Frostgrave Female Archer (Converted North Star Plastic)

[Chris Palmer]

  I needed a female human archer to complete my new Frostgrave warband, so I thought I'd see if I could make one using the pieces from the North Star plastic Frostgrave soldiers set.  While I've heard it said that since the clothing on these figures is so bulky that any of them could be used as women, since the figure's shape wouldn't show through all the clothing layers anyway, I like it when figures that are supposed to be female actually look like a woman.   I didn't want to just sculpt breasts on one of the existing figures either, as I'm not a very good sculptor.  So I thought about where I could find a female torso to use; and turned to either the Wargames Factory Amazon set, or Female Zombie set.  I didn't think the armor on the Amazons looked right for Frostgrave, so I selected one of the female zombie bodies from a spare sprue I had.

 I cut the the female zombie in half at the waist, and then cut one of the Frostgrave soldier bodies in half as well. I then glued the top of the zombie to the bottom of the Frostgrave soldier.  There is a significant size difference in the two waists, so my plan was to hide this shortfall with some of the many accessories that come with the Frostgrave Soldier set.  I added a head from the female zombie set, and then arms from the Frostgrave  Soldier set.  I needed to trim the upper arms a little as the shoulder areas on the female zombie torso are a bit smaller than the shoulder areas on the Frostgrave Soldier arms.   In the end, the bulky arms help hide the narrowness of the waist. I glued a backpack to her back, and a quiver on her front hip to aid in hiding the smaller waist.

 

 

[Glitterwolf]

Very nice!

[vegascat]

Very cool, nice conversion!

[malefactus]

She looks the part. You did a SPLENDID conversion along with some BEAUTIFUL brushwork...nice job on the white stuff. OUTSTANDING WORK!

[VolksFest]

Great conversion. I love the purposeful and determined eyes. Perfect!

[Citrine]

Awesome conversion!

[Chris Palmer]

Very nice!

 

 

Very cool, nice conversion!

 

 

She looks the part. You did a SPLENDID conversion along with some BEAUTIFUL brushwork...nice job on the white stuff. OUTSTANDING WORK!

 

 

Great conversion. I love the purposeful and determined eyes. Perfect!

 

 

Awesome conversion!

 

 

Thank you all for the positive comments!  I'm glad you like how she turned out!

[Crowley]

Nice work! I haven't tried to work with any of NorthStar's plastics yet, but it looks like they should mix and match pretty well with other stuff, even if the size is a little off. Also, that's a zombie head??

[Chris Palmer]

Nice work! I haven't tried to work with any of NorthStar's plastics yet, but it looks like they should mix and match pretty well with other stuff, even if the size is a little off. Also, that's a zombie head??

 

 

Thanks, David!  Yes, the North Star plastics are pretty nice.  I've combined them with some GW bits in the past as well.   And, yes, that is one of the heads from the zombie sprue...as you can see, they vary in the amount of zombification they represent; this one being completely normal in appearance. 

Edited January 10, 2017 by Chris Palmer

[Chaoswolf]

Very good conversion, and a nice paint job to go along with it, too!

[Chris Palmer]

Very good conversion, and a nice paint job to go along with it, too!

 

 

Thank you, Chaoswolf!