Jobu WIP- Treebeard, troll, thorin convert

Abminiatures · **Joined:** Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:25 pm **Posts:** 60

Scales on the dragon look great, well done!

Éomer · **Joined:** Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:42 pm **Posts:** 59

Nice to see a dragon painted blue, I think it's the first time I see one in that colour, you've done a great paint job there!

Jobu · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:01 pm

I have placed the dragon on the sidelines for now since I was getting impatient with it. Moved on to finishing my castellans, still had two to do.
Here they are in the group shot, the two I finished last are on the ends.
They were done primarily with washes, dark angels green and badab black mixed at various ratios and applied as a glaze and/or wash. Chainmail for the metal and thinned down blood red.

Chris · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:04 pm

Lucky jobu

i only have 2 castellans

and you have 5, im going to steal you 3 :oops:

They look good

lorderkenbrand · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:26 pm

Nice Castellans! I haven't seen any like that before

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:43 pm

Very cool!!!

Jobu · **Posted:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:07 pm

Here is Grimbold, I also have Erkenbrand and a captain to take pics of. The fur changed when I put on the matte varnish, which I will post with the others.

Bastion.HUN · **Posted:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:22 pm

Use matt varnish, it is too glossy.

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

What do you use for the grass?

Jobu · **Posted:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:13 pm

Minimal Monkey Saddle wrote:

What do you use for the grass?

Lets see, if I remember correctly......
1 part medium talus ( woodland scenics)
1part fine talus (woodland scenics)
1/2 part fine green turf ( woodland scenics)
1/4 scorched grass (gale force nine)
1/4 glade grass ( GW )

His is approximate, it may actually be as little as 1/8 for the grasses.

Mix it all together in a container, put PVA glue on the base ( I don't even thin it with water ), dig a small hole(about 25mm works well

) in the mix, place base in it and either scoop the mix on top or just tilt the container to cover the base. Take the model out, tap it on the side of the container, then hold it upside down over a trashcan and blow over it to help the grass stand up.
Done

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

I had never thought about mixing different products. That's interesting and I like how it looks.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:26 pm

Nice Grimbold colours, he ooks like he's beein standing in the rain, though I must say I admire the piece.

Jobu · **Posted:** Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:41 am

Okay, matte varnished and the bases are dry.
Grimbold, captain and Erkenbrand.
Managed to drop Grimbold already

Erunion · **Posted:** Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:27 am

I love the Erkenbrand mini. I really need to pick him up, but my Rohan army has taken the back burner for some years now. You've done a good job on these fellows, and I really like your basing method for Riddermark-type terrain. Keep up the good work!

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Your Rohan heroes seems very nice painted

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:24 am

I like 'em!

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:59 am

Erkenbrand looks fantastic as well as the others. I agree with Erunion about picking up one of those models. It's just such a fantastic model.

warhammergamingnl · **Joined:** Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:06 pm **Posts:** 215

I like them all, the one with red-white-cape in perticular! Good job!

Jobu · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:38 pm

Thanks guys. I think my highlights/shading are still coming out a little on the "not popping" side and a little chalky. I am probably thinning my paint a little too much. All these models were painted with the same colors, only erky got some white and mithril silver.
Scorched brown
Menoth red base (p3)
Olive (VMC)
medium olive(VMC)
Black green ink(VGC)
Chardonite granite
Dark flesh(VMC)
Elf Flesh
Boltgun metal
Brass(VMC)-same as tin bitz really
calthan brown
Khemri brown
Red(VMC)
Linen White and weathered stone( reaper master series )

I have a real love hate relationship with the reaper paints. I love their colors, but the consistency is so so creamy that it is hard to thin. But then again maybe I thin to much

.

Oh, as another aside, these were primed with Vallejo acrylic-polyurethanebrush on primer. Really like this stuff, I have the grey, which is a really light light grey-almost white, but it does come in other colors so can be used a a base coat. This stuff really goes on well and seems to suck right down to the metal and does not hide details. Nice hard suface that takes paint very well. I prefer brush on for my metals as it seems to stick better than aerosols.

garmenhord · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:03 pm

I like the castellans and the rohan guy in red is really nice! Keep up the good work.

Jobu WIP- Treebeard, troll, thorin convert

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