Wolf Rider

 

Hello nasty followers of Gorkamorka!

Today I dig out a model I painted over a year and a half ago, since I realized I never shared it anywhere.

Bear with me, it was a one shot, so I did not write down the colour recipes, and probably forgot most of it. Sorry about that!

Working on those Wolf Riders (with Alex Hedstrom) was a lot of fun, and I was really happy with what we came up with. So I wanted to paint one of them, and chose the pose I was the happiest about.

I really wanted to give him an eastern feel, with a colour palette inspired by Miyazaki's films, particularly one of my favourites: Mononoke.

I remember that he was mostly painted with Contrast paints. We had just been given some samples in the studio, and a lot of us where having fun trying to tame that new beast of a paint range.

I obviously sprayed the model with Corax white, before applying Apothecary white on the wolf.

I then diluted some Black Templar with the Contrast medium and progressively darkened some of the fur. I finally dry brushed some Celestra grey on the fur to pick up the edges.

For the red I think I used Flesh Tearer Red. I love the tone of this very rich red, which works very well on any of the light undercoats.

I really don't recall the colours I used for the skin. I remember wanting to give it a warm feel, but honestly my mind was elsewhere at that time, and I was just playing with the colours I had to hand.

The yellow was definitely Iyanden Yellow, then some Fuegan Orange for the shading.

All the little straps simply received a coat of Skeleton Horde. Ok, it is true, those Contrast Paints are kind of magic...

I hope you like that model, painted without any purpose in mind, just for fun and to relax :)

As always, any comment or feedback is much appreciated! Thanks for dropping by!