The Viking Winter Wonderland (SSS) 30/11: Icy dead people!

[Silent Invader]

Lovely work DrT..... And you appear to have done some head swaps that have come out very well..... I can't quite tell from my teeny tiny phone ! 

Darn, I'm going to have to redo my quick paint job! 

[Dr. The Viking]

Wow, great. I recognize the three wolves. Is the rest from the german shephard blister???

No the two on the right left are mega miniatures actually!

[Za Zjurman]

Dear Dr. The Viking,

any change you can tell us mere mortals how you painted those wolfs...
That way we (I) can steal the colour palette and claim it to be ours (mine). 
Just stunning wolves 

Cheers,
Za

[Dr. The Viking]

Dear Dr. The Viking,

any change you can tell us mere mortals how you painted those wolfs...
That way we (I) can steal the colour palette and claim it to be ours (mine). 
Just stunning wolves 

Cheers,
Za

Haha! Yeah sure! I kind of just work on the spot and don't take notes, so forgive me if it's not exactly the same:

I googled 'wolf' and found this:



1) I started out priming them black
2) Painted them P3 Bastion grey all over
3) P3 Hammerfall khaki (khaki colour) on the lower parts
4) P3 Menoth Base (cream colour) on top of that
5) Vallejo Ivory (off white) on top of that
6) Dabbed the whole thing in thinned sepia wash
7) touched up the grey parts with Vallejo Fortress Grey (light grey)
touched up the whitish parts with Ivory again (diluted)
9) Painted black wash on the ridge of the back to the head
10) Wash the mouth with red, added white teeth (whitest white you got - I use Humbrol there)
11) Painted the snout with black
12) Painted the visible eyes with black and a yellow dot, other eyes just got a black line

Hope that hels or if not, just gives an idea of the palette. I probably applied mixed layers between 3/4 and 4/5.

[Za Zjurman]

  Thanks this helps a lot. I will try it for myself.

Cheers and thanks again,

Za

[Dr. The Viking]

When mum had left to see what was over the ridge she'd told little Annie to wait by the trolley and 'guard it'.
When mum hadn't come back for the night little Annie had cried her eyes out.
When finally something came over the ridge it wasn't mum.
It was 5 sleek grey bodies chasing down the hill.


*Note: I used an 'automatic contrast' on the image as it was really hard to tell the blue from the blue otherwise. So in all it looks a bit better than IRL I think.

EDIT: Horrible amount of errors in small amount of text!

EDIT II: Obligatory blog link to more images and details: http://clovermilk.blogspot.dk/2013/11/little-annie-and-wolves.html

[OSHIROmodels]

 

Methinks little Annie won't survive the next bit of text 

Great figures mate, you really are getting better and better 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

Nooooooooooooo! 





You do set the scene very well! 

[NurgleHH]

Very good. Hope you will do SSS at the "Do Or Dice".

[Dr. The Viking]

Very good. Hope you will do SSS at the "Do Or Dice".

I certainly will if it's done but then. 

[Elk101]

Why doesn't she turn the shopping trolley upside down and hide in it? Save yourself Annie!

[Too Bo Coo]

Where'd you get the shopping cart from??

[Dr. The Viking]

Where'd you get the shopping cart from??

There's this shady business called www.miniatureMOJO.co.uk that supplies me with all things sinister.

Beware of the guy who manages it though. It's been told that he's got a predilection for cannibalism and working on reviving corpses!

[Too Bo Coo]

I think Steve may have taken it off the list because I'm pretty sure I have everything he's offering... hmm... jammer!

[Dr. The Viking]

I think Steve may have taken it off the list because I'm pretty sure I have everything he's offering... hmm... jammer!

Ooops meant to link it too:

http://www.miniaturemojo.co.uk/products/31/130/shopping_trolley/