The beginning of this Frostgave Terrain Project can be found here
It would appear that my forays into the World of Frostgrave
have captured the interest of a number of parties – over a thousand page views
on the day I posted part 2 of the terrain build. It would appear that this
particular game has fired up so many imaginations and created a vast community
almost overnight.
I believe the official forum is hosted on the Lead adventure
Forum and the volume of threads appears to be growing daily. There is also a
useful Rules FAQ on the top of the thread which I will no doubt review once I
begin playing the game.
I’ll be posting shortly about the figures I purchased for
this game in another post but suffice to say that I have started painting the
minis. Hopefully my first warband can be produced by the end of the month.
However back to the terrain building.
Whilst assembling the foam core stuff over the weekend I was
all of a sudden struck by the thought as to the integrity of this city emerging
from the ice. Is this a ruined city with buildings ripped away by a glacial
advance leaving just the footprints of their foundations or is this an
abandoned city made inhabitable by the onset of freezing temperatures and just
fallen into disrepair. Thoughts please.
Whilst travelling Hadrians wall a couple of years ago I was
struck by the fact that the wall has disappeared in the lower coastal areas as
a result of man dismantling the Stone structures and using them elsewhere
whereas the parts still in the uplands still stand after almost 2000 years. My
final thoughts are that Frostgrave will be a skeletal city, many of the stone
structures will still be in place. Some may have partially collapsed and fallen
into disrepair. Timber from roofs, doors and frames will have long since
collapsed under the weight of snow and ice and what remained has been taken by
foraging bands for firewood and their own structures.
One of the questions I am regularly asked is do you plan
these builds. The answer is simply no. I create a vision in mind of what I want
(usually inspired by pictures and other tables) and then just start. The only
real thought that goes into the process is the base materials and procuring
sufficient (at the best price) before the build. This vision (I stress is in my
mind) then helps me to select the possibilities of mixing scratchbuilt terrain
with ‘off the shelf pieces’.
The latest of which can be seen here…these three items were
found on ebay for the princely sum of £40 and fit perfectly with my Frostgrave
ambition. I’ll probably sell on the dragon altar (too ruined !) and it will off
set my costs for the other two pieces. Since acquiring the larger piece I have
discovered that it was produced by Ziterdes (there are a couple of other pieces
that have caught my attention.)
The Graveyard setting looks great and the ruined temple (?)
is just wonderful. However both are too grey so these will get repainted into
the colour scheme I am adopting for the city. My plan is to paint all the items
black before I start the onerous task of drybrushing the whole city. This way
it will keep all the pieces tied to the same colour scheme.
So before I sign off from this post a couple of thoughts on
table size. It would apprear from all the reports that I have read that this
game is best played on a 3ft square table with lots of terrain. With a number
of players interested in playing this in the shed I am going to need more than
one set up.
All my basic boards are 50cm x 50cm square. So therefore My
tables will be built in modular sections on these sized boards (I’ll think
about storage later on) – if I create 8 boards this will give me a degree of
flexibility to create two 1mtre square tables or one larger version. That’s the
thought at the moment but I am sure it will change ;-)
Until next time
part 4 can be found here
http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/frostgrave-terrain-part-4-first-painted.html
part 4 can be found here
http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/frostgrave-terrain-part-4-first-painted.html
Some very nice terrain pieces there, are some of them from FW ?
ReplyDeleteThe big temple I think comes from Ziterdes...the others have no idea. FW I assume is Forge World?
DeleteYes FW is indeed forge world
DeleteThat Dargon altar could suit your purposes better if you remove the ruined column bases, replace them with intact cake styles ones and do a half rook over the top, maybe with an LED lighting effect on the underside that shines down onto the Dragon. That would look rather awesome I think!
ReplyDeleteThose are some really nice pieces. As for your question I like the thought of it being an abandoned sitting made uninhabitable by the cold... well uninhabitable to humans at least.
ReplyDeleteThe rules allow for a larger table for more than two players.
ReplyDeletebet you can put the dragon altar to other uses ... especially when game of thrones is back on the TV . :-)...
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