Gamezone Miniatures

In my never ending quest for cool miniatures I came across a company called Gamezone Miniatures.  They are a Spanish company that has been around since 2002, but I never purchased anything from them.

They have some rather tasty human types in their Empire and Feudal Knight line.  Their Feudal Knight line has several figures that would work great for Frostgrave.


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Midlam Miniatures - Halflings

Just got in some samples of the Midlam Miniatures (http://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk) halfling set.  The figures look fantastic with almost zero flash.  The figures have round bases and the current of halflings comes from Midlam's Adventuring Folk line called the "Halfling Town Council".  You can buy all 8 in a set or individually.  The set is on sale for $15.52, a pretty good deal for some very colorful halflings.

The halflings match up really well with most other companies halflings.  If you are looking for a set to spice up a town, these will work perfectly.

Below are several shots to give you an idea of size.

              Battle Forge Halfling, Copplestone Halfling, Midlam Halfling and Reaper Halfling

 Reaper Dwarf, The Viking Forge Dwarf, Midlam Halfling, Copplestone Wizard

Antediluvian Miniatures

Looking to spice up your At The Earth's Core game. 

Antediluvian Miniatures has a really nice set of figures that are perfect for a Lost World game.

Atlantean Guardians

Frostgrave Robbers, Thugs or Highwaymen

I am the process of trying to track down a few cool Robbers, Thugs or Highwaymen figures for Frostgrave.

Otherworld Miniatures has a fantastic human thug in their Non Player Character range called the NPCT7 – Tavern Bouncer.

I am still on the hunt for more guys like this.

Lead Adventure looks like they made some rather tasty thugs.  Not sure if these are still available, since they didn't show up in their store.  Could be out at the moment.

Citadel back in the day made some outstanding Thugs

 Warlord Games has a few interesting figures in there Pike & Shotte.

 

CP Models

Been trying to find some thugs for Frostgrave.

One warband I am working on are the Pig Orcs from Otherworld Miniatures.  While they have some fantastic pig orcs that I will be using for the Wizard & Apprentice, Knight and Marksman, I didn't think they had the exact figures I want for the thug selection.

CP Models has some that I think might workout.

Architects Of War - Fanticide

Just saw an interesting game called Fanticide. It's a ruleset and miniatures that look rather fun. It's by the same makers as the All Quiet on the Martian Front gaming system.

Wyrmwood Magnetic Dice Tower System

For those looking for a very cool dice tower, there is one currently on Kickstarter called the Wyrmwood Magnetic Dice Tower System that is about the best I have seen thus far.  You have variety of woods to choose from.


I chose the Snakewood version, because I just happen to have $1500 laying around to spend on such things.  Actually I am kidding, but hey if you're loaded spend away.

GW Fenrisian Wolves

I am not a big Fan of GW's pricing and sales tactics, but every now and then they have some really interesting figures.

I know these have been out for a while, but the 28mm Games Workshop Fenrisian Wolves are pretty Epic.

Frostgrave Review

After looking into Frostgrave, I am convinced it is going to be a pretty amazing game.

The essence of the game is to create a small group or warband of figures (Think Mordheim) and fight against another warband.  The main character or leader is a Wizard.  The Wizards can be selected from 10 different schools of magic.  Obviously each school has it's own unique spells, which can be used during battles.  Each Wizard can have an apprentice. 

Once you have chosen your Wizard, you have 500 points to spend on your warband.  The maximum number in the warband, excluding the Wizard is 8.  Most warbands will probably have an apprentice (You don't have to use an apprentice, but it's probably best to do so) and that will cost you 200.  The rest can be spend on various soldiers.   A knight for example is 100.  A thug will cost you 20.  Once your warband is made, you're ready to fight

Spells

Each Wizard belongs to a specific school of magic.  Currently each school of magic has

• 3 schools that are aligned with it
• 5 schools that are neutral
• 3 that are opposed

Each School has 8 different spells

Your Wizard spells can be chosen using the following

• 3 spells from your own school of magic
• 1 spell from each of the other aligned schools of magic
• 2 spells from any of the neutral schools of magic

As you can see there are loads of spell combinations that you can form and bring to battle.  Depending on your opponent, some of your spells may overlap theirs.  

Here are some great links to give you a better understanding of the game.
Frostgrave Review
Building A Frostgrave Warband

So far there are 4 Frostgrave publications.
Frostgrave Rulebook (Due Out July 21)
Wargames Illustrated May 2015 (Has at least 1 article)
Frostgrave - Tales of the Frozen City (Due Out August 4th)
Frostgrave: Thaw of the Lich Lord (Due Out November)

Here is Wargames Illustrated take on the Forstgrave - whoops that must be a typo - Frostgrave plastic soldiers
http://wargamesillustrated.co.uk/forstgrave-soldiers

Pig Faced Orcs

 

Wargames Foundry (http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/gob/john-pickfords-pig-faced-orcs).  These are my least favorite of the 4 companies currently producing pig faced orcs.

Miniature Figurines (http://www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/Catalogue.aspx?ScaleID=3&CategoryID=35&SubCategoryID=202) - Use to be the Minifigs fantasy line.

These are 25mm scale, so they are smaller than the likes of Otherworld pig orcs, but work really well with the figures produced in the early 70's - 80's.

Otherworld Miniatures (http://otherworldminiatures.co.uk/shop/product-category/pig-faced-orcs) - Probably the best looking most dynamic of the Pig Faced Orcs.

 

Fractured Dimensions - Produced a set of about 16 Pig Faced Orcs, however their current site seems to be down and I am not sure what the status is.

Mountain Miniatures has a set of Orcs that are completely compatible with the Fractured Dimension Orcs since they were sculpted by the same person.

Dungeon Crawl - Minifigs D&D Kobolds

Here are some rather cool old school Kobolds from Minifigs.  Now of course Minifigs is long gone, but their figures can still be found on Ebay occasionally.  There were kobold 5 figures produced, 2 to a stand (KL1 - KL5).

Check out (http://belchedfromthedepths.blogspot.com/2012/08/painted-kobolds.html) to see a ton of great images of these figures.  He modified the ones show above to make them look more like the ones in the monster manual.

Bob Olley - Titan Orcs

Here is a rather nice group of Orcs from Bob Olley called the Titan Orcs.  Bob no longer sells these, but they can be found by contacting Classic Miniatures (http://classicminiatures.net).   These are rather large for 28mm, so they sort of fall into the heroic 30mm range.

These were painted up by Alex Bews (Witchhunter.Net).

Grenadier Half Orcs

More very cool old school Grenadier miniatures. This time Grenadier Half Orcs. You can pick these up still from (http://www.mirliton.it)

 

Ral Partha's Galactic Grenadiers

Here are some old school Galactic Grenadiers 15mm Ral Partha figures from the 1980's.  They are a wee bit small compared to many 15mm figures today, but they are still very cool.