North Star 28mm Wizards and Rats

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff Tim, up until the shot with the dropper bottles they were very good but when you see them in a position we all automatically compute(hope that makes sense) they take on a whole diffrent persona? Brilliant Tim when can we see some more its made me think twice now about just walking past the local games shop Dave.

Hi Dave. Glad you like them. I have posted quite a few now, so have a look at my back catalogue if you want to see others. There will be some more later, but I have a couple of other projects on the go at present......
These are not from the high street, by the way, they are from a company called “Northstar”. They make quite a few figures in several genres, but the Frostgrave and Oathmark plastic sets are very good value. If you are after something more historical, try Perry miniatures or Victrix miniatures. Their plastic ranges are also excellent.....

[Tim Marlow]

HI TIM this is way out of my comfort zone but i was wondering how all these games work with these figures do you talk to others to work this war gamein ?
chris

Hi Chris. It’s hard to know where to start with a question like that LOL, it’s a huge field....
There is an almost infinite number of ways to game with figures, from the very large table (20 foot by 6 foot) with thousands of figures, to the really small (2 foot square) with half a dozen figures, but the premise is usually the same. You decide what period you want to play, historical, fantasy, land, sea, air, etc..... Find a rule set you like (again there are hundreds, from large scale, to small scale, and complex to simplistic), and paint/base your troops and scenery as required by the rules. Set these out on a suitable table, then play the game according to the rules. Random factors are introduced by the use of dice or cards, or other means are used. Usually you play against an opponent, but again there are many variations. You and the opponent can play against the game (a cooperative game), against the game and each other, just against each other (head to head), or as part of a larger group game with other people. You can also play solo if you are a Billy no mates, or in lockdown......
To get a visual idea, look at any YouTube video by ”The two fat lardies”. They do very good instructional videos for their historical rule sets.
Hope this helps....but it probably just confuses the issue....
Tim

[adt70hk]

Tim

I have no idea what they're for not they've come out very well.

ATB

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

Tim

I have no idea what they're for not they've come out very well.

ATB

Andrew

Hi Andrew. Glad you like them. They are for the rule set “Frostgrave”, published by Osprey.

[boatman]

Hi Chris. It’s hard to know where to start with a question like that LOL, it’s a huge field....
There is an almost infinite number of ways to game with figures, from the very large table (20 foot by 6 foot) with thousands of figures, to the really small (2 foot square) with half a dozen figures, but the premise is usually the same. You decide what period you want to play, historical, fantasy, land, sea, air, etc..... Find a rule set you like (again there are hundreds, from large scale, to small scale, and complex to simplistic), and paint/base your troops and scenery as required by the rules. Set these out on a suitable table, then play the game according to the rules. Random factors are introduced by the use of dice or cards, or other means are used. Usually you play against an opponent, but again there are many variations. You and the opponent can play against the game (a cooperative game), against the game and each other, just against each other (head to head), or as part of a larger group game with other people. You can





also play solo if you are a Billy no mates, or in lockdown......
To get a visual idea, look at any YouTube video by ”The two fat lardies”. They do very good instructional videos for their historical rule sets.
Hope this helps....but it probably just confuses the issue....
Tim

OK Tim i understand its really an unaswerable question that i have asked an as you say i wont understand it anyway but cheers for tryin to give me an answer
all best chris

[David Lovell]

Hi Dave. Glad you like them. I have posted quite a few now, so have a look at my back catalogue if you want to see others. There will be some more later, but I have a couple of other projects on the go at present......
These are not from the high street, by the way, they are from a company called “Northstar”. They make quite a few figures in several genres, but the Frostgrave and Oathmark plastic sets are very good value. If you are after something more historical, try Perry miniatures or Victrix miniatures. Their plastic ranges are also excellent.....

Tim i quite often cruise the Perry mins web site never been brave enough to dip in perhaps were see what Christmas brings.

[Tim Marlow]

OK Tim i understand its really an unaswerable question that i have asked an as you say i wont understand it anyway but cheers for tryin to give me an answer
all best chris

Hi Chris.
Watch this, should give you an idea......this is a head to head set of rules.

Cheers
Tim

[Tim Marlow]

Tim i quite often cruise the Perry mins web site never been brave enough to dip in perhaps were see what Christmas brings.

Hi Dave. I would say the Perry plastic sets are amongst the best around. Plenty of different sets to chose from, and they are all good. Their metal figures are great sculpts, but the casting sometimes leaves a bit to be desired. Once cleaned they paint up really well though....You can also buy single sprues if you just want a taster....

[PaulinKendal]

This is amazing painting, Tim - your finish is so clean!

[Tim Marlow]

This is amazing painting, Tim - your finish is so clean!

Thanks Paul. I find the finish depends upon the sculpt. These lend themselves to a clean finish, others, such as my GW ghosts (on here somewhere) less so.