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The Silver Bayonet – The Carpathians Castle Fier
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About the Project
The new expansion for The Silver Bayonet was available at Salute 50. I picked up my copy and the game inspired me to get back into my collection. Painting up some of the new bestiary from the expansion and some minis for my investigating warbands.
Related Game: The Silver Bayonet
Related Company: North Star Military Figures
Related Genre: Horror
This Project is Active
Woodsman and Austrian Doctor.
The basing is fun on the Woodsman. The tree stump is a resin piece of sprue with an axe from a medieval archer sprue glued on top. The plant behind him is made from metal bits of sprue and swarf. Just glued down and painted green. The mini was primed brown and i used some brown Contrast colours over different areas to break up the clothes types 
I used Highlander Blue Speed Paint after a black and grey zeneth. Then I used Kantor Blue as a highlight, which was quite similar to Highlander blue colour.Getting the fuller experience.
To get the best out of the expansion, rather than just taking my regular units through the scenario I will add some of the new soldier types. The Austrian 2nd unit coming out with the latest wave of minis has many of the new soldier types. Living Scarecrow
I was hoping to find a kitbash solution for some living scarecrows but I got these official North Star metals instead.
Now that I have these I think I have a better idea on what to use to kitbash any extra ones. Adding dead grass static grass to the holes in the jacket sets them off nicely.
Ghoulish Vampire - Vrykolakas
Made from Warlord Games Nachtjager I found on eBay. The full box of 4 was cost prohibitive, so picking up a couple suited my needs.
Vrykolakas are from Greek myth, but the whole region have similar tales of a vampire type creature. It is less of a shape shifting nobleman and more of a ghoul that drinks blood.
The gore filled hand used to be a GI's WW2 helmeted head. I had to cut that out and add a touch of greenstuff. Other than that I don't see much in the way of WW2 unique features.
The detail would have come out better but I chose to prime over the previous paint work rather than strip and start again.Bat-tastic
Some of the missions require bats, not unexpected in a vampire inspired Eastern European expansion. Bats are probably going to make an appearance in Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadow Deep and Ghost Archipelago at some point so I picked some up online.
Swarm of bats. A plastic mini from North Star
Metal giant bats from North Star. Had some flight stands with clear bases so I can crowbar these into a variety of games. 
More metal giant bats from North Star. I couldn't find any more clear base flight stands so looked to some Gates of Antares drone bases as a solution. These were shorter and had a tiny base so based them on a bigger base for stability.
The basing matches my other Silver Bayonet minis.French reinforcements
Gringo40s do lovely minis and these are no exception. Even though they are from th same range they are surprisingly quite different in height. I used a thinner mdf base and cut the puddle / tab base away from her feet. And with the gentleman I added some offcuts from her base under his puddle base and put him on a slightly thicker MDF base and hopefully this takes the edge off the disparity in height.
They are apparently hussars, making them light infantry models in-game unless I want to make either of them an officer or investigator of some kind. The gentleman is actually based on a portrait of a famous general so perhaps him being in charge might make more sense. Four eyed Dog faced Ogre - Căpcăun
My version of a Căpcăun. (Based on a Rottweiler for his coat.) He's at the edge of his cave and the adventurers have clearly interrupted dinner ... Or served up dessert. The locals claim that the beast has 4 eyes, but now we can see him up close, his orange eyes and orange brow markings give that impression at a glance. Those that live to tell of an encounter with this beast... Generally only ever have time for a glance. 
This Hasslefree miniature finally found a chance to shine and get painted. (Hope Justin doesn't disapprove of the dangler, but with a loin cloth I imagine he would look less ferocious) I realised he isn't ogre sized like the official North Star mini so went for some cool basing to make him stand out.
The greenery on the base has become something I really like. It is actually a dab of Urban basing flock from Army Painter allowed to fully dry and then picked out with green paint. I think I added some Athonian Camoshade to give it some depth and a mossey look. 
The skull may have a helmet but I think that just shows how long that these dog ogres have been roaming these mountains and how long they have posed a threat to the locals.The Forrest Witch - Muma Pădurii
They have made an official Forest witch mini, but I find part of the fun of exploring this game is to kit bash and add my own flavour to how my games of Silver Bayonet will look and play out. Muma Pădurii in Romanian folklore is a mad or hag type woman of the woods and in The Carpathians expansion she is a witch in the first solo mission. I had painted a Necromancer for a Frostgrave North Star painting competition and there was an apprentice in the set. The model isn't particularly hag like, but there's something about the hunched posing and the sculpt that was enough to pick this out as my Muma Pădurii. 
The grey hair helps age her. I like idea of her looking almost beautiful most of the time but becoming grotesque and becomes volatile / crazed as soon as she decides you are an enemy to her or the forest. 
