Wendigo Ice Witch, but Forest-y

I've finally painted the Ice Witch for my Forest-themed Wendigo Warband. This is another crossover with my Minismith's Forge blog for my Wednesday Wizards painting stunt, the post from that side of things can be seen here.

My small Wendigo warband has long been planned to be a more forest-themed color scheme instead of the snow and ice that most people have used. I don't recall the first person I saw do browns instead of blues for their Wendigo, but thanks to them for helping spark this loose painting plan of mine.

I started with her cape. Various layers of greens built up. Since she was assembled before painting (I try to avoid sub-assemblies unless absolutely necessary), it was a little difficult getting to he back and to the inside of the cape, but I managed it with just a bit of frustration. 

The sword turned out pretty good with some gray brybrushed up to the whitest white paint that actually works for me. Is it ice? Is it bone? Is magical bone-ice? Possibly.

 Her skin was originally going to be greenish, but I have a canvas color that looked much better when mixed with some light green. Her scepter needed to be some magical crystal. I got to use my favorite aqua color pints to help make it look magical.

Here we've got the first (and currently only) Wendigo Warrior (or Hunter?) painted with his Ice Witch. I like how they look together. Below, we have a couple of other Harbinger types from Crocodile Games- a Demigoddess of Athena and a Harbinger of Isis. I think the Ice Witch fits in pretty well with these ladies.

Wendigo Test Colors

I've had a lot of Wendigo miniatures in a box for a very long time. This Hunter has been primed for way too long. So I decided to clear him out of the painting queue (and also taunt young Jordan to start his own Wendigo warband).

In the past I've seen a few people paint their Wendigo in schemes other than wintry white snow based colors. I found that to be a lot more exciting than greys and whites so that's what I did.

I like how he turned out and I've got some additional ideas when I eventually get back to the rest of the warband. I think loincloth colors will be a nice way to sort out units.