Wulfrik

I decided to paint Wulfrik for another person's Warriors of Chaos Army. Wulfrik is a great model, however, because of the chaos theme, most of the colors on the miniature will be on the darker side.






Above are several pictures of Wulfrik after it has been sprayed with black primer. A quick word on building miniatures. It is always a good idea to examine a miniature and remove any excess pieces of unwanted metal from the miniature. This excess metal comes from the casting process and should not be on the model. Take a close look at the picture above. The skeleton on top of Wulfrik has excess metal around it's fingers. These were not removed before being sprayed so I had to remove these bits of metal and in the process chipped the primer away. Therefore, I had to re-spray the primer back onto the model in certain areas. It is always better to simply remove these excess pieces of metal before doing anything. Also, make sure you wash your metal models before applying any primer. During the casting process a residue will be left onto the model to help remove it from the cast easily. This residue, if not properlly washed off, will make it more difficult for the primer to stick to the model. As a result, the paint will chip off even easier than usual.



I started this miniature by applying Chainmail Silver onto several areas of the miniature. After applying the silver I simply washed the silver in black wash. This gives the areas a worn look, which is ideal for a miniature which has supposedly fought countless battles.

I went out of order with this model, and painted the skulls, which are positioned all over the miniature. The reason I did this was to help me visualize the areas that needed to be painted and the areas that needed to be left dark. A good rule to follow is to paint from the deepest areas of the miniature outward. For example, take a look at the chainmail on Wulfrik and the skulls surrounding it. In this situation you should paint the chainmail before painting the skulls. Consequently, you should paint the skulls before painting the rope that are attached to the skulls.



For the area painted green, I used Knarloc Green (which is green foundation paint). I also painted the small cape hanging off Wulfrik's left side in Mechrite Red (which is a red foundation paint). The green area was washed in a green wash while the red area was washed in a brown wash. This gave both areas a deep base color to build off of. I finished each area off by applying two shades of the color that were higher than the original. For the red, I applied Blood Red and then a mixture of Blood Red and White. For the green, I applied Goblin Green to the raised scales and then highlighted that with Scorpion Green.





The model is getting closer to completion, but still alot of work needs to be done. The skulls and bones have been washed in brown wash and then highlighted with a mix of bleached bone (which is an off white color) and white. The rope attaching all the bone pieces together had been painted with scorched brown and highlighted with snakebite leather (which is a leather color)
In these pictures you can see Wulfrik's armor has been trimmed in a bronze. I first applied scorched brown to all the areas that were going to be bronze, followed by a 50/50 mix of bronze and scorched brown. Then, I applied pure bronze to the armor and washed it with Ogryn Flesh wash (which is a wash in the Citadel line of paints that is basically a dark skin toned color) This gives the bronze a great look. finally I applied 80/20 mix of bronze and Mithril silver and lightly applied that to same areas. The silver color really makes the metal shine.
Wulfrik's skin was more of an experiment then anything and may be difficult to mimic. I started using black and Rotten Flesh (which is a gray/yellow/peach color - hard to explain) This provide a dark gray/yellow base for his skin. The area was then highlighted by adding more Rotten Flesh to the original mixture. I applied this to the highlighted areas of the skin. Finally, I added just a bit of Rotten Flesh to the raised areas of Wulfrik's skin. The result is a skin tone that does not look healthy but looks great for this Chaos Champion.
The skin on Wulfrik's Armor, however, was painted differently. I didn't want the skin to look the same as Wulfrik's skin. Instead, I wanted the skin to have a leather - lifeless look. I started by painting the skin Scorched Brown and then went over that with Broze Flesh (which is basically a dark version of peach) Once dry, I applied the flesh wash over the entire area. Next, I applied a watered down Elf Flesh (which is a very light version of peach) Then, I mixed Elf Flesh with Rotten Flesh and applied that. The result is a lifeless looking skin tone that was perfect for this miniature.

Below are pictures of the final painted model. Took about 4 hours total to paint this miniature. I think the model turned out great, unfortunately, these pictures do not capture it. But check them out anyway!