Gandlaf the Grey WIP 10/01

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:09 pm

^Busting out the source material on me

Yeah I remember the knights being badasses in the books, too bad they couldn't have made the cut to film. But true Gandlaf's diorama is totally representative of the Prince.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:16 pm

I've made a start on EFGT -Gandalf is first up.
First the group shot, all ready for painting

Now the big man

Harfoot · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:21 pm

wow, you have been busy, Gandalf is coming along well ( great sculpt)

Did you have to use much green stuff on the Goblin King?

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:27 pm

Not much on the goblin king, thing I got a bit lucky.
I need to push the contrast more of Gandalf. However, with 55 figures to paint, I may need to drop the standard a bit to save on time.

Gene Parmesan · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:32 pm

Looks good. I want to redo my eftg set as I used it initially to get back into painting, now they're among my worst standard. I'll watch this thread closely

Frogmortonjustice65 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:21 pm **Posts:** 129

I struggle with creating contrast with gray as well. Washing black into the recesses and using a fine-highlight of nearly-white grey helped for me when I painted this figure.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:14 am

I will be using purple and blue to push my contrast, a touch of green as well.

Harfoot · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:35 pm

Gandlaf the Grey wrote:

I will be using purple and blue to push my contrast, a touch of green as well.

Interesting, i work for an industrial paint company, greys are the hardest to match as they contain so many different colours.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:46 pm

Harfoot wrote:

Gandlaf the Grey wrote:

I will be using purple and blue to push my contrast, a touch of green as well.

Interesting, i work for an industrial paint company, greys are the hardest to match as they contain so many different colours.

Trust me, it will be fine, I'm sure. I will update some photos of my progression.

edge67 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:31 am

You did a fantastic job on the diorama - very well done! A lot of hard work went into that. I'll be interested to see how your shades and highlights turn out for Gandalf. I always have trouble with grey.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:22 pm

Gandalf is finished. I hope you can see the work on the cold and warm colours to help the contrast. I have had to cut the time I spent on him as I have that many to do for this diorama

Amy · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:22 pm

Lovely work! I really like the blue of his scarf and hat, looking forward to seeing more!

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:02 pm

And Balin, done in a day, a record for me.

Frogmortonjustice65 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:21 pm **Posts:** 129

Smooth painting! His face looks very nice, and I like the red tones of his coat.

Oropher · **Posted:** Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:50 am

The red is gorgeous yes, and the face is excellent too. Very realistic look to it.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:42 pm

Thanks for the feedback, actually, I realise this was about 4 hours painting at most, probably nearer 3.

Harfoot · **Posted:** Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:27 pm

Nice work Mally, spitting image of Father Christmas :-D

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:54 pm

Harfoot wrote:

Nice work Mally, spitting image of Father Christmas :-D

I should have entered him in the winter challenge.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:13 pm

I've just received my order for Scale 75 Unnatural Skin paint set, love these paints, simply adore them. I will be putting a full review of them on my blog.

So I have gone about making a test piece for my EFGT set which I did in about 2 hours. Thoughts and feedback please.

Not the best photos but I think they give the idea. The highlights are brighter than the picture suggest and everything looks a little blurred.

Feanorthenoldor · **Joined:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:44 pm **Posts:** 879

that's one nasty looking goblin, looks like he's staring right in your soul. very nice gandalf

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