Frostgrave Wizard from Asgard !

2016 is 3 days old now so it's about time I got something painted ! Since yesterday was sunday, I felt it would be cool to make like I did for my champions of law and paint a single model, start to finish, for my frostgrave warband. 

Like I said in a previous post, I'm going to use Frostgrave as an excuse to get those wonderful Jes Goodwin barbarians done. Even though it is designed with Forstgrave in mind, I'm pretty confident the group will be just as cool with WHFB or even Mordheim so that's double win from where I stand.

Since everything in Frostgrave is based on the wizard I obviously has to begin with him to set the proper mood for my group. 

You may have seen I didn't pick an old bearded geezer to be my wizard. This is a deliberate choice because we see plenty of those Merlin/Gandalf wannabes. Instead, I wanted a more pagan, almost shamanic look to my wizard. For that reason, I picked one of the warriors with  a huge halberd and swapped the blade for the top part of Ahriman's staff (another Jes Goodwin sculpt so I'm not betraying him much).
The sculpt is good (Goodwin at work) but the casting is not perfect and I suspect some old moulds have been involved in the process.

I honestly have no idea what school to make him part of in terms if rules so if you folks have any recomandations, I'll gladly consider them. I'll give myself some time to consider once the apprentice is painted. I'll rely on the look of the model more than anything else to make a choice anyway. I'm leaning towards Witch and Thaumaturge for the time being...

"Roldor had always been a loner in the village, his above normal physical constitution making him stand from the rest of the children. He never suffered from the seclusion though and  took every opportunity he had to look at the wonders of nature and the studies of those before him. A life divided between studying and enjoying the wild life soon made Roldor realise his future wouldn't be what it could be if he stayed in his village. He left it without any remorse nor regret though he sensed his nephew Skai would have followed him if he'd asked. The boy had to mature a bit but his sould was pure and bright and he would enlighten the village in a few years."

Painting wise, I've aimed at a very rapid job like for the champions of Law so I took shortcuts and quick methods to save time. I wanted to reflect the pagan theme I had in mind and for some reason wanted to have some blue in the general scheme (well, I sort of want to have blue on every model I paint anyway. The sculpts definitely looked gallic to me so I wanted to nod in this direction. Let's say I tried to find a middle ground between those :

I'll let you decide if it works or not, or maybe will it be a bit clearer once I've done a couple more models. 

Anyway, it feels good to be back behind a brush even if I've had to time to enjoy teh company of my children and great friends during this winter ceasefire. As always, I'm working on more projects at once than I should but I'm enjoying it so hey...