I have worked on this for a wee while

I am trying to get  it looking right.

I used Granny grating to add some interest into the windows and doorway.

We are getting there slowly I have added a doorway into the yard because otherwise it looked a bit weird.

Here is a 360 view of it so far.

The plan is to put a layer of filler and PVA over the top of it to blend it all in. In the various tests the dice stayed where they were meant to be.

I like colouring in!

(this was a lot easier though)

I had a mess around on the internet to find some interesting medieval manuscripts and saved a few. This is my library MK II. Basically I made some coloured pages and in the case of the reddish book added the pages to a book I had already Made. At a distance it looks OK.

I used a different method on the open blue book. I used the coloured page to work out the size of the book and built it from there.

The little blue book is a closed version with a picture on the front cover. (Not very authentic)

This is still very much a W.I.P but I am happy so far. The MK III version will be an upgrade from the blue book as it looks better.

The scroll is a Da Vinci study of the human form and the map is an original map of the Holy Land.

Someone asked how big they are….

Picture for reference but somewhere between 8 mm up to 20 mm depending on the book.

As an aside I decided to build myself a dice tower. Never made one before so we shall see how it gets on :). I printed the doors and windows onto paper and cut through into the card.

Having binge watched YouTube lately

I decided to try something different. Instead of making walls out of Extruded polystyrene I went for individual tin foil rocks that I saw Gareth from DMG using in a few of his videos.

I still based it up on some foam. This in turn will probably sit on some EPVC. The well cover was to hide the fact that there was cardboard on the inside . My original intention was to do a double wall, I didn’t bother as it made the hole a bit small. I had cut out the centre of the foam to increase the depth of the well.

The Stump will be my chopping block. I have now made a pile of logs both chopped and whole to be chopped. It will have an axe embedded in the top of the stump.

Just got to paint everything now!

Scrolls, potions and a map

I managed to get this lot built in 5 minutes.

A simple map made of masking tape folded in half. Closed scrolls masking tape around a piece of cocktail stick as well a# without. Open scroll – masking tape with a piece or receipt stuck to it. Both ends rolled around a cocktail stick. Bottles made from a bead and cocktail sticks. Candle (or whatever it is) beads and a cocktail stick.

Will get them painted soon.

I had a bash at a post game sequence as in a campaign.

Without a d20 I used an online dice roller.

My 3 ‘dead’ characters weren’t in fact dead. Rolling on the injury table they all came out unscathed.

As I had 4 treasure tokens I rolled on the treasure table.

This gave me a couple of good rolls and a couple of mediocre ones.

To cut a long story short I ended up with 2 grimoires, 2 scrolls and 350 gold coins.(I would have had loads more as one roll gave me a d20 x 25 gold coins. I rolled a 1!😱😱😱)

My grimoires and scrolls were rolled for. The grimoires were on on mind control and the other on reveal death. My 2 scrolls were for combat awareness and Blinding light. Both which were in my selection of spells.

Reveal Death is an offensive spell designed to frighten an opponent into seeing their own demise. All it does is make him or her lose their next activation. Mind control is a little more dangerous in that the wizard controls the mind of an enemy. Basically if they fail their will roll then they join my side until they pass their will test.

I then looked at experience….

It was at this point I realised how difficult it was going to be to improve. 10 points for each successful spell so 50 points there. Each treasure token 50 points. So my total was 250 points. My opponent however got 100 points for his treasure, 150 points for dropping my mage, 50 points for successful spells as well as 40 points for dropping a soldier. So in total 340 experience points.

My experience equals 2 levels. For each level I can learn a new spell, improve a known spell or improve a stat such as fighting or willpower.

I then decided to establish a base. Having looked through the list of options, I decided to set up home in a laboratory. The perk for this location is that I get 20 experience points after each game due to reading the various notes etc found within.

I then decided to spend a little cash to modify my lab. I decided to get myself a kennel to allow me to obtain another war hound. This cost me 200 gold coins. Quite expensive to get an extra dog. It will however allow me another fast model on the table.

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I think I saved these…

I have now got everyone onto the mdf bases. This took a lot of extra hole drilling, cutting off of plastic tabs and in the case of the dog lobbing some hot glue onto the base to support it.

Ready for basing gunk which is basically:

PVA

Sawdust

Brown house paint

Mixed together and plopped onto the base.

They are now sitting on the radiator drying off.

Next up is the angst of how to base them. Frostgrave takes place in a city that has just reappeared after spending one thousand years under ice. The question is…. do I add snow to my bases. If I do then basically Frostgrave and Icy areas are all they are good for. We shall have to see.

Dropped a clanger with these:

In my keenness to get these done I picked up the wrong wash for the colours on the tunic. My idea was a dark wash over the darker colours and a light wash over the pale colours… DOH!

Glazing has made some effect on the colour, but I do think it is going to have to come down to a bit of a repaint.

On the upside I do have a pot of Iraqui sand with me which is a darker tone than the Bonewhite.

With a mix of the two and a steady hand I may be able to paint it into the creases and even wet blend to the ridges.

We shall see how I get on… (Note to self – take the paint home with you 🙂 )

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I decided to do a bit of colouring at coffee break, it was either that or scream and shout and start flinging things about the office….. I am calm, I am calm, I am calm……..

Anyway I decided to have a mess about with the Ostarian flags. The way the original triangles were coloured black and white caused a few problems, although not insurmountable they were still a niggle.

This is the updated result. I am not quite sure Which I like the best?

The top is the original and the bottom the updated one.

I will have to have a fiddle around with some more colour combinations to work out which I like the best.

Scalloway Fire festival last night.

This is a short time lapse of the procession going past.