Botwt (WIP)

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:09 am

Thank you guys!

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:32 pm

Little bit of work on Balin's face and eyes...

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:36 pm

Nice job on the eyes Dave. Possibly a bit too much blue for my liking but that's a matter of personal opinion and does not detract from the fact they are nicely painted.

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:10 pm

Thanks Jake!

I like to give my heroes eyes that 'pop', and figure that he is also going to be done in a darker palette that they will add some spark to the model.

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:00 pm

Sound logic Dave, I'm sure it will look great when finished and they will definitely do the job you wanted them to.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:07 pm

His eyes are great - I'd never have the guts to try and paint eyes any other way than I'm used to. You might be onto a winner with this one

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:09 pm

Thanks guys!

Just muckin' about with some different colors today...

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:10 pm

The beard is well painted. Is the cloak just at the basecoat stage at the moment?

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:47 pm

Red Corsairs wrote:

The beard is well painted. Is the cloak just at the basecoat stage at the moment?

Actually the beard was a quick drybrushing which is now all back to grey again, and the red on the cloak is only a basecoat (same with his crown?).

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:53 pm

Very good so far, he would look better if he had green skin but that's anpther story...

Chris · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:42 pm

GothmogtheWerewolf wrote:

Very good so far, he would look better if he had green skin but that's anpther story...

Green skin? lol?

Looks good mate, but i thin he's skin color is too red (just my opinion

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lorderkenbrand · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:15 am

Green cloak I think he means maybe? :roll:

Dave, I envy your ability to paint eyes! :sad:

Those are some beauties (cue Jeepers Creepers tune). Can you share your secret with us?

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:17 am

Thanks guys!

Think I'll keep clear of green skin on my dwarves GothmogtheWerewolf, but thanks!

lorderkenbrand wrote:

Can you share your secret with us?

Sure...what I do is to paint the eyes first on my models face. Start with white and then decide if my model is going to look left or right...doing this gives the model a more lifelike look to his eyes. I will rarely have a model looking straight ahead do to the unnatural look of it and the difficulty to avoid them not being perfectly centered giving the model a lazy eye. My heroes usually get something other than a dark brownish/black color unless they are supposed to have that color, so I usually go blue or green...sometimes a hazel (Catachan Green). Hope that helps a bit.