January is a good month for me to start painting for the challenge. I'm still on vacation for a few days at the beginning of the month and can get a lot of work done on those days.
I have 40 Goblin Wolf Riders to paint for this OWAC edition... I chose to keep the metal wolves and the smallest Goblins for last. So I started with the classic Games Workshop plastic wolves with Knightmare miniatures as goblins wolf riders. Those goblins are absolutely awesome and so much fun to paint! Not overwhelmed with small details and full of character.
I'm very happy and quite proud of my work. Each wolf has a slightly unique fur pattern, each goblin is different with some colours reminder on different accessories or parts to unify the unit. For the shields, I cut some 5th edition plastic goblin faces and glued them on the shields. After painting them, I wasn't quite satisfied with the result and decided to add some sort of vine flocking above the head. I think it gives a kind of savage folk horror vibe and, again, a uniqueness to each model. I imagined those goblins cutting themselves the faces of their fallen camarades and stuck them on their shield as an honour and a way to cause fear in the heart of their ennemies.
I also took some time to learn how to upgrade my photo skills a bit and applied a few simple techniques to get much better results. So here are a few group shots and then all 10 different goblins showed on each side. Tell me which one is your favourite!
See you next month with 10 more !
Cheers !
No comments:
Post a Comment