Longbottom Leaf's WIP: Arvedui and Malbeth 5/22/10

Joansean · **Joined:** Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:23 pm **Posts:** 760

what I mean is that you paint the 'front of the shield (which is now red) into a realistic pattern of brown, but as it seems you are very intent on keeping it red.

At least do a very swivelly silver pattern on the shield to create a bit of contrast.

Please?

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:04 pm

Thanks for the comments guys.

And a big thanks to Sean, for my 100th reply.

Joansean wrote:

what I mean is that you paint the 'front of the shield (which is now red) into a realistic pattern of brown, but as it seems you are very intent on keeping it red.

Well, the back of the shield will be painted like wood. :wink:

Yes though, I am preaty intent on keeping it red.

Hallpers wrote:

Then I'd suggest you highlight the gold more, almost up to silver. That might look a bit better

Well, its already highlighted up to an even mix of Mithril Silver and Shining Gold, as John suggested, I'm a little worried about further highlights, as I might screw up some of my earlier work.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:45 pm

Look at the Games Workshop masterclass for Boromir. They have a great guide there for painting the shield.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/conte ... 03&start=2

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:10 am

Yeah, I agree with Hallpers and Joansean; a little bit of silver will make it look a lot better.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:55 pm

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Alright, I'll highlight the metal up a little more in the future. But I draw the line at squiggles on the shield, its not very... ugh... Dwarvish (?).

Look for an update later today, I've been doing some work on the banner.

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:08 pm

Longbottom Leaf wrote:

Alright, I'll highlight the metal up a little more in the future. But I draw the line at squiggles on the shield, its not very... ugh... Dwarvish (?).

Actually, I agree with Sean on the matter that if you did some sort of elvish writing in gold on the rim of the shield, it could turn out magnificent!

Hallpers · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:19 pm

Ranger of Gondor wrote:

Longbottom Leaf wrote:

Alright, I'll highlight the metal up a little more in the future. But I draw the line at squiggles on the shield, its not very... ugh... Dwarvish (?).

Actually, I agree with Sean on the matter that if you did some sort of elvish writing in gold on the rim of the shield, it could turn out magnificent!

Why not dwarvish writing?

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:43 pm

So, you guys want me to paint freehand dwarven runes onto the shield rim? :shock:

I guess its worth a try, I'll see what I can do today.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:21 pm

Well, I have bad news, good news, and a small update.

The bad news is, I tried painting silver runes on the shield. It didn't work. It's a llittle above my skill level really. But this brings me to my good news. After that, I still wanted to try some free hand work. So, I painted a simple pattern on the cloak. And that brings me to my updae.

There are some obvious flaws, but I am very pleased with it, since it was my first attempt at free hand. It also looks better in RL. So, comment away!

Corsair · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:35 pm

Nice freehand. i am really bad at this, so it looks even better and betetr everytime i look at this. yea, a few minor tweaks, but too much pampering and you risk messing it up. leave it. it looks ace!

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:44 pm

Thank you very much, James.

The main problem is that, in a few places the line is too thick. It shouldn't be too hard to fix it, if I decide to. The other flaw is the sizing of the zig-zag lines in the middel are a little off.

On the whole, I'm very pleased with it. Thanks again, James.

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:03 pm

Lovely freehand! It resembles that of Peregrin Took's in his NMM article :wink:

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:09 pm

Yeah, nice work Josh!

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:19 am

Great work Josh, but it just needs a little cleaning up :wink:

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:21 pm

Thanks for all the nice comments guys.

I'm eagerly awaiting the arival of my Iron Guard, so when they do get here you can expect an update with them.

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:19 pm

Ooh, I like the free hand.
With a little cleaning up it will be fantastic. :yay:

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:21 pm

Have you finished the Khazad Guard yet?

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:24 pm

King Elessar the Uniter wrote:

Have you finished the Khazad Guard yet?

Erm... no. :oops:

I only need to paint a few areas, such as the beards, for them to be done. I may work on them as I await my Iron Guard.

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:51 pm

Hey everyone, I'm here with a small update on the Iron Guard I promised. I've painted the silver and golden armor, and the red cloth so far.

My apologies for the poor quality of the pictures, its overcast here today and I was in a rush when taking them. I'll try to get better pictures up soon. Comments and critiscm are very welcome.

Joansean · **Joined:** Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:23 pm **Posts:** 760

I must say you have a very neat looking army here Josh.

Good Job, I'm interested to see how you tackle the warriors.

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