Tidoco's "The Hobbit" Miniatures WIP Thread

tidoco · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:09 am

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.

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.

goblin_king · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:06 am

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.

Bartelomeus · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:47 am

Glad to see you're painting again.
Your articles are great and this Gandalf is no different so far.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:30 am

Off to a great start, Tim. I love the base idea.

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:48 pm

Indeed, he looks good so far. It's great to see you back painting lotr guys.

tidoco · **Posted:** Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:43 pm

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.

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.

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:05 pm

Nice neat work Tim. Eyes are spot on.

goblin_king · **Posted:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:14 am

Such lovely, subtle painting. Very jealous! Good work!

Telchar · **Posted:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:12 am

If this is not up to your usual standard, then what the heck did you usually make? It's gorgeous

Joansean · **Joined:** Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:23 pm **Posts:** 760

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?

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:33 pm

In the style of McDonalds: 'I'm lovin' it!'
Gandalf looks superb, I like the skin tone alot

John Wayne · **Posted:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:21 pm

Yeah great work so far

Whatevier · **Posted:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:16 pm

Nice work so far.

for sticking to the original colours, much better and realistic looking that gw's scheme.

Oropher · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2015 1:34 pm

Any more progress/finished pictures to go with this?

Just about to start on my own!

mdauben · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:23 pm

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.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:46 pm

I hate to burst a bubble but he hasn't logged in for over a year.

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:28 pm

Indeed. A bit of thread necromancy going on here.

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