[PAINT] March Painting Challenge "WARBANDS"

WhiteWizard · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:55 pm

Question for you DMS:

I am making some objective markers, as you can see from the five resin bases in my proof pic...

Can I enter them in the challenge with the warband, or is it strictly miniatures only?

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:00 pm

WhiteWizard wrote:

Question for you DMS:

I am making some objective markers, as you can see from the five resin bases in my proof pic...

Can I enter them in the challenge with the warband, or is it strictly miniatures only?

As long as you enter 8 miniatures as well as your objective markers i see no problem.

WhiteWizard · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:21 pm

Ok cool, thank you

DomyHill · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:23 pm

Thorin and Co. excluding Gandalf.

Crucifer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:31 pm **Posts:** 128

Gandlaf the Grey wrote:

Crucifer wrote:

Completed the first Uruk for my warband, not sure about the brown cloth I might try to make it darker.

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I like it as it is as it defines a difference between the clothing. I fear if you go darker it could lose this.
Very nice painting though and the war band will look great once they are all together.
My only thought is are you representing leather ? If you are then a very light drybrush of a lighter brown could help to assimilate the crackled leather look.

I had no plan of making like leather, more like rugged cloth perhaps. I wanted them to have a dark and dirty look, that is why I might wanted it to look darker, but I was afraid you would have a hard time seeing the diffrence between the skin and the cloth.

Fin · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:53 pm

BizzareWarstar wrote:

Really cool looking dudes!
I love your colours!

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:48 pm

Crucifer - In which case I would toward what base you are doing and transfer some of that colour onto the clothing either with thin glazes or drybrushing to help dirty them up.

BizzareWarstar · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:10 pm

Harfoot wrote:

Started, using resin bases from MDP

...the look really good too, and the Dweller head on the banner is a nice touch. what or who is MDP ?

Crucifer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:31 pm **Posts:** 128

@Gandalf the Grey

I was planning on using bases similar to them in my WIP. Do you have any recommendations for what I could do? I really appreciate the feedback

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:12 pm

Crucifer wrote:

@Gandalf the Grey

I was planning on using bases similar to them in my WIP. Do you have any recommendations for what I could do? I really appreciate the feedback

Your bases are great but there is a touch of room to put some talus / sand in to be painted up. I would envisage a fairly regular paint scheme to them using colours like snakebite leather best ail brown bleached bone, that rep of thing.
I would look to putting them on the clothing, around the bottom of the garment but you could experiment with applying some on arms and shoulders to help with the grubby appearance. I would say that less would be more in the final figures. The last thing you want is to over do it and spoil the excellent work you've done already.

DomyHill · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:54 pm

Is it acceptable if I only paint 8 of Thorin's company?

Draugluin · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:56 pm

Out of curiosity, would the Three Trolls count as a single warband for this competition? I just got a phone with a decent camera and interweb connectivity and I won the Trolls as part of a raffle over this weekend.

LordElrond · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:20 pm

Draugluin wrote:

Out of curiosity, would the Three Trolls count as a single warband for this competition? I just got a phone with a decent camera and interweb connectivity and I won the Trolls as part of a raffle over this weekend.

It's in what you said: "3", not eight

Draugluin · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:29 pm

But they're monsters, you only need 4 cavalry models for a warband, so 3 monsters would make sense.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:30 pm

@DomyHill - 8 of Thorins company is fine

@LordElrond - 3 trolls - go for it

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:36 am

Here's my warband, a bunch of Easterlings led by none other than Khamul.

Some progress.

-PoW

BrentS · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:19 am

Finishing up the conversions for a warband...

aelfwine · **Joined:** Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:23 am **Posts:** 508

Well, it's late in the game, but I have started. Spent a fascinating hour gluing myself to things and cursing.

and

I am being super ambitious and doing two warbands, or trying to. Two 'bands of Warriors of Minas Tirith, part of a wider project which has been left undone since November 2011. (I did try and do a Noldorin Exiles project last year, between all that was happening, but all I have to show for that are some half done Elves)

Apologies for the bad photo. The light in this apartment is truly hideous. Add that to a cellphone camera (the real one is hidden since our breakin in the autumn), and the result is pretty rubbish.

I'll have the better camera for the final shots, though.

ElfLover · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:05 am

A quick snap of my Gandalf the Grey painted Gandalf the white

rumtap · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:19 am

Now that my better half's Birthday spectacular is done and dusted, I may have some time to paint! Being a slow painter i don't hold a lot of hope of getting them all done on time, but that's why they call it a challenge isn't it!

So here is my proof pic for "Into the Breach" a Uruk-hai capatain leading a demolition team, two uruks with shield and two uruks with pikes.

[PAINT] March Painting Challenge "WARBANDS"

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