Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago Table Improvements

I'm running a large FGA game at Cold Wars in a few days. As well as fixing up the Rivoli battlefield, I'm doing some work on the FGA table as well.

Diving right in...

Here is the table from Historicon 2018

Vaal???

The first thing I want to fix is the tree stands. A friend of mine Tim Pleaslee made the stand in the upper right. I made the other tree stands. His stands look very jungle-ly. Mine look like the back 9 on Waikiki Country Club course.

First up, drown them in glue

The "dip" into flock bath. Various colors and textures.

Let them dry overnight

A lot of tree stands

Step 2, at foliage to each stand. I've been collecting bits of jungle terrain for a while.

I love my glue gun.

That is much better. It's a slow process but worth it.

 Another terrain element I had going was some free standing palm trees that I could sneak into tight spots.

First, cut off the head of a pin. Heat up the cut end till it's glowing. Then shove it into the bottom of a plastic tree. 

Bazinga! Free standing trees for your Foam battle table. Or a not very aerodynamic dart. 

The next thing I'm gonna fix is the pyramid topper. It worked for the snake god statue, but I was not happy with the look. Made me think of a Battlemech hanger. So it's out.

Replacing it with a ceremonial building on top. 

Since I did the game, Northstar has come out with some new figures that I want to use. How can you not get some Snake-Men?

Just released are the Tribals. And thanks to Lon at Brigade Games, he rushed me a box so I could get them painted.

So with Rivoli and Frostgrave I have a few things going on. I've been in way worse shape in previous cons. I got this.

Xin/Jeff

Amazons for Frostgrave and more

I like to theme my warbands for FGA. One of the Warbands I used for my Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago game is Amazons! Made by Crocodile Games during a Kickstarter, they are now available in their webstore.

I didn't get in on the Kickstarter but stumbled across some images of them on a forum somewhere. As soon as I saw them I wanted them. The game they are made for is a big battle game, so not really sold as Warband size, however I did email them and they would do a special order if I wanted for a small number of figures.

I didn't go that route cause I loved the figures so much I orderd the Starter set, and 2 or 3 more units. I want an army of these brilliant figures. They are still processing the Kickstarter so not all the figures are up on the website, I know they have cavalry models as well.

With the sales pitch out of the way(not cause I have a vested interest, just being a massive wargaming nerd) Here are the pics.

 My FGA warband. I only used 8 figures to keep the 10 player game simpler.

My Heritor.

 My Warden.

 Specialist Freebooter.

 Specialist Archer

 For standard crew I used 4 Swordswomen. After the convention Historicon, I painted up the rest of the figures to make a full 10 figure unit.

The figures are very detailed and are a joy to paint. If I wasn't trying to work on 37 projects at once I"d be painting more right now.

Cheers, Xin

Building Frostgrave Archipelago for Historicon, Finished!

Historicon 2018 is over, and it was a great time. I took all my crafting supplies with me to the con and finished the table on Thursday and Friday. I was done at 3pm on Friday, enough time to go back to the room, shower up and then head back to the convention to set up the game. That is cutting it close.

My problem is I can never stop adding on. While working on one piece, I'm thinking about what more I can add to the table. It's a sickness, that I have to actively fight. 

Before we get to the pictures, I want to thank friends and family for direct and indirect help with this project. Alan, Bob, Lou, Caitlin, Tim and my wife, thank you. 

No fancy post, just a huge picture dump of the game. Set up before the game and some in game action shots, and if I can figure out how to post a video, a video.