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Tidoco's "The Hobbit" Miniatures WIP Thread
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Author:  tidoco [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:09 am ]
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So after a long hiatus from painting anything Tolkien based I am back trying to paint hal decent minis again. The reason (mainly) for stopping painting these was a serious deterioration in my eyesight that made it pretty much impossible to see the fine details on these small minis, however I am going to attempt to have another go, I have got some fairly strong glasses now that will help though even with them please don't expect the same quality I used to produce on the Lotr range.

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The base is from Secret Weapon and is basically a WWI trench themed base I thought that the mixture of duckboarding and loose dirt/ stony terrain would work well for Goblin Town.

Author:  goblin_king [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:06 am ]
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That skin tone is rather lovely! I really like the base as well, Secret weapon make gorgeous bases! Nice idea to use it for this purpose!

I look forward to seeing your progress.

Author:  Bartelomeus [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:47 am ]
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Glad to see you're painting again.
Your articles are great and this Gandalf is no different so far.

Author:  Dorthonion [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:30 am ]
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Off to a great start, Tim. I love the base idea.

Author:  theavenger001 [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:48 pm ]
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Indeed, he looks good so far. It's great to see you back painting lotr guys. :)

Author:  tidoco [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:43 pm ]
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Ive done some more work on Gandalf, the inner robes are now done and I 've added the base colours and shades to the outer robes, its a bit untidy at the moment but all that will change as the highlights go on.

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I've stuck with the grey for inner and outer robes I don't like GW's use of a bluey grey on the inner area, after looking at countless stills of Gandalf I fel this is the right way to go.

Author:  Ukfreddybear [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:05 pm ]
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Nice neat work Tim. Eyes are spot on.

Author:  goblin_king [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:14 am ]
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Such lovely, subtle painting. Very jealous! Good work!

Author:  Telchar [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:12 am ]
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If this is not up to your usual standard, then what the heck did you usually make? It's gorgeous

Author:  Joansean [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:23 pm ]
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Lovely to see your painting again. It's a joy to see these little works of art.

The sculpt looks very detailed from your pictures, would you agree or is it just your painting?

Author:  SidTheSloth [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:33 pm ]
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In the style of McDonalds: 'I'm lovin' it!'
Gandalf looks superb, I like the skin tone alot 8) :yay: :yay:

Author:  John Wayne [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:21 pm ]
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Yeah great work so far :)

Author:  Whatevier [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:16 pm ]
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Nice work so far.
8) for sticking to the original colours, much better and realistic looking that gw's scheme.

Author:  Oropher [ Sun May 31, 2015 1:34 pm ]
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Any more progress/finished pictures to go with this?

Just about to start on my own! :)

Author:  mdauben [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:23 pm ]
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I agree with the previous posters, if your eyesight is handicaping you on your painting, it certainly isn't showing on this figure. That face is wonderfully done! I can't wait to see the mini once you are finished.

Author:  Gandlaf the Grey [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:46 pm ]
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I hate to burst a bubble but he hasn't logged in for over a year.

Author:  Ukfreddybear [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:28 pm ]
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Indeed. A bit of thread necromancy going on here.

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