Eaothen's Khazad-Dum WIP

garmenhord · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:48 pm

Cyndra the Grey wrote:

use black because their armour is mostly black in the film or very dark colours.
Cyndra the Grey

White basecoat can do that to - it's different way of painting

using thin layers of paint instead

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:54 pm

garmenhord wrote:

Cyndra the Grey wrote:

use black because their armour is mostly black in the film or very dark colours.
Cyndra the Grey

White basecoat can do that to - it's different way of painting

using thin layers of paint instead

I know but it will take a lot more effort and time and will give basically the same look so it is easier to use black. It will make the face easier but then he could undercoat that in white separately (or if spraying, put a blob of blu-tack on their face to protect it from the black).

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:51 pm

Thanks for the information Cyndra, I took the black undercoat aswell, I'm now looking for a good colour for the cloaks, I think I found a nice combination, I'll post some pics if I got time, now it's too dark to see details.. I also started painting my ent, I just gave him the first drybrush, it's not very effective yet, but there will come 3 more brown drybrushes over it so.. we'll see

After exams I'll have more time to work on the board and the dwarves/numenor, I'll see wich army I'll paint first, I can't decide

really like both.. :oops:

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:33 am

And here are some pictures

The first drybrush on the ent(note: I took away the arm for it was easier to paint this way):

and the second drybrush:

and the cloak of the ranger, the second picture shows the best how it kinda looks like in real:

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:47 am

Some more pictures of the ent with drybrush 3 and 4, enjoy!

Drybrush number 3:

Drybrush number 4:

stage-by-stage picture:

I'll also be starting on Radagast the Brown I think

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:21 pm

It's been a while since I posted some pictures of my WIP I've been working on, I didn't do that much but I'll show you some stuff that have been laying around lately, hope you enjoy, C&C welcome

gaarew · **Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:45 pm

The Treeman is looking good, just remember you don't have to stick to browns for him, mix in some areas of green, dark oranges, and rotting flesh to add texture to the bark. It helps to look at real trees for reference.

The base for the King's Champion... Did you do that yourself, or is it bought from somewhere? If so, link please.

garmenhord · **Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:48 pm

He made it himself

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:00 pm

Garmenhord is correct Gaarew, if you'd like I'll put some picture and a little explanation of it here on the site, so maybe you could make your own. I'm writing an article about it for the fan made book of the dwarves anyway, so it'll be nice to hear some reactions about it first

gaarew · **Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:16 pm

Cool.

I can see how it was done now, seeing as I know it's a DIY job, it was just the colour that threw me, it looked like a resin cast.

kidterminal · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:03 pm

Looking good so far.

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:22 pm

Have been working on my Moria board last days, I'm having exams right now sow I'll upload the article later, here are some pics of the board anyway:

the red square you see at the top is for decoration I'll add later, here's a picture of what I'll attach there, it's a dwarven rune:

look from above (the raised area where the red-haired dwarf is standing will have Balin's grave on it, but of course it's not Balin's but just some dead king's

this is the plastic door from the MoM starter kit, I'll be using these doors for my gates, those made in cardboard won't have a gate, unless I really need one and don't have any plastic doors anymore.

Here's my Khazad Guard, I ordered him from Hasslefree Miniatures, they come in packages of 3 but have hammers etc, so I decided to give them all the plastic head of the plastic dwarven warriors with his 2 handed axe holding above his head. So they'll fit in with GW's Khazad Guard.

And finally some progress on my dead orcs for my Legolas diorama which can be found here: http://www.one-ring.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=20862

still have to redo the right one's face, it looks pretty weird right now, I give you that.

hope you like 'em, C&C welcome!

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:19 pm

The Moria board looks great at the moment, I like where your going with it.
Keep up the good work

Cyndra the Grey

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:43 pm

Thanks Cyndra, I'm pretty pleased with it aswell (: oh well, no progress today I'm afraid.. back to studying French now.. hooray.. damn exams :sad:

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:18 pm

been pretty busy this week, but here's some progress, I gave all the other 'khazad guards' their new axes (one of them wears a satchel, I stole it from a dwarf ranger I had lying around), also converted my troll as you can see, he'll be holding a dwarf warrior once he's finished and some dwarf warriors are converted aswel, hope you like them!

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:20 pm

I'll have to wait for later updates I guess.. something's wrong with photobucket lately..

kidterminal · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:44 pm

I see you replaced the axe handles with steel rod. That seems like a good idea.

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:00 pm

kidterminal wrote:

I see you replaced the axe handles with steel rod. That seems like a good idea.

yes I sure did, the weapons they had before were swords and hammers, so I cut of the plastic axes of some plastic dwarf warriors. I switched the axes with the weapons the metal figures had, as you can see on the last picture, the hammer is from the metals. I drilled through the axe (which is very hard to do!) and through the hammers, but they are lager so that's no problem. Then you have to drill the hands and put the rod with the axe head attached in the holes in the hands and glue it. If you use the same axes as me, they'll fit nicely with GW's Khazad Guard. Except the helmet, only one of them wears a helmet which looks like GW's the others have open helmets. You could also use them as normal warriors ofcourse, but I'll be using them for Khazad Guard for now. Anyway, I hope you like them, the models look very great too, I have to give you that. The only disturbing thing I found was the metal model with his axe holding next to him, his hands are as large as his head! But ofcourse you won't notice that from far. I ordered some models from Thormarillion aswell, the will be here very soon, 2 look like khazad guard aswell, and the other two will fit with the iron guard I guess.. I'll get some pictures uploaded once I got them! Also had some 2nd handed models from Holland (which includes some moria stuff) and from ebay, some Khazad guard from GW and also two goblin captains! I'll get some pics of everything once I got something! (:

GuardianoftheCitadel · **Joined:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:06 pm **Posts:** 193

Looking forward to seeing that dwarf hanging from that troll's hand.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:25 pm

As do I (Can't stand the bearded fellows either, or hobbits)

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