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| Ulterior Motives |
No sooner
had I finished my terrain and figures when a new addition to the game, that
requires a few more terrain items, came out. The extra elements described here
were made in anticipation of the arrival of my set of cards for the Ulterior Motives expansion, which looks like
an excellent addition to the game. All these terrain items have been made so
that they can be used free-standing on my basecloth or on top of any
suitably-sized terrain item (except the gateway, which is really designed to
stand on its own).
Of
course, any or all of the items here can be used as dressing in any game of
Frostgrave whether or not using the Ulterior
Motives cards.
I should
note that when I had finished making these, my copy of Ulterior Motives
arrived, and I realised that duplicate items might be useful to have in case
opposing players have the option of both placing the same item. So I made
duplicates of each item as well.
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| Arcane Disc |
This
magic circle type thing was made from a pre-cut 50mm MDF disc to which I added
a thin skin of milliput in a circle around the edge. Lines and runes were
scribed into this with an old pen. The inside of the disc was textured with
PVA/filler mix, sand and chinchilla dust and finally decorated with snow flock
in layers.
Trapdoor
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| Don't open that Trapdoor! |
I made a
door from cut wooden coffee stirrers (only one in fact) and some bits of card
and tiny scraps of balsa. The door was slightly inset into a hole cut in an MDF
base. I resisted the urge to make the trapdoor hinged so that it could be
opened.
The Pit
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| The Pit: not a hole in the table |
This was
made from another 50mm MDF disc. I cut a circular hole about 30mm wide from its
centre, and glued the disc to a piece of card cut to shape so as to be able to
paint the inside of the pit. The edges of the hole were then slightly raised
with Milliput, inscribed to look like brickwork edging the hole. The inside of
the pit was painted black to give the impression of a deep hole.
Gateway
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| The Gateway |
I made
this in the same way as my walls, from balsa wood scored with a pen to look
like stonework, based on MDF. This gateway is larger than the other ones I
made, and I added a small buttress to the whole just for fun. The piece was
painted grey and washed black. This one was slightly harder work than most of
the other pieces here but I think worth it in the end.
Sarcophagus
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| Sarcophagus - two of them in fact |
This one
was very simple. I took a cut-down small cardboard box (formerly
containing medicine) which I sandwiched between two cut pieces of foamboard,
toppped with a piece of card and based on MDF. I filled some gaps with Milliput
to tidy it up, but otherwise that's it.
Runic Stone
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| Runic Stone: with added runes |
This is
described as a pillar with runes on. Very easy to buy a resin cast one, and
because a resin-cast one would be a waste of time to imitate, mine is a lot
more rustic - and easier. It is a suitably-shaped piece of broken roof tile,
based on MDF. I added a skin of milliput to both flat sides and etched runes
into it using an old pen.
Statue
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| Statue: with removable top, just in case it comes to life |
I haven't
actually got a figure I like for this statue yet - I intend to find a figure in
a static pose, possibly a souvenir rather than a figure proper - so for the
moment all I have is a plinth for it. I'll use a figure on top for the time
being. The plinth is made from mounting board and more card from that medicine
box, again based on MDF. The sides of the plinth were painted with PVA textured
with chinchilla dust.
Constructs
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| Constructs: small to large (L-R, obviously) |
This was
a frivolous idea that worked out well. I don't have any construct-type figures,
so rather than buy some I made some by sticking balsa wood offcuts together
into fragile-looking, rather haphazard and vaguely humanoid shapes, in
appropriate sizes. I wanted them to look like they had been made from the
stonework and rubble of the city itself, so they're painted like my Frostgrave
terrain. They'll do!
And now
for some Frostgrave games using Ulterior Motives…
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