Bandobras' WIP - Elrond (08/16)

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:45 pm

Thanks everyone!

Elladan & Elrohir wrote:

Nice work! How did you make that desert base? I would love to try that out!

Elladan

Cheers Elladan. So, as I mentioned above, I followed BrushStroke's great tutorial on desert basing for the most part with some changes:

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However, I started mine differently. I began by building up an irregular terrain-type on top of the base using blue tack. Then I placed the miniatures in the correct points and superglued them to the base (the bottom of the tab should be touching bare plastic - basically push the tab into the blue tack and then scrape out the bottom of the little imprint you've made to expose the black plastic in that isolated area). Then, I used a little more blue tack to blend the tabs into the "ground" before applying a couple of large rocks with superglue. Also, at this stage, I "sculpted" some foot prints between the two carriers into the blue tack. Then a layer of PVA was applied. Don't worry if this gets on the shoes of the minis - it adds to the effect later if painted. Like in BrushStroke's tutorial, sprinkle on a small amount of sand, some small rocks and then cover the base with Baking Soda. Shake/blow off the excess and paint. I painted mine in the following way:

- Basecoat Vomit Brown (a couple of watered down coats)
- Wash Reikland Fleshshade
- Drybrush Vomit Brown
- Drybrush Ushabti Bone

Then I finished it off by painting the rim black and added a couple of tufts of Mordheim Turf as desert vegetation.

BrushStroke's paint-scheme for the base gives a more muted effect but I was after something a bit more vibrant, almost 'warm-looking', if you get what I mean. The pictures don't show it in the best light but still, I'm pretty pleased with it

Elladan & Elrohir · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:35 am

Thanks so much! :-D

I was wondering how you achieved that sand dune look. Very nice! I hope to try this out when I have the time. Could I use greenstuff instead of blue tack?

Elladan

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:00 pm

No problem Elladan. Yep Greenstuff would work absolutely fine. I just prefer to use blue tack on the bases as it saves Greenstuff for other, more important things that need more fine detail sculpted etc. I don't have a lot of Greenstuff spare either...

Elladan & Elrohir · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:06 pm

Cool! We got to much Green Stuff! :lol:

Need to use it.

Sithious · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:16 pm

I like the dark Blue on the guards and King. I think the painting is top notch. I don't even want to assemble mine, looks like a pain in the but model, but I think it is just fears from my old Slaan Mage Priest that had the 4 guards carrying it cause that model was really tricky to get right.
Anyway great work.

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:32 am

Cheers Sith. Yeah, it was rather difficult to figure out the best way of assembling the thing. In the end, I "dry-fitted" everything (with blue tack to keep the flag on the King's back) and then undercoated. Once that was dry, I split the piece up into its constituent parts and painted separately. I glued the base of the King's seat to a 25mm base for the painting stage to make things easier and the two Abrakhans' tabs were pushed into a slotta base until they were painted as well. The trickiest bit was not getting superglue on the already-painted carriers when I was putting the poles into their hands!

All in all though, it is a great model and I think well-worth the effort of assembling...

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:12 pm

Here's my latest work. Am entering this and either the banner bearer or horn blower from the same box set in this month's challenge. Pretty pleased with this one, again just painting up at usual pace, not really taking too much time on blends etc. I'm hoping to push my painting a bit more on individual minis in the summer, but for now I'm happy to keep churning out minis at this level

So, here is the Rohan King's Huntsman:

C & C welcome!

Oropher · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:04 pm

That's a cracker!

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:04 pm

Fantastic emotion in that face, well captured.

Ridgeback · **Joined:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 pm **Posts:** 105

Brilliant paintjob!!

That face is fantastic.

Im waiting for the next update .

Harfoot · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:14 pm

Very impressive, the hair looks great, gives him an "aged" experienced look.

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:18 pm

Lovely model, lovely paint job. Face = fantastic

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:41 pm

Here's the other half of my entry for the month's challenge. Bit of a rush-job but I have to say that the level of detail on the face on this one was rather disappointing. I really struggled to identify the areas of highlights - the eye area was practically non-existent. I suppose that's just the transfer of metal to finecast...

C & C welcome!

orc-archer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:02 pm

The hornblowers cloak is stunning, well done!

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:38 pm

All look great but photos are a little dark.

Ridgeback · **Joined:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 pm **Posts:** 105

Brilliant work ! :yay:

i like the paintjob on the cloak !

Eric · **Joined:** Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:58 pm **Posts:** 123

Man, you just made me to decide to order yet more minis... Those rohans are amazing! Especially Huntsman's face, great work.

a Hobbit · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2015 2:14 am

I have just found this thread and your work is spectacular! What paints did you use for gandalf in the diorama?

Elladan & Elrohir · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:06 pm

Great Work! I wish I could paint like that! I'm a Rohan collector and I love what you have done, especially on the King's Huntsman.

Can't wait to get my sticky paws on these minis!

How did you achieve the white hair on the Huntsman? I would like to try it out. :-D

Elrohir the Rohirrim

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:34 pm

Beautiful work - lots of character and 'substance', if you see what I mean. Fantastic!

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