Amazons approaching the Ghost Archipelago

Last year (not that long ago, really), Bad Squiddo Games launched a kickstarter that had a fair few dwarves I found great (female, of course, we're talking Bad Squiddo here), and after much humming and hawing, I decided to go all in on that. Which meant that I got not only a bunch of dwarves, but also a decent batch of amazons.

After some more hemming and hawing, I decided to initially paint them up as a crew for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago, helped by the fact that I had about as many as necessary for a crew with some variations. And suddenly they found themselves with paint, long before the dwarves I initially pledged for... oops?

First up, we have the Heritor (in the center, with some blue stripes in her hair), the ships captain (and someone with a bit of tactical sense, to the left... she probably won't see the table all that often) and a mystic with some powerful abilities (right, and totally not able to murder you five ways from sunday)

A bit of heavily armed and armoured support is never a bad thing among the islands. Either a shield, for some protection (with a greek A, for amazon, inspired by the spartans and their L), a big axe/club thing for smashing skulls, or just incredibly heavy armour over the entire body (counts as Heavy Armour and a Shield).

Of course, sometimes the heavy help is too slow to get where they're needed. In that case, some faster people is needed. Two Tomb Robbers, for fast melee (that might have an unfortunate tendency to die a tad too fast) and an Archer leaping through the undergrowth.

Then there is the crew, of course, with a variety of weapons and lighter armour to protect against the dangers of the Archipelago (gamewise, these will all count as Hand Weapons and Shields, even if some of them seem suspiciously large for one-handed weapons). They're also all marked by having at least some equipment of copper, and not just the everpresent bronze. Cheaper stuff for those that hopefully won't need to use it too often (oh, who are we kidding, this is the Ghost Archipelago).

Finally, there are these two young wolves hanging around the ship, helping out where needed, being taught fighting (with their copper blades) by whomever's nearby, and generally being just adorable enough to not get thrown of in the nearest harbour for their mischief. The fact that one of them looks suspiciously like the Heritor, including blue stripes in her hair, might have something to do with it. (Gamewise, they're emergency crew)

Personally, I love these scuplts (although they deserve a greater painter than me), the only thing missing would be a more mage-y character (preferably neither of the "young sexbomb" or "old crone" categories that are so common) and perhaps a second archer (because I really want two in my crew). And lo and behold, didn't Annie hint last week at just such things coming "soon" from Bad Squiddo? Why, yes, I think she did. Guess I will have to do an emergency shop-stop once they drop, followed by clearing some space in the painting queue.

/Fool Out