Rognarr's WIP - Last mini of the year (this time really!)

Rognarr · **Posted:** Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:16 pm

Thank you all for your more than kind words!

I'm really glad that you like the colour scheme and the snowy base and I am really happy about the positive responses!

@edge67: You saw that right, I tried NMM again, still I am not as happy as I was with Gandalf ealier this year..

@Gandlaf: Thanks again friend, also for your advise! You mean I should shade the "metal" parts of the axe with purple or red? I am not sure about these colours.. But you are right that a little more contrast on the blade wouldnt hurt

I really like MMS' WIP thread and watch it for quite a while already, but I didn't see much about "shaded nmm" .. :-/

@BillFerny333: Thanks so much, I admire a lot of your minis and your painting and bases are excellent! So your comment means a lot to me!

Gilcris · **Posted:** Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:03 pm

Phew, well this is something really neat to see! The NMM, especially on the front of the axe (what a cool sheen!) is very well done and the base itself could serve as a tutorial for how snow/winter basing should be done. Really good stuff here.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:51 am

The reds and purples are done in very thin glazes that create the contrast. If you take a look at this link, for all it is done with metal and not NMM it may give you the idea for the contrast.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1649-metallics

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:38 am

Great looking minis - seeing the occasional one based in snow is a nice touch.
I like the dwarf sculpts. Really looking forward to The Battle of the Five Armies

Rognarr · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2014 7:53 pm

Thanks gilcris and Dorthonion!

@Gandlaf: I tried it, but I think it works better on actual metallic colours especially if the surface is curved, not plain.. so after working on the blade again not much (if not nothing) of the purple is left ^^ I guess it looks a bit better and more "shiny" now?

JamesR · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:27 pm

I really like the NMM on that axe, the whole model looks great

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:21 pm

Ah well, worth the try I suppose. I agree that it does look better and is hard to be live it's NMM, you have done a great job and should be proud.

Rognarr · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:45 pm

Thanks again, Gandlaf and James!

After quite a while ( almost a year, oh my.. :shock:

viewtopic.php?f=50&t=24858&start=20 ) I finally managed to get a Rohirrim conversion as good as finished

Only the base is really left to be still completed.

Also I am quite happy to anounce another update following soon, stay tuned if you like, I won't disappoint you! (if you don't hate elves at least

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Harfoot · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:41 pm

Great face, well painted. Very nice conversion

mertaal · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:49 pm

He looks great! I may end up converting one also. I hope I do half as good a job as you have!

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:08 am

Great conversion, where did you get the head from ?

Rognarr · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:42 am

Haha, thanks for your nice comments! I'm glad you like it

@mertaal: Seeing your Sons of Eorl conversion lets me believe, that your conversion standards are at least the same, well actually even better than mine!

@Gandlaf: actually it's still the original head, but I scraped away the hat and modelled hair onto the mini

Barnsley Burglar · **Joined:** Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:32 pm **Posts:** 126

Nice work. Love the arrows in the base.

Delirivm · **Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:34 am

Nice work. I think it's been 8 months since I last painted a mini, so a year's not that bad

I've got some Rohan Archer conversions waiting for me as well.

You did a great job on this one!

JamesR · **Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:09 am

Idk if it's just the photo but he looks like you painted him as if he's fairly old.I love that personally. I've got 1 Haradrim warrior that's the "old vet" of the bunch. It just adds a lot of character to the army I think

Rognarr · **Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:15 pm

@Delivrim: I'm looking forward to seeing your approach!

Btw, it was just so long for this mini, I painted others in the meantime of course

@JamesR: That indeed was my Intention. As many of the Rohirrim were quite "of age" I wanted to give him such an appearance

Glad you noticed it

In other news: an update I am quite proud of, another work I managed to finish in the christmas-holidays.
The fair lady Arwen Evenstar, who I must say, was a real pleasure to paint. Especially after it was a "lucky purchase" from ebay, together with ohter minis. I didn't really plan to buy this exact one, but am more than glad that I did.
But enough talking, I'll let you jugde by yourself now

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:19 pm

Nice work Rognarr, I particularly like the freehand, great touch.

mertaal · **Posted:** Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:29 pm

Agreed! The freehand really sets it off beautifully. Well done!

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

You've done justice to what is IMO the best model in the range. The composition of light and colour scheme are very well executed.

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:45 pm

The free hand really does make the paint job

Rognarr's WIP - Last mini of the year (this time really!)

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