Frostgrave Warband

Dwarf knight.

Wanted to do a Heavy Infantry Oathmark Dwarf in the style that the sprue intended, apart from the light infantry shield.

No more painting plate as leather. Primed black, heavy dry brush with Grey Seer, contrast red with Mephiston Red highlight on the leather under armour. Leadbelcher and a GW high sliver on the armour. Army Painter Weapons Bronze on the accent areas and the shield edge.

I like Ardour as a name. Sounds a little Dwarvish, Enthusiastic and ‘arder than your average dwarf.

Heavy armour and double-handed weapon is the fighter class for a Frostgrave Templar.

I have built this guy purely from the Oathmark Dwarf Heavy Infantry sprue.

He is painted up in a similar scheme to Ardour the Knight. Primed black, heavy Grey Seer dry brush to show all the details, leadbelcher and a higher GW silver on the metal, a Vallejo Russian Uniform Green on the gloves and sleeves, Red Contrast on the under armour around the waist and Army Painter Weapons Bronze on the accent metal parts.

I made a rookie mistake. I built most of a box of Barbarians without giving it too much thought to soldier types in-game wise. This example is a basic thug. Primed them all and they’ve sat unloved for a while now. I think I will try to rig some solo rules to suit the Forgotten Pacts campaign and see how it plays out.

This guy came out nice and neat.

I printed out a checker pattern on a basic printer and glued it to the base. Hoping it would look like a tile floor, but it just didn’t look right so I covered the majority of it with chippings rubble, coffee stirrer planks and snow flock.

The paint job is almost all washes and contrast with some highlights after. He was primed Army Painter Monster Brown I think. Knowing I was using Contrast I gave him a Grey Seer dry brush and this spared me some highlight work. E.g. The hair was literally just a citadel yellow wash over the primer and Grey Seer dry brush.

Braveliver is just a heavy drinker who thinks he’s a hero when drunk. He’s not an alcoholic. Alcoholics go to meetings. He’s just a drunk.

Shirt sleeves in the snow and already been in a fist fight? Had to call him Geordie. Obviously there’s no stereotyping there because there is no Newcastle in the Felstad Frostgrave world. Any connection to modern day is strictly coincidence; I just thought the name fitted nicely.

This is a Hasslefree dwarf mini.

I am disappointed with my efforts this time. It’s a great mini and I have given it an average paint job.

He scales very marginally underweight to my other dwarves so was happy to base him on the slotter base that came with the mini. It gives him a slight height boost and the basing from cut up sprue and cuttings from a spare lipped base help unite him with the rest.

I will continue my bestiary of demons and Barbarians in another thread.

The only addition I may make to this Dwarven party might be to add this kitbashed Dwarf Barbarian I made for my Vermintide 2 project. I will have to ignore the pistol at his belt but he is unlikely to get used in any other game so would be a waste not to get him involved.

I thank everyone for their kind comments and likes.

Happy Hobbying.