After a little break from my Frostgrave Pan Tang warband, I've painted up another couple of figures, this time representing the better fighters or officers. I imagine Pan Tangians to be ruled by a brutal and strongly hierarchical society. The military would be no exception - officers are the word of the gods, as far as their subordinates are concerned, no matter if this results in a soldier being needlessly incinerated by some kind of foul magic spell!
| Pan Tangians battle Melniboneans - Stormbringer RPG by Chaosium Inc. |
The two latest additions to the warband are just such men - masters of their own little empires; ambitious, amoral, petty and selfish. Thorkor (on the left), is a junior officer from the Pan Tangian marines. He wears the lighter armour and shorter tunic of the naval forces. Carkan Amit is the senior officer of the Soorkan ul'Kaarna's warband - the most experienced fighter, with a strong grip on the fate of his men.
I believe Thorkor is a pre-slotta Citadel Chaos Warrior (although I was unable to ID him from the catalogues). With his conical helmet, ventail and studded tunic, I figured he was a good stylistic match for the Pan Tangians.
Carkan Amit is an unmodified Citadel Pan Tang figure - the officer from the 'Eternal Champion Personalities' range. I suspect he was sculpted by Jes Goodwin, as most of the personalities were. I decided to paint his plate armour white to add some contrast to the paint scheme. It also served to identify him as the senior officer.
| Soorkan with his apprentice and two most trusted warriors. |
In game terms, Thorkor will be used as an infantryman, while Carkan Amit will be a treasure hunter (at least initially!). Just one further archer to go with these guys, and my Pan Tang warband will be complete.
That white tunic is wonderful ! The more I see them the more I like them. This whoel colour scheme is really working well !
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic group.
Thanks JB! The irony is that I never intended to paint so much white on the figures - I was planning much less white and more orange. I just liked the very first guy (with the turban) so much, it flipped the paint scheme around!
DeleteGlad you like them :)
ReplyDeleteThose two are lovely. The Pan Tangian is a very characterful sculpt.
ReplyDeleteGood work Jon.
Its lots of fun watching the Frostgrave forces come together for the event, it adds so much to the experience :)
Thanks cheetor. I'm viewing all the build up like foreplay. I can't wait for the climactic event though!!
DeleteWell done axiom ... the metals worked really well with simple whites and blues.
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