Amongst his most fearsome troops were the brothers Ulfson. Some say their father was actually a wolf. If you asked them about their parentage, they would give a sly smile and tell you it was they were only half brothers, for Geri was Hrolf's father while Freki was Snorre's father!
Hrolf was the larger of the brothers; resplendent with his blond locks and beard and weilding a giant hammer in battle. His brother Snorre had to be quicker since he could not rely on his brother's strength. Thus, he carried his sword Neck-Cleaver along with a stout shield for protection.
In battle, the two always fought together, often singing as they hacked through enemy soldiers.
-Excerpt from the Saga of Alfarinn the War-Maker
I've clearly been painting a lot of historical models of late. But these are not purely historical, more like quasi-historical as they are from Red Box Games excellent Norse range. I plan on using these for Blood Eagle, a game that is on a little smaller scale than many historical games and it also allows for elements of myth to show up. And I really like these not quite historically accurate Norse from RBG, so it worked out perfectly.
This quasi-historical nature manifested in my paint jobs as well. As you can see the blues and reds are probably a little vibrant compared to what would have really existed. But I still mostly kept with muted tones.
Anytime I only have to paint a small number of models for something, I try to do some experimenting. Here, I was really working on my blends, which I pretty happy with (other than the one spot on the shield where it is a little choppy) and trying to get the reflection on the metallics right. I'm less happy with that. I also did not realize I gave him a pokéball as a shield until I was taking pictures!
I also have to add that the detail on the RBG models is super fine. I could barely get find any texture on the fur lining and the face of Snorre. It's not that it wasn't there, its that I filled it all up with my base coats!
Hrolf wasn't actually finished anytime recently. He's been done for a while and I put pictures of him on my old Warseer project log. But I wanted to show them both off at the same time, so here he is too! He was another one where I was really playing with my blending on. In fact, the yellow on his shield was one of the first times I ever really felt I got a smooth blend on a flat surface.
Looking great Andrew!
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DeleteNicely done. i especially like the red hair and beard
ReplyDeleteThanks! Even though I've repeated multiple times that half the purpose of this blog is so I can remember how I painted things... By the time I wore this, of totally forgot hope I painted the red hair 😂
DeleteI'm really liking your Dark Age figures. Excellent work.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I've been doing a lot of them lately, they're a nice break from fantasy and sci fi models as they lack a lot of the accoutrements that add complexity to non-historical models.
DeleteRBG have to be my favourite fantasy minis range. Tre Manor just sculpts great proportioned, exciting sculpts and I wish I could afford to purchase the whole catalog. (As he seems to regularly put older sculpts to sunset as new ones are released.)
ReplyDeleteLove how you've painted these two. Shading on the shields especially catches my eye.
Thanks! I don't have many (although I pledged for 10 more in the most recent Kickstarter) and most of the ones I have I bought if his clearance page. I try to keep an eye on that.
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