Week 12; One slice of Cow or two?

It has spent some time on the back burner, but at long last the Varghulf is complete. Apologies to goblin1980 for obviously ripping off his idea, but it looked so nice that I wanted to have a go...

This is the first time I have tried to create anything imaginative with GWs water effects and I found it a lot easier than I thought it would be. The blood / gore effect was created by wrapping two small lengths of fuse wire around the painted claw so that I had four bits hanging down. I then mixed a small amount of water effect with a suitably bright red paint and dabbed it on. Leave to dry and repeat. This worked a lot better than I expected it to (experience has taught me to be disappointed after the first attempt).

The cow comes straight off the giant kit and required very little work other than bending the tail and cutting a small gash in its side. I filed the gash with pva and then dabbed in the same water effects as the claw blood. Easy again.

I hope you enjoy the overall effect. I am quite pleased with it. Maybe next time I will try a little more imagination...

I am still 10 painting points behind my painting target and on my painting table sit marauder horsemen. Last time I tried these, they look longer than I hoped, so it does not look likely that I be catching up on the schedule any time yet...

Works in progress: Varghulf and Scyla

A little more progress on these two background projects this weekend. I wanted Scyla to have the ability to show fast movement so am constructed a pond that can a splash in it. I am experiencing great difficulty with the water effects. It takes days for a 2mm layer to dry and then appears to shrink days after...

Since the last update I have not made a lot of progress with the Varghulf. I have added a bit of sand and fiddled with the rocks a bit. I'm still not sure what colour scheme to follow with this chap. Options appear to be light brown, very dark browns and I have even found a blue Varghulf.

Not sure which way to go....

Snow in Exeter

It snowed (a little) in Exeter on Saturday so it was too cold to spray on any undercoat. So I took the only opportunity available to me and cracked open the green stuff. The dragon ogres are a combination of cold ones and ogres. I know its been done before, many times, but it still felt as the right way to go. It needs a lot of green stuff and a lot pf patience but I'm going for it any way.

I also had a little play with the Varghulf and have added his prey. The wound will be filled with PVA.

Varghulf

Start of a new month, so I have splashed out on some new metal. Varghulf this time. Looking for inspiration I came across this address. A bit too much gore for my liking, but nice non-the-less. I will probably try to model in a similar way, but I will need to try and work out how to do the goo. I'm guessing water effects with red paint in it around a wire frame. Guess its time to experiment. I have pinned every joint and raised him above the base so that I can mount him on rocks.