15mm Wizard by Orctrader

Description	:	15mm Wizard and Temple Gate. The Wizard is a Demonworld black wizard. The gate is a Spartan Dokana (resin) from Baueda Wargames. I prefer to base DW minis on their own hex bases but the “gate” was too wide so I went for a 40mmx40mm hardboard base. All the paints used were Vallejo unless otherwise stated, though I might use GW names(!) I had a dry run with what was going to fit where on the base and marked it out. Then rolled out a thin(ish) piece of Greenstuff to make the floor. I went for a rough-hewn appearance because it was easy and I’m no sculptor. Then, before it was set I glued the mini in position, but not the gate. Primed white and washed with black ink I began with the flesh. As this was going to be dark, African skin I used scorched brown, then beasty brown for the first highlight. Then realized that it would look too stark at this scale against the white clothes I went back to Caucasian flesh. Used DF keeping the original scorched brown as the deepest shade. Highlighted up with (Coat d’Arms) elf flesh, then EF mixed with skull white. For the gown/cloak I used Imperial Blue, adding black to shade and white for highlights. About four layers did it then pure white just at the extreme edges. The flames, all the reds from “scar” upto blood. Then hot orange. (Someone has told me that I got the flames wrong. I blame the chap’s tailor!) The white was wolf grey, highlighted up in a couple of layers to skull white then a final highlight with titanium white. Glued/pinned the gate into position. The base and gateway were painted with Gamecraft minipaints “Sand.” Then washed with brown ink. Just one drybrush highlight with Coat d’ Arms Bone. The spider, one layer of gold, then washed once with chestnut ink. The snakes with scar red. Minimal highlighting with bloody red. Finally, varnished. Everything now gets a coat of Humbrol polyurethane gloss varnish, (# 035) which I mix with white spirits as I prefer it very free flowing. Always leave this at least 24 hours then it had three coats of W&N matt acrylic. Couple of hours between each coat.

From:	Michael Stubbs` (LavronYor)	(Fri 18 Aug 2006 03:15:56 PM CDT)
First, I like the skin, although if you were going for African skin, this looks way too pale. I like the base, but it needs some weathering, as does the clothing. The white needs to blend into a beige or grey and the blue and flames need some highlights. Hope that helps.

From:	Rhonda Bender (Wren)	(Tue 12 Sep 2006 02:38:58 PM CDT)
Excellent job for this scale. The skin looks quite nice (although not very African), and I like the flames on the cloak and the little skulls under the robe.