Tutorial 2

Painting Fluffy Wolfen

For those that do not know, the Wolfen I am going to talk about are Wolfen and Devourers, models available from Rackham for the game Confrontation. They are not to be confused with Wolfen/ Wulfen from GW, which are something rather different

Unlike Reaper’s lupine models, the wolfen are sculpted without a furry coat. This to me seems a bit odd, if they are wolfen they should be furry, but I have developed a way to get a much better fur effect than you would get from drybrushing sculpted fur. I have often been asked how I paint my wolfen to make them look like they have fur and I hope that this article will shed some light on the subject.

First I decide on general colour scheme. If I'm doing a standard grey wolf I'll go for lighter shades on the belly with dark grey on the back and brown/tan round his face.

Since I took some in progress shots of my Wolfen Crossbow 3, I’ll use him as a step by step guide. However, depending on the colour I want the moon puppy to be, I will either prime black (for dark wolfen) or white for paler wolfen or those with a high contrast. I’ll also be showing you some other wolfen I have painted and try and describe as best I can what colours I used on them.

Step 1

I used Drodo’s wolfen as inspiration for this one because when I saw his one in the CMON annual I thought it was a perfect colour scheme for this particular model. As he’s going to be mainly white on the legs and front and grey on the back I decided to prime white. I then gave it a very thin wash of fortress grey and then a darker grey wash in the recesses. I then start with a 3-0 brush and begin to layer on the first patch of fur. I follow the curve of the muscle, painting little strokes going in the same direction in a darker shade than the basecoat (I keep the paint thin enough so it goes on smoothly, but not so thin that it runs).