Frostgrave Statues or Constructs?

I quickly painted up my 72nd model for the month of August which was part of a quick 6 model speed paint for Frostgrave.  August has been a damn good month on the painting front!

I built 2 models each from the Frostgrave Barbarian, Soldiers and Ghost Archipelago kits.  I removed the pudding bases carefully and glued them to a Plastic Base.

I 3D printed some Pillars for them that they can be mounted on or detached so they can be a living Statue or a stone/concrete Medium Construct! Perfect for those Frostgrave Scenarios.  They were recently used in a Successful Frostgrave Campaign.

I quickly Painted them with the Following Recipe:
Primed Grey
Drybrushed Vallejo Light Grey
Drybrushed Vallejo White
Washed with Secret Weapon Stone Wash
Easy!

I assembled up 2 stock soldiers from each of the above mentioned Frostgrave Kits

I have not permanently attached them to their Pillars so they can be used in Game as a Construct or a NPC!

Games Workshop Zombies

I really love the Old Hammer and Middle Hammer period for Games Workshop.  I especially love their old undead and these Zombies are terrific.  I love the awkward poses of these zombies.  They painted up a treat. 

Interestingly, I didn't seal my Army Painter Quick Shade and it turned into a gloopy mess.  I diluted it with some White Spirit however the Polyurethane  in the Quick Shade had gone off so it lost its trade mark shine.  I have since replaced the can but will put the ruined Quick Shade to some sort of good use.

I based these guys with some old plasticard off cuts rather than send them to landfill.  I have done a sort of Dungeon/Field cross over theme.

They were from one of the Original Red Boxed Zombie Regiment. What is even better... I have another box of these I got on ebay for a steal! 

Games Workshop Classic Zombies.  Such a cool look!

The facial expressions are awesome

Ranked up they look terrific

You can see the basing theme I went for

Frostgrave Ice Toad and Snow Leopard

I did a nice quick paint job on these superb creatures for Frostgrave.  These can spawn as random encounters or be summoned by a Wizard.  They are great little sculpts from the Northstar Military Figures Frostgrave range.

To paint these I simply primed, base coated, quick shaded and applied a couple of simple highlights in addition to picking out some of the minor details such as spots and eyes.

Frostgrave Ice Toad and Snow Leopard

Speed Painting Zombicide Black Plague/Green Horde Spectral Walkers

Wanting to get back on track for my goal of 500 figures painted this calendar year I decided to speed paint some Spectral Walkers from the recent Zombicide Green Horde Expansion - No Rest For The Wicked.

You can use the below technique for anything spirity or ghostly

The way I did this is as follows:

• Based them.
• Primed them White
• Washed the bases with dark washes, Picked out debris and dry brushed it white
• Brush on some varying skin tones
• Washed the Spectral Walkers with GW Nighthaunt Gloom
• Picked out eyes
• Varnished!

About 3 - 4 hours total and knocked over 18 figures! I added the base details so I can use them for other gaming systems.

Unpainted figures... they dont belong in a box 

Recycling some spare materials rather than landfil

Not bad for 3-4 hours

The Three Poses

A Song of Ice & Fire - Stark Sworn Swords

I backed the recent CMON Kickstarter a Song of Ice & Fire.  Being a wargamer and a fan of Game of Thrones I was destined to invest in this... and I am glad I did. In this article I will show you how to paint the Stark Sworn Swords.

I would describe the figures as 32mm True Scale.  Some will disagree however they are well proportioned and easy to paint.

I did the Blue/Grey theme as I dont get to paint these colours as much as I would like to.

The recipe I used is as follows using all Vallejo Acrylics.  This is how I painted them.

Prime Black
Armour - Drybrush Gunmetal, Drybrush Silver, Drybrush Metallic Blue for Shields
Clothing - Field Blue
Underarmour - Leather Brown
Wood - Maroon
Fur and Shield Straps - Khaki
Straps and Leather - Chocolate

Use Army Painter Quick Shade then highlight with above colours adding Ivory for extra layers of highlighting

Base - Chocolate, Drybrush Iraqi Sand.  Add Citadel Valhallan Blizzard and top with Woodland Scenics Soft Flake Snow

Finish with 2 coats of AK Interactive Ultimate Matte Varnish

I decided to batch paint these as I want to get them on the table. 

There are not too many poses available how there are some subtle differences in the troops

A Captain and Banner Man

All 26 of them painted up, I need a bigger light box!