Jaeckel's Castle Wittgenstein - Leader month - Shif Doppler and more

Well well well... can't say ending this OWAC is easy. I'm still struggling to find a model for Lady Margritte von Wittgenstein, and I am less and less confident to succeed by the end of the challenge. All I could do this month was the lieutenant of the guards, Shif Doppler, one ogre, and... more guards! At least, I can pretend the "Leader" month is done 😜

Shif Doppler has been heavily tainted by Chaos: he can turn his head and arms by 360 degrees, and his face is so corrupted that he's hiding it under a silver mask depicting a handsome youngman. 

In terms of miniature, I have used the model proposed in the original scenario pack to depict this character, but carved the helmet to replace the head by an AOS Stormcast face, and equipped it with a Warcry miniature flail (part of his equipment in the scenario).

Another character of interest, Slagdarg is the official torturer of Castle Wittgenstein: not particularly bright, this mutant ogre is fully dedicated to his job, and keeps questioning his guests... without listening to their answers.

To build this one, I have modified the Gutlagg Executioner model designed by Jes Goodwin by separating the head from the body, trimming down the shoulders, then lenghtening the torso by adding the upper armour piece of a Kruleboyz boss. I thought the chains, locks and keys would fit nicely with the honorable profession of Mr. Slagdarg.

Besides his final odd proportions (cough cough), Slagdarg's mutations consist in a bright green skin with orange hairs on his arms. Not exactly my comfort zone... In the end, way too much time spent on this model.

 

As for the guards, they are based on the imperial halberdiers designed by the Perry brothers in the 90s: I have either swapped the heads, or trimmed down the fancy feathers to give the original helmets a more severe look. I have also replaced two halberds by man catchers, very useful to capture new subjects for Lady Margritte's experiments 💀

The whole rank:

And the whole month:

See you in June with what's left to paint 😜