Man O' War: Orc Wyvern

Sea Lord.

Last month we began building an Orc fleet for Man O’ War. Next, we turned our attention to the polar opposite of the lumbering Orc Hulk: a lithe wyvern! We wanted to share a few photos and talk about how the assembly went.

The wyvern models, sculpted by Michael Perry, are very well detailed and charming. I did a few small modifications to the orc rider, including sculpting a single tooth protruding up from his lower jaw and reshaping the orc’s choppa to make the edge look sharper.

The models are very simple, made of only two pieces: the wings and the body. Despite this, it was a struggle to fit the wings onto the wyvern, requiring some cutting and bending before they could slot together.

It appears most of the flyers in the game share one of two wing types: dragon wings or feathered wings. I suspect they fit together poorly because they are used on multiple different models.

After fitting the wings in place, I had to do a significant amount of sculpting to fill gaps and make some of the transitions look more natural.

To further improve the transition between the wings and the body, I sculpted some additional scales.

All of the flyer models have a clear plastic flying stand with hexagonal base rather than the circular ones seen on more modern GW models.

I am excited to spend time painting some of the Man O’ War models I have been working on. Hopefully their small size means they will go quicker than the models I normally work on. This orc wyvern is filled with fun details that should be amazing to see come to life with some paint.

- Adam Wier