Unpainted Legions: Trying out Contrast paints AND a new warband for Frostgrave done!

Hi again,

last month I took some time to try out the now-not-so-new contrast paints from GW, as what I saw on the web was quite interesting, and my personal attempt at using them gave me the idea they could be great time savers.

Turned out I really like some of them, while I was not been able to obtain any good from some of the others, but that's probably entirely my fault, as I failed to understand how to use them properly, I suspect.

They're not bad at all, I have to say, have some decent color shading by themselves, and are very good for putting base colors down in a quick session, BUT you really need to work on highlights and shading afterwards, if you're more interested in displaying your models than playing with them.

I mean, they're no magic, after all.

I've painted up a Frostgrave warband using contrast paints as basic colors and regular ones for highlights and metals, essentially.

To be honest, they're not the best paintjob i've ever done, but I was able to finish them in a really short time, so I guess I'll call it a win, everything considered.

You can judge the results by yourself, enjoy the shots.

(They still need basing, shame on me...)

First of all, the leader of the warband, Abraxas the Necromancer !

And then Philo, his apprentice - probably the mini I was most unpleased by. Sometime you just find a mini that you can't paint decently, I suppose.

Now it's time to show you Fufi the hound. All in all I like this miniature as much as I dislike the apprentice. Painting this dude has been soooooo easy...

Next one is Donnal the barbarian, an impressive warrior indeed and a great looking model too.

Last of the named characters, Rufio the thief, which I could probably have spent some more time workin on, I suppose.

Ok, nameless trooper time.

Let's start with three thugs, the most basic type of soldiers a wizard can hire in the frozen city.

Thug #1

Thug #2

Thug #3

Next up an archer and a crossbowman, to give a little bit of ranged options to the warband.

Archer

Crossbowman

Last of all, my summoned zombie, who will prove to be usefull for carrying treasures and distracting the enemy. (Yes, I rushed him even more than the others, as I completely forgot this model when I started painting the warband...)