Goldberry

werner · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:39 am

Hey

I'm going to paint Goldberry. I like the colour scheme from GW: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1130379
Does anybody know where I can find a painting guide or give me some tips?
Also other colour schemes are welcom!

Thanks

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:02 pm

Have you got FoTR journey book, there's one in there I think, but you have to grab it quick.

werner · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:15 am

Yes I've got it. I use these painting guides as starter. Mostly I add washes, some extra highlights or merge it with another painting guide.
Now I was looking voor inspiration for GoldBerry.

F.e. in the FoTR journey book:
DRESS
- Scaly Green
- Skull White
Is there a way I can accomplish this with washes?

Thanks

IsleStaggerholm · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:03 pm

I use Spacewolf Grey as a basecoat and then use very light washes of skull white adding more and more layers as you come out of the folds of the cloth. This is a good method for horses and clothing that you want white with blue shadows.

werner · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:15 am

Thanks I'm to give it a try but also scaly green as basecoat (like in the Fotr journey book).

Anybody else some tips, ideas,

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:27 am

I used scaly green as a basecoat and then just watered down skull white and highlighted it up to pure skull white

werner · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:33 am

Dead Marsh Spectre wrote:

I used scaly green as a basecoat and then just watered down skull white and highlighted it up to pure skull white

Thanks, did you use the watered down skull white as a Wash or just different layers of highlights?

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:53 am

I layered it on just leaving a very thin line of scaly green showing where the material meets the belt / folds etc. It took quite a few layers if I remember rightly. I can take a photograph of her lately and post it here if you like

werner · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:17 am

Dead Marsh Spectre wrote:

I layered it on just leaving a very thin line of scaly green showing where the material meets the belt / folds etc. It took quite a few layers if I remember rightly. I can take a photograph of her lately and post it here if you like

That would be nice, thank you!

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:45 am

Here you go mate

Good luck with your painting!

werner · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:00 am

Thanks for the quick response.
The GW version

is more clean. So I think I'm going to try it without watering down the paint.
Does they also use scaly green as base colour?

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:22 am

You still get the clean look watering down the paint - the figure I posted above was painted years ago. If I painted it today it would be clean.

IsleStaggerholm · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:16 am

Its actually much cleaner to due the many, many layers of watered down white. unless you have fast brush and master blending skills and you can paint the scaly green and the white and the same time and blend them in. . . that is a techinque I have not mastered though.

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:08 am

I could post some pictures of my Goldberry if you'd like.
It's not too great but I like it alot. I used Scaly Green basecoat then watered down Skull White in layers that was mentioned earlier.

Tabletop_heroes · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:25 am

Hi, I followed the guide in FotR Journey book, here she is with Tom... Her dress is darker than the GW model, but it looks ok

werner · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:12 pm

Wah Wing wrote:

I could post some pictures of my Goldberry if you'd like.
It's not too great but I like it alot. I used Scaly Green basecoat then watered down Skull White in layers that was mentioned earlier.

That would be nice...

werner · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:16 pm

Watered down white: do you use it as a wash or do you remove some water before start painting?

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:04 am

Here are some pictures of my Goldberry.
The white is watered down and applied very lightly. You're basically layering it. This technique allows the white to smooth over the basecoat without using mid-colors. Well, that's what I think it does. It's hard to explain.
I took some photos of Goldberry with her finished base but the Picture Editor program isn't working properly. So here are some of her finished painted but not based.
Good luck!

werner · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:28 am

Thanks for the picture and tips.

I'm going to try this scheme (thanks to Steven from my local gamestore):
- Regal Blue
- Ice Bleu
- Skull White

Thanks all!

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:08 am

Good luck! Can't wait for some pictures!

Goldberry

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