Frostgrave – Wraiths

Ok, I lied. No Blood Bowl this time around mainly because of some setbacks. But I also had a little experiment I wanted to share.

Our next Frostgrave scenario involved Wraiths, and I quickly ordered some of these from Ebay:

They would probably do as is, but I had a little bit of time before our game and wanted to make them more like my mental image of Wraiths. Mainly stuff along the likes of the the horsemen from Time Bandits and the Ring Wraiths from Lord of the Rings. Very dark cloaks with spectral bodies.

I wasn’t sure how I would tackle the robes, but I knew the Ghost Tints should work well for the ghostly bits. So I got started on that. Then decided to try out “Oily Discharge” Ghost Tint on the robes. Looked like it would do the trick, so I kept on with it.

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The wraiths looked good enough for the game and I went back with a dry brush and finishing the base before giving them another spray of Dullcote. The results are above.

Oh yes, I said “Wraiths”, didn’t I? I did a small batch of them all at once. Trying out some different colors of Ghost Tint in the process. I think the light blue might be my favorite. I would have painted them all the same color normally, but this also helps differentiate them in games, if needed.

And here’s an interesting surprise from this experiment:

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In ‘normal light conditions’ the black of the robes looks opaque. But shine some bright light on them and things become rather translucent and ghostly. Really cool!

Up Next: Zombie and a Game.

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• Frostgrave
• Miniature Painting
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