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This Witch model for Games
Workshop's Mordheim became available in Spring 2004. In my
opinion, this model is one of the most characterful models GW has put
out in quite some time. He's full of fun little details like his
be-warted hook nose, the dangling hand, and the skeletal rook on his
shoulder, and comes complete with the ubiquitous witch's broom rendered
in classic style.
This model was an absolute
blast to paint. I wanted him to have typically witch-like
green-tinged skin, and I also wanted him to appear poor and disheveled
in his plain brown cloak and scummy too-small tunic, but also wanted to
give him a magical feel by treating his cape with an unusual blend from
purple up through yellow-green.
He stands on some sort of
cobbled ledge overhang that I imagine is at the end of some dark
Mordheim alley, at the brink of some wyrdstone-infested body of bubbling
ooze. I think I spent more time (and had more fun!) painting the
face than any other single area, and have included links to 3 enlarged
pictures of the Witch's disturbing and downright creepy mug, below.
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