Musk Ox Warrior WIP by Cyr

[Cyradis]

I got the critters as an addon to the DSM kickstarter recently. The first thing I am painting is this guy, a musk ox warrior. He's big, so priming took a while. And I am using a crummy brush for base coating all this fur because it is a brush mangler until I get to the nitpicky stuff. 

 

I'm trying to make the small bit of chainmail 1) NMM to see if I can do it and 2) slightly tarnished. I don't think thia guy is good at cleaning. 

 

Armor color themes I am thinking dark red primarily, with black, blue, and green accents. I was looking up eskimo art for the sake of doing his belt-thing justice, and those seem like reasonable colors to go with. 

 

Thanks to the CMPA for the poster tack and the jar idea - had to find a big jar for him!

 

 

[Cyradis]

He's looking more shaggyrific. I did multiple dark colors on the eyes, but I don't know that they really show up. Then again, looking up musk ox, their eyes are pretty darn black anyway. 

[Glitterwolf]

Very cool!

[Cyradis]

4 hours ago, Xherman1964 said:

Very cool!

 

Something tells me that he'd confuse wolves. He looks like meat but is too handy with the weapons ;)

[Glitterwolf]

2 hours ago, Cyradis said:

 

Something tells me that he'd confuse wolves. He looks like meat but is too handy with the weapons ;)

 

Yeah we respect the Musk Ox

[Lidless Eye]

Looking good!

How big is this guy?

[Cyradis]

He's a chunker. About 150% height of a normal figure with a lot more girth. 

[Lidless Eye]

16 minutes ago, Cyradis said:

He's a chunker. About 150% height of a normal figure with a lot more girth. 

Perfect, thanks!

I feel like he'd be good for Forgotten Realms Yakfolk, with that height.

[Cyradis]

He'd definitely be a good yakfolk. 

[Cyradis]

I began highlighting the shoulder pads (uuugh I love this red triad) and practiced some freehand on the purse. Inspired by Michael Proctor's rendition of this guy, but not copying him. 

[Cyradis]

Got the fish on his chest completed. Got a fish texture on the red in the tail. Not 100% happy with the color scheme. Do like the shading on the plate (was going for a steelish look). 

[Flaming Tiki]

Nice job so far! I think the colors on his belt plate are spot on, wouldn't change it up if it were up to me.

[Cyradis]

Got the knife done.

 

The pommel was probably intended to be bone and I went for a darker metal. Maybe it is bone coated in dark iron. 

 

The coloring was fun. 

 

Put a chevron on the front. Colored the knobs. 

 

I think the extra color on these helps balance the fish out. 

 

Thinking that the fuzzy trim should be a medium tone slightly reddish brown. 

 

 

[LarsM]

The colors are perfect, dont change them!

 

[Cyradis]

Unchanged!

 

I am a bit unsure about the colors I have for the boots and the trim now. I don't know if I can balance them well with the club over his head. The brown I chose is visually a similar tone as the red, and it is a lot in one spot. Maybe I highlight it? 

 

Will get pictures soon (phone vs computer typing).