Frostgrave. "Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful"

Having recently been introduced to Frostgrave using an ad hoc crew I decided that before I played a proper campaign I would print and paint up a proper crew that I could enjoy painting and be invested in their survival. On the downside the painting process had to be quick as it isnt the only game I am going to play and actually not a priority as yet.

I have a lot of Stls from various creators and had been wanting to print some of Titan Forge Scarlet Crusade minis. These are sort of Warhammer Empire if the empire had lasted another 100 years. They have a definite Elizabethan/Jacobean vibe going on which I really like. The quote from 'Measue for measure' in the title is their motto. https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-scarlet-crusade-bundle-385661

Add in a few 'The printing goes ever on' bits and we have a full collection as you can see below. https://www.theprintinggoeseveron.com/shop/brigand-camp-six-month-longstay-gift/?srsltid=AfmBOorHcuwZQFBd-4IrAVl-oqWma8Ziqi7Q7yIjd6ocikOC2GILWEay

My printer a Saturn 2 has a big enough plate to print them all in one go and then they were popped on cheap mdf bases.

As I did not want to commit a lot of time it was going to be the usual speedypaint+ method as I have described in earlier blog posts whereby I bang on speedy type paints in the slapchop method and then tart them up with regular paints. Essentially it is the traditional base/shadow/lights method but with the speedypaints doing the base and shadow work leaving me just to do the highlights. It is not an approach I use in my commercial work but for my own minis I am happy to use it.

As explained by lots of better painters than myself the basis for this method is a black undercaot with lyers of grey to white sprayed over at 45 degrees from vertical and then drybrushed to catch the detail. At this stage it looks like the picture below. To avoid a really chalky drybrush look it is best to have a very slightly damp brush. You will have to experiment to taste.

As you can see there are models for every role ready to go although I have finished only the 10 required for my initial band. Below you can see the initial band all painted up in a mix of speedpaints and vallejo xpress paints. I use the same medium for both and am not expert enough to know the difference if any.

Some of them look quite decent at this point and with some basing might pass muster if i didnt look too closely but obviously I will look quite closely and this will not do. In fairness this was about 2 hours painting for these and the subs bench in the following pic so not too shabby.

Below is the subs bench. I decided it made more sense to bash them all out at once and then tart them up as needed. Even the dogs!

First up finished is my wizard, a titan forge mini and one I had wanted to paint for ages but without this push would not have done for ages. As yet no name or actual decison on type of magic. Essentially I wanted to paint her and the rest of the crew were add ons!

As an apprentice another Titan forge mini was this grumpy looking old bastard. You can see where the highlights have been added all over the place with no real effort at blending. As I said the shadows and midtones are already there so its just highlight colour thinned with ak retarder banged in.

The doctor is neither titan forge nor the printing goes ever on. He is in fact a freebie I found on MMF and to be honest you can tell as it is much lower in quality but at my favourite price of free much credit to the designer Yasashi kyoijin studio. The plague doctor garb fits right in with the theme!

Tracker from Titan Forge. Comes with an actual dog but I have kept it off the base for clarity in the game as I dont want a hound in play that is not an actual hound. I have printed two hounds for later introduction.

After all the premium models some of my actual favourites are the crossbow/soldier types from the Scarlet Crusade. There are also sword and buckler guys which are very cool but at start I have a crossbowman and a soldier in what looks like 17th century clothes/armour. Maybe I should have done a sword and buckler guy as a soldier and saved the two handed weapon guy as a man at arms...too late now.

Two thieves are provided by TPGEO. These are from a brigand camp set which came as a 6 month loyalty patreon thing. The printing goes ever on are one of my favourite stl creators as they are always anatomically correct and very nicely sculpted with not too much irrelevant bling like so many GW models are. These guys look like actual brigands!

For thugs we are back with Titan forge Scarlet Crusade and some cheap as chips cannon fodder fanatics. They are expendable and they welcome it. Again these are great examples of how the speedpaint has done most of the work and I have just gone in with highlights where it counts on faces, shields and weapons.

If you are not convinced by this method that is fair enough but I would say that to get these minis to this stage after the initial couple of hours slapping on the speedy paints was less than 3 hours including a tea break. Basing probably another 30 minutes all in not counting drying time. For me that is a win as i have a playable 10 minis in less than 6 hours with a subs bench also ready to make it to the first team in maybe another 3 hours max.

As always I hope this has been of some slight use and feel free to contact me with questions, although dont ask about colours as I just reach for whatever seems right from the rack!