DarkWind's Non-LotR Thread

Olofér · **Posted:** Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:22 pm

nice, I like the face on both wolf and the knight, which in my opinion is the most important part of a miniature

DarkWind · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:45 pm

Recieved one of the Ltd. Ed. Space Marines off Matt (lotrcrown) yesterday. I've been painting ever since, and I've come up with this:

He's from the Sons of Orar Chapter... first of around 30 minis.

Hallpers · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:55 pm

Brilliant painting! Love the NMM! :yay:

gaarew · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:47 am

Really nice Patrick, but I think he looks a bit too big for the base.

If it's a gaming mini, I guess its cool, but if it's a display piece, I'd be tempted to put him on a 40mm base, as his arms reach out too far from the edges in my opinion.

DarkWind · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:54 am

Ah sh.... well, I ordered round 40 more 30mm bases the other day for these minis. Maybe it's just the pose? But anyway at least the base is bigger than the standard 40K. They might look better as a unit with smaller bases rather than 40mm, though you are right - on its own it certainly would look better with 40mm.

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:59 am

Great painting Patrick, especially the NMM as Olle pointed out! :yay:

The colours go together really well! Nice one!

gaarew · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:00 am

DarkWind wrote:

Ah sh....

There's no 'h' in sugar...

:wink:

It is the pose that does it. The extended arm with the boltgun just creates too much of a horizontal line.

I have seen a full Space Marine army on 30mm display bases and yes, it does look very nice.

I had at one point considered them for my LotR minis, or maybe just the heroes, but with WotR I'm kinda glad I didn't now.

DarkWind · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:13 am

Yeah, I can only imagine the pain of having to remove the bases and replace every one...

Anyway, more marines to come soon methinks.

DarkWind · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:46 pm

Also, if any of you feel like voting here's the CMoN link:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/226861

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:11 pm

Superbly painting mini... mind sharing the color scheme?

Voted on CMoN btw :wink:

DarkWind · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:03 pm

Thanks Julian. Here's the colours:

Red:
Base of Mechrite Red - Black Wash - Re-coat with MR - Highlights done by adding bubonic brown to MR - Shaded using Baal Red Wash.

White: Simple really; work codex grey up to skull white.

Black: Chaos Black - 50/50 mix of CB and Adeptus BG - ABG

Green: Orkhide Shade - work this up to Knarloc Green - add some Dheneb/Bleached Bone - skull white dot.

NMM: Read Peregrin Took's article on this site.

Ranger of Gondor · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:08 pm

Thanks!

I'm torn between painting my few assault marines like this, or like the Howling Griffon apothecary

DarkWind · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:28 pm

So, next one is almost done. Just NMM and gems to go. I've also started on a sternguard veteran. (lovely sculpts to paint btw)

Hallpers · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:38 pm

I really like the way you paint the red, and I'm also a big fan of how you do your white, which I have found hard to paint right.

Haldir_pl · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:04 pm

Lovely red indeed

What shade is that ?

But I have to say, that this white is too white

There doesn't seem to be any shadows on it.

DarkWind · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:37 pm

I'll blame the hardly-any-shadows on the angle :rofl:

. But I feel that too much shadows on flat areas that are supposed to be white make them look like grey. As for the red, there's a recipe up at the top of the page I think.

Corsair · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:07 pm

Love it all man. thats excellent!

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:16 pm

Awesome color scheme and wonderfully painted!

DarkWind · **Posted:** Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:35 pm

The NMM is turning out to be a pain and I'm not at all happy with it. Some minis, like the first marine at the top of the page, are made for NMM, while others, like the hammer-and-jump pack one, are not. I may start using metallics on these marines. What does everyone else think? Metallics would also help me speed up.

Haldir_pl · **Posted:** Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:52 pm

Yep, NMM is pain in the...

I try to use is exclusively, for now (due to large backlog

)

Nmm on 30 minis.. lot's of work espeically that it needs a bit time to look good, and some of 40k mins are har due to rich ornaments, different angles and stuff.

An to be honest good metalics are sometimes better fit than even most amazing NMM

In the end it's your call anyway

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