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Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:41 pm ]
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The title says it all. This is not my best work, mind you, not even close, this is my speed painting. And, I must say, I impressed myself painting 20 Morannon Orcs in one day

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On the bottom is a converted Captain. 8)
Author:  hero of gondor [ Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:06 pm ]
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What I can see is good but maybe some close ups?
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:23 pm ]
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Here's a closer pic of the Captain, he's pretty much representative of the rest, he was painted the same way 8)

20 Orcs down, 28 more to go.....
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And another WIP, debating whether or not to sell, the man (err...Maiar) himself:
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C&C welcome :-D
Author:  Gondolin [ Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:51 pm ]
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I like the captain, he looks like one of the Goblins which has the same cool pose :D And I like the rest of course too. Sauron looks like he is going to be great painted!

Maybe the clothing could be a little bit brighter, but the picture isn't good enough to be sure about that..
Author:  samoht [ Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:45 pm ]
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The armour on sauron is looking great!

How much extra are you going to sell them for on ebay? Double their original cost?
Author:  Fall of Fingolfin [ Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:07 pm ]
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very good . . . the sauron needs some chainmail touching up . . . there is just one or two little spots of metal showing through.
overall it is worth quite alot . . . 20 orcs in one day? thats insane lol.
great work
FoF
Author:  Gorgoroth [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:38 am ]
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Nice work Josh! how many hours did it take to paint the Morannons?
Author:  Dwarf Lord of Ered Luin [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:49 am ]
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Interesting work. I would like to see how Sauron turns out, with larger pictures. The orcs are quite good considering the time you spent on them, I can hardly do better on my goblins in more time. However, everything is quite dark, a little too much wash on the moranons?
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:32 pm ]
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Thanks for the kind comments, everyone. :)

Samoht wrote:
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How much extra are you going to sell them for on ebay? Double their original cost?


Probably. 8)

Fall of Fingolfin wrote:
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overall it is worth quite alot . . . 20 orcs in one day? thats insane lol.
great work
FoF


20 orcs in one day, yes. I even impressed myself. Glad you like 'em. :wink:

Gorgoroth wrote:
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Nice work Josh! how many hours did it take to paint the Morannons?

I worked from 8:00 AM to 12:00, stopped for lunch and a break, picked up again at 1:00 and worked till somewhere between 3 and 4 PM.
:)

Dwarf Lord of Ered Luin wrote:
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Interesting work. I would like to see how Sauron turns out, with larger pictures. The orcs are quite good considering the time you spent on them, I can hardly do better on my goblins in more time. However, everything is quite dark, a little too much wash on the moranons?


Unfortunately I can't finish Sauron until I finish these orcs, but I might have an update up by Thursday or so. 8)

As for the orcs being very dark, I'm tossing around the idea of a lighter highlight. They really are lighter in real life, the pics are a bit dark.
Author:  King Elessar the Uniter [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:26 pm ]
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From what I can see they look pretty good Josh!
I like the captain a lot! 8)

Looking forward to seeing more. :wink:
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:05 am ]
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Thanks King Elessar :-D

Small update, got the metals done on 6 more today (Was super-busy today mowing a 4-acre field, otherwise I'd have finished all of these six orcs for sure)
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I don't know what's up with the lighting, they're a lot brighter in real life. But I also tried some blood spatters, didn't turn out exactly like I had hoped.


And got a teeny bit more done on Sauron, namely redoing the cloth, which still needs a couple more highlights
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Author:  Haldir_Strikes [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:31 am ]
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I would add some mithril silver highlights to the armour imo. The armour is just too flat at the moment.
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:48 am ]
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Thanks, I'll try that. :)
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:57 pm ]
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180428801350&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180428806012&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

I'm a greedy guy :twisted:

Seriously, though, I feel I should maybe charge more. I will say that I had the thoroughly torturous process of undercoating 4 dozen minis by hand. Almost broke me :sad:




:-D
Author:  Corsair [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:36 pm ]
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Anduril, i personally think you should have based those, they will sell easier and better with just plain and simple painted sand bases with static grass...

James
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:52 pm ]
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I once tried so sell some dwarves that were based, this one dude sent me a message and said "I would have bought those but I play on a sand board and so those dumb rock bases would stick out and look dumb." :-X

I actually don't have any modelling sand, etc. at the moment anyway :oops:

But I might do it next time.

Any suggestions on what to buy next? :?
Author:  Corsair [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:56 pm ]
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Do something generic which everyones likes

how about like 12 troops and banner and captain for mordor orcs, minas tirith or something

Also, tell us how much these sell for :)
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:49 pm ]
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Well, I was thinking maybe something a little more fun to paint. The White Council looked cool :-D

But, whatever sells best.......
:)
Author:  Gorgoroth [ Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:30 am ]
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Cool, good luck with the auctions! 8)

Although, maybe for your next bid, you should paint just 1 metal hero, and paint and base him really well. You should probably also put the starting price up high, because even if you only get 1 bid, it will still sell. 8)
Author:  Anduril Blade of Kings [ Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:00 pm ]
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Yeah! :D Both auctions just sold, for $82.00 USD.

I'm debating what to get next. :) BTW, here's the site I'm ordering from http://www.chaosorc.com/index.php?cPath=36&osCsid=33363facceda6e9793d36839e9dbc689.

After the cost of shipping the minis, I've still got around $75.00 USD to spend. In my recent WOTR army poll, Elves, Mordor and Dwarves were most popular. So I'll probably be getting some Dwarf and Elf stuff :)

Maybe some rangers....... :-D
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