More Frostgrave 28mm North Star figures

[Tim Marlow]

Hi all
Bit of a palate cleanser after the big Viking….



Blue Demon……not much more to say really…..



Little red imp…..



Eric Pencil head….what is called a “medium construct” in game terms. Basically made by a magic user to act as a servant, and now wandering the wasteland…..



My favourite…the small construct…like Pencil head he was made from scraps and animated by a Mage……a bit like a large soft toy gone rogue……

….and…the calibration shot….


As always, any questions please ask…..hope they pass muster….

 

[Jim R]

Hi Tim
Certainly not a genre I have come across but you really are a master at bringing these tiny figures to life. Even blown up on my big computer screen the quality remains.
Jim
Are they plastic, resin or white metal?

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Tim
Certainly not a genre I have come across but you really are a master at bringing these tiny figures to life. Even blown up on my big computer screen the quality remains.
Jim
Are they plastic, resin or white metal?

Hi Jim. Glad you like them and thanks for the kind comment.
These are white metal. Others I’ve posted before have been injection moulded plastic, put together like any plastic kit…..

 

[Steven000]

Nice work Tim! I like the wooden look of the pencil-head-guy, well done
Steven

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice work Tim! I like the wooden look of the pencil-head-guy, well done
Steven

Thanks Steven. The wooden look is achieved by painting him a base dark brown, washing in umber to generate shades, then overlaying several lighter shades of brown in thin lines to get the bark like effect.

 

[yak face]

First class work tim , figure painting , fact or fantasy is a black art to me , im always in awe of stuff like this , great work , cheers tony

 

[Tim Marlow]

First class work tim , figure painting , fact or fantasy is a black art to me , im always in awe of stuff like this , great work , cheers tony

Many thanks Tony. Nothing to be in awe of though. This stuff is smoke and mirrors to the real figure painters out there…..the only difference between fantasy and historical, by the way, is that with fantasy you get to have a bit of fun with the colours

 

[boatman]

Very nice work on them figures as when i was lookin through jen said whats that as i was on your first fig of pencil head an i looked at it an said its looks like Tim has made a fig from a pencil so i did a good guess but great figures
chris jen

 

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice work on them figures as when i was lookin through jen said whats that as i was on your first fig of pencil head an i looked at it an said its looks like Tim has made a fig from a pencil so i did a good guess but great figures
chris jen

Thanks Chris….first thing I thought when I saw him as well…..

 

[adt70hk]

Hi all
Bit of a palate cleanser after the big Viking….

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Blue Demon……not much more to say really…..

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Little red imp…..

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Eric Pencil head….what is called a “medium construct” in game terms. Basically made by a magic user to act as a servant, and now wandering the wasteland…..

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My favourite…the small construct…like Pencil head he was made from scraps and animated by a Mage……a bit like a large soft toy gone rogue……

….and…the calibration shot….
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As always, any questions please ask…..hope they pass muster….

Looking very good Tim.

The first time i came across the concept of things like medium constructs (he used a different phrase but can't remember what it was) was in a steampunk/fantasy book by a China Mieville..... IIRC it was largely set in a setting similar to the US in the days of the 'cowboy' and expansion of the railways across the country. As someone who was more used to the the 'pure' fantasies set in 'mediaeval' situations, from the likes of Tolkien, David Eddings and Raymond E Feist, it took me a while to get used to the more up-to-date setting but I really enjoyed it in the end.

Keep up the great work.

Andrew

 

[Tim Marlow]

I just think of them as clay Golems made of different materials Andrew. The Frostgrave setting is what’s called “Low Fantasy” as I understand it. Sort of Dark ages with knobs on…..
I’ll have to look for the author. Never heard of them to be honest, but I might enjoy the read.
Glad you like them anyway….

 

[adt70hk]

I just think of them as clay Golems made of different materials Andrew. The Frostgrave setting is what’s called “Low Fantasy” as I understand it. Sort of Dark ages with knobs on…..
I’ll have to look for the author. Never heard of them to be honest, but I might enjoy the read.
Glad you like them anyway….

Neither had I..... Just happened to be in the bookshelf at old workplace... So thought why not. Just checked, the book was called The Iron Council.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Neither had I..... Just happened to be in the bookshelf at old workplace... So thought why not. Just checked, the book was called The Iron Council.

Ah, right. Just looked it up. It’s the third book in a trilogy…….I read a lot, so might get the first one and see where it takes me….

 

[Steve Jones]

Wonderful small scale painting Tim. You wouldn't want to meet them down a dark alley

 

[Tim Marlow]

True Steve, very true……glad you like the painting as well….