Blacksmith's Forge

I picked up this Blacksmith's Shop at Cold Wars. It's from Novus Design Studio. It's a really nice piece. I really liked the detail on the model. It's 2 pieces, the shop and the roof is separate.

I added a few details of stuff I've had sitting around for a while. The extra's added are, the anvil and hammer, tongs, sledgehammer, scratch built table, small table, grinding wheel, sword, bench, and the 4 sacks. All other details are molded on.

I'm very happy the way it came out. It is a great piece that was easy to paint. I hope Novus Design Studios makes some additional buildings to go with it.

Cheers, Xin

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

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.