I recently ordered up a 3-pack of wolves from Reaper. Nice models...really like these guys.
I haven't painted dogs/wolves before, so I went straight to the internet and found some good source images. Here were the steps I used to paint a miniature inspired by this image:
The castings were really clean, so very little clean up. I mounted the wolf on a base and glued some sand down. After that dried, the figure got primed white, and then it got the usual dark wash treatment.
I painted up the base before moving onto the figure.
I started with a light golden brown.
Then added in the black patches.
I added a sepia wash, off-white dry brush, and finished the face/nose/mouth area.
And here was the finished wolf with the base flocked.
I then used this photo as a guideline for my second wolf...
...which is here.
And finally, I worked up a black wolf based on this image.
And here he is.
I liked each of these sculpts...good work, Reaper.
'Til next time.
Lovely sculpts and great paintwork!
ReplyDeleteThose are really nice; so many wolves are done in grey but that fading brown looks so much better.
ReplyDeleteReally excellent work.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for sharing the step-by-step pictures.
You should pick up a few Reaper bones and try them out. They are great value for table top playing. Some of the smaller sculpts can be a little softer in some detail vs metal but the mid size/large size sculpts (think more monsterish like ogres, giants, dragons etc) are *highly* detailed and pretty amazing given what an equivalent sculpt would cost in metal.
ReplyDeleteoh and compared to metals they are an absolute joy to pin/custom base...
DeleteNice paint job would the be good for putting on a viking warlords base for saga. what scale / size are they thanks
ReplyDelete28mm...those bases are about 1 1/4" long.
DeleteLook at Ral Partha in the UK for a super cheap pack (7!) of metal wolves. Absolutely stunning sculpts. Bought and painted them myself and highly recommend.
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