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Bandobras Took wrote:

Great work mate! Really super conversions, I especially love that Crossbow conversion! Could you give me a run-down of the paint scheme you used? That would be really helpful as I never really got a good one going when I painted the Scouts a number of years ago and I really like yours.

Thanks so much!

The painting is on black base coat and 90% drybrushing. I'll list the colours - they're mixed in stages so the first layer for skin is terracotta mixed with black, moving to pure terracotta, then mixed with tanned flesh ,etc.

Skin
Black -> GW Terracotta -> GW Tanned Flesh
I then went back with some washes of dilute terracotta to smooth things out.

Leather
Black -> Mix of Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna and a dash of GW Tanned Flesh

Metal
Mix of Black / Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna -> mid Grey (I.e. adding white)
Wash with a rust colour (Yellow / Orange / Burnt Sienna)
Lightly drybrush GW Mithril Silver
Highlight GW Mithril Silver / White

My bases are all made with sand mixed with PVA. In this case I left pools of stagnant water and added some crumbled real leaves and dead static grass.

Author:	Greycoat [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:02 pm ]
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I love the scouts, but want to add some more elite troops to the mix. First up, a crossbowman. I had a damaged finecast model so converted a scout bowman. I'm thinking of doing a head swap on a berserker (for a bare Uruk head or scout head). I suspect it's going to be pretty hard with a metal model - any tips?

Author:	samoht [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:22 pm ]
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That is so COOL. You have no idea how much I love a good quality conversion.

Author:	Gene Parmesan [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:31 pm ]
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Proper job

Author:	Lord Hurin [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:26 am ]
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That looks awesome! What happened to the rest of that Uruk though?

Author:	Greycoat [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:01 am ]
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Thanks! The rest is now in my bits box, and he was cheap to begin with as he was in a lot of damaged finecast models. There are elements like the chainmail texture and belt I may be able to use in future. I have a spare bolt quiver too.

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Author:	Gandlaf the Grey [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:13 am ]
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I like what you've done here. Very nice conversion, painted well with excellent leather and woodwork.

Author:	Rognarr [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:15 pm ]
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Awesome! I love this kind of conversions, if you have more please don't hesitate to show us

Author:	Greycoat [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:53 pm ]
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Thanks for the kind words. I should have some berserkers to play with later in the week, so I'll post some updates with those. One may get a new head if I can decide on a donor...

Author:	Crucium Giger [ Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:41 am ]
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Not only a great conversion but a lovely paint job on him too

Author:	Greycoat [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:45 pm ]
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My berserker conversion is under way. Getting the heads off the metal figures was really hard, but it's going okay so far. It's just glued together for now - the next step will be to smooth things out with some greenstuff.

Author:	ste271276 [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:20 pm ]
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Brilliant idea buddy

Author:	Gandlaf the Grey [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:28 pm ]
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Nice looking conversion. It's great to see a metal figure again.

Author:	JamesR [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:43 pm ]
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Excited to see the finished berserker. I always imagined then with shaved heads under the helmet but this one looks cool

Author:	Dead Marsh Spectre [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:29 pm ]
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Nice work Greycoat!

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Author:	Greycoat [ Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:00 pm ]
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It's taken far too long, but the Berserker is now finished. Not perfect, but I'm quite pleased with how he turned out. I'll try to post a picture of the back tomorrow!

Author:	Bandobras Took [ Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:40 pm ]
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Great work mate! Really super conversions, I especially love that Crossbow conversion! Could you give me a run-down of the paint scheme you used? That would be really helpful as I never really got a good one going when I painted the Scouts a number of years ago and I really like yours. Thanks

Author:	Greycoat [ Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:04 am ]
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Bandobras Took wrote: Great work mate! Really super conversions, I especially love that Crossbow conversion! Could you give me a run-down of the paint scheme you used? That would be really helpful as I never really got a good one going when I painted the Scouts a number of years ago and I really like yours. Thanks so much! The painting is on black base coat and 90% drybrushing. I'll list the colours - they're mixed in stages so the first layer for skin is terracotta mixed with black, moving to pure terracotta, then mixed with tanned flesh ,etc. Skin Black -> GW Terracotta -> GW Tanned Flesh I then went back with some washes of dilute terracotta to smooth things out. Leather Black -> Mix of Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna and a dash of GW Tanned Flesh Metal Mix of Black / Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna -> mid Grey (I.e. adding white) Wash with a rust colour (Yellow / Orange / Burnt Sienna) Lightly drybrush GW Mithril Silver Highlight GW Mithril Silver / White My bases are all made with sand mixed with PVA. In this case I left pools of stagnant water and added some crumbled real leaves and dead static grass.

Author:	Greycoat [ Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:17 pm ]
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And here's the back...

Author:	Bandobras Took [ Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:37 pm ]
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Greycoat wrote: Bandobras Took wrote: Great work mate! Really super conversions, I especially love that Crossbow conversion! Could you give me a run-down of the paint scheme you used? That would be really helpful as I never really got a good one going when I painted the Scouts a number of years ago and I really like yours. Thanks so much! The painting is on black base coat and 90% drybrushing. I'll list the colours - they're mixed in stages so the first layer for skin is terracotta mixed with black, moving to pure terracotta, then mixed with tanned flesh ,etc. Skin Black -> GW Terracotta -> GW Tanned Flesh I then went back with some washes of dilute terracotta to smooth things out. Leather Black -> Mix of Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna and a dash of GW Tanned Flesh Metal Mix of Black / Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna -> mid Grey (I.e. adding white) Wash with a rust colour (Yellow / Orange / Burnt Sienna) Lightly drybrush GW Mithril Silver Highlight GW Mithril Silver / White My bases are all made with sand mixed with PVA. In this case I left pools of stagnant water and added some crumbled real leaves and dead static grass. Thanks a lot for that! Really helpful! That Berserker conversion is also fantastically done and painted! The dirty look you have given them is great and I'll certainly bear it mind when I get round to painting my backlog of Isengard miniatures. I may even try something similar re the crossbow conversion - I got an "unopened" metal blister off eBay that had 3 of the same bodies but only had 2 matching arms, and supplied me with the crossbow separate part instead of the 3rd matching arm

Author:	jdizzy001 [ Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:59 pm ]
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He would make a stellar rpg character!