Sculpting Tutorial Part 1

Hello everyone, myself and Alessio from Wolfbane-art have been talking about a sculpting tutorial to show how the miniatures for Wrathborn are created.
The processes is very simple and starts with an idea from myself, I will over time get a full picture in my mind of how I want the miniature to look, I then pass this idea onto Alan Perry, Wrathborn's main studio artist. Sometimes I give Alan a few sketches but Alan has a great understanding of what I want and is able to get the first sketch bang on.

Once the Artwork is complete this is then passed on to Alessio who will then work his magic and create the awesome looking miniatures that Wrathborn the game will be supported by.

So over these next few parts to this series Alessio will be sculpting the Thane for the Norndrassel faction, the Thane happens to be one of few pieces of artwork that I forgot to get Alan to do and as the miniature is needed for the starter set and Alan is very busy with the front over of the rulebook and finishing off the Lycanfiend artwork, I didn't want to add extra work to him. I pitched an idea to Alessio to see if he could sculpt what I was looking for with out the artwork. After a few chats we both got onto the same page and started to see the same picture, which was this fine fellow from the King Arthur movie.

This is the Saxon leaders son who is played by the actor Til Schweiger and the look and style along with the style of the Norndrassel faction is what i wanted and had in mind.

OK so lets see the Thane take shape and see what Alessio did. Stage One

Let's start with the armature wire: Alessio added small quantities of Green Stuff for marking the feet position and creating a first shape of the torso. The final pose it's not recognisable at this stage, it will be more clear once more green stuff has been added for creating muscular masses.

Stage Two

For this stage Alessio started to add the muscles and body shape to the miniature. This will give it a realist look once the clothing and armour are added at a later stage.

Stage Three

Once the putty has cured, Alessio started to give shape to boots, adding all the final details: some space was left on the back for the calf's. Now it's time to add thigh and gluteus muscles. Alessio paid serious attention to muscular shapes and their symmetry, which is one of the most difficult tasks when you sculpt a miniature.

The end result for the boots

That's it for part of of this Tutorial, at the bottom of this post you will find a link to Alessio's Facebook page, it would be great if you could head over to it and give him a like and show your support as it is well deserved.

In the next part Alessio will start to add detail to the rest of the miniature from the waist down and he will also start to bulk up the chest and back ready for the armour.

I hope you have enjoyed this post and find it helpful please spread the word about Wrathborn.

Thank you

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More Lycanfiend artwork

 Hello everyone, it is that time against.

In this update I am going to show you some more of the awesome artwork that has been completed by Alan Perry. This artwork will also be for sale at Nordicon and G-Con this month in Belfast and Bangor Northern Ireland. I might even get Alan to sign a few for you.

So here is the first piece.

The first is the Pack Mate, these Lycan make up the bulk of a pack. Alan has gone for a smaller looking beast rather than the larger Alpha to show that these are the weaker members of the pack, as for the miniature, I expect them to be close to 35mm-40mm in size.

The next is the hulking Grizator. These massive beast often love close by a pack of Lycan and scavenge for lefts overs. The pack will often use the Grizator to break enemy lines and defend the packs boarders.  

In the next update I will explain what this picture has to do with Wrathborn and also show you what Alessio is up to.

Confirmed Factions

Good evening everyone, today has been a busy day as I've been working hard to get the finial touches to the 1.6 version of the Alpha stage Rulebook. It is all done so I'm a happy chap.

I would like to take this time and tell you about the 6 factions that the main rulebook will include and I will also tell you the names of the next 3 factions that I would like to create and add to the game. The first three are what I am calling the first wave and as soon as these are all complete I will then start one wave two, which will complete the 6 factions in the main Rulebook

First as you can guess from all the pictures of the greens is the Norndrassel. The Norndrassel are a Norse themed army that is built around a core of medium armoured fighters with some hard hitting units, out of all the factions the Norndrassel are the one that has a good mix of everything.

Next we have the Lycanfiends, they are a full combat army with no range bar what the Element Walker can do, so if you want an army that has a small model count as well as a fast moving army and hard hitting then this is the one for you.

The last of the wave one factions is the Kingdom of Aner'a, they are based on the Spartan/Roman and feudal Europe. On the table you will have a very defensive army that employs spears which give you a longer reach than most, when used right this can be a deadly tactic.

Next we have the Wave two factions, like I have said earlier I plan to get these done and dusted once all of wave one is complete.

the first of these are the Druids of Samila, this light armoured and fast moving faction is the only faction in the game to have all Element Walkers for a Warlord and Hero, they even have a duel use unit that can be both ranged and close combat. As expected with Druids they also have help from the forest in the form of Tree men and dryads.

Next we have the Norndrassels most hated enemy, The Orca Tribes. These green skins come from the far north in the harsh mountain ranges and pack a punch, they even have a Cave Troll.

Last of the wave two and one of the most important factions for the story of the game is the true evil faction, the Felrakka. I won't say much about these other than they are big and have massive swords and they feed on your soul.

So that's the six factions in the main book, once all this is complete I will then look to expand the world of Wrathborn with new units and three new factions these are,

The Jade Kingdom
The Athena
Frostmourne

So I hope your looking forward to seeing all this on the table top as much as I am creating it. If you would like to help test the game and have a direct impact on its direction then please use the link below and send me a PM and I will sort you out with an Alpha stage PDF.

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Sculpting Work In Progress Update

Good evening everyone, this little update will be the first of many work in progress updates and as the Facebook page has reached 300 likes, which is down to Dixon for sharing the page so much. I think it would be best to show this model in the first update.

This picture shows the very early stages of the muscle mass been put onto the Berserker for the Norndrassel faction. This miniature along with the first two that have been completed will make up most of the faction starter set. The Thane a Hero for the Norndrassel will finish it off. So one faction starter almost complete is good news.

I could end this update here but I am sure you will want to see this next picture.

This is the Alpha the Warlord for the Lycanfiends.

I hope you enjoy this update and there will be many more to come.

Thank you for the support and please keep sharing the game with your friends.

Welcome to the new Wrathborn Blog

Welcome to the new Wrathborn blog, a place where I will be able to share with you information about the game and the world of Wrathborn.

I hope to have a blog post for you every week but failing that I will aim for every two weeks.

The kind of things I will be sharing with you are as follows :

A brief look at the history of each of the games factions.
A closer look at some of the units types for each of the factions, which will include pictures of the artwork and the miniatures themselves.
An in depth look at the game mechanics and how a game Round will work.

And lastly, any new miniature previews of completed miniatures will be shown here first.

So I hope you will subscribe to the blog and also spread the word about it.

You can also find infomation on Wrathborns Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wrathborn