These mini-Rasputinas really bring out the Nordic look I went with for the wintery models. Pale skin, blonde hair. The facemasks look weird, though. I should have also done the noses, like in the concept art.
Silent One (standing)
The crystals here match the crystals on the Winter Wonderland Rasputina. I didn’t think they looked very icey, so they got bright blue.
Adding some mobility to an otherwise relatively static Rasputina crew, the Blessed of December will jump on anyone who looks at her funny.
Blessed of December
The sculpt is not well loved by the community. I like it enough, although I wish it better fit on the base. I skimped a bit on gap filling around the head. It’s looking so far down that under normal circumstances it’ll be all but invisible.
Unlike some models, the fur is well sculpted into the flesh. That means a drybrush gets you pretty far.
Unlike the last alternate crew I painted, I wanted to get the Winter Wonderland Rasputina set done as soon after release as I could. It’s still winter, right?
Alt Rasputina
The pre-assembled model for Rasputina had some production problems, so the Black Friday kit included a resin version instead. She ended up being the most troublesome model to assemble. The swirly snow clouds did not want to line up, even after being softened with heat. Green stuff hides the worst of it.
Alt Wendigo
The kit came with three separate beast-in-a-box models for the Wendigo. I decided to just use my favorite and save the others for the bit box.
Krampus (alt Snowstorm)
Unlike the yellow official art, I went for a straight up evil Santa scheme for Krampus, including natural flesh tones.
Festivus Arborus (alt Ice Golem)
The evil Christmas tree as Ice Golem is the model I’m happiest with of the set. The colors just work nicely together, and too my surprise, the shape of the pine needles actually works.
Snow Gamin (alt Ice Gamin, two heads)
Snow Gamin (alt Ice Gamin, three heads)
Snow Gamin (alt Ice Gamin, one head)
The snowmen Ice Gamin turned out bluer than I expected, but I think I secretly kind of like it. They’ve got monstrous teeth, so something should be a bit off about them. Plus, it separates them from the snowy bases.
I guess now, between the Dark Carnival and this Winter Wonderland, I have some choices when declaring Arcanists. I should probably just admit that I’ve added another faction to my collection.