This Step by Step Work in Progress is for a contest hosted by The Miniatures Page (www.theminiaturespage.com). Round 3 for the Last Painter Standing. Vidar Wolf Helm. A very nice figure – he has the Viking look, so I decided to go with the Viking style.

Preparing the miniature: Not much assembly needed on this figure. The arm sprue fits nicely with no gap filling needed. I put 2 pins under his leg and tabard so I can mount him later on the custom base.

Painting the base: With the wolf cloak, I’m thinking of snow base. So I started with piling up the cork bits, glued the dried stalks (it actually from a craft broom that I got from Michaels – pretty handy for terrain J). Once the glue dried, I painted light grey to the cork and the stalks for basecoat on the snow. While waiting for the paint to dry, I mix the Hudson Allen slush snow powder with water to create a paste and put the paste on top of the cork and put some on the stalks.

Painting the skin and face: This time, I want my Viking to have pinkish tone on the skin. Started with Vallejo Antique Rose, highlighted with Basic Skin Tone, followed with Pale Skin Tone.
I painted the eye sockets with Vallejo Light Brown for shade. Ivory was then painted over the Light Brown. For the pupil, I painted Vallejo Dark Blue, highlighted with GW Ice Blue.