Kringle’s Men

Due to receiving an unexpected birthday windfall, my mind has been on what shiny new toys I could buy, rather than concentrating on painting tiny little men with equally tiny little moustaches…

However, as my co-conspirators on Frostgrave Mo’vember (Roger at Rantings from Under the Wargames Table and Simon at Fantorical) have been busy beavering away AND have drafted an additional compatriot in the form of Punkrabbit (blog here), who has been swayed by the siren song of Frostgrave and joined us in our little corner of the asylum, I thought I should really crack on.

First up, the figure that would have been my first entry for Mo’vember, had he not proved so troublesome and the first member of Kringle the Enchanter’s warband – Sir Gideon Rust, Templar.

The is another Ral Partha Europe figure, namely the Armoured Duke, currently available for £3.00. This figure has a lot of nice detail, but my initial colour scheme didn’t quite work, so I ended up re-painting him not once, but twice. I finally managed to get his armour looking nice and rusty. The fact that he has a moustache and goatee also means that he meets the criteria for Mo’vember. This particular sculpt also reminds me of the Tenniel illustration of the White Knight from Alice Through the Looking Glass, so should you be putting together a Wonderland-inspired warband, you can’t go far wrong with this figure.

Next up, my second week Mo’vember entry and also a member of Kringle’s Men,  Black Powder Pete, “Archer”.

Yes, I know he’s a dwarf and yes, that is an arquebus, but as far as the “rules” are concerned, it’s a bow, alright? As I had been painting this dwarf up in a similar colour palette as my other figures, I decided that he should be part of Kringle’s Men. And as a dwarf, he’s got a beard, so another Mo’vember tick there…

The final member of Kringle’s Men this week is Holly “It’s NOT a girl’s name” the Apprentice. A little bit arrogant, Holly decided to cut some corners when casting his first spell, resulting in it exploding in his face. This burnt the right side of his face and damaged his right eye, resulting in complete colour blindness, so he now has to rely on his master, Kringle the Enchanter, to advise him what colour his clothes are. His master has a mischievous sense of humour…

As the expression on this figure’s face made me think he was a bit up himself, I decided to give him stripey Christmas elf tights, as I seem to have developed a bit of a Christmas theme with my warband. The right side of his face was an accident, as I was trying to paint his eyes, did the left eye fine, then ended up with a huge black blob as his right eye, which I then attempted to rectify by over-painting with white, picked up the wrong paint and ended up with a grey blob in the centre. It looked pretty cool, so I added a bit more GW Dwarf Flesh around the eye-socket, to resemble burnt skin and now we have a rather unique take on the HeroQuest Wizard.

So, managed to catch up, regained my painting mojo and have finally decided what my final Mo’vember entry will be, although he won’t be a member of the warband. Next week, we will finally meet Kringle the Enchanter, along with some of his creations…

Comments and feedback appreciated, as always.