September Painting Challenge: Monsters

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:37 pm

Excellent use of colours Jobu - they work really well together and the eye..... outstanding!!!!! :yay:

Sir Richard · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:47 pm

Great job, really like the tongue!

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:14 pm

Nice drake there Jobu.

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Very nice drake :yay:

BizzareWarstar · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:16 pm

Thanks guys.

No problem DMS.

Jobu, the new colours work great, it looks a lot more uniformed, looks fantastic!, good call.

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:21 pm

Nice job Jobu, though part of the picture is cut off on my screen....
My ent is almost finished being sculpted, hopefully the rain will stop once I'm done so I can get him undercoated. Then the painting begins!

Jobu · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:56 am

If the pic is cut off try right clicking it and open the image in a new tab, then you should be able to see it on your laptop ;^)

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:07 am

Very cool!! Really like the claws!

edge67 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:22 am

Excellent work Jobu! Looks great. I think you made the right call on changing the colour of the belly. I'm going to have to pull an all dayer or something to get my drake finished in time.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:35 am

I said I was finished before, and now I have proof (sorry the pics are too big and blurry) 2 before pics:

and

One part way through:

And 2 after pics, firstly front:

and secondly back:

Of course, you'd have to be mad to vote for me when there's the like's of Jobu's drake, a huorn conversion, a Spider Queen conversion etc...

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

I see very nice monsters gatehring around... :-D

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:26 pm

I'm almost done with Naneth Fuin, the Dark Mother of Dol Guldur (will play as Shelob). Hopefully my last pics from my mobile. They are better than my earlier one, but I just can't keep the dang thing steady enough for a close shot no matter how I brace it. If we don't get a new camera soon I'm going to bribe a friend (semi-professional photographer) to come over with hers...

A couple more pics some some write up of the paint scheme can be found at : http://tac-me.net/index.php/lotrmodels-wip/100-lotr-models-wip-sq4

I know it doesn't come close to the

of the Houron, Drake and others so far, but I am very happy that she's come out almost as well as I was planning and I think is going to look appropriately natural on the table with the rest of my forces...and I'm going to enjoy devouring pesky Dwarves and Men with her soon!

General Elessar · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:34 pm

Beowulf03809 wrote:

I'm almost done with Naneth Fuin, the Dark Mother of Dol Guldur (will play as Shelob).

Is there any meaning behind the name?

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:56 pm

General Elessar wrote:

Beowulf03809 wrote:

I'm almost done with Naneth Fuin, the Dark Mother of Dol Guldur (will play as Shelob).

Is there any meaning behind the name?

Mother Darkness is the most direct Elvish translation, but can also be Dark Mother. I wanted to reflect some of the Elvish words for Mirkwood itself in her name. Their name for the forest is Taur-nu-Fuin which means Forest Under Darkness. I didn’t think some of the Elvish words for Queen rang well for me, and their word for Spider (Ungol) is the root word for Ungoliant and I didn’t want to tread there either. I liked the sound of Naneth Fuin most of all the combos I tried.

My concept behind her is that she is likely another daughter of Ungoliant (therefore sister to Shelob) or else is among the greatest spawn of Shelob. She dwelled for countless years in the dark depths of the Mountains of Mirkwood and with the coming of the Necromancer was drawn to southern Mirkwood where she spawned the lesser Spider Queens who in their turn produced the Giant Spiders. She has been seen occasionally near the Mountains still as well as the darkest depths of the woods around the Hill of Sorcery so it is unknown if she moves through the forest itself or if there are undiscovered caverns connecting the north and south of the forest.

I rarely take liberties with Tokien’s works, as I am far more of a fan of the world than I am concerned with maximizing army lists. But using a Shelob-profile Greatest Spider was a case where I think I remain on the believable edge of cannon while boosting my force. Comments are always welcome.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:30 pm

Man!! that is one creepy lookin spider!!

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Very nice spider... :yay:

Watch if she does get alive in nights :shock:

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:38 pm

As i've been talking to you about your awesome Spider Queen before, you may know that I really love what you have done to it, it's a very nice conversiom, and well executed in a manner for play not designed for powergaming, but for what an army should be and hence, I would be tempted to give you my vote purely from a belief perspective.

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:10 pm

Just got a chill down my spine...very nice looking spider Beowulf03809!

Now, I am not going to look at her again for fear of another creep out.

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:47 pm

BilboOfTheWhiteTower wrote:

Just got a chill down my spine...very nice looking spider Beowulf03809!

Now, I am not going to look at her again for fear of another creep out.

Me too!

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:38 am

Thanks all. That's a great compliment and is exactly what I was going for. I have grown up and lived my life in areas that have had their share of creepy spider encounters so I know how they CAN look. The GW models for the Queen and Giant Spiders are all too static for my tastes so I really put in effort on the pose for her.

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