Sunday 27 December 2015

More limited edition Santas, Frostgrave and Asgard !

 

It seems Christmas doesn't stop on the 25th of December... which is good. I mean , we can all do with a nice gift or present every now and then right ? Well Just yesterday, I received a very nice gift from the most excellent Stuart Bannister


I could have expected it since I sent him the model in the first place but I didn't expect it to arrive just the day after Christmas. Well I could... since the model is Sanity claws after all. Only thing is I hadn't really taken that into account when I sent it to him to paint.


Stuart kindly offered to paint a model for some of his readers and I was lucky to be in the lot so I gave him a model I had failed to finish. It seems the model proved as tricky with him as it was for me but Stuart managed to finish it which I didn't 

My version never got past that stage...
I feel really sorry for 2 things : the model is a bitch to paint really, I mean, he sculpt is nice but it's just too damn complicated to figure out what's what and once you paint the cloak in red, you're pretty much screwed for other colours... I think Stuart really did a great job and avoided the trap with a clever skintone that's both greenish but also very pale. I really like that you can find some of his own palette on this model, some colours I'd never think of using. Greatly appreciated !

What I didn't appreciate AT ALL though was how the postmen involved in the transport handled this model :


The base has been torn so first thing I did was to bend it back into shape and glue it in place :


I then filled the base with Green stuff and made it fill the gaps left. 


A day after that, all I had to do was to remove the excess of putty and the torn plastic parts before a little filing and sanding to find a proper base.


I used Stuart's recipe to redo the basing with PVA and baking Soda and here we are. I just couldn't stand to have this model in such a state. Now I have 2 Limited Edition models based on Santa... Careful boy, do NOT think any further ! Collecting all of them is NOT an option...

God thing is, I have plenty of stuff to think about as Santa brought me a very nice present :


I bought the french version which is VERY well translated (rare enough to be noticed) and the game seems like good fun. Best of it all is that I have exactly what's required to make a group for the game : Those jes Goodwin barbarians from the old Asgard range I bought from Alternative Armies for next to nothing  !


I'll paint them one after the other when I feel like it, just like I did for the champions of Law, that way I know O won't get bored and the sculpts are all quite different so it should be good fun !

I might have a little more painted lead before the ned of the year so watch this space ;)

10 comments:

  1. Frostgrave, je me laisserais bien tenter... 10 figurines au lieu des 100 habituelles pour finir un projet, ça semble pas mal :p

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    1. Ben écoute, les règles sont simples donc pas un gros investissement de temps et une bande de 10 gugusse max c'est très bon pour finir un projet vite fait bien fait ! En plus comme les profils sont génériques tu peux utiliser à peu près ce que tu veux !

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  2. Cool stuff! Just saw Sanity Claws at Stuart's blog and I love it!
    I also got Frostgrave earlier this year, but didn't manage even to open the rulebook :(
    I had plans of having a couple of bands for Christmas, but in the end it's been impossible. But at some point I'll make a Santa Claus band with Elves and a Three Wise Men band with pages to see them smashing each other while trying to recover presents for the children :D

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    1. I would love to see such a group ! Frostgrave isn't very difficult to read or a chore, it's straight to the point and simple, a really good toolbox I have yet to try though !

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  3. Very nice restoration on Sanity Claws JB, phew! Like you, I got a copy of Frostgrave for crimbo too... looks like a cracking game to me :-) There must be something wrong with my brain though, I've been pondering whether I could get away with a RT Frostgrave warband (still fired up from RogueQuest I expect!)

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    1. Nothing worng with your head mate, I just thought yesterday the system could be directly used as is by telling bows are lasguns and bolter Xbows or something, having a war of psykers in the underhive would be very cool : Hivegrave !

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    2. I have scenery coming my way so that might be something I'll do in under a couple of months !

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  4. Great stuff JB. Sanity Claws looks like he'll be leaving more than coal in children's stockings.

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    1. Cheers, I think it is safer not to wonder too much about what he might be leaving in other people's socks...

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