Cuchulain's Escape From Goblin Town WIP

Amarthadan · **Posted:** Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:51 pm

Ah I followed mrpaintwhatshisname as well while painting my EfGT mini's. Yours look beter though.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:13 am

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... -do-i.html
This should give you some ideas to help your photography. It shows you different sets up you can try out.

cuchulain84 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:55 am

@Gandalf: Thanks for the link. I don't have a very good set up at the moment but I will work on it.

This weekend I made good progress painting up Kili, Fili and Gloin, but I'm a little disappointed in the results. I think I'm getting a bit overwhelmed by the job at hand and have started rushing things to get done. They look pretty decent but suffer at close scrutiny. Lots of touch ups needed...

Anyway, here they are:

Fili

Kili

Gloin

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:34 am

Is there a reason for rushing, or is it just the excitement of finishing them ? Lets face it, we all suffer from the latter.
If it is just the latter, then slow down and take stock. Remember you are trying to I prove all the time, so aim toward a finish you want and slowly work your way there.

LordElrond · **Posted:** Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:02 pm

They look, really good, well done. Gloin looks amazing, but the photos of Fili are a bit blurry.

cuchulain84 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:39 pm

@Gandlaf the Grey
Yep, like you say it's just the exicitement of finishing the project and starting on something else. I was really keen to get these three done so that I could play through the first scenario as well, which I will hopefully get round to this week.

I'm definitely going to heed your advice though and take stock and picture what I want from the next miniature.

@LordElrond
Thanks, buddy. Gloin is definitely my favourite of the three.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:58 pm

Fantastic painting! I can understand the relief and excitement of completing a project but better to take a wee bit more time so that it is completed to the best standard possible. What does it matter if it takes a few more hours or a couple of extra days, when the minis may look slightly better for years and years to come.
It is very satisfying to look at something and feel a quiet inner happiness - thinking 'I did that'.

cuchulain84 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:17 pm

Welcome Bifur and Bofur to the party!

Both were quite tricky to paint with lots of details on the clothing.

We're on to the last stretch now. Only four Dwarves and one Hobbit to go...

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

Looking forward to seeing the entire company finished!

cuchulain84 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:11 am

Dori is done!

Really happy with the way he's turned out. I painted him over a couple days rather than one sitting. I think it helped slow me down and stop rushing.

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:14 am

Nice! The head is especially excellent :yay:

army-of-the-dom · **Joined:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:06 pm **Posts:** 258

Have you seen the milk bottle tip for photo taking, your models look great but I really think that using the milk bottle method would help us to see the detail in a close up or long distance as your models are great and deserve to be seen under best conditions, love dori so here the link ;
viewtopic.php?f=65&p=335571#p335571

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

Very good highlights on the skin and hair.

cuchulain84 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:40 pm

It's been a while guys!

Some of you may have seen that I've started playing through the scenarios in the set (#1, #2)

Well scenario 3 calls for a miniature I'd yet to paint, Nori. I'd already half painted Balin as well so this weekend I plodded on and got them done.

I'm not 100% happy with either so I may go back for touch ups. Certainly I'm going to be going back and doing something with bases on all the minis. Maybe just a highlight of baneblade brown, a few small rocks and a bit of static grass on each will do the trick.

Will be playing through and recording scenario 3 tonight hopefully, so look out for it on youtube soon

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:40 pm

The painted minis are looking great.

cuchulain84 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:51 pm

He's here.

The leader of our company, Thorin II Oakenshield.

And with that the Dwarves are all here! Now all we need is a burgular...

JamesR · **Posted:** Sun Nov 17, 2013 4:42 pm

Your faces look great! That's the area I'm struggling with the most in mastering

mertaal · **Posted:** Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:38 pm

Looking good matey! I'm looking forward to the group shot!!

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