Craig Andrews of Orcs in the Webbe has once again decided to produce an Advent. The Orcs in the Webbe Advent is a free resource giving a new short story, gaming scenario or piece of fan fiction each day between now and the 24th of December. For more information about the 2020 OITW Advent and background information, see this link.
Day one Foiling the Lincolnshire Red Terror, of the OITW 2021 advent calendar can be found here.
The Black Dog stand-in has now been matt varnished with small dots of gloss varnish on the mouth, eyes and nose then had the base decorated with static grass and tufts applied over a mix of PVA and superglue.
The final image shows the finished model alongside an Alternative Armies Rifle Orc to give an idea of scale. The Black Dog stands 30mm tall (to it's haunches) and is mounted on to a 50mm metal washer.
Tony
The Black Dog stand-in has now had teeth and eyes painted in. Not a great deal of work, but they do add menace to the supernatural creature.
The base and groundwork has been painted in my usual (home made) GW Snakebite Leather colour with odd stones picked out in grey, highlighted white.
And don't forget the Flintloque flintlock, which I think adds to the base. The mini and base have now been gloss varnished (for strength) and once dry, I will matt varnish and add some static grass.
Tony
The Black Dog stand-in was painted black (obviously). I used various acrylic paints to which I had added some black wash to ensure an all over base coat.
I then built up the fur in stages using a grey/blue base and highlighting with more blue and a touch of grey which was concentrated on the upper edges leaving the lower edges and belly in the original black.
I then washed the whole model with a mix of black and blue washes diluted with water. The final wash had some purple added just to define the fur. Black is very rarely just black.
Tony
The groundwork was textured with sieved stones and sand applied over PVA glue and I've refined some of the features on the Black Dog with small bits of Green Stuff applied over superglue to give the miniature a bit more character.
The model was then primed with a grey spray can primer in preparation for the painting.
Tony
The base for the Black Dog was built up with standard Yellow/Grey Milliput with a flintlock from the Alternative Armies spares/gun pack.
I felt that the base model was a little scrawny and used a mix of Milliput and Green Stuff to bulk up his shoulders and haunches. I then used a scalpel to add the fur texture before leaving it to fully set.
Tony
The second figure is from the Alternative Armies 54501 Obidiah's Gun box set and I think it will make a perfect witch miniature for my games of Silver Bayonet. I'm thinking about adding a witches pointy hat, but also think it looks OK with a bare head.
Tony
