Aulë's WIP - Update: Bifur (EfGT)

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:14 pm

So, I've decided to start a wip :rofl:

I'm back in the hobby after a 5 year hiatus, so im looking for some tips eheh

Recently i bought for 120 € a 65 number collection of deagostini that was released in my country (Portugal) some years ago.
I've already painted to nr5, but im gona lay here all of them from 1 to 65 as my work evolves :-D

Hope you like it and im counting on your help guys

ps: as i said, im Portuguese, so the magazines are written in my native tongue... hope that's not a problem xD

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:21 pm

So, for number 1 we have the Moria Goblins

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:30 pm

And here are some of them already painted and based

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:37 pm

Nr 2: the Last Alliance between man and elves

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:41 pm

Some more

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:43 pm

And the final ones

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:52 pm

Nr 3: Frodo :frodo:

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:55 pm

Nr 4: Uruk-Hai's

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:57 pm

2 more of my Uruks... i believe their armour is too shiny

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:59 pm

Nr 5: Lurtz :lurtz:

Hill-Troll · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:05 pm

You're good at painting

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:06 pm

In the first picture he has something in his face, a thread of glue i think loool but it's not there anymore :lol:

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:08 pm

Hill-Troll wrote:

8) You're good at painting

thx man

, but i think i still have a lot to evolve eheheh
thats why i started this WIP

i gotta have some tips from the pro dudes here :rofl:

mertaal · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:16 pm

Great effort, not to mention an awesome user name!

Your models are looking really great. I would recommend you look in to using some inks. Black ink on the silver armour (followed by a final and very "dry" drybrush of silver).
A bit of brown ink on the red skin before the final highlight, and watered down brown ink on normal skin.
Brown ink on the Gold armour as well, and again you can give a very dry dry brush of pure gold afterwards.
Because the ink runs in to the cracks you'll get a much better definition on the detail, and higher contrast between light and dark.

For other primary colours use the same colour in ink- blue over blue, green over green, etc. If that's not dark enough go in with a smaller amount of green darkened with brown or even a spot of black (but only a small spot), and place it only in the deepest recesses of the model's detail.

Hope that helps a bit. Keep up the good work!

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:34 pm

mertaal wrote:

Great effort, not to mention an awesome user name!

Your models are looking really great. I would recommend you look in to using some inks. Black ink on the silver armour (followed by a final and very "dry" drybrush of silver).
A bit of brown ink on the red skin before the final highlight, and watered down brown ink on normal skin.
Brown ink on the Gold armour as well, and again you can give a very dry dry brush of pure gold afterwards.
Because the ink runs in to the cracks you'll get a much better definition on the detail, and higher contrast between light and dark.

For other primary colours use the same colour in ink- blue over blue, green over green, etc. If that's not dark enough go in with a smaller amount of green darkened with brown or even a spot of black (but only a small spot), and place it only in the deepest recesses of the model's detail.

Hope that helps a bit. Keep up the good work!

Actually, it helps a lot eheheh thanks

Im looking foward to use all that in my next miniatures :-D

Isilduhrr · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:49 pm

Your men of Numenor are very good, and Lurtz. I don't think you're capturing the shine on the elven armour. Try a brown wash and then highlight the edges of the scales in bright gold.

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:02 pm

Isilduhrr wrote:

Your men of Numenor are very good, and Lurtz. I don't think you're capturing the shine on the elven armour. Try a brown wash and then highlight the edges of the scales in bright gold.

yep, i also think the elven armour needs some brighter look. I've used dwarf bronze (hashut copper), but i think ill go for the burnished gold (auric armour gold) after the brown wash this time

Phantom_Lord · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:27 pm

very nice! I really hope you can keep this up, if it were up to me i'd get very bored simply painting the next 'number' every time, instead of just painting what ever I feel like. It is an awesome way of getting yourself to actually finish something before you move on to the next project though, i'm more the butterfly type

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:38 pm

ehehh i get you... i've decided to do this way to keep things on track with the zines xD
its better for the record lool

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:48 pm

Nr 6: Aragorn :aragorn:

I just gotta finish painting him, and maybe tomorrow ill put the rest f the pics

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