Hail to the Queen

 Attention royal subjects, bring forth your grudges so a determination can be made to choose which one to settle next! 

The Queen takes the field.

Here is the Dwarf Queen, an old model recently re-released for the Old World. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on one as the release of the this miniature seems to be a limited one (at the time of posting this it's not available on the GW US webstore).  The model was originally released back in the '90s as part of the Grudge of Drong campaign. Although sold as a generic Dwarf Queen, clearly she was designed to represent Queen Helgar Longplaits. (She has a fun history). 

Primed and ready.

I got this miniature and immediately started tinkering on her. In particular I took the simple round base and glued on a hammer and anvil glyph left over from the Dwarf Warriors boxed set. I thought an orc skull would be appropriate for her base, although a high elf helm or head would have been a bit more appropriate. I dream of an Old World version of the skulls boxed set, a bit like the one that came out for 40k recently. 

Contrast paints.

I primed the miniature using Wraith Bone spray paint, and then set about base coating (almost) the whole thing using Contrast Paints. The exception was the Caliban Green for her coat. 

Final basecoats. 

The mid-coats pretty much followed the steps that used on the concept paint scheme I did many years ago. Her hair though, is a whole new matter. I used Magmadroth Flame Contrast Paint as the bases, followed by a Carroburg Crimson wash. This was followed by a subtle layer of Wildrider Red with a highlight of Trollslayer Orange. The hair reminds me of the hair color of my friend Sammie, and I have caught myself referring to this model as Queen Sammie, Not that the actual Sammie is a dwarf by any stretch, I'm just reminded by the hair color. 

Mid Coats. 

Anyway, after focusing on some final touch-ups, her highness was now done!

Finished! Front view.

After a few grass tuft applications she was done. Well, for the most part. Her axe handle is supposed to be wooden, but I like how it turned out so I left it. The absolute final thing to do is to spray the model with a sealer as metal miniatures are prone to chipping. 

Finished (rear view)

She was a fun model to paint. Especially since this is the first dwarf I have painted for the Old World that wasn't a repaint on top of a previous paint job. Having said that, I'm enjoying how they are all coming together. 

Leader of the pack! 

There will be more dwarf goodness soon!