Gitzdee Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 I just started reading the Frostgrave book and i wondered what could be really good AoS kits to get for this game. I noticed some people here also playing that game so i was hoping to get more info on this. I thought a kit like Grots could work really well for that game and also double for AoS/Warcry as i have multiple weapon options here like bows, a kinds of melee, banner, musician and even nets. Does AoS have any other good kits like this i could consider buying? I figured skeletons could be great for summoning or random dungeon encounters or maybe Necromancers soldiers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xking Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 What's wrong with the models from Frostgrave? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestial Rose Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) It really depends what you want, you need a wizard and apprentice. And then it’s up to you how the war and is built. really the only thing that I would suggest is trying to stick as close to standard sizes. not a hard rule, but too big or small can be a huge effect, but it also ads some fun so it’s a feels it out sorta thing. so, beastigors and gors for a beastmen could be cool, if you want a beast group that isn’t the gnolls. Just need to work out wizzie and apprentice, and some shields and swords, daggers and such for specific wargear. Gitz would be easy, but maybe expencive if you want specific one off minis Sylvanath is doable as well, and lots of elf, chaos and undead can fit in with a little work. it may depend a lot on your access to terrain, on a board with lots of buildings bigger and smaller units have less impact so you can go more wild. Only a terrain board that doesn’t have to much height, your big models will die, you will need to be paranoid of every direction, where a small mini like a goblin will be a terrifying foe. So if you want to go with more interesting group I would make sure you have good variance of terrain, tall and wide. With smaller scatter Personally I have minis from everything when I play frostgrave, so plenty of Fantasy/Aos minis make it in at times. Edited January 26, 2023 by Celestial Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 47 minutes ago, xking said: What's wrong with the models from Frostgrave? Not much wrong with those but i love GW minis so i want to use those if can. I can also use them for warcry or maybe allies for my AoS armies. Not so much the other way around imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasshpit Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) Frostgrave is fantastic. Its fun, loose, and and just plain scratches a certain itch for me. This is what I use so far. Skeletons -well, skeletons. Specifically the sepulchral guard. Armored skeletons - deathrattle warriors. (When/if grave guard or equivalent drop these two will shift places. Zombie - zombies... duh. Ghoul - crypt ghouls (was going to get the underworlds band but am waiting to see what/if new FEC are. Bear - I had a hard time finding a good basic bear model that I liked. I settled on a ar-grush model from dgs games until i find a suitable Geedubs bear. Boar - bonesplittaz boar Giant rat - i just use rat swarms from cursed city and give them undead keyword Ice spider - haven't quite figured this one out yet. 🤔 Snow leopard - i use the kitty from the untamed beasts. Would love some new sabre tusks, Geedubs. hint, hint. Wild dog - haven't quite figured this one out yet. 🤔 Wolf - currently use dire wolves and give them undead keyword. Will be getting some Snarlfangs for the future. Fenrisian would work well here too. Small Construct - small necron bugs. All the wires cut off and the carapace will be painted with a wood grain look. (In the frostgrave book there's a cool art piece of a wooden construct, think that) Imp - furries from warcry Ice toad - haven't figured this one out yet. 🤔 Wraith - chainrasps White gorilla - haven't figured this one out yet. 🤔 Medium construct - mid size necron. Minor demon - take ypur pick of many Geedubs options here Snow troll - rockgut with a cold scheme Worm - initially looked into tyranids but couldn't settle on anything. Ended up going with that sylvaneth endless spell. Werewolf - Vyrkos bloodborn Vampire - FEC archregent Large construct - larger necron models Frost giant - almost went with ale guzzler but settled on the fomoroid crusher with a cold scheme. Working on expansions pieces as well. Might use skaven as gnolls. Definitely open to suggestions. I highly Recommend frostgrave to anyone. I play a little different where as im a gm of sorts and a team of players with a shared team of minions, hq, etc. Edited January 27, 2023 by Vasshpit 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) I own a bunch of gitz so i figured i will be playing those. I got some fenrisian wolves i could use and some nighthaunt. I got pink blue and brimstone horrors that i can use for minor demons. Could use dryads as skeltons for the time being i guess. Glad i can field at least some things on that list with my collection. Edit: also got some Troggoths. Dont know how many little spiders i have left as decoration, could maybe build a swarm out of those. Edited January 27, 2023 by Gitzdee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasshpit Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) Gitz definitely offer a wide range of options. Squigs as ice toads Dank as a frost giant Etc... Hope you enjoy it. What are you using for your wizards and hired guns? Any of the warcry/Underworlds kits offer great options as well as the cursed city box. Im excited for dawnbringers for this very reason. Edited January 27, 2023 by Vasshpit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 1/27/2023 at 6:39 PM, Vasshpit said: What are you using for your wizards and hired guns? Any of the warcry/Underworlds kits offer great options as well as the cursed city box. Im excited for dawnbringers for this very reason. Thinking about using the 2 models from the Gobbapalooza as the wizards (boggleye and brewgit). Thinking about using the old grots as soldiers as i own a few different ones like spears, bows, boss with sword, banner and musician and nasty skulkers. Not really sure about this yet but its an option. