Cry Wolf!

Ahh-ooooooo!

The Bank Holiday came and went with very little actually achieved hobby wise; that said I have finally managed to clear these cuddly canines from the painting queue!  They are from 'Trent Miniatures',  'DeeZee Miniatures Prehistoric Range' ordered up from the always reliable,  'Arcane Scenery and Models'.  They're  supposed to be Dire Wolves, an extinct member of the genus Canis, but I've attempted to give them a more of 'Timber Wolf' feel to them for use in a North American scenario I'm tinkering with.  This was heavily inspired by a wonderful 'tutorial' over at the very talented 'Paint Bard's' blog; a seriously good painter and well worth a visit.  The miniatures that I've used a perhaps a little smaller and certainly less dynamic than the ones used in the tutorial, but I think the general wolf 'flavour' has been achieved, either way a huge 'Thank You' to the the 'Paint Bard' for sharing his brilliant work.

From the Law of the Jungle:

Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;

And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.

As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back –

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Rudyard Kipling

Well with a post title like 'Cry Wolf! it seemed a little churlish not to include a link to A-ha's second single from their 1986 album, 'Scoundrel Days'.  More 'synthpop' nonsense, that was 'oh so meaningful' at the time - happy days!