These two 28mm scale Shrieking Wolves are produced by “North Star Military Figures” and can be bought as code FGV337 from their “Frostgrave" range. "Designed as alarms to scare away intruders", the statues can be encountered by adventurers exploring the Collegium of Artistry - "a vast, labyrinthine complex of halls, classrooms, and laboratories built into the mountainside."
Initially primed in "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna, the pair of "tough and tenacious" creatures were subsequently treated to a layer or two of Brass and shaded using "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade. Ordinarily, I then usually brighten my miniatures back up with a dry-brush of (more) "Vallejo" Brass, yet on this occasion I wanted the statues to remain somewhat darker than normal, so skipped this step in favour of applying a sporadic wash of the "Citadel" Nihilakh Oxide.
Once this "Citadel" Technical paint had been applied to all of the metal figures' nooks and crannies, I slowly started to blend it in using a dry-brush of "Vallejo" Brass. Finally, I went back to areas such as the beasts' maws and paws with some additional "Citadel" Nihilakh Oxide simply to ensure that they were suitably weathered.
Momentarily stepping across from Joseph A. McCullough's fantasy world of "Frostgrave" to that of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord Of The Rings", I have made some steady progress on an old Uruk-hai Captain figure I plan to add to my 500-point strong Isengard army for the Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game. The now seemingly OOP metal command miniature by "Games Workshop" won't actually represent a leader for my force, but rather one of Saruman's shield-less brutal warriors who will only cost 9 points...
In addition to this, I have been assembling, priming and layering a handful more "Supers Unlimited" models by "Kitbash Games". I still have quite a backlog of these resin sculpts, including one of Doc Cosmos which quite embarrassingly dates back to before the company ran their first successful "Kickstarter" back in August 2019.
I had originally started painting the protector of Empire City in a blue and red colour scheme somewhat similar to his 'official' palette. However, I've since completely repainted the figure "Vallejo" Silver and "Citadel" Abaddon Black so as to better represent Captain Cosmonaut; a Soviet super-hero from Weird War Two. I do though own a second copy of this miniature, and have been contemplating whether to either pigment him in a less 'sparkly' costume denoting a time before he become so cosmically-powerful, or simply turn him into a statue/objective marker which was erected in honour of his noble, war-time deeds...
The verdigris on the dogs (obviously based on FOO dogs imho) is wonderfully underdone, and the sculpts themselves are superbly dynamic. I have a pair of Foo Dogs,statues (possibly from Ainsty) that are very staid in comparison.
I do like seeing what's 'in the pipeline' and this trio of unknows, to me at least, look very interesting.
Smashing work on the statues as always Simon, you must have more dogs than a Chinese restaurant by now!
Nice work too on the Orc too, looks just like the ones I remember from the movies.
And another batch of Supers is always a welcome sight. that middle one is a ringer for the old "Captain Planet" cartoon character.
Cheers Roger.
I really like the way you've used the verdigris to make those statues look old and weathered. I've tried using Vallejo Verdigris on some models but I've never got the hang of it, although it did work well on one.
The Uruk-Hai looks awesome so far, full of menace, although he seems to be armed with a Plague Marine sword :-)
Great work on the statues Simon, you do a great job on your ancient brass. Great progress on the Uruk, and some interesting Supers you're working on
Those shrieking wolves are awesome. Lovely sculpts and great paint job. Your technique for painting patinated aged bronze is superb. Good job sir!
Your Uruk looks great. You are powering along with him.
More supers? Not surprised as you seem very enthused by them atm.
Nice varied post.