Frostgrave Wizard/Apprentice

I am looking into starting Frostgrave from Osprey Games, which is a small (~10 per side) fantasy skirmish game centered around a wizard leading a band of hired mercenaries into an ancient city that is just emerging from a thousand years of being buried in ice and snow.

Since I have basically no fantasy mini's I have been searching around for some good looking models that are also fairly unique (so basically not GW). I saw this chap at the Red Box Games website, and knew immediately I wanted him as either the apprentice or the wizard himself.

 

I tried a bit of OSL coming from the ball he's holding, though I think I need to touch up the ball itself to seem more glowy. If I had the skills I would really like to paint it like he was holding an ball of energy (like a Dragon Ball Z kamehameha) getting ready to shoot it at somebody.

He has some great little details without being too ornate, and in general the sculpt is fantastic and a joy to paint. I ordered a few other models with him and they are all good quality with no casting issues at all even with some pretty fine details.

Daemon Knight of Tzeentch - Complete

I managed to get this guy painted up pretty quickly (for me at least), now I just have to get a chance to actually use him in a game at some point. He's big, bronze, and blue standing over rivers of lava as any good daemon engine is wont to do.

 

Daemon Knight of Tzeentch - WIP

Ever since FW came out with the new Chaos Knight Titan rules I have been wanting to convert one. A little while ago I managed to snag a Dreamforge Leviathan Mortis kit off Ebay that turned out to be mostly complete. A fistfull of bits, greenstuff, and plasticard later and I have a pretty decent looking Tzeentch aligned Knight.

Zuleyka and Zamira Nazarova

I finished painting these two a little while back, but just realized I never posted them up here. Both sisters got some sky/earth nmm for their chrome, and I tried a toned down version of the official paint job on Zuleyka's see through shirt.

The Skies Burn Over Stigmata [Hyperion T5 BFG Report]

After a brief hiatus of either unspectacular or unphotographed BFG games I'm back with a big 'un. This round as the Imperial Navy and the Chaos fleet battle it out for domination of the space around the Imperial shrine world of Stigmata, the Imperials receive some (not so) unexpected help from the Eldar, and the Chaos fleet is bolstered by the Eldar's ancient enemy: a Necron Tomb Fleet!

The battle was set a a Fleet Engagement, and with both fleet attempting to encircle the other it began as a good, old fashioned broadside to broadside shooting match. All of the fleets are mostly wysiwyg and yes that includes the Planet Killer! (even though they are paper the Necrons are still wysiwyg). The points break down to about:
Chaos - 3100
Imperial - 2300
Eldar - 2700
Necron - 1150

The big advantage that the Chaos fleet has is that only the Chaos and Imperial Fleets (plus a small contingent of the Eldar fleet) start on the table putting the points about equal or slightly in favor of the forces of darkness at the outset. The rest of the Eldar and Necron fleets will be trickling in throughout the  first 4-5 turns.

wip Infinity Zuleyka Nazarova (Sky/Earth NMM)

In addition to BFG & 40k I also try to play Infinity whenever I get the chance. Though lately that is less and less as the group around here seems to have disintegrated unfortunately. I'm still working on getting my Haqqislam force painted up, and may be taking it to the ITS tournament at Celesticon. Figured I would post this wip of Zuleyka Nazarova's bike up on here even though it needs a little touching up still.

This is my first attempt at painting up chrome surfaces as Sky/Earth non-metallic metal, and I am rather pleased with it so far.

I need to touch up or redo the blending on the exhaust pipes, but otherwise the motorcycle is done. Now I just have to decide if I want to try to paint Zuleyka's semi see through shirt like the official model.

Cruiser Clash at Charon's Harbor - Hyperion T3

The few Eldar ships that managed to escape destruction during the last battle at Charon's Harbor were still lurking around the system as the main Chaos fleet moved on towards the center of the sector. To clean up the lurking Eldar forces a small newly built Chaos fleet was sent in to destroy the slippery xenos. In the end the battle doesn't last long and comes to a rather sudden finale.