

Finally C Platoon of the 13th Company 232nd Hrin Infantry

SEM Infanttry for the win!


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Spent far too much time looking at new toy soldiers on the internet today. I've currently got loads unassembled and unpainted. I've seen the 6 Month Mountain Reduction Programme and am considering doing something similar. The current plan is 10p per 6mm element (e.g. vehicle or squad) based and fully finished. 50p per 28mm Infantryman completed. £1 for Cavalry and £5 for a centrepiece i.e. a Titan, character, vehicle or large scenery piece. I'll start from now which means the last Microworld Games order dosn't count and include this weekend in my total. that gives me currently £1.90 in the kitty hopefully I'll get enough to splurge in the Brigade scale but I have to limit my spending hard with real life issues. Oh and sod it Real Life accomplishments count for a tenner as well


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Another one a frozen site counts as an extra £1 per day


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Along with that only fun purchases count so essential hobby supplies aren't out of this budget!

Kitty has been successful at pushing me even more to get models done. That's this week. It's up to £17.20 now mostly as I'v escaped having to wear stupid boiler suits at work.....

Jim is a new halfling for the Plumstead militia.

This hound is usefully generic and will have many uses!

C Platoon 4th Company 232nd Hrin Infantry report for duty.

Boris the Ogre joins the Plumstead Militia

and I've finally got a Crusher assembled

Alongside a Slasher

and with a cast of Titans

Lovely model!

Is that crusher official GW? Looks super epic. I'm not gonna stop with the puns.

It's a Troublemaker for GW, in at the Vanguard of 6mm Sci-Fi.

Heheheheh!

CNS Dragonfly enters the fray an Eye class scout corvette.

Fiends of Slaanesh get based

A Skeleton enters Frostgrave

Went as simple as possible with him but he's turned out nicely. Unarmed as from the Bestiary regular Skeletons should be just ordinary citizens.

I think the skeleton looks really menacing, something in his pose, the only change I would make might be to dip each fist in some tamiya clear red for some awesome pugilist action

that Sorceress is one of the limited edition miniatures from the old Harbinger Magazine...
she is called the Harbinger of the Fallen...
very rare...

cheers
jah

Interesting to now jah-joshua. I actually might have another Harbinger magazine piece a witch & cauldron hhmmm this lassy

Cheers Radu Lykan worth considering!

Plumstead militia? Named after the little village in Norfolk? They kind of look like the locals in real life!

Just a quick suggestion Llama: You should really paint your bases. It gives you so much more versatility and stuff.

I generally do or do you mean with a texture paint? The last model was an old job from about 7 years ago you see. I flock over that.
Bash the Bosh- Yep worked on a road scheme out there in June back for about 6 months next year. I grew up in Mildenhall which isn't quite the fens so I can't talk much!

I thought so. Not many people are familiar with the place outside of Norfolk. You'd be familiar with the USAF airforce base at Mildenhall then. I used to go there way back when it was open to the public for July 4th celebrations (why I helped rebels celebrate stealing land from the Brits I don't know). I myself grew up near Wroxham, but eventually jumped the border into Suffolk.

Definitely worked on 2 of the 3 USAF bases over the years. Still miss the Air Fetes at Mildenhall big impressive airshows. Out of interest know a Vallejo Game Colour stockist in the area? I know of several Vallejo Model Colour stockists but nowhere that stocks Game Colour. Been a good week for the kitty but I've expended the first funds on some models. It's now at £34.10 but the first big test the Brigade Models Christmas sale has started. Still haven't finished the ones I brought last year but the South African Armour would go perfectly with my Desert Troopers. Time to get cracking! Will show of more models soon.

Hmm. Only Vallejo vendors I know are Langleys in Norwich Arcade, and the large model store on the A11 next to Snetterton race track. Look forward to seeing some more of your stuff soon!

Interesting I really must visit that shop at Snetterton when I'm of to Norwich for about 6 months........

My week off was productive
Least impressively a Chaos Cult got based.

G Platoon 28th Company 232nd Hrin Infantry got painted


I also finished my Gregsters Lab Defence Line set.



Poor choice of tablecloth sorry!

Frostgrave also received some attention

Empire Militia acquired in 2002 for a Mordheim campaign painted in 2015.......

Imp Nurgling from about 2013.
Proving Frostgrave helps clear bitz.
Ikiryo (for a Banshee)

Slate Ridge Mauler (for a vicious Cave Bear)

I've also got some Ghouls coming of Ebay. Possibly collecting a new game to clear out my bitz box is a foolish strategy. It'll also put a big hole in my Painted Kitty. for the Brigade Sale. Hmmphh. Cheat?



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1700 Images in the gallery by the way!

Argh! Tablecloth of doom Looking good bud

Yeeeaahh uhh better tablecloth?


Bloke who made them asked for some better shots soo....

