Sid's Tally Ho

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:11 am

Great job with the highlighting on Saruman Sid. I've never sen the model shaded with blue before and its really effective. I would go with a dark coloured horse to contrast the white on Saruman. Black or very dark brown maybe. Maybe even give the horse some white socks to tie it all in. Great job so far mate.

samoht · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:14 am

Good job on Saruman the blue.

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:25 am

samoht wrote:

Good job on Saruman the blue.

Thanks mate! :-D

Dead Marsh Spectre wrote:

Great job with the highlighting on Saruman Sid. I've never sen the model shaded with blue before and its really effective. I would go with a dark coloured horse to contrast the white on Saruman. Black or very dark brown maybe. Maybe even give the horse some white socks to tie it all in. Great job so far mate.

Thanks Kev! :-D

I'll have a think about the horse's colour

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:00 am

Thats a little different from the norm, and I do like it although IMO the blue is perhaps a bit too dominant. Keep the blue shading but perhaps increase the amount of white somehow? I suggest a dark brown or even black for the horse to contrast with the rider nicely.

samoht · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:17 am

Can someone explain to me all these furbies and pink text?

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:37 am

samoht wrote:

Can someone explain to me all these furbies and pink text?

This should explain:
http://www.one-ring.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=23883

ukfreddybear wrote:

Thats a little different from the norm, and I do like it although IMO the blue is perhaps a bit too dominant. Keep the blue shading but perhaps increase the amount of white somehow? I suggest a dark brown or even black for the horse to contrast with the rider nicely.

Thanks Dave!

I've given him a touch more white on the highlights and i will do his inner robes a more pure white so hopefully that will help make him Saruman the white instead of Saruman the blue. I have chosen to go with black for the horse to make him look slightly more monotone.

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:08 pm

righty ho... Saruman's done:

and a close-up of the base:

C&C is, as always, welcome

thanks for looking!

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:08 pm

righty ho... Saruman's done:

and a close-up of the base:

C&C is, as always, welcome

thanks for looking!

garmenhord · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:17 pm

i like the water on the base!

Shieldmaiden · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:25 pm

I'm not a fan of the blue tint, but my, you've really done a good job here Sid. The water effect on the base is fab, and you've captured Saruman's personality brilliantly in his eyes.

Well done

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:09 pm

pretty sweet slothman

the blue works well, i didnt think it would work personally but you have proved me wrong

strong contender here folks. Oh and the base is pretty cool aswell.

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:50 am

Very nice painting. If you could darken his boots though, he wouldn't look barefoot to me. :-D

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:42 am

The face looks great though the blue shading isn't to my taste but you have done a wonderful job with it.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:04 am

Fantastic work Sid.
One small point: Saruman (as played by Christopher Lee) has dark eyebrows - they add to the air of menace. For example: http://www.framecaplib.com/lotrlib/html ... tt0101.htm
Now I am not recommending that you try to emulate this on your version - there is the risk of ruining it so DON'T! But for myself and all the other Middle-earthlings, please bear this image in mind when it comes to painting your Saruman(s).
Great base too, Sid!

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:13 pm

garmenhord wrote:

i like the water on the base!

Thanks Garmy, I made it with plastic glue

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Shieldmaiden wrote:

I'm not a fan of the blue tint, but my, you've really done a good job here Sid. The water effect on the base is fab, and you've captured Saruman's personality brilliantly in his eyes.

Well done

Thanks K. I'm pretty pleased with the face

SouthernDunedain wrote:

pretty sweet slothman

the blue works well, I didnt think it would work personally but you have proved me wrong

strong contender here folks. Oh and the base is pretty cool aswell.

Thanks SD! :-D

Wah Wing wrote:

Very nice painting. If you could darken his boots though, he wouldn't look barefoot to me. :-D

thanks you! :-D

yeah I didn't really think about the colour before I put it on :oops:

Crucium Giger wrote:

The face looks great though the blue shading isn't to my taste but you have done a wonderful job with it.

Thanks!

Dorthonion wrote:

Fantastic work Sid.
One small point: Saruman (as played by Christopher Lee) has dark eyebrows - they add to the air of menace. For example: http://www.framecaplib.com/lotrlib/html ... tt0101.htm
Now I am not recommending that you try to emulate this on your version - there is the risk of ruining it so DON'T! But for myself and all the other Middle-earthlings, please bear this image in mind when it comes to painting your Saruman(s).
Great base too, Sid!

Good advice, I probably should have looked up some pics before I painted him :oops:

*Sid slaps himself* Thanks Dorth!

Next up: Durin's Bane!

garmenhord · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:25 pm

looks very good for plastic glue! i used it to on some of my bases. Just didn't add that extra touch like the rimple in the water.

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:45 am

right, here's the first progress on Durin's bane:

I'll be using Simmuskhan's Balrog painting guide

garmenhord · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:17 am

looks handy painting the yellow first!

batpan · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:09 pm

Saruman's base is one of the best bases I have ever seen!!!
Your Saruman is great also!

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:28 pm

Hi Sid,

My PJ isn't a lot of cop in this old article I did, but the fire colouring bit might be helpful to you.

http://thelastalliance.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Balrog.pdf

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