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Author:  Minimal Monkey Saddle [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:22 am ]
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Erunion wrote:
What's your recipe for Thranduil's blue cloak?


Going from an earlier post I used these colours :

Basecoat - trollblood base
First highlight - menoth white highlight
Second highlight - frostbite
First shade - sanguinary base
Second shade - coal black


Well I don't have a lot of time for my own projects these days so have taken to revisiting old models.

Here's the goblin king before and after:

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All I've done is add various glazes of red, purple and brown gw shades into the shadows and thinned ivory to lighten up the main skintone.
Author:  Gene Parmesan [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:27 am ]
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Looks nice and evil. Lots of character
Author:  Crucium Giger [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:27 pm ]
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Fantastic colouring on him, I think it's the best I've seen.
Author:  Gandlaf the Grey [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:28 pm ]
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Great painting, right up to your usual standard. I just have an issue on the colour scheme, there doesn't appear any life, it looks more like a statue ?!?!
I'm hoping it's the photo as they can be very deceptive if you get the wrong light.
Author:  Minimal Monkey Saddle [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:11 pm ]
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Gandlaf the Grey wrote:
Great painting, right up to your usual standard. I just have an issue on the colour scheme, there doesn't appear any life, it looks more like a statue ?!?!
I'm hoping it's the photo as they can be very deceptive if you get the wrong light.


The colours are slightly bleached. On the model there is a mottled undertone of red that the camera hasn't picked up properly.

I did these hunter orcs as part of a commission.

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Author:  Gandlaf the Grey [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:09 pm ]
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Like I hoped, the photo hasn't picked out the detail or the true colours. The hunter orcs look the part, very sinister looking.
The best part of this being the fact it's a commission job, how's it going so far ?
Author:  Minimal Monkey Saddle [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:46 pm ]
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Starting a new business has been a hard learning curve but things are improving. And apart from not having much money life is pretty sweet. I get to spend a lot more time with my wife and the dog than I would otherwise if I had an office job. Along with the satisfaction of being paid for doing something I enjoy.
Author:  Gene Parmesan [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:42 pm ]
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Would love to get that definition out of darkly painted models. What's the secret?
Author:  Harfoot [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:37 pm ]
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Just checked your eBay store, fantastic, I am sure you will do well. Best of luck with it all.
Author:  Sithious [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:12 pm ]
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The painting on the Goblin King and the Hunters is top notch. Very rich while being dark.
Author:  Lord Hurin [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:09 pm ]
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Amazing work on the Hunter Orcs!
Author:  Dorthonion [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:42 am ]
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The Goblin King and the Hunter Orcs all exhibit the sine qua non of orcoidal personification: they look filthy! You can see every detail but it all has an elegant patina of whatever dirt they have been sleeping in. Wonderful work!
Author:  Minimal Monkey Saddle [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 1:44 pm ]
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Gene Parmesan wrote:
Would love to get that definition out of darkly painted models. What's the secret?


Black lining and near white spot highlights. Also, I try to incorporate both temperature and value contrast. This amounts to using glazes of 2-3 different gw shades on each area.


Dorthonion wrote:
The Goblin King and the Hunter Orcs all exhibit the sine qua non of orcoidal personification: they look filthy! You can see every detail but it all has an elegant patina of whatever dirt they have been sleeping in. Wonderful work!


Thanks. I'm a big fan of Roman Jarhead at massive voodoo - to the point of hoping to come over for a painting session this year - and I love how he puts so much detail and texture onto each model.
Author:  PowerofWill [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:15 pm ]
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Wow. Those are amazing :yay: they are incredibly realistic, I particularly like the faces, very well done. 8)

-PoW
Author:  Gandlaf the Grey [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:34 pm ]
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Lucky you if you get to see Roman, he is one painter I totally admire. His work is exceptional and his level of detail beggars belief. You will have to let me know if you do go, I would be very interested in hearing what he has to say.
Author:  BillFerny333 [ Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:22 am ]
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awesome man. just awesome!
Author:  Barrel Rider [ Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:43 am ]
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Those Hunter Orcs...... :yay:
Author:  Minimal Monkey Saddle [ Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:47 am ]
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Been a while since I really pushed myself.

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Author:  Crucium Giger [ Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:42 am ]
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That face is sublime, brilliant brush work.
Author:  The Lost Hobbit [ Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:43 pm ]
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Your painting is fantastic.

Do you mind explaining how you painted the Hunter Orcs. Which paints did you use for the skin?
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