Ancient Guardians & Snake-Men Dwell In Frostgrave’s Jungle
April 24, 2018 by brennon
Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago boasts an impressive number of creatures and strange beasts amongst its ranks. This jungle-exploring expansion to the popular skirmish game continues to produce some amazing monsters like this Ancient Guardian, available on the North Star webstore.
"The Ancient Guardian is a unique demon that guards the temple of the eye. No-one knows who bound the demon to this place, or why they decided the broken eye needed such protection. The Ancient Guardian is humanoid, stands about 8’ tall and is broad and powerful.
A pair of curving horns grow out of the top of its head, and it has long, shaggy hair that hangs down past its shoulders. Its face is hideous, with tusks, small eyes, and large ears."
There's something awesome about the designs that we're seeing for Ghost Archipelago which allows their sculptors to go a bit wild. I think this chap looks like he'd be great painted in the colours we see Oni painted in, so bright reds and blues.
If you thought that was cool, wait until you see this rarely encountered Snake-Man, the Hemata.
"The hemata are a rarely encountered relative of the snake-men. In fact, there is some debate whether they are a species unto themselves, or if they are a common snake-man deformity. Standing about the same height as other snake-men, or even a bit taller, hemata all have long, powerful snake tails and two pairs of arms.
Hemata are generally stronger than the average snake-man and, since they are capable of wielding multiple weapons, are fearsome opponents. Hemata are usually used as bodyguards or guardians of important places. It is safe to say that any adventurer who encounters hemata is deep in snake-man territory…"
Again, an awesome and alternative design for the model and one that offers up a lot of chances to paint varied colours instead of sticking to the traditional browns, greens and muted tones we normally see in Fantasy gaming.
Have you taken the plunge into Ghost Archipelago yet?
"I think this chap looks like he'd be great painted in the colours we see Oni painted in, so bright reds and blues..."
Those do look really nice.
Not yet. But my planned Frostgrave Warband will feature multiple fantasy races reflecting the different classes of Henchmen available ( including 2 Hemata as Knights or Templars ).
I like the guardian figure.
That Hemata would be a good alternative Tzaangor Shaman for Thousand Sons for those wanting to step outside the goat-bird box.
And agreed on the call to paint the guardian as an oni.
Yesss. Ancient Guardian shall be mine!
More stuff on my Frostgrave shopping list!
Frostgrave is easily my favourite rules system, and the minis great to paint up.