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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:50 am 
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Everyone has done a brilliant job so far. It is going to be impossible to work out who to vote for. I hope to get mine finished this weekend.

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:42 am 
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edge67 wrote:
Everyone has done a brilliant job so far. It is going to be impossible to work out who to vote for.


That's definitely a good thing :)
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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:59 pm 
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Right now I'm having a hard time trying to sort out the color of Lurtz's leather and armour. The movie and stills ain't helping me much. The colors are too dark and hard to make out, it's too mute, monotone, monochrome... whatever the word for it is, help me out. He looks like he's all dressed in black even though he's not.

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:03 pm 
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I went for a dark brown with mine as you can see from my pictures. I looked at the stills of Lurtz from the movies and decided not to follow them too much because the colours he has in the film wouldn't look very good on a mini in my opinion. The dark brown came out looking okay, but I reckon a slightly lighter brown like the one Elland has used would look better. It's completely up to you though and how you want him to look, do you want him to still look quite dark or do you want him to look lighter? The great thing about miniature painting is you don't need to follow the movies and there is no right or wrong way to go about it. Just go with what feels right to you.

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:18 pm 
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I had the same problem with Lurtz going to look all monochrome and almost black. I went for a little more red skin than I first intended and instead of neutral browns on the clothing I started from Dark Flesh or Scorched brown, which have a little bit of red and yellow in them, respectively. The armour is still quite dark but I decided to keep it that way eventually. I'm still not happy with the arrow feathers, they are supposed to be warg fur (!) but they just don't stand out enough, but otherwise I'm really happy how this turned out eventually. This Lurtz will be part of my Amon Hen diorama, there's still Legolas, Gimli, dying Boromir and a couple of Uruks to do.

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:31 pm 
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That is very nicely done Valpas! And thanks for the words of encouragement Red Corsairs. Usually I follow the movies and stills, but Lurtz is giving me problems trying to figure out what's what in terms of color, a bit mind boggling. I'll just copy Valpas ;P

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:40 pm 
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Really nicely painted Pasi, it looks great. My only criticism is the little imperfection sticking out of the rim of the base. It's only a tiny minor criticism, it's just when the rest of the model looks so good, that really sticks out.

I like the cloth and leather, that's how I wanted mine to look pretty much, I just couldn't manage it.

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:43 pm 
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Speaking of mind boggling, if another great entry comes in, I swear my head is going to explode come voting time. I'm already now torn between three entries.

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:50 pm 
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Red Corsairs wrote:
My only criticism is the little imperfection sticking out of the rim of the base. It's only a tiny minor criticism, it's just when the rest of the model looks so good, that really sticks out.


Yeah, I didn't notice it until I was going through the photos and now I'm too busy to redo it (will be away from home starting tomorrow morning until end of month). :sad: Since this mini is going to a diorama without the base I just took the first base I happened to find from my bits box without looking at or filing it properly and sanded it. Well, I hope I learned something from this... :)

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:55 pm 
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Pasi, he is brilliant!! Really well done!! :)

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:57 pm 
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My final images:

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Just threw him together this past week. :)
I had fun taking part in this challenge and expect to see me in each one that I happen to be home for! 8)

Thought I'd add the hand was my first attempt at freehand... wish I'd made the small finger a bit, well, smaller.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:06 pm 
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Nice entry draked and I'm glad you enjoyed participating! Looking forward to seeing you in future challenges.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:23 pm 
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Nicely done draked! I really like those eyes! I did'nt get to do any eyes on mine.... :(
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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:29 pm 
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Really nice! That's one ace of a base ;)

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:45 pm 
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Really well done Draked! :)

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 Post subject: Re: August Painting Challenge: Lurtz
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:52 pm 
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Looking great!
One thing is for sure again, it will be very hard again to vote!! But that's a great thing about this :)

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:13 pm 
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Thanks all!

Pasi, Thank you! I have been recently trying to put a lot of effort into my bases!

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:10 pm 
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Guys, most excellent work being done! It will indeed be a most difficult choice when it comes time to vote!
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:37 pm 
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draked wrote:
I have been recently trying to put a lot of effort into my bases!


I've always thought bases and faces make a model, and your mini proves this 8)

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Red Corsairs wrote:
draked wrote:
I have been recently trying to put a lot of effort into my bases!


I've always thought bases and faces make a model, and your mini proves this 8)


Jake, you've made my day. That's quite a compliment, thank you very much. :)
Hopefully I can attain the precision and detail you portray on your models someday.

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