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 (edited) Want to ress this thread for a bit. I am looking for a human warband and thinking about using these as the base. Dont know what GW models i could possibly add and also what i could use as a the wizard + apprentice. Maybe add steelhelms and look for the wizards elsewhere? Does anyone know what kind of weapons the steelhelms got on the sprue? Edited February 10 by Gitzdee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasshpit Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) I was looking into this as well. Use these guys as your basic and the steelhelms as their upgrade. Would need to do some kitbashing fo sho. There's two great "wizardy" types in the cursed city heros if you've got those. Damn, haven't played frostgrave in awhile. Need to though. This will show options Edited February 10 by Vasshpit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 I was thinking about using the marshall and envoy as the 2 wizards, they seem perfect for the job with a little kitbashing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizzaprez Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) Boar Mierce Miniatures Bear Mierce Miniatures Wolves GW- ray dranfield Zombie Wolf Conversion Wild Dogs GW Squigs Leopards Reaper Lions Giant Rats GW- Cursed City Rat Swarms Toad FW Plague Toad Spiders GW- Old WH grot Spiders Gorilla Crooked Dice Great Apes Trolls GW Rockgut Troggoths Giant Mierce Miniatures Giant Sharkman Construct Sm GW- Necron Scarabs Construct M GW- Necron Warriors Construct Lg GW- Whatever the big three legged guys are Demon Sm GW- Brimstone Horrors Demon M GW- Old Tzeentch Horrors[?] Demon Lg GW- Ogroid w/ doom Baron Head Worm Reaper Giant Worm Zombies GW- Zombies Skeletons GW- Skeletons Skeletons W/ Bow Oathmark Skeletons Armored Skeletons GW- Grave Guard Ghoul GW ghoul Wraith GW- Bladegheist Revenants Vampire On foot armored vampire: you have options Werewolf Vyrkos Bloodborn idea I'd made a chart for this in a doc to help me organize my own quest for miniatures! Some I'd owned, some I purchased, but this is what I nailed down for NPCs! For warbands, a friend of mine has built his Skaven band out of a box of Plague Monks and the Underworlds plague monk kit: gave him quite a few options for robed ratmen My other friend is using the frostgrave wizard kit along with Perry Miniatures knights/men at arms My wife is using Sylvaneth; revenants for "heavily armored" stuff, Dryads for "lightly armored" and I built her some little sprite swarms for the "no armor" guys For myself, I'm using some Chaos Duardin for my wizard and knight, some Horns of Hashut for lightly armored stuff, and some Hobgrots for my thief and treasure hunter (I've got some metals and plastics so I'm using one of each to differentiate em) Really like how open Frostgrave is! Once you've got the core bestiary down (if you want to do it all) the first few expansions don't really add that many new NPCs, it isn't really until you start getting into the gnoll and barbarian stuff, or the wilderness one For the Gnolls, since they have every unit profile I'm planning on representing them as a spectrum of Goblins -> Kruleboyz -> Ardboyz Edited February 11 by Pizzaprez 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasshpit Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) @Pizzaprez That's great list. and your warband ideas are awesome as well. I use the fomoroid crusher for a frost giant, the warcry lion from an early warband, boarboy boars, but overall very similar. I even use necrons too. I want to pick up those ghoul-rillas from the FEC warband for gorillas. I'm also trying to find a way to tweak the rules and play as a dm of sorts with more monsters and have players on a same team. Such a fun game. Edited February 11 by Vasshpit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 (edited) @Pizzaprez @Vasshpit Nice idea with the ghouls and gorrilas, i still need both. I will have to make some list like u both have done to see what i am still missing. I finally decided on my human warband. I will try and get these models soon. I am also thinking about making my other warband a boneplitterz one, i think i can build more options with orruks than with the gitz. I get access to dual, 2 handed, 1 hand + shield, daggers, bows and could kitbash some beastsnaggas as the more elite options. It would be a lot of work and also invalidate them as AoS models, so i am not sure if i want to start on this project. (Not my models, but its the same idea) I am still trying to find a kit that can build me the most options out of any GW kit out there. Edited April 26 by Gitzdee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 Maybe the Monsta-Killaz can also round out the Bonesplitterz list with trackers/treasure hunters and get me some apes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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