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.

When Nightmares Come - Point Of Interest

 "Kate, what is that glow over there?"

"It looks like a television Ingrid"

They move closer.

"It is not plugged in"

"Worse, there is a hole in the screen"

When Nightmares Come is a Cooperative/Solo Urban Fantasy/Supernatural Horror wargame.

Part of the game involves the investigation of "Points Of Interest" (POI) to obtain clues leading up to stopping the nightmares.

These POI have markers on the table, and what is more spooky than an eerily glowing television, not only not plugged in but the Cathode Ray Tube having an obvious hole in it,

This POI is built from an assortment of scatter terrain.

The television is from Crooked Dice, the box, barrel and tyre from TTCombat.

Some pieces of MDF made up the bricks/tiles.

 

Pig Tickling

 In William's travels, he had seen some peculiar things, but the "sport" of Pig Tickling was one of the oddest.

Steam powered mechanical pig.

Somewhere I have the two stokers that keep the pig running.

Umpire on Unicycle

I have the rules somewhere as well.

Oathmark Human Light Infantry

 In March 2024 North Star released the Human Light Infantry for Oathmark.

The box contains four sprues, each of which can build five of any combination of Human Rangers and Human Militia (Light Infantry)

There are five sets of melee weapon and shield and five sets of bows.

The shields are a slightly more tatty version of the shield found in the Human Infantry set.

There are components to build command and standard figures. There some additional weapons and packs.

There are five hooded and five heads in pudding basin helmets, plus five other heads.

All heads are compatible with other Oathmark and Frostgrave human heads and bodies.

Five rangers (awaiting fitting of quivers).

Oathmark Mini-Army

The Human Militia are a lot cheaper than the rank and file Human Soldiers (they are also not as good), so you can a lot more figures. The Rangers, however, are more expensive than the rank and file archers.

For an Oathmark mini-army I have chosen to represent a minor lord's force without either a City Guard (Spears) or his retinue. A trusted captain leads the force.

• Human Captain
• Six ranks of Human Militia
• Two ranks of Human Rangers

Alien Warriors Work In Progress

 Scale comparison between William Killian (Crooked Dice) and an Alien Warrior.

Frostgrave Cultists II

 So after four odd years, Frostgrave Cults go Co-Ed!

Like the male Frostgrave Cultists, the female Cultists II box contains four identical sprues, each containing five cultist bodies, an assortment of melee and ranged weapons plus components for making female zombies.

The great thing about them is their compatibility with the other Frostgrave and Stargrave figures.

This cultist for Stargrave or Five Parsecs From Home uses one of the cultist bodies with the machine gun arms and a hooded and masked head from the Stargrave Scavengers II set

I now have to build some "out of the box" to reinforce my Necromancer's army.

Aliens: Alien Warriors 2

 So, having bought the Five Parsecs From Home Compendium (which contains the stand-alone game Bug Hunt) I had looked around for some suitable Alien opposition.

Having looked at what was available (and having the original Aliens: Alien Warriors box to hand) I thought that the classic Xenomorph would be an option.

Of course, that was only twelve figures, and experience of Space Hulk made me think I would need some more.

The current box contains two of the Alien Warrior sprues and the new Alien 2 sprue.

These are slightly different (the slightness reinforced by the presence of an identifying label on the base) to the general Alien Warrior.

The figures comprise two body halves, each figure has a choice of two different heads.

The arms and tails are interchangeable within the sprue and with the original figures.