Otherworld Miniatures WE7b Werewolf

Werewolf, standing at 28mm to the eye, and sculpted by Matt Bickley. It is a one-piece casting. Well what can I say this is the best werewolf sculpt that I have ever seen. I have been collecting miniatures since 1975 !! So IMHO it's high praise to Matt Bickley for an amazing job, especially the dramatic pose & high praise to Richard of Otherworld Miniatures for commissioning such a wonderful miniature. Thank you.

In fact this miniature was so good. I painted another in brown compared to the grey one above.

And here we have both grey & brown werewolves, with an appropriate full moon background.

 

 

Reaper 03684 Graveyard Archway

Just a quick one to start.

Longtime since last posts.

OMG!!! I can't believe it's June & I haven't posted any photos, so I will endeavour to take a load of pictures of the miniatures I have painted this year & get them on this blog.

Well this nearly didn't happened. However the last day of the year 31st December 2016. I though, I'd better upload, most of the miniatures I painted this year.

Pathfinder Wendigo

Pathfinder Battles—Rise of the Runelords: Wendigo miniature. Manufacturer: WizKids/NECA. 2012. Pathfinder Battles prepainted miniatures set from Paizo Publishing and WizKids.

 

 

The above image is how the original miniature looked, since it was a pre painted miniature. Well that was okay. However this is what it was based on the image found in Pathfinder Bestiary 2.

 

 

Well, I decided that it required a re paint. Here are my efforts.

 





 

Here is one to show the scale of the Wendigo compared to a 28mm human size miniature.

Finally the Wendigo in its correct environment.







Citadel miniature C04 Thief - Punk Thief

Citadel miniatures (formerly GW) C04 Thief, 1984. I bought this year on eBay. A thief miniature of it's times, the early 80's, when punk was still around.

The miniature appeared in "The Second Citadel Compendium" in 1984.

 

 

 

 

As you can see it's the first miniature, in the above illustration. Since it's an 80's miniature, with a huge punk influence. I had to paint an anarchy symbol as well as a pink Mohawk. It just had to be done!

 



Mithril Miniatures Lord of the Rings M324a

Mithril Miniatures. Lord of the Rings M324a. Female vampire, Carangil. 1994

Carangil is a Sindarin princess from Mirkwood, captured and enslaved first in Dol Guldur then given as a "toy" for Miruimor in Thuringwathost. Though submissive she waits for her hour to escape and strike down her sorceress slaver.

I used this miniature as a slave/prisoner miniature.

Reaper Miniatures 14536: Varaug, Orc Warlord

Reaper Miniatures 14536: Varaug, Orc Warlord

 

 

 

 

 

Well it has been ages since my last post. However this doesn't mean I'll be only posting 1 miniature.

 

The first post is of Varaug, Orc Warlord sculpted by Bobby Jackson for Reaper Miniatures. This miniature is for 1 of the players in our Pathfinder Campaign. His request was for red armour, hence the colour of the armour.

 

Red Armour:

1. Red armour was initially air brushed with Vallejo Game Colour Air Bloody Red over a white primer undercoat.
2. This was washed with Vallejo Game Colour Red shade 73.206 (new formula). I was happy with the results so far & recommend this wash. First time I used it. It's great. 
3. Then painted by brush Vallejo Game Colour Bloody Red. Obviously leaving the shaded areas & armour joins.
4. I then highlighted a mixture of Vallejo GC Bloody Red + Vallejo GC Orange Fire.
5. I continued highlight with more Vallejo GC Orange Fire to the above mixture.
6. Finally highlighting/ edging with just Vallejo GC Orange Fire.

 

The orc skin choice of colour palette was courtesy of Andrew Taylor (amazing painter). Thanks for his advice, I went for Foundry "Moss Green" triad for orc flesh. As he said, "  I think it gives a nice dull more believable skin tone!" I totally concur with this. Not a big fan of typical green orcs.

 

Moss 29
Shade 29A	Moss 29B	Light 29C

 

 

Orc Skin/Flesh:

1. Painted Foundry Moss Shade 29A for skin.
2. Then painted Foundry Moss 29B on top of Moss Shade 29A leaving shaded areas with 29A.
3. Then painted highlights with Moss Light 29C + a touch of Foundry Moss 29B.
4. Finally extreme highlights & lining with Foundry Moss Light 29C.

 

 

 

Here is an above photo to show off the bloody axe, better.