Popular Post Boris Khan Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 The cold and bitter winds rage through the trees until they too break and wisp away leaving behind swirling snow and mists. It walks through the darkness, its craving drawing it nearer, it senses the flesh of the party who huddle near the pitiful fire trying to keep warm. They all notice internally that Gregry hasn't been seen for hours but all fear voicing their concerns. A shadow moves on a mound out amongst the birch trees ravaged by the blizzard. Something is out there, something hunting, something ravenous... The Wendigo (Reaper 03673). 52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Nice and creepy! A good reason not to be out in the wilds at night. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Creepy! Great work, I love the added corpse. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlady Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Have you read the Algernon Blackwood short story called The Wendigo? This would work very well for that! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Khan Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 7 hours ago, Warlady said: Have you read the Algernon Blackwood short story called The Wendigo? This would work very well for that! Nope, I knew legends of the wendigo for a long time but haven't heard of Blackwood. Will check it out. There is a wendigo in one of the late episodes of Sleepy Hollow that look pretty cool. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iridil Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Wonderful! The bloody hands, the pale skin.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peithetairos Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Great gore effects and nice woodlands basing. The face is especially well rendered. I think a light mist with a brown wash would make the base mire naturalistic and maybe a coat of matte varnish on the mini to dull it slightly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRadium Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Semi-necroposting but I wanted to say this is brilliant! I've been trying ti figure out what I wanted to do with the wendigo figure besides set everything in a deep recent snowfall. I wasn't feeling very inspired to paint it, so I was looking through images of wendigo minis when I saw yours and realized "prey! That's what it needs!' And from a lot purchase if old minis I had one misisng a weapon and I didn't care for anyway. So now he's prey. ' Thanks for the inspiration! I'm starting to paint again after almost 40 years (I was last painting figures for an AD&D campaign) so I'm not very good, and and yes it's imitative but that truly is the sincerest form of flattery! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golldan Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 8/5/2020 at 8:47 AM, DrRadium said: ...Thanks for the inspiration!... ... yes it's imitative but that truly is the sincerest form of flattery!... I borrow/steal so much from this forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothsniper Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 lolz, the victim seems to be quite amused about the current state of events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Khan Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 On 8/5/2020 at 5:47 AM, DrRadium said: Semi-necroposting but I wanted to say this is brilliant! I've been trying ti figure out what I wanted to do with the wendigo figure besides set everything in a deep recent snowfall. I wasn't feeling very inspired to paint it, so I was looking through images of wendigo minis when I saw yours and realized "prey! That's what it needs!' And from a lot purchase if old minis I had one misisng a weapon and I didn't care for anyway. So now he's prey. ' Thanks for the inspiration! I'm starting to paint again after almost 40 years (I was last painting figures for an AD&D campaign) so I'm not very good, and and yes it's imitative but that truly is the sincerest form of flattery! Gregry the prey is made from bits of various Warhammer leftover bits. Hopefully you have painted yours so let's see some pictures! On 8/7/2020 at 11:09 PM, Mothsniper said: lolz, the victim seems to be quite amused about the current state of events well, having your life sucked out of you can be quite shocking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRadium Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) On 10/24/2020 at 9:40 AM, Boris Khan said: Gregry the prey is made from bits of various Warhammer leftover bits. Hopefully you have painted yours so let's see some pictures! . OK, it is not nearly as nice as yours, and the basing is covered with snow. And I put down too much blood. Although it is pretty close to the blood expected from what happened. Blood sensitive may may want to skip this one. For that reason I am going to link to it rather than post it direct. I have a head canon that goes along with it: Creeping through the fresh fallen spring snow, he followed the wounded elk tracks towards the stream. Thinking back to the previous evenings conversation "That arrogant ranger thinks only he knows how to track, I've tracked and hunted since I was a kid. Let's see what they say when I bring back fresh meat. He noticed a set of human footprints that also seemed to track the animal and realized he better hurry, another hunter was seeking the same prey. Ahead by the stream a large figure loomed beyond the branches heavy with wet snow, muffling sound and making the forest seem earily quiet. But when he came to the stream the scent of warm blood permeated the air and set the gristly scene. Beside the stream stood an enormous elk-like creature on two hooves. In one hand, a still twitching human figure, blood gushing from the wound left when one leg was ripped off. Done sucking the marrow from the long bones, it dropped the first leg and ripped off the second. The man's blood melting the snow where it fell and starting to stain stream red. It was a wendigo. Lucky for him, preoccupied with eating, it had not noticed him. He started slowly backing up and thought he might escape when he and the beast both heard the fallen branch crack under his foot. It's head swiftly swung towards his location and his eyes locked with its malevolent gaze, as it's attention turned from its last meal towards its next.https://imgur.com/dtvEqgF Edited March 15, 2022 by DrRadium Typos corrected, cleaned up sentence structure 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Slam Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 2/5/2020 at 4:54 PM, Warlady said: Have you read the Algernon Blackwood short story called The Wendigo? This would work very well for that! Yeah ...great story. This is a cool mini...especially the gore on the hands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Khan Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) On 3/12/2022 at 11:21 AM, DrRadium said: And I put down too much blood. Although it is pretty close to the blood expected from what happened. Blood sensitive may may want to skip this one. For that reason I am going to link to it rather than post it direct. Your take looks just dandy. Blood may be too red, maybe wash with a brown based wash or splatter brush some deep purple into i maybe. I also really like Citadel's 'Blood For the Blood God' technical paint. None-the-less, your wendigo looks menacing. Edited March 23, 2022 by Boris Khan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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