They look good. Thats alot of minis it would take me a year to paint that many.
Good job.
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| Author: | Feanorthenoldor [ Mon May 31, 2010 12:14 am ] |
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WOWOW do you airbrush them for the base coat? dood, i can't wait for an army pic!! awesome job! feanorthenoldor |
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| Author: | Noddwyr [ Mon May 31, 2010 4:18 am ] |
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They look good. Thats alot of minis it would take me a year to paint that many.
Good job.
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| Author: | agincourt777 [ Mon May 31, 2010 3:29 pm ] |
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here is rumil: 
back view: 
and here is rumil and friends. NOTE: the colour of the cloaks. it is not nearly as bright as the above pictures. believe these photos, not the previous ones. 
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| Author: | Feanorthenoldor [ Mon May 31, 2010 4:26 pm ] |
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dood, you are amazing!!! i know this might be asking much, but can you tell me your techniques for painting, like do you airbrush them with a basecoat? Also how do you get those lines between the facial marks for rumil? plz just tell me your general step by step process, especially for the armor! thanks a lot your elves have made this thread just amazing!!! keep it up feanorthenoldor |
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| Author: | agincourt777 [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:36 am ] |
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i don't use an airbrush. instead i've got a good old standard brush for everything!  as for technique, i mostly use layering. that is, starting from the base colour and building up layers of progresssively thinner highlights, leaving the base colour in deep recesses. rumils face was done by starting with bestial brown, and then painting all the features flesh colours, leaving the brown lines to distinguish nose mouth etc.
Quote: plz just tell me your general step by step process
right, here goes. the colours i use in order from bascoat to final highlight are: armour: shining gold, gryphonne sepis, devlan mud, drybrush 50:50shining gold/chainmail, gryphonne sepia, devlan mud cloaks (warriors): regal blue, enchanted blue, badab black, enchanted blue again cloaks (guards): regal blue, enchanted blue, enchanted blue/fortress grey mix skin: bestial brown, dwarf flesh, elf flesh red sashes (guards): dark flesh, scab red red tunic things (warriors): dark flesh, scab red, devlan mud, scab red again, scab red/bleached bone mix straps: scorched brown, bestial brown swords n' bows: scorched brown, dark flesh, details in shining gold plumes on helmets: fortress grey, drybrush skull white hope this helps. its reasonably quick to do if painted in batches.
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| Author: | Erurainon the Trombonist [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:39 am ] |
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They look fantastic, agincourt777! Excellent work! 
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| Author: | Feanorthenoldor [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:13 pm ] |
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thanks a lot agincourt 777 for the support, much appreciated i just have a couple more questions, what kind of paints do you use, GW or vallejo? Also, do you use flow aid for your paints, i just use water and this might be the problem because some of the details aren't coming out. Lastly when you paint the armor do you just do the steps you showed me, or do you have to do any blending or layering like you also told me at the beginning of your large explanation? thanks, i'm asking a lot for the armor, because i can't decide whether or not i should do my old technique which is to paint it shining gold, then wash it with gyph. sehp. then wash it with devlan mud, then highlight the edges with a 1:1 mixture of shining gold and mithril silver. This process, takes a long ass time! OR your technique, which i tried once, but i think i may have done a too large of a drybrush, and that's why some of the detail went away. Yes, you can say that this hobby is driving me crazy!!!
anyway thanks again for your support, i'm asking all these questions because, i've only been in the hobby for 1 year, and i want to make my soldiers look as best as they can. |
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| Author: | King Elessar the Uniter [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:12 am ] |
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Brilliant work on the Guards of the Galadhrim Court agincourt777 and an excellent job on Glorfindel too! Keep it up!
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| Author: | spuds4ever [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:32 am ] |
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whafrog wrote: Amazing job, really smooth blending, and I love the bases!
Gosh! I love the smooth red and white it really fits. Did you get some divine help from above with those? Lol, .
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| Author: | agincourt777 [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:50 pm ] |
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just finished haldir, who has become my favourite model. here he is looking downright epic with his massive sword. 
back view: im not very pleased with the cloak because its come out slightly pink rather than red. meh. im not re-doing it. 
and heres a pic from the side. 
@feanorthenoldor i use gw paints and yeh, i just use water. with the armour i use the steps i mentioned, but if any detail is obscured its probably from a thick basecoat, in which case just do several thin layers of shining gold thanks for the comments |
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| Author: | Feanorthenoldor [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:50 pm ] |
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awesome job agincourt 777, i probably will get some flo aid though for my paints, just because i heard it really helps with my painting. thanks again for the comments keep up the good work |
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| Author: | whafrog [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:15 pm ] |
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@agincourt777 : thanks for the process notes, it really helps to see how other people do things. |
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| Author: | Zakael [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:49 pm ] |
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Regarding pink paints: did you attempt to brighten your layers with a white? That turns red paints pink in a hurry. GW and others often use a very light brown/off white (ie bleached bone) as the final highlight, if you have some lighter pre-mixed reds they can be used as the layers. Feanor, water is an effective flow aider, and if you do buy an actual product, make sure you dilute it-the bottle should have a good proportion. Also, if you're interesting in creating smooth layers, buying a glaze medium (Liquidex is an easy to find brand at your local craft stores) and diluting heavily will create very thin layers, as well as thinning the paint when mixed with water. |
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| Author: | Feanorthenoldor [ Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:31 am ] |
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ya i got the idea about thinning my paint with liquitex from these guys http://www.youtube.com/user/CoolGuysWho ... -qeJ7GrGEs they mix the retarder and the flow aid with water. i will probably do this, if i can actually find the products!! |
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| Author: | Feanorthenoldor [ Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:05 pm ] |
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agincourt 777, this one's for you 
i tried your process, and i liked it, but then for the final highlight i did a 1:1 mix of shining gold and mithril silver. that's it for now feanorthenoldor out |
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| Author: | spuds4ever [ Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:28 pm ] |
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Looks really nice! Looks like some elven king of old. |
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| Author: | Eorltheyoung [ Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:46 pm ] |
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Like it a lot! |
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| Author: | Feanorthenoldor [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:50 pm ] |
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here is my new rumil, and 2 new GoGC, 
COMMENTS PLEASE!! feanorthenoldor |
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| Author: | agincourt777 [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:27 pm ] |
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great stuff feanorthenoldor! those guards look awesome here be a converted galadhrim hornblower. i know its not very good, but for gaming purposes its fine. 
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| Author: | Feanorthenoldor [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:34 pm ] |
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that horn and posture looks amazing!!!! i just love that conversion, i might even steal the idea!!! 
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