Thrafnir, Hrothgorn's loyal Frost Sabre and hunting companion, is one of the members of the Hrothgorn's Mantrappers warband for Warhammer Underworlds. He has accompanied his master on hunting expeditions for many years. An experienced predator, he knows how to use the snowstorms of the Everwinter to approach his prey unnoticed.
I painted this miniature back in 2020, when I had been painting miniatures for about a year. At that time, I spent most of my hobby time painting miniatures for my board games, especially Warhammer Underworlds.
Back then, my usual approach was a fairly simple Base, Shade and Drybrush process. With Thrafnir, however, I decided to experiment a little and tried to recreate the full fur pattern from the reference artwork, including the distinctive stripes along his back. Looking at it today, it's clear that the individual lines aren't particularly precise, and the overall fur pattern isn't quite how I would approach it now. Today, I would do things differently and, instead of simply painting the different areas of fur, I would try to build up the texture using individual brush strokes to better capture the structure of the fur and its natural stripes. 😁
Another thing I discovered around that time was a great snow powder for miniature bases. I wanted to give the bases a light covering of snow, and I liked this material so much that I still use it today. Of all the snow products I've tried, this one comes closest to the look of freshly fallen snow.
I hope you'll enjoy this older project as well!