Rangers of Shadow Deep - Solo play project
Completing the band
I came up with a back story for Archibald The Grim as he heads into the Shadow Deep.
War scarred him and drove him to drink for years. The army spat him out after horrific campaigns and a civil war and he found solace in the bottle. Moving from town to town as a sellsword, bodyguard or even carnival wrestler, he wandered in a drunken directionless fug. A bar brawl saw him bloody but victorious when a wizard came recruiting for a trip to Felsted. After a year of fighting for Wizards in the Frozen city he has begun to turn his life around. He is a brutish weapon of war and has chosen to put that to good use as a Ranger. He is again a leader of men. He leads well, his men fear his rage and respect his experience and skill. His men’s only concern is that he is brave and loyal to a fault. Many have been with and around Rangers all their lives and feel the honour and feel a duty to protect every villager and urchin in their domain. Archibald was given the choice of rescuing a fellow Ranger or a villager and he chose the Ranger. This was against their code and expectations.
Archibald has impressed his betters through his commitment to completing missions and willingness to put himself in harms way, but his Grim blunt attitude towards anyone beyond the Rangers and his trusted companions is a cause for concern.
Aragorn completes the band. (I looked into some of the lore in the book – In my group Aragorn will be a Tallis born lord’s welp called Godwin, but the resemblance is uncanny).
I didn’t paint this guy. To make him my own I painted the trousers the same rangers green as some of the cloaks in the gang. They had done a nice job but needed a matt varnish over the gloss one they seemed to have applied. Only cost about £5 delivered from ebay. Archerongames was the user name but not sure who to credit. (whoever they were they were old school, because they painted the base green ?)
Also enjoyed the gargoyle head I added to Myfanwy’s base.
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