Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Snake Men - First one painted

A while back I bought a box set of the Ghost Archipelago Snake Men. I did assemble two (well three but one is not finished) but I had not got round to doing anything more than undercoat the figures.

It is possible that they may have sat in the painting queue for a while, but there was a question on the Lead Adventure Forum asking for photographs of their Snake Men.

So I dug out one of the figures and started painting.

The figure had been undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray, followed by Citadel Zandri Dust spray.

The armour and weapon points were painted with Citadel Abaddon Black. Edges were highlighted with Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey.

The skirts, collar and various straps were painted Citadel Mournfang Brown, as was the spear shaft.

The boots and lacing on the spear was painted with Citadel XV88. The eyes were painted with Vallejo Flat Yellow. The Snake Man's mouth was painted with Citadel Mephiston Red, the tooth (teeth?) was painted with Army Painter Skeleton Bone.

The scaled parts and the eyebrows were highlighted with Citadel Zamesi Desert.

The figure was lightly dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone.

The scaled areas were washed with Citadel Seraphim Sepia, The black areas were washed with Citadel Nuln Oil. Everything else was washed with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Blotz Spawning Pool

At SELWG I noticed while buying some of Blotz's Crashed Spaceship scenery (qv) that they also had a Spawning Pool. I was not sure whether I was going to use it for Ghost Archipelago or as a large planter for Modern games.

It comes as a single medium sheet of MDF (the curved edges are a nice touch).

Assembly is slightly complicated as you need to  get the four components that make up the inner walls assembled in your hands before you can fit them in the base. Once those are in place (I would recommend letting the glue set) it is slightly easier to get the four pieces that make up the outer wall aligned.

I filled the bottom with Woodland Scenics Cinder ballast over PVA.

Once assembled and the glue was dried, I sprayed it with Rustoleum Rust effect paint for texture. Due to having used most of my Halfords Grey Spray Primer on the Sarissa Mini Mart, I then sprayed it with Halfords Black Spray Primer to cover over the strange metal effect. I was going to use Army Painter Skeleton Bone spray, but the nozzle was clogged up again so I used Citadel Zandri Dust followed by a spray from above of Humbrol Desert Tan.

The whole thing was then washed with Citadel Agrax Earhshade,

A couple of unfinished Snake Men for scale.

Overall a nice simple piece of scenery.

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Snake Men - the first two.

Here are the first two Snake Men assembled.

They need basing (and slightly better focus).

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Snake Men

The second multi-pose plastic figures set for Ghost Archipelago are the Snake Men.

The box contains four sprues containing components for five Snake Men.

The weapons selection comprise two handed, hand weapons, crossbows and bows. There are a large number of head options.