WESTEROS - Perry Miniatures - House Cerwyn Project

[Tordenskjold]

Those guys are looking so good!

What do you use for snow effect? Looks very good on the bases!

Also how do you do capes/beards? I'm very much liking the fuzzy look of those!

Hope you don't mind me asking, I'm making a Frostgrave warband at the moment and your mminiatures inspire me! Would love to do something half as cool base- and beard-wise 

[King Arthur]

Those guys are looking so good!

What do you use for snow effect? Looks very good on the bases!

Also how do you do capes/beards? I'm very much liking the fuzzy look of those!

Hope you don't mind me asking, I'm making a Frostgrave warband at the moment and your mminiatures inspire me! Would love to do something half as cool base- and beard-wise 

Hello!

Thank you for your kind words! I'm always happy to inspire others as I too have and continue to be inspired by my fellow hobbyists, it's why I love this community! That after 28 years of collecting and painting there's always something new to try!!

So, for the Snow, I highly recommend PRECISION ICE AND SNOW, I buy mine online from a great store called Scenery Workshop based in Holland:

http://www.sceneryworkshop.nl/scenery/sneeuw/

Here's the link to the Snows manufacturer:

http://www.precisioniceandsnow.com/

For Frostgrave I'd say you'd absolutely love this product too:

http://www.sceneryworkshop.nl/precision-ice-and-snow-krycell-large-ice-and-snow.html

You have to watch all the videos on the Precision website, truly inspirational 

Please also attach the snow with HAIRSPRAY! Seriously it works wonders, it dries instantly and you can then re spray to add depth and layers. I firstly used PVA and it dissolved the snow and left behind a nasty green puddle of gunge.......

For the bases, I first glue (with PVA) fine sand, then I attach some small stones that I find on the streets or at the park. Then coat the sand in a dark brown, then dry brush on a khaki/cream colour and then finally I highlight with a light dry brush of Vallejo Game Colour Grey Blue which gives a nice soft cold look, then I attach with PVA some model leaves (http://www.sceneryworkshop.nl/model-leaves-neutraal-3g-cp-mb-neutral.html) once it's all completely dry, get out your Hairspray and Snow and have some fun 

For the Cloaks/Beards I use Green Stuff (GW or Army Painter works fine) and mix it with a small portion of FIMO, about a 1:4 ratio of GS:FIMO. The FIMO gives it more flexibility and its softer in the hand.

For the Cloak mix up an amount the size of large pea, then flatten into a rectangle the desired length, then take a sculpting tool, preferably one with a blunt knifes head and then rapidly poke the green stuff so its full of small dimples, do NOT punch through the mixture. Then drag each dimple up/down/left/Right until you start to form the look of fur and then sculpt/smoothen into the desired finished look, then apply to your model and shape it to fit the contours and pose, leave it to dry for 24 hours. Make sure that the surface you work on is clean and flat and damp, this will ensure the GS doesn't stick to it! Do not overload with water otherwise the GS will slide all over the place and that's no fun for sculpting  Also, make sure your sculpting tool is wet for the same reason. If you make a mistake use a flat tool and wet it then smooth out the area and start again.

For the Beards, roll out a small sausage the length of your small finger nail then with a damp tool lift it and gently stick it to the models chin. Now use a damp tool that is flat and spread the GS up the cheeks and under the chin, the tricky part is the moustache area, but with the blunt knife edge tool you slowly drag a small piece of GS up and over the mouth from both sides. Once the shape is roughly set, draw small lines in the GS using quick flicking motions with your hand and keep going over the beard until it looks like strands of hair.

Hope that helps?

Cheers

Gary

[Tordenskjold]

Thanks for all the tips! I'll get to sculpting and basing soon 

[**GS**]

For cloaks you might want Tor take a look at this:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=74283.0

[King Arthur]

As promised, here's the first WIP of a Horse from Lord Medgars Bodyguard:









I have begun glazing with Vallejo Game Colour Smoke over the legs, eyes and muzzle to build up layers of translucent paint to achieve the coloured leg markings, I'll gradually add black ink to the glaze to fill in the lower part of the leg and the recessed areas around the eyes and on the muzzle. After that I'll look at deepening some shadows and then use a yellow glaze to lift the highest parts of the brown tones of the skin.

More to come soon 

[tomrommel1]

very nice horse indeed

[James Holloway]

Can't believe I haven't commented yet. These look fantastic. I like the individual infantry figures, but I think they look even better as a unit: grim and dour and tough and determined, just the way one imagines the northerners in ASoIaF.

[Captain Blood]

Another nice model 

[King Arthur]

Hello!

Some (I hope!!!) better quality images of the Pikeman unit:













Yes, the guy in the back row has a green beard  I noticed an error with the original sculpt, so done a small rework which will need painting 



I hope you like the update 

Cheers

Gary

[King Arthur]

Hello!

I bet you thought this had died away........ well after a long summer holiday and a packed September work schedule, it's back!

Here's the first of Lord Medgars bodyguard:









Again, a quick snap taken with my iphone.

More to follow soon 

[Sangennaru]

Impressive unit! I'd love to have them facing my Mormonts! *_*

[Charlie_]

Nice horseman! Good combination of parts, and I really like the choice of colours.

[tomrommel1]

  :-*nice

[King Arthur]

Thanks for the comments chaps 

@Sangennaru - I have seen those Mormonts of yours and those lances and bear traps look like they would do some serious damage 

Some small Green Stuff(ing) updates next:



These 2 have wrapped up their fur cloaks and taken spare swords (for the purpose of combating Sangennaru's Mormonts  ) along for the ride.

Cheers

Gary

[King Arthur]

So, here's a small update for you, the second horse for Lord Medgars Bodyguard:





Need to add another glaze of the Grey-Silver base coat to smooth out the White Ink highlights and once the final Matt varnish has been applied it should lessen the shine on the Black Ink I've used for the leg markings, but most of that sheen is down to the lamp, as it's dark outside!