Cyndra's Minis and Scenery Log, Burn the Westfold!

donuthare · **Joined:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:48 am **Posts:** 205

u eat lot of magmums:)

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:39 pm

Yeh i suppose it look quite a lot on the pic but they have been eaten over quite a few months (between me and the rest of my family)
But thanks for the comment.

I finally got my dunland archers in the mail so here they are:

I will begin painting them tomorrow.

Cyndra the Grey

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:19 pm

Well i have done a little work on the hall:

WIP archers:

Completed wraiths:

WIP hasharin (sorry for the bad pic):

C&C welcome guys.
Thanks

Cyndra the Grey

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:20 pm

Well the panting on the archers is finished, just basing to go now.

No more progress on the hall yet but i think i might start painting the watchtower soon.
I'll be glad to here your comments.

Cyndra the Grey

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:13 pm

Here is the war banner finally finished, and i really like it:

And the archers are finished and the hasharin just needs basing:

Im going to get started on an elven spearman soon as well as the watchtower. Thanks for looking and please comment.

Cyndra the Grey

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Looking good, I love the small flag.. how did you make it? Some highlights on the Dundean would be good, around the beared anyway. Man.. ginger beard - proud to be Scottish.

Have you given the skin parts a base coat of brown before you put the peach on? I do it on my good models because it gives them a better look i find. Keep up the good work!

P.S. Still waiting for that hall update :-D

Drum

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:39 pm

Thanks for the reply. The banner is just taken from the WFB flagellant kit. I'll try some highlights on one of my dwarf warriors before I try it on these guys. I just paint the dwarf flesh over the primer but I'll try putting on cathlan brown before hand and see how it goes. I'm glad you picked up on my scottish link.

I'll getting some more sticks tomorrow when I got to see the new Harry potter. Yay!! I might pick up some of the wild men soon and I'm planning a 4'x4' board and all I need to get is the MDF for the top because I've got the wood for the bracing already. So expect some pics in a few weeks. Thanks for the comment.

Cyndra the Grey

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:30 pm

The archers looks very nice but I suggest to layer the cloak of the hasharin not drybush it then it looks much better when you layer it.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:12 pm

Yeh I agree with you about the cloak - but how do you layer? My prowess belongs on the gaming table and sadly not the painting workshop. Do you mean by building it up from darker grey to a lighter one?
Thanks for the comment about the archers though.

Cyndra the Grey

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:53 am

Yes building it from dark grey to lighter grey, then it looks much better and cleaner.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:10 pm

Oh right ok, i'll have to try that out as well. I'm doing some practice highlighting on a dwarf ranger so i'll post that up this afternoon. Thanks for the tip.

Cyndra the Grey

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Cyndra the Grey wrote:

Oh right ok, i'll have to try that out as well. I'm doing some practice highlighting on a dwarf ranger so i'll post that up this afternoon. Thanks for the tip.

Cyndra the Grey

Look forward to seeing your ranger

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:34 pm

Try to keep your paints thin and work fast but not rubbish, cause if you are painting to slow the paint dries out so keep adding water.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:40 pm

Ok ill try out your tips.
Well as promised here is my WIP ranger:

The washes have just been put on and the cloak has been highlighted. Putting on brown underneath the flesh is a really good tip so i think the flesh has tuned out well.
And me and my dad had a fruitful trip to B&Q:

We got sand, MDF and brown paint for around £20 and we already have the wood for bracing but its too cold to do anything now but maybe tomorrow or next weekend. The board will be a 4'x4' (split into two 4'x2's) and it will have a river built into it.
SNOW!!!:

So what do you guys think? And where could i get balsa wood from to speed up the hall? Where do you get styrofoam (blue foam) from because im wanting to sculpt some hills on?

Cyndra the Grey

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

You wouldn't get balsa wood in B&Q, but there is often at your local hobby store, or at the nearest toy shop. They often have a back section for hobbies like trains or models etc.. The foamboard you are looking for will be at your DIY store like B&Q. It'll come under the insulation section, and it comes in big boards. I use foamcore at the moment, which is slightly different - but they're both just as good.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:24 pm

Oh right thanks, im guessing hobbycraft would do it then? And i should have asked for the foam when i was there but oh well.
Here is the ranger finished totaling 3 hours including my estimate for basing time:

Please bear in mind that this is my first time highlighting but otherwise fire away with advice! :-D

This has got to be the best model i have painted to date so im very proud, he shall be named Bombur after my favorite dwarf from the hobbit.

thanks for looking and please comment.

Cyndra the Grey

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

He's coming along very nicely! The highlights really help, and i love the colour for the cloak too. Try giving him some eye's, it really adds that human touch. On an unrelated subject hows the snow where you are? We have lots, and the schools have already closed.

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:40 pm

I don't think i have the skill for eyes yet but i will try them in the future. Just some touch ups on him and basing and he is all finished.
The snows ok but school hasn't been cancelled yet because it only snowed for 2 hours last night. But there is still two more nights so im still holding out hope....
Thanks for the kind words though mate.

Cyndra the Grey

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:49 am

Yay no school!! So I can do some painting today on a dwarf warrior. I have also been making some osgiliath style ruins and some progress on the hall will be made. Expect a proper update around lunchtime ish.
Thanks

Cyndra the Grey

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:49 am

Yep, Hobbycraft sell balsa wood, although you may be shocked to see how expensive it is. I know I was. Got mine from ebay in the end.

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