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pancakeonions wrote: What's 3up? A figure that's 3 times the scale of 28mm? What's the purpose of that, from a modeler or industry perspective?
Can't wait, very excited. I'll be preordering this from Northstar as well. Keep up the good work!
The old way of transferring data from a physical sculpt to a milling machine used to cut a steel mould was by using a pantograph, a mechanical device where you trace over the surface of one object and the motion is followed by a tool to carve out a mould/form usually in a different scale/material
(a very basic example, not of miniature mould making but it give you an idea
sculpting a 3up is both easier (making things bigger is easier for a sculptor) and allows you to capture more detail with the pantograph as you've got more control (£ups were also used for earlier laser scanners as they did not have the resolution to handle 28mm minis, although they now can)
What's their other set like? They only show a picture of the box.
I get really annoyed when companies either have crappy pictures or none at all & think you'll put your cash on the table.
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Are there any sprue pics or mini pics of the cultists? The first plastic Frostgrave box looked decent, but didn't exactly knock my socks off for the price...
bubber wrote: What's their other set like? They only show a picture of the box.
I get really annoyed when companies either have crappy pictures or none at all & think you'll put your cash on the table.
Check out page 7 of this thread. There's some good pics of the sprue.
bubber wrote: I get really annoyed when companies either have crappy pictures or none at all & think you'll put your cash on the table.
Chillax. Northstar put out great sprue pics for their first plastic kit and as Nick explained in the Lead Adventure post I quoted the cultist stuff is still in the 3up stage.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: The first plastic Frostgrave box looked decent, but didn't exactly knock my socks off for the price...
I was initially underwhelmed as well. But then I started to get into the background and realized the kit was actually perfect. And now that I have a box in front of me ... er, well at my house at least ... I am well pleased indeed.
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The same Osprey that is Osprey Publishing...
and their giant games division.
And they just released their first boardgame!
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Wow, that is awesome. Finally someone doing some general scary cultists in plastic. I thought their first box looked good (if a bit cartoony) so, hopefully, this will too.
The art is great!
Out curiosity, what kind of cults are their in Frostgrave? Are they generally centered around wizards or are their god cults and such?
I have not read the short story anthology (but I pre-ordered it because Mat(t) Ward wrote one of the stories). My impression is, however, that these are cultists of the Lich Lord -- primary antagonist of the upcoming campaign.
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More nice multi-part and generic baddies is a truly splendid thing!
On a side note, how often do models actually die in Frostgrave? Would it be possible to get two Warbands from a single Soldiers box that has a decent lifespan, or would I end up replacing dead guys with identical minis before long?
I've got Wizards up to my ears but less mercenary types, if I can get a good two bands' worth of Models from a single box I'm very interested.
pancakeonions wrote: What's 3up? A figure that's 3 times the scale of 28mm? What's the purpose of that, from a modeler or industry perspective?
Can't wait, very excited. I'll be preordering this from Northstar as well. Keep up the good work!
I know have already explained this. But if you go to Renedra Ltd's Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/renedralimited), they have videos of the production process from 3Up to production sprue of some Perry Calvary. Renedra are also the company that are making these. Interesting watch.
Paradigm wrote: Would it be possible to get two Warbands from a single Soldiers box that has a decent lifespan?
I plan to build two starting warbands out of one box. I figure I will eventually need another box. Starting warbands can be pretty small because you are limited to 500 gold coins and the meat-and-potatoes soldiers cost about 100 gold coins each. In any event, there is a soft upper limit of 10 in your warband and the box has 20 figs.
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migooo wrote: Just shows you when you are in a certain field you get completely blindsided by stuff like this. Okay ill be getting a box.
Just to be clear, the figs are made by NorthStar. The books are published by Osprey.
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I think most people who already have at least some fantasy minis will do fine with just one box, though you will end up re-using minis for casualty replacement to some extent.
Your starting warband will be heavy on stuff like Thieves and Thugs, which most people don't have a load of but which the box does very well for making (though it's versatile enough to make most of the soldier types in the book). When you start to afford better soldiers they will tend to be stuff like Knights, Templars, and Barbarians, which most people have plenty of already (and which the box does slightly less well IMO).
I made my box up for 2 starting warbands as something like 4 thieves, 4 thugs, 6 archers, 5 crossbowmen and one infantryman. But I didn't have that many human archers/crossbows before -- I could probably have filled out the warbands with dwarf crossbows and elf archers if I didn't mind going non-human.
Oh, the only thing it doesn't do is warhounds -- you will often need 1-2 of those per starting warband (cheap and useful addition for slowing down enemy foot troops or harrying archers).
Sounds good! I do have plenty of Wizards, Knights, Paladins, Barbarians and such (and a dog or two for Hounds), so it sounds like I could do alright with one box, then another somewhere down the line (or perhaps just the cultists)...
One thing I noticed from the sprues is that there are no staves in it. Very useful to make a tracker, which is the best combination of thief and archer I can think of.
There could have been a few more polearms too. Maybe this new box will remedy this situation.
GamesWorkshop wrote: And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
I'll be there with my Necromancer and his skelly knights and my buddy Carl will be representing with his Illusionist. Look for the angry looking Scottish fella in the company of a Norfolk gill-man.
I am so excited for the cultists! I think it will be a very popular and useful kit. Only potential downside is it is likely sculpted by Bob Naismith, so it is very unlikely it will have truly stunning sculpts. There is a lot of herpdy-derp going on with the first kit.
I'll be there with my Necromancer and his skelly knights and my buddy Carl will be representing with his Illusionist. Look for the angry looking Scottish fella in the company of a Norfolk gill-man.
That event looks right up my alley. Too bad I'm too valuable for my country to let me leave.
GamesWorkshop wrote: And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
Seems interesting. I look forward to seeing the sprues. And on that note, are there good quality pics of the first box set's sprues floating around anywhere?
Azazelx wrote: Seems interesting. I look forward to seeing the sprues. And on that note, are there good quality pics of the first box set's sprues floating around anywhere?
I found a big one on Pg7 of this thread, but I think it's just a render. Still, it gives a good idea.
GamesWorkshop wrote: And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
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