Bruenor's been at it again.......

[Bruenor Odinson]

My brush fu is mighty at the moment, well the brush is, dunno about the end result, LOL!!!!

Here's another in my lengthy series of villagers, the Blacksmith.
Standing in his WWG workshop.





Ta.
Bruenor

[Custom_Hobby]

Great stuff there Bruenor. I always love the terrain you print up for your games.

[Keeper]

You've got a lovely leather on his apron there.  How did you do that?

And the anvil and plyers.  Is that just black drybrushed with something like GW Boltgun Metal?  It looks great :)

[Bruenor Odinson]

Thanks.
The WWG terrain really does make minis look better and at a cheap price too.

Keeper, the 'leather' is an OOP paint called snakebite leather, washed with 2 parts chestnut ink, 2 parts water and 1 part Brown ink, then drybrush (shudder) over with a little of the base colour, if you need a real sharp highlight to it add a little vomit brown and highlight again.
It would work just as well with Vermin Brown.

The metals are as follows:
The Anvil : Base Boltgun Metal, washed with neat Black Ink, and highlighted with Boltgun metal, then a little Chainmail added to the mix.

The pliers : Chainmail washed with 1 part black ink, 1 part blue ink, 2 parts water, then highlighted with Chainmail and Mithril Silver, then glazed with an ultra thin wash of Black Ink.

I did dirty all the apron and the mans arms, but it looked crud* so I went over it all, a little of the black still shows on the apron IRL, but it looks cool now just a little grubby, which is what I wanted.

[Custom_Hobby]

If you can pleased post a link for the scenery. It really makes the figures pop.

[Keeper]

Thanks bruenor :)  I've got plenty of snakebite leather and the old inks.  I'll give the leather effect a go next time I come to some leather on a mini!

[gi6ers]

snakebite is no longer in production!  :icon_eek:

Nice work as usual!

[Bruenor Odinson]

Thanks.

The inks are the current ones, but I guess they haven't changed that much.

[Custom_Hobby]

What else is oop?

[Bruenor Odinson]

That I have, let me see......
Woodland Green
Bilious Green
Snakebite Leather
Titilatting Pink
Imperial Purple
Ghostly Grey
Orc Brown
Hobgoblin Orange
Salamander Green
Blood Angels Orange..........

The list goes on.

[Dr.Evil]

I have spare GW paints but they are W.A.O.L.  :icon_sad:
Got a few of the paint box sets twenty years ago (still using them) and it anoys me that they change the mix and names too.
But that's a topic for the rant topic.  :icon_wink:

You did a great job on him, it's just a wonder the sculpter didn't put something in his right hand as that would fit in with his pose.

If you make a rack (match sticks would work) and put some spare weapons on it and maybe a shield, it would add to the feel and also give it a more 3d look to the setting.

[Bruenor Odinson]

He has a hammer in his right hand, he's leaning on it behind the anvil.

I have a weapons rack for Heroquest that would fit the bill.

[Custom_Hobby]

He has a hammer in his right hand, he's leaning on it behind the anvil.

I have a weapons rack for Heroquest that would fit the bill.

More pics please

[Bruenor Odinson]

I need to paint the rack up (mine went with the commission), but I have a cardstock one tht would work too, it's inside on the upper level of the weapons shop, I like to think he would send all completed works straight there.

I would have liked a more actioned pose, like having the hammer striking the anvil, but hey you get what's there.

Until I get the HQ one painted again here's a shot inside the weapons shop.



Got loads of pics from my builds here:
Bruenor's WWG gallery

[Dr.Evil]

He has a hammer in his right hand, he's leaning on it behind the anvil.

:icon_redface:
Must have missed it....  :icon_whistling: