From KyleC - Winter Viking (25pts)

So a bit of a massive shift from the Death Guard tanks... but here's a slowly freezing viking model by Loot Studios. 

A few buddies from Turkey are planning a painting jam on this model. Was offered a chance to paint it up also so this was my vision. 

However I wanted to give snow and cold a shot as I have a fairly massive Space puppy army for Horus Heresy. And they will have snow on their bases so this was a great trial model to see how it works. 

It's a fairly standard model,.and straightforward as it's just one piece altogether. Making some parts of the model harder to paint than others. 

I referenced Roman Lappats Snow and Ice PDF for how to do the snow, and took the make the base blue too far it seems. But that's part of the learning phase and still gave me a very cold feeling (something I am feeling right now in our attic). 

I did my best to incorporate the blue cold reflection on his clothing and shield. While also adding specks of snow on his clothing. 

In the end.. a good palette cleanser before tackling a ton of LI infantry.. and a fun little exercise to trial snow and cold colors. Can't wait to trial this across an entire army! 

Being a single 32mm model that's a whopping 5 PTS for me. Plus maybe 20 PTS for History being he is a Viking? 

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Lovely work on this chilly chap, Kyle. I like the snow effect, and the blue tones from the base and his clothes nicely reinforce the cold weather he's having to endure. Really, the man needs to go inside for some warm spiced mead and a slice of pie!

Well done!

- Curt