Thank you all for your kind words and feedback! And merry christmas and happy new year to all!
Natarn wrote:
Nice painting, Eric. What happened to Faramir's bow?
It is old metal miniature i got as gift, bow was bit fragile for bending over time so it did take only small accident to snap it... Have to fix it when i get back on those, i'm getting couple rangers more soon
CaptainBlake wrote:
Very beautiful miniatures! I love your painting style and the fact that you use flat bases for you miniatures...it certainly looks very nice on the battlefield! The mini "diorama" looks very nice too and is a great way to present your minis
Thank you so much
Yeah, it takes some extra time to base these on flat bases, but they blend in terrain better so i decided to go that way! It just feels better for Lord of the rings somehow.
Jomada-Adventures was actually big influence on this decision, i am big fan of you guys!
pete_pete_pete_ wrote:
Amazing stuff, Eric. What's your secret for getting those muted tones? They're brilliant and would really like to try that type of thing for my Wood Elves. Would be great to see a brief painting guide
Im glad to share how i painted these! There is no much of a secret tho, sometimes i just look for a reference from films and art books, sometimes i do something completely my own or borrow other peoples idea, sometimes its mix of all
I do keep track on my recipes so i can go back later or add new troops on existing forces, here is what i have for Mirkwood Elves:
Green coat
Castellan green
Nuln oil wash
Caliban green + lahmian medium ( wash )
Castellan green highlight
Deathworld forest highlight
Straken green Highlight
Brown coat
Dryad bark
Dryad bark +nuln oil wash
Dryad bark highlight
Dryad bark + XV-88 highlight
Trousers
Incubi darkness
Thunderhawk blue
If you compare green clothing on Elves and capes of Ithilien Rangers you can see elf one has deeper shadows and tighter highlights so their materials would look more fancy.
It is also good to mention that as a painter i am definitely more of a artist type than "engineer" ( as i tend to call certain kind of painters ) so how much i mix paints etc might vary quite much. As long as it feels right to me and looks good
Lord of the rings has that real, living world feel all over it so i guess my color choices comes out of it. For Warhammer for example it is nice to make striking color schemes and pick some spot colors to make them more graphically appealing, but here i am for more realistic and down to earth feel.
That is not to say i don't use lots of different of colors on these. My Mordor orcs have large variation of colors on them as i imagine lots of their gear and clothing is looted and self made, choosing tones that are bit muted down helps to tie them all together!
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