Monday Night Progress & 'Lost' Photos

First of the Frostgrave Minis 

Technically some of these new Slann slaves are armed with the wrong weapons (supposed to be hand weapons and shields) but there are some nice options with the Frostgrave sprue so I went with looking good. The first of the completed Frostgrave models pushes the unit count up to ten and with five more left to do. 

Izcoatl the Blesser of Water, leads the slaves against some pirates.

Whilst backing up an old hard drive, I found some more pictures of my old Slann army. Unfortunately they are the ones I took when I put them on eBay (circa 2006)  but still better than nothing. With a few more on the way. 

Rob 

Back to Normal - Friday Night Painting

 And Other Friday Night Activities*

*Its beer, obviously beer.

Back a bit of painting on the Slann.

And another holiday beer (and a posh cheeseburger). 

Rob 

Wood Elf Army Done

Well the Core Army Anyway

Been away on holiday for a bit, so no blog posting or painting for a few weeks. But when I came back I did manage to paint up the last mini for the core army and get around to photographing them all. And so changed the blog banner. 

This project has definitely been a slow burn, as I started it in February 2022. But am glad now I have a core army which I can hopefully build on over time. 

Definitely Not Friday Night

But I did drink a few beers while away 

Rob 

Slann & Dwarves

A Title that Sums Up the Post!

I was a bit distracted form painting up the last couple of wood elves this week.  But I did put together the Slann slaves and paint up a couple of dwarves. 

I am pleased with how well the EM4 dwarf bodies match up with the Oathmark dwarf heads. Giving me the first stand of dwarves for the army. I think they fit the brief for a group for dwarves living on a mountain. 

I need to get the lighting sorted in my painting room as a couple of the bulbs have gone and I am sitting in the gloom while painting. And this also making the photos a bit harder to take!

Entertainment sorted for a Friday evening.

Rob 

In Service to the Emperor

No Not that One, But the Mighty Slann Emperor

So, the Frostgrave tribals sprue turned up today, so I just had to put them together.  This give me five more Slann Slave warriors, but I actually need six. So, I put together one of the Aztecs as a unit champion / standard bearer. I think the tribals rank up quite nicely with the Aztecs. 

Rob 

ME-55 Mouth of Sauron

Messages from Mount Doom

One more in the done pile, he looks right at home with the zombies. 

Rob 

Three Army Progress

 Ninety Five Percent Done & Three Minis Left*

On the home straight, I just need to get the last few minis finished. It seems a bit odd to be painting winter minis in a heat wave but I just want to call this one done. 

* Actually going to paint four, as I will also finish off the elf sorceress. 

Ninety Percent Done & Three Minis Left

After resorting the army list, I only have three minis left to finish off the first 1000pts. And these guys will be next on the painting table after the wood elves. 

Two Percent Done & Still Plenty of Minis to Start Work On 

Ok, this one is only just started. But at least I can see what needs to be done. So, far this army has only cost about £17 to get the EM4 dwarves. Everything else I already had or was given as a gift. 

Friday Night Beer on Saturday Night

After returning from a work trip, I ran out of time to post a Friday Night beer. But never fear, I did find time to drink one or two! 😏

 

Another excellent beer from Belgium (I think??) 

Rob 

Dwarf Basing Test

Always Good to Try New Ideas

One of the elements that I really enjoying doing is working out a basing scheme for each army. For the dwarves I wanted more browns than greens on the base. To represent a more heath or moor like setting. Looking at some reference pictures I probably need some dried long grasses and brackens. 

To make the scatter,  I mixed a selection of brown scatter, autumn grass, yellow/orange sponge, brown lichen, beech pollen and grey gravel.  And then tested on a couple of spare bases. I decided to make a waypoint for one of the bases as this could be used as an item of scatter  terrain later. Some small dwarf statutes would also add a bit variety. 

Rob 

A Slann Army Update

 A Homer Moment 

There is no other word* I can think of but ‘Doh!’, as I have been thinking about finishing some of my army projects after deciding to finish off the wood elves. Attention has also turned to my Slann Army. One of the first units to be started was the Slann slaves which I made by using Wargames Atlantic Aztec bodies with ‘Cannon Fodder’ heads with the control collars. Plus a few other bits. I did an initial eight but didn’t get round to ordering any more.

While the Aztec bodies were a good basic fit, they didn’t quite hit the mark. Which is part of the reason they haven't been finished. However, whilst looking for other stuff I now realised that the Tribals minis from Frostgrave – Ghost Archipelago would be a much better fit. And with some nice spare items on the sprue. So, time to finish another unit. 

And while I have been thinking about finishing off these armies, I decided to rework the army lists to finish units that I have started and leave out un-started units (for now).

New Army List

Original Army List

*Apart from many, many swear words of course!

Rob