HOBBY: Painting Circle of Orboros Wolds
A guest article by Nick
With the release of the Circle Orboros force book coming this November, it seems a good time to go over painting one of the faction’s quintessential beasts. The constructs known as wolds, enigmatic combatants made of stone and wood… are easy to paint quickly.
STEP 1: Prep
It’s best to start with the two-tone, “skylight primer” technique when painting wolds. Completely prime your mini black, then mist with a bit of white primer from above. At step one this Wold Guardian already appears to be made of stone.
This part is really easy, doesn’t require much brush control, and wields great results. Start by base-coating the three joint elements. I’m doing the twigs in Gun Corps Brown, ropes in Moldy Ochre, and log ends in Menoth White Base (all P3.) Then apply a generous wash of Devlan Mud (GW.) Wait for it to completely dry before moving on to drybrushing. I’m using Jack Bone (P3) for this last step. Go ahead and drybrush all three materials with the same color, this saves time and ties the original basecoats together. – Make sure you are getting almost all the paint off your brush before bringing it to the model. Too much and you will need to redo the basecoat and wash.
Apply Scorpion Green (GW) to the recesses around the runes. I’m being more careful in prominent areas, the collar, shoulder-pads, and tops of the ram arms. Everywhere else, I’m moving pretty quickly. Once dry, wash the edges with Thraka Green (GW.) Avoiding the center creates a glowing effect.
STEP 4: Stone
The first image in this next series shows that our priming technique may have given the stone a desaturated, lifeless look. This can be remedied by a quick wash then highlight. First, I’m slightly watering down a bit of Bastion Grey (P3.) It has a tiny bit of brown and green that will give this wold an earthier look. Just apply a thin layer or two to the stone recesses. Don’t get any on the most raised areas of the collar. The last step is a Fortress Grey (GW) highlight. Give special attention to the runes and cracks in the stone. This is all pretty much business as usual.
And there you have it. I spent a bit more time cleaning up things here and there, added few small pure white highlights. Overall, it took little time to achieve a very satisfactory result. A Circle Orboros army made completely of wolds and stones can be a sight to behold on the tabletop, and competitive to boot.
