Hobgoblin Khan (Part 3)

 Howdy my fellow hobgoblins! As you can see from this first image, the Hobgoblin Khan is now finished.  

Rampaging right out of the Darklands. 

But before I show off more glamor shots, I;m going to go over the final steps I took to finish this model. Lets start with his wolf, Flea-Nest the Scratcher. Painting him was simple, I just used three different colors of gray, with a wash of Nuln Oil applied before the final highlight. But I thought it needed something else, so having seen a few images online someone's paint job on a Fenrisian Wolves, I decided to apply some brown on the back and head of this wolf. I used Gore Grunter Fur Contrast Paint for this. I followed that with a light dry brushing of a light gray (I think it was Dawnstone? I can't recall). I painted White Scar on the belly and the whole underside of the wolf really. However the natural shadows in this pic sort of obscure that. Anyway, I'm pleased with the results overall. I guess the model itself is sort of goofy and doesn't stand up to the more recent models GW has produced, Still, I suppose it works well enough as a playing piece. 

Just imagine it's smell.

Onto the big guy himself (I'll come up with a name for him soon enough). The most important things to discuss are his red armor and flesh. HIs armor was finished by using Evil Suns Scarlet and a highlight of Wild Rider Red. I then picked out a few spots to add Stormhost Silver to represent chips and scraps on the armor. This really seemed to pop to me, and made the coat he's wearing truly look like metal armor. 

His flesh was highlighted up using Ushanti Bone and Wraithbone. I uses a spot of thinned Bloodletter Ink on his nose to give off that ruddy look that is typical of Warhammer Gobos. I think it looks good on this guy. 

Mostly done

It was time to glue the cloak onto the him, and, wow, check out that gap! 

Behold the gap.

Well, there was no way that was going to fly. During my earlier test fits, this gap didn't seem so bad, but now that I pinned and glued it on, well, I can't stand it. It was time to break out the green stuff!!!

Greenstuff sculpted.

I filled in the gap and sculpted in a furry texture. 

Greenstuff painted.

Then I painted it. And I got to say,  the results impressed me more than I thought they would. 

Anyway, with all that covered, this guy is now done. On to the glamor shots: 

I couldn't a decal that I liked to put on his shield. So I just left it red, but I did add a few battle scars on it to make him appear a bit more battle worn. I did this by applying a few random slashes of Stormhost Silver, but to give those scratches a bit more depth, I underlined them using a black micron. 

More pics of the rear view, and I gotta say I think my greenstuff work on his cloak has definitely been a success! 

My biggest regret regarding this model isn't the model itself. No, it's the fact that I don't have any more hobgoblin wolfriders for him to run around with. If you can find them on the secondary market, or any of Oglah Khan's Wolfboyz, they are very cost prohibited! 

Ok that's a wrap!