From 40K to Role Play

Someone wants to play as a Zombie Bear. So I found this one in Pound land.

I cut out it’s eye and a chunk of its chest. Added in some green stuff and I was done.

It was surprisingly quick and easy.

I think that I need to get some more toy animals ?

Making some Monty Python inspired Halfling Squires.

Using Wargames Atlantic Halfling Militia with assorted Frostgrave heads.

The main bulk of the backpacks was made with milaput blocks. Some extra pouches and bed rolls were added with Greenstuff.

The bag frames / flag poles are chopped up Halfling spears.

I then stuck Frostgrave / Wargames Atlantic weapons, pouches and gubbins all over.

Managed to find an old Mordheim chest in the bits box for the one squire. I also added another old empire shield to Arthur’s squire’s pack.

I realised that the Monty Python flag poles were actually spears after I chopped the spearheads off. But I wasn’t trying to copy the Python knights exactly. (Halflings)

Although I was still annoyed about this but couldn’t be bothered to try and stick them back on.

Making some Monty Python inspired Halfling Knights.

Using Wargames Atlantic Halfling Militia with assorted Frostgrave swords. The shields are from the old GW Empire swordsmen.

I did some very quick Greenstuff mail coif’s with mixed results.

Also gave Arthur a beard etc .

Made up 10 snake-men.

I had a Frostgrave snake-men sprue that assembles 5 figures. It came with 10 head options. The spare heads were put on 5 Wargames Atlantic goblins. I also used the snake-men arms on the Goblins. The small models where then mostly equipped with crossbows taken from various Frostgrave spures.

The snake arms and heads required some copping and green stuffing to work with the Goblin bodies.

I made a simple snakeskin stamp to texture the green stuff.

Made up 10 knolls / wolf men.

I had a Frostgrave knolls sprue that assembles 5 figures. It came with 10 head options. The spare heads were put on 5 Wargames Atlantic goblins.

The heads needed a bit of green stuff but that’s about it.

I think that once painted up they should look quite similar

I have resorted to making stuff in the car on my lunch break at work. It’s not ideal but better than nothing.

Some scratch built beasties made of stuff off the floor and various bits of wire.

Failing to find time to get anything done. I realised that I could get apps for video/ audio editing for my phone.

So I had a go at making a short atmospheric / scene setting Intro video for the RP campaign.

It’s heavily inspired by ‘Night of the Living Dead’ (1968). I just used still images of models that I had on my phone. Then made some random synthesiser noises…

I might make some creepy background music videos to add a bit of atmosphere while playing?

Making painfully slow progress on the project.

Made up 4 sailors and an adventurer. Minimal changes made to these ones. Just some little bits and bobs from other sprues used.

The lightly armed sailors/ civilians should come in useful.

They all need some cleaning up and filling before painting.

The plastic Frostgrave minis do have lots of annoying mould lines etc.