Painting Challenge: Ent!

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Tue May 04, 2010 10:37 pm

Hey guys. I finished the bark, meaning a good part of the model is done. I'm just not really sure I like it... I was trying for something unique, but I'm just not sure if it looks good... Do you guys think I should stick with this guy, or re pant him in a silver birch scheme?

Noddwyr · **Posted:** Tue May 04, 2010 11:50 pm

I think he looks interesting and like that you tried to do something unique, and IMHO i think he would look great if the highlights were not as stark. Maybe try adding another shade. As King Elessar said, i think it just needs a bit more time and work. But good so far. :yay:

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 1:56 am

I personally think it's a solid job right now, but w/c/should be taken further. Maybe add some grey/green to a few areas, add a few patches of moss, etc--just something to break up the monotony.

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 1:57 am

I personally think it's a solid job right now, but w/c/should be taken further. Maybe add some grey/green to a few areas, add a few patches of moss, etc--just something to break up the monotony.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 2:17 am

Anduril Blade of Kings wrote:

I personally think it's a solid job right now, but w/c/should be taken further. Maybe add some grey/green to a few areas, add a few patches of moss, etc--just something to break up the monotony.

At the risk of sounding like a noob, what's w/c/ mean? :oops:

And yes, there are plenty of areas of moss and lichen on the model, I've just yet to paint those. So, looks like I'll continue on with this, just adding some variety of colors and adding shading as well as tonig down the highlights. Thanks a million for all of the help guys!

Noddwyr · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 2:28 am

Hey guys, so Im slowly working on the ent. I have done quite a bit since my last post, but i still have a bit to do before I can start painting. Once again clickable thumbnails for the forums sake.

@ Longbottom i think it means would, could, should in this case. :-D

C&C welcome as always.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 2:44 am

Noddwyr wrote:

@ Longbottom i think it means would, could, should in this case. :-D

Ah yes, I see that now... :oops:

Great progress on your Ent, look forward to seeing him painted!

Warlord777 · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 2:54 am

nice ent!! i love the legs with all the roots. Could have more face detail i think or maybe i just need to put in my contacts :oops:

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 6:23 am

Nice progress guys!

mada · **Joined:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:27 pm **Posts:** 67

my proof picture of the Ent that I Sculpted is in my Gallery C&C welcome

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 7:05 pm

Josh, he looks amazing!! :yay:

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 7:58 pm

BilboOfTheWhiteTower wrote:

Josh, he looks amazing!! :yay:

Thanks, Dave!

I hope he still looks good, as I tried to follow through on everyone's suggestions for him.I added some darker shades in the cracks and grooves of the wood, and added some glazes of green to some areas. A wash of Scorched Brown then ties it all together. Hopefully it worked out nicely, I'm not really sure. Then again, my opinion might be just be a little biased in the negative, as I've had a lot of trouble working with this guy... :oops:

Any thoughts?

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 9:40 pm

Well, I like him, good job.

ellessar aragorn · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2010 12:02 pm

hi like barrow wigths i will take part agian.because i have been miss to log in the site very long can i ask something ?who won in barrow wigth challenge??????

scipio.au · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2010 12:15 pm

Longbottom Leaf wrote:

I hope he still looks good, as I tried to follow through on everyone's suggestions for him.I added some darker shades in the cracks and grooves of the wood, and added some glazes of green to some areas. A wash of Scorched Brown then ties it all together. Hopefully it worked out nicely, I'm not really sure. Then again, my opinion might be just be a little biased in the negative, as I've had a lot of trouble working with this guy... :oops:

Any thoughts?

Honestly, it's a very decent job on what is basically a pretty plain tabletop miniature. I felt (and still feel) much the same way about my version of the same figure that I painted just a couple of months ago as what you're saying about yours (I'll throw it and my other treeman up on my blog after I finish my challenge figure for a tree-folk edition later on).

It's just not a great "painter's figure", nor is something like the Treebeard that I'm painting - quite simple to made it look decent-to-good, but very hard to make it look far beyond that.

The outstanding figures in this challenge IMO are going to be the unique scratchbuilds, and we've already seen a decent bit of that in the WIP pictures already in the thread.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2010 3:52 pm

scipio.au wrote:

Longbottom Leaf wrote:

I hope he still looks good, as I tried to follow through on everyone's suggestions for him.I added some darker shades in the cracks and grooves of the wood, and added some glazes of green to some areas. A wash of Scorched Brown then ties it all together. Hopefully it worked out nicely, I'm not really sure. Then again, my opinion might be just be a little biased in the negative, as I've had a lot of trouble working with this guy... :oops:

Any thoughts?

Honestly, it's a very decent job on what is basically a pretty plain tabletop miniature. I felt (and still feel) much the same way about my version of the same figure that I painted just a couple of months ago as what you're saying about yours (I'll throw it and my other treeman up on my blog after I finish my challenge figure for a tree-folk edition later on).

It's just not a great "painter's figure", nor is something like the Treebeard that I'm painting - quite simple to made it look decent-to-good, but very hard to make it look far beyond that.

The outstanding figures in this challenge IMO are going to be the unique scratchbuilds, and we've already seen a decent bit of that in the WIP pictures already in the thread.

You've preatty much hit the nail on the head. Although it's a nice model, and like you said can be painted well fairly easily, yet it's very difficult to try something different and have the miniature come out looking good. To be honest, I just was not satisfied with where the miniature was going, and I just seemed to like him less and less the more I tried to improve him. I've decided I'll go for the Birch scheme instead, it's both easier and will be much more satisfying to paint to be honest. Thanks for the help, scipio. Much appreaciated.

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2010 4:48 pm

ellessar aragorn wrote:

hi like barrow wigths i will take part agian.because i have been miss to log in the site very long can i ask something ?who won in barrow wigth challenge??????

http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18131

ellessar aragorn · **Posted:** Fri May 07, 2010 4:29 am

ok here is my ent i have creating it for 7 days he is with glorfindel i called him fatnos and he is close firend with glorfindel

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Warlord777 · **Posted:** Fri May 07, 2010 4:48 am

EPIC!!!!!! :shock:

Fishlegs · **Posted:** Fri May 07, 2010 6:26 am

ellessar aragorn wrote:

ok here is my ent i have creating it for 7 days he is with glorfindel i called him fatnos and he is close firend with glorfindel

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I'm sorry - but this is not your miniature. The image is taken from Onyx's blog:

http://onyxworkshop.wordpress.com/about ... gs-armies/

Just scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Why would you claim someone else's miniature?

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