Lead Legionaries: Werewolves for Devilry Afoot

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Werewolves for Devilry Afoot

8 Werewolves from Wargames Atlantic plastic kits for my frontier America Devilry Afoot games

As I am getting ready to restart my Devilry Afoot campaign set in frontier America, I figured these werewolves from Wargames Atlantic would be a good fit. I picked up two sprues from Firelands Games back at DayCon earlier this year, which would make eight miniatures. Typically, I am not a big fan of plastic kits because I dislike the "assembly stage" -- and am not good at it! Despite having only two arms and a head to attach (simple, right?), these figs did not change my opinion of assembly your own kits. I struggle to figure out which arms will look good on which body, and even some of the heads looked a little awkward on their necks.

I painted these werewolves in a variety of 'wolf-like' colors using my 28mm wolves as guides

I got through it, though, with some assemblies looking fairly good while others looked like the werewolf was having a seizure. There were some fragile parts such as the fingers and ears, so I decided to strengthen them with a spray coat of Krylon Acrylic Black paint. Following that up with a 50/50 water and black paint brushed on made them feel a bit sturdier in my fingers. Next, I had to decide what color to paint them. I chose to mirror my 28mm wolves I painted up for this project (and my Dragon Rampant Orc & Goblin army). I pulled out half a dozen wolves of different shades and lined them up. The unpainted figures were lined up next to each wolf that I would try to match the coloring.

I am not the best at matching up arms, heads, & such - not to mention assembling - in plastic kits

Each miniature got a base coat that I think I used for his wolf twin. When the paint had fully dried and "shrink wrapped" onto the figure, I did a darker dry brush for each. Once that was done, I used black as a final highlight dry brush in certain spots, trying to imitate the black hairs that often stand out on the coats and the coloring of wolves. The main body of the werewolf was now done.

The plastic kit werewolves turned out okay - I think a well-sculpted metal figure would look better!

Next, I picked out details in black -- the dark eye sockets, nose, mouth, and claws. Once dry, I added a Blood Red inside the black area for the mouth and a yellow slit for the eyes. Next, the pupils got a black spot for the eyes. The last step was to take my tiniest brush and paint their teeth in a off-white color. I really like how this made them look more ferocious.

If nothing else, they painted up VERY quickly and will add some enemies for my monster hunters

Only a few of the lighter colored figures got a wash -- the grayish-white one a black and the lighter tan or yellowish ones brown. With that, I was done except for flocking the base. These eight werewolves painted up VERY quickly, which I guess makes sense with no clothes, equipment, or weapons to do. I am fairly happy with how they turned out, though still not crazy about some of the poses I created. I guess that is another reason I don't like plastic "kit figures" as much as metal. I am not a figure designer, and would rather leave the creation of dynamic poses to the sculptors. However, everyone once in awhile I get lucky with these, and in general I feel my werewolves will look fine on the tabletop.

Final look at my 8 plastic werewolves that I picked up from Firelands Games by the sprue

There are a lot of other things on my tabletop, too, at the moment. I have begun painting another force for my City in the Clouds Pulp Sci-Fi game. These are the Robot Legion figures from Hydra Miniatures. I had painted one up previously as a droid for one of the rebel factions for my Star Wars skirmish campaign, and love the way they look. Primed on the tabletop are three waterfowl from Miniature Building Authority as eye candy for my Vietnam games, and five bases with a 3-D printed figure emerging from a "spider hole" for my Surviving 'Nam games. In addition, I have the painting done on seven mangrove trees that my friend Mike W printed for me. Next up is the trickiest part -- attaching their vegetation. More on all of these coming up on Lead Legionaries!

MINIATURES Acquired vs. Painted Tally for 2026