PoW's WIP: 6/16/2022 Khazad Guard

garmenhord · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:20 pm

I can see them, Awesome! I love the colors, it's almost real! Nice job!

Mapper · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:44 am

Sorry, can't see them. I feel your pain with photobucket - I need to update my wip also. But please do update yours, always a source of inspiration.

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Sun Aug 20, 2017 10:05 pm

@Mapper, huh, that's strange. I'll stick with this method for now until I can find a better one. At least this way some people will be able to see them.

I'm done with the first troll!

It was a lot of work, but it turned out well. I'm trying to get some good pics of this one, but am having a bit of trouble. Here is a decent one to give you guys an idea, that is, if you can see it lol.

I've also finally made a wet palette, and am going to try it on an Easterling, because I mix a lot of paints with them and they tend to dry out pretty quickly.
I will post more troll pictures when I get some good ones!

-PoW

garmenhord · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2017 5:49 am

this image is not loading for me

TheTarkLord · **Joined:** Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:26 am **Posts:** 42

The image isn't working for me. I use Dropbox and it works well from what I can tell. If you want to know how to use it just check the Image Hosting Sites thread.

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:37 am

@TheTarkLord, thanks! I'll check it out if this test doesn't work.
Can anyone see the image below?

-PoW

garmenhord · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:45 am

Yes very clear! nice details on that troll; i like the facial expression and rusty armour

Coenus Scaldingus · **Joined:** Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:14 am **Posts:** 1121

Aye, can see and it's magnificent!

TheTarkLord · **Joined:** Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:26 am **Posts:** 42

I can see that troll and it looks amazing!!! I love that metal effect, how did you do it?

Dionyus · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:42 am

That is truly amazing! Especially love the rusty effect on the armor. Would indeed like to know how you got that done :-D

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:45 pm

Cool, glad everyone can see it! Here are a few more pics of it. I couldn't get all the shots I wanted, and a few of them are slightly out of focus unfortunately. My "story" I guess for the base is that he just smashed through a wooden fence, which is what the post and wooden bits scattered around are supposed to be. The first pic has the clearest view of the face by the way.

Dionyus and TheTarkLord, thanks! I'm also really happy with how the rust turned out. To achieve it I based the armor with Balthazar Gold, then washed it with Vallejo Sepia. This basically just adds another layer of corrosion to it. I then painted Runefang Steel over it, leaving the places I wanted rust alone. Then I washed all those areas with Typhus Corrosion, then drybrushed it with Ryza Rust. I then washed all of the armor with watered down black. The last step was just going back with the orange and drybrushing all the spots that I wanted to be really rusty, and taking some silver and drybrushing that around the edges of the rust.
I hope that helps, it's a little hard for me to explain. If anything isn't clear, just ask and I'll try and explain it better.

Thanks for looking, and let me know if the pictures all load for you guys.

-PoW

GreatKhanArtist · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:31 am

I'm glad you went to all the effort to post pics. He looks amazing! Certainly a wonderful centerpiece. Plans to do the other?

TheTarkLord · **Joined:** Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:26 am **Posts:** 42

@PowerofWill Thanks for the paints and techniques, if I ever get one of those Gundabad Trolls (which is unlikely at the moment ): ) I'll probably do a similar thing to what you did except with the paints I've got.

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:35 pm

Thanks guys! TheTarkLord, no problem, glad I could help!
GreatKhanArtist, yes, the other one is currently being assembled. I think I'm going to paint a few Easterlings first, I only have a few left so I'm trying to get them finished.
Speaking of Easterlings, here is yet another

I tested out a wet palette on this one, and I have to say, it's quite nice. I can't believe I haven't used one before haha.
Thanks for looking!

-PoW

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2017 6:23 pm

Easterling looks great but I have to say that troll is stunning. Fantastic skill and realism to the work.

Lothíriel · **Posted:** Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:32 am

I'm really digging the metallics on the Easterling - any clues on what you used?

I really struggle with metallics, myself.

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2017 1:45 am

Thanks guys!
@ Lothíriel, sorry for taking so long to get back to you. For the armor, I basecaoted it with a mix of Shining Gold and Scorched Brown. The ratio tends to vary, but I tend to add a little more gold. Next, wash it with Agrax Earthshade. Re-highlight with the first mixture. Follow this by highlighting with pure Shining Gold, followed by Shining Gold with a little bit of Chainmail. Then, I like to apply a watered down wash of Thrakka Green. This is up to you though, it's depends on your preference. To finish it off, highlight the brightest bits with pure chainmail. Hope that helps!

-PoW

metalface13 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:13 pm **Posts:** 101

That troll is :shock:

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2017 3:53 am

Hey all, just wanted to give a quick update. I've been really busy with real life stuff lately, but I have managed to basically finish painting all of my Easterlings!!! :shock:

I just have a mounted dragon knight left that I saved for last, and I'm pretty excited to paint it. I like the last one I did, but felt I could do better. I want to get him done over the weekend, but knowing me, it'll probably take a while. When I do finish though, I want to take some pictures of the whole army (that I started over 7 years ago!).
After that, I'm thinking of starting on the second Gundabad troll. I may still be needing a break from large minis, but we'll see.

-PoW

Lothíriel · **Posted:** Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:59 pm

Will be lovely to see what you come up with, when you get the time. <3

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