ElfLover's WIP (The Fellowship 20/4/2013)

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:53 pm

Ares B wrote:

What are those spikes around Aragorn? Orc arrows?

Reeds I believe (though I may be wrong)
If you were aiming to get reeds then I'd recommend hairs from an old brush.
It's great to see you doing such inventive basing so early on though

ElfLover · **Posted:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:51 pm

Its supposed to be long grass :oops:

Thanks for the encouragement Sid

John Wayne · **Posted:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:16 pm

Liking the swamp shoots of long grass :yay:

Rognarr · **Posted:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 11:10 pm

ElfLover wrote:

Sorry Rognarr I didn't see your post before. This is a picture of the brushes next to Aragorn

Don't worry, that happens ^^
I'd definitely recommend to get finer brushes though. Your smalles brush is far too big for details like faces or fine lines.
Try to get maybe the fine detail brush from citadel or something comparable if not even smaller.. you will see how this already helps you improving your skills

ElfLover · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:51 am

John Wayne- Thanks

Rognarr- I just spent a heap of money on miniatures so it might be a while before I get a new brush set but once I have the money I will probably get one

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:56 am

ElfLover wrote:

...I just spent a heap of money on miniatures so it might be a while before I get a new brush set but once I have the money I will probably get one

Aye, I know the feeling. It shouldn't cost too much to get a new brush though... I managed to get a multipack of some really decent brushes at a local card shop for just £2, one of which is a really nice size 2/0 brush that I now use for pretty much everything

ElfLover · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:17 am

Sorry Sid but newbie question coming up :oops:

, What does 2/0 mean?

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:29 am

ElfLover wrote:

Sorry Sid but newbie question coming up :oops:

, What does 2/0 mean?

2/0 is a measurement of the size of a brush.
For example, you can have sizes 5,4,3,2,1,0, 2/0, 3/0, 4/0, 5/0 or 10/0. The bigger the number the bigger the brush

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 2:11 pm

SidTheSloth wrote:

ElfLover wrote:

Sorry Sid but newbie question coming up :oops:

, What does 2/0 mean?

2/0 is a measurement of the size of a brush.
For example, you can have sizes 5,4,3,2,1,0, 2/0, 3/0, 4/0, 5/0 or 10/0. The bigger the number the bigger the brush

Some companies go 3, 2, 1, 0, 00, 000, 0000, etc...btw.

Ares B · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:08 pm

ElfLover wrote:

Its supposed to be long grass :oops:

Thanks for the encouragement Sid

Ah, right. Thanks for the clarification.

They could use some foliage around them, how about green tea leaves? Cheap, plentiful, and looks nice.

ElfLover · **Posted:** Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:56 pm

I've now finished Legolas

I've tried to make him look like he is patrolling his Mirkwood home

I'll upload some close-ups when I get back from soccer

ElfLover · **Posted:** Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:55 am

Here are some close-ups of Legolas

As you can see I tried to paint his lips with a peachy shade of light red which I don't think turned out too well

. Anyways I am quite pleased with the overall product.

ElfLover · **Posted:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:38 am

Sorry about the double post but no one has commented on my last post

Anyway I've decided to colour code the bases so that the main category (eg. The Free Peoples) is the main colour around the base and the sub-category (eg. Durin's Folk) is the colour of a line on the front and back. If this is confusing don't worry I'll add pictures later

This is the code I'm using:

Kindoms of Men: White
Arnor: Dark Green
Minas Tirith: Gold
Rohan: Light Green
The Flefdoms: Light Blue
Númenor: Dark Blue

The Free People: Dark Green
Durin's Folk: Red
Eregion & Rivendell: Gold
Lothlorien & Mirkwood: Light Blue
The Fellowship: Black
The Shire: Light Green
The Wanderers in the Wild: Dark Blue
The White Council: White

Moria & Angmar: Red
Moria: Black
Angmar: Dark Green

The Fallen Realms: Dark Blue
Harad & Umbar: Purple
Isengard: White
The Eastern Kingdoms: Gold

Mordor: Black
Mordor: Red

So with Legolas the main colour band on his base is Dark Green because he is part of the Free Peoples and his stripe is black because he is part of the fellowship

John Wayne · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:37 pm

Could do with a wash but pretty good :yay:

ElfLover · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:52 pm

Yeah Thanks John Wayne

I was actually going to do a wash on further miniatures

LordElrond · **Posted:** Sun May 05, 2013 11:01 pm

Will we be seeing your wood elf banner bearer that you were going to enter in the competition?

ElfLover · **Posted:** Mon May 06, 2013 9:13 am

You will hopefully but I am a SLOW painter so it may be a week or two

DoctorW · **Posted:** Sun May 12, 2013 5:24 pm

I like that timber

gave me some ideas for basing

I also recommend small brush like "00" i bought it for 3€ in art store (since i don't have any hobby shops in country - so i must be good in improvising

)

Keep up with painting, it's always going to be better with practice (i know how i painted few years ago)

ElfLover · **Posted:** Sun May 12, 2013 8:57 pm

Thanks DoctorW Yeah I should probably pick up a new brush when I have time

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