Manufacturer
Gallery
[2001-present]
Humble Beginnings [1997-1998]
Gallery I
[1998-2000]
Gallery II
[2000]
Gallery III [2001]
Gallery
IV
[2002]
Gallery
V
[2003]
Gallery VI
[2004]
Gallery VII
[2005]
Gallery VIII
[2006]
Gallery IX
[2007]
Illumination
[Object Source
Lighting]
Sculpting
[Unpainted models]
RODEUR WOLFEN
Painting Process
This model as a few cross over points at the front that make for some interesting angles to paint with. In that, this model can be considered to be somewhat unfriendly to paint. Not impossible but the pose makes it difficult.
BARE MODEL
This model comes in four parts: head, scabbard and arm, hunting blade and hand and body. It goes together pretty well, better than most Wolfen I have built. The tree is sculpted from greenstuff as are the rocks and turf. The order of the sculpt is: a general frame for the tree first with the wolfen perched atop. Then the rocks were done in a flat worn style designed to look like very old wind or water worn stone. Once the rocks were cured the tree was done in about five stages. The reason the rocks were done first is that I needed to know where I could put the roots so that it looks somewhat natural. Once the tree was done the turf was added to all areas that had no root or rock.
STAGE I
At the first stage of the process the robe is done along with all the pattern work on the cloth. I find that I like to do each area to completion prior to moving on to the next part. This includes the fine details like pattern work. This gives me an impression of the overall look of the model well before I can actually see the final product. The skin and the hunting blade have been base coated. Eventually the blade will be much lighter and not at all like the base coat but it gives me an idea and also provides an early light area to work around. The skin base coat will end up being the darkest colour of the flesh found in deep cracks.
STAGE II
In this stage I finished the skin, claws, sword scabbard and some misc. leather areas. I based the NMM silver as well. The skin tone was achieved by adding a flesh tone to the base coat and eventually a lighter grey/white to the blend for the highest highlights of the face. To help emphasize the individual nature of the model I added red tattoos to his face and left thigh.
STAGE III
This stage sees the model make a real move towards the final product. It is always a reward to get to this stage since it means your original vision is becoming a reality. I finished the NMM silver, the hilt, crossbow and more leather areas. The NMM gold was base coated here as well. The NMM silver was done with many progressive layers of lighter grey blues until I ended with a white edge highlight in some areas. The paint must be thin and I use a lot of saliva to keep the paint thin on the brush and surfaces. This allows for smoother blends. At this point I entertained the notion of doing the base. However, it makes such a good holding point that I decided to do it at the end so I didn't rub the paint off.
STAGE IV
The model now feels very close with the gold being the perfect effect on the sword hilts. This gold was done a bit different since I used a grey to lighten to the mid tones and then I used white as normal. There are eight different colours applied in over 12 layers to achieve this final effect. Again I use a fiar bit of saliva to keep the paint thin on the surface and the brush. I am sure that blending medium can also be used for good effect but I am more comfortable with my method.
STAGE V
The model is now done
except for the base. This stage saw me finish the hunting blade that has
been base coated from the very beginning. The blade was done with a aqua
on the top and upper non edge surfaces. This was then blended with the
same grey blue used for the NMM silver to give it a more metallic look.
This accomplishes the task of making the blade look like it is reflecting the
sky color. The edge surface was done with a grey close to the base colour
mixed with brown and then highlighted with progressively lighter shades of the
top colour. The final edge highlight was done with the same highlight used
on the top of the blade.
The finished product can be seen at the
top of this page.