thewhitehand's WIP (Updated 15/2)

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:19 pm

great work whitehand

i agree with drum
the faces IMO are definetley the best bit about your painting

how do you do them?

Shieldmaiden · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:40 pm

Can't wait to see what you do with Haldir!

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:30 am

Looking really good so far on Legolas!

thewhitehand · **Joined:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:03 pm **Posts:** 128

Thanks again everyone, really appreciate all the praise! :-D

Here's the progress on Legolas

Very happy with it so far, I didn't use Dark Angels Green, as all the GW guides say, instead I used Knarloc Green, an old foundation colour, washed with badab black, highlighted with knarloc green and then a final highlight with Knarloc Green/Skull white

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how do you do them?

Well first off, I paint a few light coats of Tallarn Flesh (another old foundation paint). Then I do the eyes. I do them now so that if I screw up, I only have to touch up the basecoat of flesh

For the eyes, I first paint a some black where I want the eyes to be. Then over this I paint a thin line of skull white, leaving the black showing around the edges. I then dot in the pupils with black (or a colour of your choice, such as blue) To try have them realistic looking, I never paint the pupils dead centre, I always try to have them looking to one direction, even just slightly. I can't remember where I picked that up from, but it works for me

Then to finish off the face, I give it a wash of orgryn flesh, followed by a highlight of dwarf flesh everywhere but the recesses, then a highlight of dwarf flesh/elf flesh mix on the raised areas. And for Legolas, because he is an elf, I gave him a very small final highlight of pure elf flesh

Hope that helps

Shieldmaiden · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:50 pm

Your Legolas is looking really good. You have some skill with highlighting, not to mention painting eyes!

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:54 pm

The eyes on him are excellent!! You are really doing a great job on him!

thewhitehand · **Joined:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:03 pm **Posts:** 128

Here's Legolas finished

I'm happy with him, and he looks great with the others

Boromir is next, but after undercoating him I've just noticed a mould line I didn't get rid of

Anyway, updates on him to come

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:06 pm

Wow, outstanding work on that paint job!!

I cannot believe you made that wretched sculpt look that good! Really great job on him!!

samoht · **Posted:** Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:13 am

That is an fantastic paint job. Not many people can make that sculpt look good.

edge67 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:34 am

Wow - great job :yay:

The eyes, face and highlighting is top notch - especially on a fairly average plastic mini. I think I'll have a go at following your strategy for painting eyes - really like how these turned out.

thewhitehand · **Joined:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:03 pm **Posts:** 128

Thanks everyone :-D

I love painting Legolas models, I really like the greens, but this one wasn't sculpted great, a lot of things seemed to blend into one another, and the back was a nightmare, all around the quiver, I had no idea what was meant to be what :roll:

but as I said, I'm very happy with it, and your comments just make me prouder of it

Thank you all :oops:

Let's hope I can do as good a job on Boromir

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:56 am

You have done superbly here on an extremely average sculpt. Well done :yay:

thewhitehand · **Joined:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:03 pm **Posts:** 128

Here's progress on Boromir

I know the eyes don't look even there, but trust me, they are

I'm happy with his face and hair, so now onto the rest

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:50 pm

An outstanding Legolas! The hair seems off to me, but that's me talking. :-D

Boromir looks great so far! Looks like he fell into some snow up to his neck! :rofl:

John Wayne · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:29 pm

Nice legolas. Looks like an easy model to paint though. Congrats anyway :yay:

king elessar 2615 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:53 pm

Really like the green on legolas, good job

thewhitehand · **Joined:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:03 pm **Posts:** 128

Hey all

I've been very busy lately, so very little progress on Boromir

But here is a quick update of recent additions to my collection

Ugluk and Vrasku, as they are just out of the blister

Should be fun to paint, I'm looking forward to painting up some Uruk-hai scouts, adding some variation into the leather, while trying to stick to muted tones

Ambush at Amon Hen

I was delighted to get this set, I've wanted it for ages :-D

The sculpts and poses of the models are great, I especially love the uruks carry the hobbits, and that's my favourite Legolas pose

I can't wait to paint these, Legolas, Aragorn, Gimli and Boromir will most likely be individual display pieces, on nicely modelled plinths

I'm not sure whether to do them in Helms Deep, or just some nice woodland? I have the Breaking of the Fellowship, so I'll be basing and displaying them in a woodland theme

And Lurtz and the uruks will be included in a small 250pt display army, Lurtz's Hunters

And I got these Woodland Scenics products

Hopefully they'll help me create really nice bases

I can't wait to see what the flowers are like :-D

And some other bits from GW

The Warhammer Movement trays will be used for display bases (I got the idea from an article on here

) Mordheim tufts and dead grass, for Pellenor Fields and Amon Hen

And some new paints, the new named Codex Grey, Bleached Bone and Skull White (I was running out) and a brass colour for the painting scheme I'll be using for my Galadhrim

Hopefully I'll get an update on Boromir soon

thewhitehand · **Joined:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:03 pm **Posts:** 128

Alright, well I put in a bit of time today and progressed with Boromir, so here he is

king elessar 2615 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:54 pm

Nice higlighting on boromir, you have made the difference between the first coat and the higlight very subtle which creates a nice finish

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:17 pm

He's coming on nicely!!

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