Friday, October 27, 2017

Finished - Blood Bowl Nuns

Put the final touches on 16 Blood Bowl Nuns through Vyndica. The client wanted white and red, two of the notoriously difficult colors to paint. I really struggled to get the white just right and had to take a few swings at it. I ended up basing Pallid Wytch Flesh, painted on some black wash, touch up, wash Agrax Earthshade, touch up then with pure white on the edges. This gave me deep shades but bright whites.

I tried some new things on the flesh as well. I took the highlighting one step further than I normally do. Usually I stop at Cadian Fleshtone but this time, I put just a little Elf Flesh on the shiny or raised areas. U have held on on this because it looks awful up close but at arms length it looks so much better.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

On The Table - Frostgrave

Got bit hard by the Frostgrave bug and I am lit.

Frostgrave is a hybrid mini-wargame and RPG. You play a powerful Wizard basically looting a deserted magical city that has befallen a terrible fate. Long ago, a powerful magic ran out of control turning the city of Felstad to a wintry disaster zone. Magical items and treasures were left behind and only the most brave (or foolish) adventurer would dare venture in.

Your wizard has none fools... erm brave heroes following him. You use these guys to grab treasure to be run off the board, kill other wizards and their henchmen or defend yourselves from monsters and wild animals. That's the mini-wargame part.

The RPG part is that each game can affect the next one.