An Archer and a Skeleton for Frostgrave



Jason 3rd Vehicle 1st Platoon 5th Company 3rd Hrin Cataphracti


B Platoon 28th Company 232nd Hrin Infantry


This Completes the 28th Company of the 232nd Hrin Regiment a Supply Logistics Company



As well as that I've got the first 2 cars of the Witham 3rd done the 3rd and 4th Bike Platoons of 10th Company



Finally Verum Gaudium strides into the fray

Been photographing Zombicide models for scale. Realistic 28mm rather than heroic but I'm claiming thats a wasting effect of the disease.
Heroes

Villains

Fatties

Runners

Walkers

Began the laborous task of converting them all to square bases. Who wants fantasy models on round bases anyway?


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Oh any advice on straightening the swords and undercoating?

Plastic swords? Boiling water.

Cheers mate.

Merry Christmas and a Grim Dark Future For All!
Emperor Bless us everyone.

To start with the painting kitties now down to -£29.12 Stupid Brigade Sale to good to miss......
Working hard to get back into the red though.

To do that I've finished of a Wraith for Frostgrave


As well as two Light Cruisers for the CNS
Knight Class CNS Sir Gaheris

Destrier Class CNS Bree


So what have I been up to this year. Well for a start nowhere near enough gaming. I've totally moved out of Sheffield and between my MA and sorting out my new house I haven't really looked for another group. I've played only one battle this year. Although at least it was Epic. I've actually brought more rulesets than I've played acquiring Frostgrave, Zombicide and 7TV. I've also got a large backlog of unassembled models something the kitty should help with. Top of the heap in terms of awesome is my 15mm Leviathon Mortis. First kit when I've got my modelling desk set up in my new house.

Project wise I've continued churning out Hrin models for my Imperial Guard and I've also added the forces of the 3rd Witham and the Dresden 8th so the Army Group is beginning to become more varied and the grand all encompassing army of the Imperium I've envisioned. My Epic Chaos has been more neglected but has received some powerful completions recently as have my Orks. Next year I'm going to do something about my backlog of titans and gargants as well. Epic has been going well and will continue to do so.

My only real 28mm army game project my Forces of Nurgle has recovered from the blow of the Age of Sigmar. I'd neglected it badly and still will as a force for Age of Sigmar is concerned, however as a souce of baddies for Frostgrave it has restarted growing. The painting kitty has also helped a lot as they add more funds than an equivalent 6mm batch. The Conclave and Cults of Hrin will remain neglected as I lack interest in GW games. Equally supplementing my Admech forces with true Skitarii would be awesome if it weren't for the fact I have other things I'm more interested in spending the money on.

Personally the project I'm technically most worried about is After the Cataclysm. It is the most reliant on a close knit gaming group and I really want to move ahead with it. It's the one I'm most choosy about who to introduce as well. Equally I've finished both my Human and Centaur armies with a large if not complete Undead Army as well. My next ToEG will be Lizardmen and they are exquisite sculpts.

I've also started four new projects this year.

The Star Fleet lacks a ruleset but mehh I like toy spaceships and I'll just work out a way to shoehorn them into whichever is my gaming groups preferred set of space battle rules. Painting and collecting they've been going great guns I'm glad to say. Maybe an opposing force from GZG will arrive at some point in the future.

Pulp Gaming. I've acquired some models for this from North Star and a ruleset. I've also got the Malifaux Through the Breach set which combine alright with my Dystopian Legion laddies for a 35mm steam punk set. Ahother project on the backburners until I acquire victims.

Zombicide. Not technically a stand alone project as everything done for it can also join my Frostgrave or Warhammer collections. Equally I'll be using it as a gateway drug. I work on Away work with colleagues a fair amount and a game like Zombicide is easily brought along with me and is easy entertainment for a bored group. It should also lead on nicely to...

Frostgrave. The Zombicide boards provide easily transportable terrain. I'm painting plenty of appropriate miniatures and enjoying myself. The beasties are proving excellent fun to paint and I'm planning on getting stuck into a proper board for it when I move into my new home. That'll put some stuff on hiatus as I get sorted out but it'll give me some great new opportunities.

Next year main plan is to find a new gaming group and then start entering some events, I rather fancy a Frostgrave campaign day in the near future. Model purchases? Nothing now until Salute except for some Bases. After all I've got the rest of my Zombicide gear, Reaper Cav and the large Brigade Order to arrive. At Salute I'll be looking for some more Beasties for Frostgrave and some Wizards and Apprentices as well as 6mm.

More Frostgrave Stuff an Imp

Nurglings are excellent for this. Looking at using the Spirit Host for something similar as well.

My first Wizard as well.

Fairly happy with the character rural hayseed but far more competent than he first appears. The Seagull was purely because thats what the bird looks like and everybody has a Raven! It gives him a coastal theme. So I'm looking for an unpretentious coastal sounding name, any suggestions?