Reaper Miniatures Cuth Wolfson, Barbarian - 77373

 

I needed a group of figures that represented an opposing adventuring group for the excellent Scarlet Citadel - A Dungeon of Secrets campaign by Kobold Press.  This is a great campaign for on again / off again groups because it's a long dungeon crawl and this campaign is with teens which makes it very sporadic.

I didn't have much time to get 7 minis painted up for the next session - and of course, when you're in a hurry to do something is when everything goes wrong.  I don't know why, but the paint on primer just wasn't working and it was being bubbly making pockets of bubbles on the miniatures.  Then I tried to heavily use the game wash on these and didn't really like where that went except for the metal bits - so I've come to the conclusion that it's really only good for metallics.

I wanted to have some element of color that brings these together as a unit so I chose purple pants and red somewhere on the model - so this model has a red axe handle.

This is 4 of 7.

I grabbed these models off the unpainted Bones shelf so I could keep continue working on getting that pile towards being completed.

Kickstarter paint total 169 + 1 Cuth Wolfson, Barbarian = 170

Maiden of the Blade #2...

I finally did it! A miniature painted in 2007. It's been a long time, but it's like riding a bike - once you get back on it's not too hard to get back in the groove. I picked a spare mini from a bag of stuff that I had in the drawer.

I'm not at all sure where I picked this mini up - nor do I have any idea of the company - I thought it might be i-Kore but I couldn't find this miniature on-line in any catalogs.

2014/12/31 - Update - found it! - this figure is from the Chronopia line produced by Heartbreaker - figure #2 from the warband box 20517 - Sons of Kronos Maidens of the Blade - most likely sculpted by Kevin White.

As it's been awhile, I modeled the paint scheme on the old Warhammer Quest Warrior model that I painted back in 2001 - nothing like going back a few years!

All in all I was happy with the end results - I think overall I've lost some patience - my drybrushing is a bit rushed and not as detailed. My layering technique is still good.

Painting Instructions for Archived War Maiden:

Step 01: Undercoat model with white primer
Step 02: Use Scorched Brown on all fur and leather
Step 03: Use mix of Scorched Brown and Blood Red on inside bearskin
Step 04: Use Snakebite Leather on all hair
Step 05: Use Enchanted Blue on loincloth
Step 06: Use Chaos Black on all metal bits
Step 07: Drybrush Chainmail on all metal bits
Step 08: Highlight drybrush Mithril Silver on sword
Step 09: Use Bronzed Flesh on skin
Step 10: Drybrush bear fur with Snakebite Leather, Bubonic Brown, and Bleached Bone - then over the Bubonic Brown very lightly over the Bleached Bone areas
Step 11: Highlight hair with Leprous Brown - then mix with Bleached Bone
Step 12: Use Vermin Brown on fur of boot
Step 13: Drybrush Leprous Brown and then mix of Bleached Bone on fur of boot
Step 14: Highlight boot and gloves using Snakebite Leather to Bubonic Brown
Step 15: Blend blue areas from Enchanted Blue to Lightning Blue with Ice B
Step 16: Use mix of Bronzed Flesh and Elf Flesh on skin
Step 17: Use Elf Flesh on skin
Step 18: Highlight skin with mix of Elf Flesh and Pallid Flesh then Pallid Flesh only
Step 19: Drybrush Codex Grey on base
Step 20: Drybrush Fortress Grey on base
Step 21: Highlight base with Skull White