Continuing my ‘proxied’ Circle Orboros army here’s my Pureblood Warpwolf. The miniature is a limited edition Wolfen from the Confrontation range called Varghar. I chopped off the large axe he was carrying in his left hand and decided to base him on ‘stone’ rather than the skull and bone pile he came with. I think he makes a decent proxy for the Pureblood.
I decided to try something different when painting its skin. The model was undercoated white, which I touched up with a wash of watered down Skull White. I then glazed it with a very pale blue glaze made up of 1:1:2 Space Wolves Grey:Water:Glaze Medium. Glaze medium is a retardent so it took about 24 hours to dry! I made a dark navy/grey glaze which I applied to the fur. I applied this while the other glaze was still wet. Once dried all areas received a watered down Asurmen Blue wash. The model (except the fur) was then drybrushed (using downward strokes) a 1:1 mix of Skull White:Space Wolves Grey. Finally high level edges were picked out with pure Shull White.
The other colours are just watered down base colours with a wash applied.
Apart from the waiting time it was a quick miniature to paint.
Owen
I’m using that same model as a Gorax proxy… it’s a shame to left a nice model like that unused…
Andres
Agreed Andres. The Confrontation sculpts are very nice. I’m thinking about doing a Circle Orboros army completely with non-PP models. I like many of the PP originals, but the Circle Orboros has some poor sculpts, e.g. the Gorax!
Owen
Spasm warriors are perfect for Tharn… too bad I didn’t picked up them on time…
I really like the Confrontation models in general, especially the Wolfen. When I first saw the Warpwolf Stalker I immediately related it to the Wolfen right here: http://gobland.free.fr/mystere3.jpg
I think your idea of using proxy models is a good one. If you already own the models and want to play for fun casually, go for it!
A couple of the Wolfen I’ve painted may do as Stalkers, but I have this one still to paint –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oconlan/4866896948/
I think he’s a great proxy for the Stalker.
Owen
What size base is that wolfen on? Is it 40mm or 50mm? I was remembering that the wolfen were smaller than the PP warpwolf models.
It’s on a 50mm base. They are slightly smaller than the Warpwolves, but not so much that they look too small.
Owen