Monster Mayhem: Jötunn Moder

I'm running late with this year's Monster May(hem); by this time last year I'd knocked out three models. But finally here's my first entry in 2023's challenge.

You might recognise the Jötunn Moder from the 2017 British horror movie The Ritual. If you haven't seen it, watch it, it's awesome. Four British blokes go backpacking in Scandinavia, get lost in the woods, and things go to shit very quickly. The monster doesn't appear till almost the end, but it's well worth the wait. I've also read the book, and it's good but the movie is better.

Anyway, onto the painting.

The mini is from Etsy and it's a really good 3D print. I sprayed it with black primer to give it a nice dark base and then gave it a couple of thin coats of Rhinox Hide to kick off the browns.

It got a heavy drybrush with Dryad Bark for the first highlights. As I wanted to give it a greenish look I gave it a couple of coats of Athonian Camoshade.

After a second highlight with Earth, I gave the Jötunn another Camoshade wash and considered the skin done. It's still dark and gloomy but the highlights bring out the details well and the green tint is just enough.

Next up was its horns and the bones sticking up from its back, which got a coat of Aged Bone over the browns as a basecoat and then a couple of thin coats of Screaming Skull. After a wash with Seraphim Sepia, I added some Pallid Wytch Flesh to the Screaming Skull and used it to highlight the horns and also try to do some kind of blend from the brown arms to the bone horns.

As I wanted the Jötunn to look as if it is actually part of the forest, I stuck flock to its sides and top with Mod Podge and daubed it with more Athonian Camoshade. Once dry it was sealed on with diluted Mod Podge, and the monster was basically done.

I'd already superglued it to a 40mm base before painting (it's too small for a 60mm base, and I don't have any 50mm ones) and I used some Crayola putty stuff to make a couple of small mounds. I got a twig from the 50 billion or so in our backyard and glued it in place, then painted the base with Chocolate Brown and covered it with flock mix. I thought it looked a bit bare, so I glued on a bunch of dead leaves to increase the forest floor look.

Coming very soon: a troll and another whopping Calden Keep mini!