Happy Thursday people, and another cheeky little FrostTrader update for your viewing pleasure! This time it’s the turn of the Archers… see what I did there with the title? No? It’s a British wireless show… oh, never mind.
Anyhow, here are two as-yet-unnamed bowmen:
I’m quite chuffed with these guys – the compound (?) bows really work for me in terms of blurring the line between the sci-fi and fantasy genres, and the conversions just work well IMO. The bows came from a cheap set of ‘apocalypse survivor’ women from Wargames Factory, and really the entire project kicked off once I had found these parts! I’ve also introduced some green into the warpaint for these guys… not sure if I like it or not, so I may be changing that at some point…
I also finished Hawk-Wind, the treasure hunter:
Again, I’m pleased with the conversion itself – nice techno-bow, plus a scanner/staff thing that looks as if it might be used as a scope of some kind… y’know, for hunting’ treasure ‘n’ stuff? I’m assuming he’s blowing his unfeasibly large horn to a) let the waband know he’s found something shiny, or b) because he’s about to get his head kicked in… Again, I’m trying green for the warpaint, and again, I’m not 100% on it, but he’ll do for now.
And here’s a shot of all the bow’n’arrow types together, and a complete group shot so far.
Finally, I know I have been banging on about the ‘Mutes’ from the Amtrak Wars being an inspiration, so I thought it might be useful to show yawl what the Jeff-Jeff I’m talking about! Here’s a posse of Mutes from the Amtrak Wars illustrated guide by Fernando Fernandez:
And ‘the real’ Mr Snow and Cadillac:
So there we are chaps, hope you are enjoying the project as much as I am! Next time, we’ll be meeting the thugs and a warhound that complete the warband. Peace out.
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This theme is so cool man. I’m really, really loving it. I think I’ve said it before but the bows are awesome and I agree it does blend sci-fi with fantasy. Top notch painting as always matey.
Thanks dood :-)
Thank you for being a man of your word and delivering another post before the weekend. 😉
*bows modestly*
Having given the matte some thought I will forgive you (this time) for getting the theme tune to the Archers stuck in my head this early in the morning.
I think the green warpaint works – especially on Hawkwind – and it makes for a nice level of variety across the warband (just enough that they look like barbarians, not so much that they don’t look cohesive). Also the little bits of freehand on the belt armour are rather snazzy and overall the sheer amount of detail you’ve poured into this project is outstanding. Looking forward to the next instalment (and trying not to imagine them all talking like the Grundies…)
Yarp! Glad you’re enjoying it mate, and thanks for the kind words. Please accept my sincere apologies for the early morning ear-worm :-)
The compound bows really add something essential to this band and the whole grey zone in which they dwell between post-apoc, fantasy and hard sci-fi.
I’m a fan.
Thanks JB – having the Assless seal of approval has kept memotivated for this project :-)
Excellent!
Cheers mate :-)
These are brilliant. Im still not sold on their use in FG, but I wont bang on about it any more.
They are absolutely perfect for any sort of post-apocalyptic gaming though and they are better in almost all respects than most of the post-apocalyptic figures available.
Fab work Alex.
(“Assless seal” sounds potentially unhygienic)
lol – yeah, it does sound unclean, doesn’t it! Thanks mate, I do get you on the FG suitability… but I just love to kill multiple birds with my precious time-and-money stones :-) I may well fall in love with FG, in which case I will almost certainly do a ‘proper’ fantasy band at a later date… If I don’t, then I’ve still got a cool set of post-apoc dudes. win/win!
Those compound bows are ace, and really sell the techno barbarian feel, although it looks odd to see one used with a sheaf of arrows shoved into the ground Agincourt style! If you have any more bows, you could paint them camo or other colors too.
Thanks mate, I do like the incongruity :-) I did think about going with camo actually, but decided against in the end – I was worried it might all be a bit too busy with the warpaint etc?
Great project. Those sculpts actually look better turned into techno barbarians than as fantasy thugs. Very nice work on the detailing, both on the converted bits and the painting. I didn’t know Amtrak Wars before, just bought the first novel.
Thanks mate, I hope you enjoy the read!
Very effective palette, and they’re true to their inspiration. I’ll add another bird: what about Necromunda ash waste nomads?
Good call – 3 birds it is! (in the hand of course – that’s got to be worth 6 in the bush, right?)