Frostgrave: Maze of Malcor sc. 1 - The Relic Room

This will mostly be a photo post - over that of a long written account. So my Thaumaturge and his Sigilist opponent is going into the Maze of Malcor for treasure and glory. And we've finished the first battle - a fairly brutal affair. 

As my dungeon is not yet finished (in the correct size), we played in a regular city setup. The place is meant to be some central plaza area in the huge university. When the disaster struck the city, the custodian golems where moving around some artifacts. 

So we filled the central area with crates, barrels and similar scatter - to simulate the setup described in the rule book. 

It's been quite awhile since this game was played, so I've forgotten most details from it. And we never got around to playing the next couple of scenarios in the campaign - as all hobby time around that time turned into Guilders.

Fantasy: Cultists

 I recently posted my Necromancer, his minions and the starter warband for Frostgrave. The cultist models I painted up a long time ago. I think they were painted (at least build) way back for the Thaw of the Lich Lord campaign. 

It's a lovely kit. I build my cultist models to work on its own as a warband I would play - and cover what's needed for the Thaw campaign. 

As with most of my FG boxes, I only build 10 models. I sold off the other half and made back on my investment. I'm a trader - also hitting at getting near free models left for myself. 

When painting these I've used different greys and browns, and three different purples. Some were washes with purple wash and others with brown. To add different tones all over, but keeping them uniform. 

I decided to not add snow on their bases, as the models work very well for other games too. Could be used in Guilders or Nightwatch. 

Infantrymen or templars. Could work as both. I have an old metal Rackham model that I've also painted in purple, to work as a proper armored templar. Added a bit box cloak to one guy. 

Bowman and crossbowman. I don't recall adding extra bits to these, but I've added a bowstring (as I always do) to the box.

Treasure Hunters were the best troops in first edition, so these are build as that - to be used as thugs first. Gave them GW dwarf backpacks, cause thieves need to carry a lot of stuff. 

A thug and a knight / men-at-arms. Also added some bitbox cloaks to these two.

Lastly an apothecary and a tracker. Both staff are converted from the spears in the FG kits. The potion belt for the apothecary is gunpowder cannisters from olf GW dwarves. 

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Frostgrave: Blood Wave, Bogman / Failing Wretch, Collegium Golem

 We started playing The Mace of Melcor a huge expansion for Frostgrave. Unfortunately Covid came running and stopped that campaign after one scenario. So we'll have to get back to that later. But I have started making the beastiary for the game - always new monsters to make. 

Blood wave

A weird goo monster, kept as curiusums in jars. They might get out and swallow people up. I made these with a couple of layers of hot glue gun. Then I matt varnished them with spray and painted them with Blood for the Blood God effect paint and gloss varnish on that. 

Collegium Golem

I love all the weird constructs in Frostgrave. Needed two of the specific constructs for the first scenario. I used some cheap Chinese closets (that I've painted earlier as terrain). Then I used some plastic cogs and gears on the side and make legs and arms from Lizardmed clubs. Painted them in a copper color. 

Bogmen / Failing Wretch

Bogmen are weird zombies. Necromancers thinking economy, removing skeletons from cadavers. Voila! One dead body but you get both a zombie and a skeleton. 

I also need some Failing Wretches for the demon campaign later, old decaying demons. I painted up some demons from The Others boardgame with different washes. I think these will work nicely as both monster entries.