Frostgrave Scatter Terrain

 Frostgrave needs lots of scatter terrain otherwise magic and ranged weapons do not lead to a fun experience.

A Goblin emerges from behind the barrels.

They are Debris of War Large Barrels.

They have been painted as if they have been under the ice that buried Feldstadt. The wood is dark and grey and the metalwork is rusted.

Various shades of grey dry brushed over a Citadel Chaos Black spray undercoat.

The iron hoops were painted with a mix of Army Painter Black, Army Painter Chaotic Red and Vallejo Black Grey.

Citadel Ryza Rust was then applied.

The whole thing was then washed with Citadel Nuln Oil.

Oathmark Goblin Spellcaster (work in progress)

 For my Goblin Militia army I decided that to reduce the number of figures I would need to build (let alone paint) I would have a core of slightly better troops.

There is the Town Guard comprising a Captain, two ranks of Goblin Spears, two ranks of Goblin Archers and a Level one Spellcaster.

The Goblin Slave sprue includes a Goblin without armour who I thought would be suitable as the body of the Spellcaster. The head is one of the hooded ones from the same set. The arms are from the Frostgrave Cultist sprue.

The backpack is from the Frostgrave Soldiers II, the accessories from the Frostgrave Wizards II sprue.

Goblins

Oathmark Goblin Slaves

 The most recent North Star release for Oathmark is the Goblin Slaves.

I have to admit that I was slightly disappointed with the naming and background. Oathmark is generally an Equal opportunity game system, so why are the Goblins singled out as a slave owning culture?

The standard box has six sprues, each sprue building five figures. One of the figures is slightly taller than the rest.

The weapon options are various hand weapons, slings, whips plus a standard.

The heads are not generally similar to those of the Goblin Infantry ones - getting a reasonable match is a bit difficult. I have not tried swapping heads yet.

First assembled figure.

They are slighter than the Infantry figures, both due to a more limited diet and the lack of armour.

North Star Human Infantry and Fireforge Almughavars for comparison.

North Star Orcs and Heavy Dwarf infantry,

Oathmark Goblin, Oathmark Human, Fireforge Almughavar, Oathmark Orc, Oathmark Goblin Slave and Oathmark Dwarf,

Oathmark Dwarf Heavy Infantry

 The third Dwarf box set for Oathmark builds Dwarf Heavy Infantry in the form of Dwarf Warriors and Dwaf Linebreakers.

The box contains six identical sprues, each of which can build five figures.

The sprue can build five Warriors in heavy armour with hand weapons and shields, or five Linebreakers armed with two handed weapons.

Four of the five Dwarfs plus an orc interloper.

I should have paid a bit more attention, these were supposed to be all Dwarfs.

Oathmark Goblin and Dwarf.

The obligatory William Killian comparison.

This is the missing Dwarf.

North Star Orc Infantry Linebreaker revisited

 It was mentioned that the Linebreaker model would look better with the left hand removed and rotated.

I applied a razor saw to cut the wrist and then removed the hand from the axe handle.

After rummaging around on the floor for awhile, I found the hand and glued it on the other way round.

 

North Star Orc Infantry Linebreaker

 Currently North Star only have Orc Infantry in their Oathmark Plastic range.

However, the Orc bodies are compatible with other figures in the Oathmark and Frostgrave ranges.

This figure uses one of the Orc bodies, the Orc command head with the horns cut/filed off and a two handed axe right arm and a left arm for a crossbow from the Frostgrave Barbarians.

The other Axe arm got lost while being cleaned up, so a replacement was sourced from the same sprue.

Comparison of a Dwarf Heavy Infantry and an Orc Warrior.

North Star Orc Infantry

 The recently released Orc Infantry box from North Star contains six sprues that builds 30 figures armed with hand weapons, spears or bows.