A Box o' Terrain & Various Stuff

Over the past few days I've bought, made and painted a bunch of various things. Most of this has come because I played that solo game of Frostgrave in my previous post. It nothing else it has inspired me to get more things done. Nothing major ~ just a bunch of smaller things that make a difference.

One thing I decided is to continue with solo Frostgrave and play the short campaign in the Perilous Dark supplement. But I need a few things. One of them is dungeon doors. So, today I went looking for some terrain at a a shop not too far away called Milsims (many years ago, in a long forgotten age, it use to be called Military Simulations) because they have a bunch of those Mantic terrain boxes.

I saw this big box. It cost a bit but the price was quite reasonable considering what's in it.

I opened it up to see a whole bunch of stuff in the first level (yes there's two levels worth of goodies). A quick look and I could see lots of shelves and things, piles of treasure, furniture, something that looks like an astrolabe, barrels & crates, wizard things and dungeon doors.

In the second level are a bunch of figures.

A dragon. That's nice. I don't have a plain old normal looking dragon. I've got a skeleton dragon, a jabawock, a dragon with a knight riding it and now I have a regular dragon.

A bunch of undead things. Skeletons, ghouls, zombies and a troll thing. Skeleton Archers ~ I don't have any of those. All good and useful.

A bunch of orcs, goblins, etc. I think some of these will find themselves drafted (press-ganged) into my goblin army as leader/command figures. Some nice looking little goblins in this lot.

Possibly the least interesting of all is a bunch of adventurers. I'm sure they'll come in handy along the way.

A pack of evil demons including a three headed devil dog: the dreaded Hound of Heck! Some look a bit odd at a quick glance but I'm sure they'll fit in somewhere. 

It looks to me that these figures are from Mantic's; Kings of War range. The colour coding makes it look like they're designed for kids to use them straight out of the box. Overall, they're a pretty good selection and I'm sure I can find a use for most of them. 

What's next: 

Considering that I've decided to delve further into the world of solo Frostgrave, I fixed up one of my terrain boards which was looking a bit sad and neglected.

I made this lat year for Rangers of Shadow Deep. It's a 3' x3' x 50mm sheet of insulation foam. It's double sided and the other side has grass/flock. This side has vinyl floor tiles that I initially left bare. They had a nice stone effect finish and looked okay. It was good for my previous needs and only took about 30 minutes to make. But I decided it looked a bit dull. So I gave it two coats of grey coloured caulk and then sponged some light grey (almost white) emulsion paint on top. I then gave it a very light dry-brushing. It took about a hour of work but also a day to let the caulk cure.

I think it came out looking okay and it will make a good playing area for more than just Frostgrave. The mix of dry brush and sponge gives it an interesting surface texture.

What else:

A well. This is from Wiz Kids. It's very nice and I've been meaning to get one of these for some time. It has a nice water effects plug stuck up its bottom hole. 

Some doors from the terrain box. I like to call them Jim and Ray.

I'm currently making a bit more quick and easy Frostgrave terrain. I started yesterday but I need to check out some other folks terrain for a bit of inspiration before I continue.