Mantic Frost Giant

After a good start yesterday, I was keen to tackle some more giant today. The first section I looked at was the fur trim on his boots, arm bracers, belt, and collar. I left his chest piece for now, as I wanted that to be a different colour. For the fur trim, I followed this method:

• base coat of MSP Bones Rich Leather
• layer of  Vallejo Dark Sand
• layer of Dark Sand and Citadel Wraithbone
• highlights of Wraithbone

For the main part of his boots I used a base coat of MSP Bones Nut Brown with a highlight in a mix of Nut Brown and White, followed by a tiny bit of Dark Sand, and then I picked out the laces in Wraithbone, with a highlight of White.

For his kilt/skirt/loincloth, I loved the way the parts were stitched together and wanted to make it look like obvious patchwork. I painted each section in a different shade from:

• Rich Leather
• Nut Brown
• Dark Sand
• Mix of Dark Sand and Agrellan Earth

This was followed by 2 highlights on each section, made by mixing small amounts of white into the base colours, and a very small final white highlight on each section. I picked out the stitching in white, too, for contrast.

For the chestpiece, I started with a base coat of Nut Brown, followed by 3 shades of grey getting progressively lighter. I picked out the bones in Citadel Ushabti Bone, with white highlight.

There’s still a lot of work to be done, but I’m happy with today’s progress. The session was accompanied by the musical offerings of Greatest Hits Radio, and fueled by cups of tea and a couple of those really yummy caramel wafer biscuit things in the shiny wrappers.