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Author:  Red Corsairs [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:47 am ]
Post subject:  [P] Vote for October Challenge "The Forces of Darkness"

Welcome to the voting thread for The Forces of Darkness Painting Challenge (October 2014).

Voting in this challenge should be based not just on painting skill, but also for application of different painting techniques, individual artist improvement, creativity and originality etc.

Voting will be open for 7 days and will close at 11:47am GMT on 13th November.

The Entries are:


Frogmortonjustice65's Grima Wormtongue:

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PowerofWill's Haradrim Warrior:

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Alatar of Rhun's Death Walker:

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cal585's Carn Dum Warrior:

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Grungehog's Cave Drake:

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Quendil's Khamul the Easterling:

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Dr Grant's Bolg:

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J.R.'s Dragon:

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YOrcShire's Lurtz:

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orc-archer's Gollum:

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Good luck to all!

Author:  J.R. [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: [P] Vote for October Challenge "The Forces of Darkness"

Altough there is always a small temptation to vote for my own entry ( I know how easy/hard it was ) :)
I however did vote for a lovely painted gollum this month. The dragon was a lot of happily done work for me, but since he is big, it is easier to paint, while gollum being so small with limited colours is hard to do. So that one stood out for me, well done orc archer 8)
and well done to you all, There is no entry I find not well done. :

* Grima looks very good and like in the movies, and the dirt on his cloth is a nice detail

* The Haradrim looks excellent, and the black skin is a very nice change to the known look. the base is wonderfull, although I think it would be nicer if he stood more straight on it.

* The Castellan/ death walker, is well painted with good details that fit with your army Alatar. I only dislike the colours, the blue is to bright for me, but It goes well with your corsairs for sure!

* Love the carn dum soldier, an excellent way of making good use of those army of the dead ones. the colour scheme reminds me a bit of some of the RotWK colours from the game and they fit very well! He looks somewhat savage, but not like a ghos anymore, so well done !

* hmm I know that cave drake from somewhere.... :wink:
he is well painted, looks much alike the photo of the front of the box, the green and whitish skin looks excellent. Only improvement that I could think of, is the colour of his eyes, I find the that the blue sets them well apart, but does not fit so well.. (my humble opinion) non the less, It quiete a bit of work with such a large one, good job !

* Khamul. He looks quite good, altough somehow, none of the photo's realy captures him in a way I can have a good look at the model.. could be just me. his cloth are well highlighted, the horse seems to miss this a bit ? but still looks good! and the base is nicely .. based :)

* ah old bolg before he got razors from dad. The colours look much movielike so well done mr grant ! For improvement I would think he would need some shading.. or darker colours. it could be the photo but it seems a bit to bright for me. ( I wont say I can do better, but I think some critisicm is always welcome for painters, who always will imrove and keep learning while painting like myself)

* woow that dragon, incredible!! ... who could do that ?? :wink:

* old Lurtz. he is wonderfully done ! realy good colours, and discomforting eyes. I find his armour in particular to be looking very good, did you do anything special with it ? I would love to know!

* well gollum got my vote, why ? read the beginning of my post.

Author:  Quendil [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: [P] Vote for October Challenge "The Forces of Darkness"

Well can't vote for my own as there are ones much much better than mine. Close call but I just love how Gollum is painted

Author:  Green_Dragon [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:13 pm ]
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Incredible talent on display! One of the best challenges I've seen amazing work everyone. I've gone for Yorcshire's Lurtz just in a very tough vote.

Author:  Valadorn [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 5:53 pm ]
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Haradrim is the best for me, combining paint quality, idea, basing and photoshooting. Gratz to all!

Author:  YOrcShire [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:45 pm ]
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Fantastic efforts by everyone, very high standards. I think the votes are going to be really close this month. After much deliberation it came down to Grima and Gollum for me. I love the stretched and translucent skin effect on Gollum. Grima just edged it though in my view.

Great post JR, I enjoyed reading your views. To answer your question on Lurtz's armour I don't think I did anything special and can't remember the exact formula but it was all done with Citadel paints. I started with Leadbelcher as a base coat followed by several coats of Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil in various consistencies until I was happy with the effect. Finally a very subtle highlight of Leadbelcher. I found differentiating between all the different dark cloth items the hardest but am pleased with the leathery effect I was aiming for.

Author:  Alatar of Rhun [ Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:44 pm ]
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I think the Gollum is great well done

Author:  Isilduhrr [ Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:48 pm ]
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while i have the greatest respect for Gollum, (having had several harrowing run-ins with him, involving copious paint mixes and then 3 dettol baths,) and the Grima is outstanding, my vote went to Lurtz. Beautifully painted eyes and armour. very high quality this month, some people are really improving.

Author:  Dorthonion [ Sat Nov 08, 2014 4:41 pm ]
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Stunning folks, just stunning. And as usual I had trouble making up my mind because a few of them were so close to being the best I could see.

Author:  Gene Parmesan [ Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:10 pm ]
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Excellent work. I voted for Yorcshire this month, based on improvement. Great skill for a (relevant) newbie.

Author:  PowerofWill [ Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:52 pm ]
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Well, that was tough. I ended up voting for Dr. Grant's Bolg, the skin looks great, the armor looks great, and I thought the face was well done too. Overall I think it's a solid model. :yay:
Everyone else did a really good job too, I thought that the painting was generally all at the same level this time. I would've like to see some more interesting bases, but that's just me.

-PoW

Author:  YOrcShire [ Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:25 pm ]
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Congratulations PoW. A very close vote this month :)

Author:  Gandlaf the Grey [ Sat Nov 15, 2014 6:34 pm ]
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Well done Will, you are starting to make a habit of this, isn't that two you have won in the last few months ?

Author:  PowerofWill [ Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:45 pm ]
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Wow, thanks everyone who voted to me, I'm glad you guys liked it :D :D
Gandlaf the Grey wrote:
Well done Will, you are starting to make a habit of this, isn't that two you have won in the last few months ?

Thank you :) The last challenge I entered was the July one which I won, so I've technically won two in a row. December better watch out lol.

Good job orc-archer, you had me worried there at the end. You did an excellent job on Gollum's face, it was very well done.

-PoW

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