Longbottom Leaf's WIP: Arvedui and Malbeth 5/22/10

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:30 pm

Sorry for the double post guys, but I just finished up basing my Morannon Orc Commanders and thought I'd post pictures here. Originally the Shaman had a lava base and although it looked nice, it just clashed a little too much with the bases of my average orcs. I used Gale Force 9's Dead/Winter Grass upon the recommendation of Viruk. It looks great IMO and works really well with the Mordor bases, so many thanks to Viruk.

Just need to go over some areas with Chaos Black and they will be ready for painting!

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:48 pm

Great job Josh! I like the dead feel of them. Can't wait to see what you do with them painting-wise!

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:33 pm

Thanks Josh!

So, I painted the skin on my Morannon Orc Captain. It's not the greatest as I had only very small amounts of the two main color's I used, Catachan Green and Bleached Bone. I'm still fairly pleased with the face however.

Sorry for the poor quality of my pictures, it's an overcast day here and the lighting was bad. However, I wanted to post these before I started my studies today. Hope you guys like him so far.

captain krak · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:46 pm

Nice start on this guy. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:20 pm

Looks good so far, though I'll be looking forward to brighter pictures

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:08 pm

What's this? Another update? Why, yes indeed it is my second update in one day.

I finished work on the captain's armour this afternoon. It's certainly not my best work, but I think it's too terrible either. It needs another wash or two to darken it and blend it all together a little more.

I've not really done much painting recently, so it's nice to get back in the swing of things. C&C welcome.

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:15 pm

It looks great to me....only criticism is the highlights are a little messy on the helmet, especially the top. But overall a solid solid paint job so far. :yay:

The highlighting seems excellent, especially on the breastplate. Are you going to add any rust?

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:16 pm

Anduril Blade of Kings wrote:

It looks great to me....only criticism is the highlights are a little messy on the helmet, especially the top. But overall a solid solid paint job so far. :yay:

Thanks, Josh! Yeah, I think I'll fix up the highlights later today, they are quite messy. Thanks again for the comment.

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:00 am

When I saw the first picture I thought, 'nice base, though you can't really see the painting, it all looks black!' :oops:

I like the armour, with the highlights smoothed out it will be great.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:12 pm

Hey guys, thanks again for the comments! I've done some more work on the captain today, namely painting the red and black cloth. How's it look?

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:28 pm

Looks good but I'd suggest adding another highlight or two, adding Elf Flesh to your current red.

captain krak · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:36 pm

Anduril beat me to it, but he's right I think. A few highlights would make it really stand out.

Pinky Beecroft · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:37 pm

I think the red looks just right, they are supposed to be filthy orcses so you don't want it to look too bright.

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:50 pm

I think the red looks just fine. It shouldn't be too bright, he is an orc after all.

Haldir_pl · **Posted:** Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:34 am

Another layer or two won't make him to bright (unless he'll paint it over existing one

) but will give model more depth and contrast.

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:56 am

Coming along really nicely Josh! :yay:

scipio.au · **Posted:** Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:11 pm

Haldir_sfan.pl wrote:

Another layer or two won't make him to bright (unless he'll paint it over existing one

) but will give model more depth and contrast.

Dunno, maybe add more gradients to the shadowing and a very slight highlight (one layer) or a dusty highlight. I think it looks fine as is, truth be told. If doing my own, I'd make them even darker and duller. I think orcs should look grimy and murky, so it really depends on the painter's intent and preference.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:05 pm

Thanks for the comments guys! At the moment my recipe for the red works the colors up from Schorched Brown to Blood Red. I'm not too sure about any additional highlighting as I agree it would become too light for an Orc. To be honest, I might just repaint him again with a new color scheme later to keep it darker.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:37 pm

Hey guys!

Well, I decided to start over. The Captain has been reprimed. I just wasn't pleased with how he was coming along, I felt that I could do better and since he's a command model I thought he deserved my very best. Although to be honest I was a little sick of him. So I decided to begin work on my Shman first instead. As of now I've finished the metallics!

I've also started trying to work with a blue gradient for my pictures, hope this helps with them!

The first picture is much closer to what it looks like in real life, however I felt the need to add the second since the first is so far away. C&C welcome!

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:47 pm

I can't find anything to criticize on right now, it looks excellent! Though it's a bit clean for my tastes, I always like to add rust to baddies in general. :wink:

Longbottom Leaf's WIP: Arvedui and Malbeth 5/22/10

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