March 17th, 2010 by Missy
As promised, pictures of the Varghulf and some of the completed ghouls. These aren’t all of the ghouls, as they don’t have a base of their own at present. Don’t mind the strange formation — I just stuck them on the Dire Wolves base until I get a chance to do theirs. I’m not really a big fan, but I’m feeling too lazy to try to come up with anything better. I do think I’ll go back and fix those eyes though, now that I see them close up. A few spots that need a little touch-up there, and I think the eyes really want a highlight.
If you’ll notice, the ghoul in the front rank of the very far right looks different (slightly) from the rest. He is the one that I painted months ago, and for some insane reason I wrote down everything about how to paint him except for the deeper red over his joints. Unfortunately, I was unable to reproduce the effect. Which sucks, since I think that he looks better / cleaner than the others. Oh well.
I’m fairly happy with Mr. Varghulf here, except for a few small things. He looks better on the table than in pictures, but I think that the pictures show pretty clearly that he needs some more highlighting on his skin. I also notice a few places on his talons where some touchup and darkening of color is needed. His base, also, is subpar. I already knew that one before the pictures, though. As I believe I said in an earlier blog, I’ve got in order in to The War Store that should fix his basing inadequacies. I still love his wings. I suppose I didn’t show a closeup of those.. they still look the same as they did whenever I posted him last, though. Anyway, enjoy. Critiques are welcome.. nothing is varnished yet.