Kannan Fodder Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 These guys have been sitting around for years in one of my "to paint" boxes. I originally intended to quickly paint them for gaming purposes because we were running into a LOT of dire wolves, so pretty much pulled them out of the blisters and primed them, then promptly forgot about them. I recently realized I needed painted monsters in order to make a break into running a game, so dragged the pack out to fill in the ranks. For those of you with rather keen eyesight, yes, there are mold lines visible. I "needed" to buckle down and focus on painting again, so jumped right in rather than taking the time to obliterate mold lines. All were primed white, then I base coated the two darker ones in black. The one with the bone was painted using the technique Derek Schubert posted in the Craft section of Reaper's main website. I used the RMS Bone Triad on it and diluted Brown Liner as my wash. I used photos of wolves for my color references, then modified the technique as needed to get the color I wanted. And because they were intended for gaming, I sealed the living s**t out of them, which really muted the colors on the darkest one. (I say that because someone else pointed out that spray-on sealer can play havoc with delicate highlights/shadowing.) ~M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaslater Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Spray coat be damned!! Those look great. I wouldn't have known if you didn't type it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 They all look great but that light grey one is fantastic. Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 What Haldir said! The teeth are really well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captenglish Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Those are ridiculously cool, make me want to try some, but I hate painting hair/fur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferox Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Great job! I find that wash consistency is key for painting fur, and you nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deinosuchus Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Haldir is right. The light-colored one is beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruunwald Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 How weird! I just re-primered the exact same number of the exact same models yesterday! Must be the Season of the Wolf! I really like the light one especially. His eyes and mouth are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercius Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Great job on these...The highlight and shading look fine, regardless of the sealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 They look great and everyone being different makes for a very nice pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kannan Fodder Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 Thanks all. It really means a lot to me that so many of you have taken the time to post compliments. I went for totally different coats to make using them in-game easier. The light one was modeled after a photograph I found online. I really liked it, and wanted to try to duplicate it. Derek Schubert wrote a wonderful tutorial that is posted in the Craft section of Reaper's webiste. I followed it, but made some changes to account for my varying color choices. For the eyes, I filled in the entire eye socket with RSM Pure Black, then painted the eye light brown. Next I worked up layers of RMS Marigold Yellow, then added a black pupil, and finally a tiny white dot. I used a magnifying visor and a #1 RMS sable brush. ~M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegel Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 this is awesome.... I can even see the gum of the fangs... wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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