Wednesday, 25 December 2019

Dricheans for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago?





Some Yan Koryani
Painted by Akarsh


I was disappointed when North Star cancelled (or put on hold?) the plastic box of Dricheans, the Bronze Age city state faction from Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago. The reason being that, as a Tekumel gamer, I am constantly looking for Proxies to add to my armies! 

The other day, however, a friend of mine showed me that sometimes the shoe is on the other foot. He said: "Your Tekumel figures would make good Dricheans!" And I thought, you know, I think he might be onto something! But you guys be the judge...







The Legion of Ever-Present Glory
Painted by Akarsh





The Yan Kor gurek of Tleku Miriya 1
From Donald Hauser's collection



The Legion of Serqu, Sword of the Empire
From Donald Hauser's collection



More Serqu...
Painted by Mike Lung
IIRC the road model is available as a card model online.


Action!
From Chirene's collection


Prince Eselne's Army


The Forces of the Usurper
A Tsolyani Civil War battle...


The Aridani Legion of Lady Mrissa
Mike Lung's collection


The Generic Fantasy shields on plastic Lybians
Mike Lung's collection




The Legion of Lord of the Red Devastation
Mike Lung's collection


Tsolyani shields (some limited quantities on hand)


Shen shields (lots on hand)


A Priestess?


Tleku Miriya shields 1 & 2


Tleku Miriya Crossbow accessories, inc Pavise


Valiant of Ke'er shield (ltd qty)


Showing three helmet styles: 
crested and two plumed versions




Scale armoured with spears



Scale armoured pikes or halberds




2-handed sword, axe or mace


Female pikes (cuirass)


Valiant of Ke'er banner



Male pikes (cuirass)




Cuirass - overhand cut or thrust



cuirass  - underhand cut or thrust




cuirass - archers


girl slingers


General Kettukal


Priest and Priestess


Witch or Shamaness




Cuirass with pikes


Sokatis City Watch



Makhis Longbows



Lady Mrissa's officers



Lady Mrissa's troopers


Lady Mrissa herself


Prince Eselne
Painted by Roy Duffy


The Lady Deq Dimani


Princess Vrisa




Dharu and Vanu - swords, bows and crossbows


Dharu and Vanu - halberds (limited stock)


Shen shields (Again)



Generic Fantasy shields

What does this all mean?

I gather Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago uses fairly small forces. Which is good b/c some of the accessories I have in only limited quantities (i.e some of the shields, and some figure poses).

I am currently offering a sale >>> HERE <<< which I have extended until the 19th of January.

Basically, almost everything in the Tekumel Project range is 40% off - just like a Tekumel Club member. Not the DAD 3D printed figures.

I normally sell in packages of 10 for $40 CAD ($24 CAD after Tekumel Club discount).

I can put together custom Drichean packs to your specification: choose the body and shield design - and I'll add the accessories like helmet plumes or sidearms, where appropriate. So 10 custom figures for $2.40 CAD each.

Email me at: green27 -at- sympatico -dot- ca to begin.

And, I hope you are having a happy holidays and that this will help to start 2020 off right! :-)


















3 comments:

  1. Hi, I've been following your posts with interest for a while. But while I have a decent mental grasp on Tekumel, I confess that one thing eludes me. I am overwhelmed by all the varieties of helmets, shields and color schemes for the "typical" soldier from each of the five empires. Is there a simple one or two page illustration to be found somewhere that I could use as a cheat sheet? Then maybe I could start thinking about investing in more minis... :o

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  2. So, no help for me? The only thing I've determined for myself is that Yan Kor seems to favor those tall helmets with a brim, while Tsolyanu often uses a helmet that looks a little Roman, IE with some sort of crest.

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  3. Apologies! I guess the short answer is "No, there isn't a simple cheat sheet!" The only easy thing is that there tend to be National colours. i.e Yan Kor - green, Tsolyanu - blue, Mu'ugalavya - red. But that said, it is easy to find units that don't follow the "rules". If you contact me direct, via the address shown here: http://thetekumelclub.blogspot.com/p/tekumel-club.html I can try and elaborate. Or start a thread on Facebook or Chirene's ProBoards.

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