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hannanibal · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:55 pm **Posts:** 221

Cheers guys.
@ DMS. Smoggy's unite! I've probably walked past you in the store and not even known it.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:33 am

hannanibal wrote:

Cheers guys.
@ DMS. Smoggy's unite! I've probably walked past you in the store and not even known it.

yeh no doubt our paths will have crossed before. I'll have to get a shirt with DMS on the back lol.

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:59 am

Man that's an awesome looking group of baddies! Great Job!

Rognarr · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:38 am

hannanibal wrote:

@Rognarr. Yeah, I'll do a tutorial. Anything in particular you want a tutorial on or is it just the whole model?

Dunno, the hair, the face, the eye, teh rusty metal.... there's so much about the model that I like that a complete tut would be best? ^^

CaptainOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:22 pm

Can't recall seeing a better Saruman and Grima than yours. Amazing stuff.

hannanibal · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:55 pm **Posts:** 221

Thanks everybody.
Lovely forum this.

I'll start some scouts later on and see how they go. Aiming for quick but smooth looking finish.

hannanibal · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:55 pm **Posts:** 221

Please excuse the hurried photo's.
First 4 scouts. Took just over 3 hours from basecoat to finished base with the help of a hairdryer. Basecoat, wash and single highlight on everything but the skin which gets two highlights.

Lovely models these. Much more defined than the plastic uruk warriors.

Rognarr · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:10 pm

Once again FANTASTIC painting! Personally I'm not a big fan of snakebite leatherish leather, just because it doesnt look like leather. You've done a great job here nonetheless and I do love those minis (even snakebite can't change that! ^^)

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:10 pm

It's the smoothness and brightness of the colour that makes these stand out a mile, brilliant.

Lorindol · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:41 pm

great work hannibal !!

Keep up the good work. If you ask me you've got a near "eavy metal" army here

Gene Parmesan · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:03 pm

nice work

.:Gunslinger:. · **Posted:** Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:38 am

Wow, incredible! I really like your painting style! Fits those uruks greatly...amazingly done-I would be glad for a little eplanation on how you did that leather!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:11 am

Ringsified - a great new word!
The Snakebite Leather scouts are exquisite - they will stand out from the crowd.

hannanibal · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:55 pm **Posts:** 221

@Rognarr. Cheers. I agree that Snakebite leather doesn't really look like leather. More like Chamois leather if anything but it's quick and neat so I'm cool with that.

@Gunslinger. It's really basic. For the browns it's either:
VGC Leather Brown, wash AP Dark Tone Ink, highlight sparingly with Leather Brown.
And for the jackets:
VMC English Uniform, wash AP Dark Tone ink, highlight sparingly with English Uniform.

If you want to take either of those colours further, adding a cream into the basecolour for highlights would work.

@Dorthonion. Yeah, it's quite a good word now I think about it! Cheers mate.

Raukov · **Posted:** Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:18 am

It wasn't until I saw one of your minis on the GW blog that I realised I hadn't commented on this thread - I love everything in here, this is probably my favourite of any Isengard army I've ever seen.

e; I can't believe the results you get with just base, wash and single highlight. I'd love to see some WIP shots of some of these guys, if you have the time.

DomyHill · **Posted:** Sat Jun 29, 2013 4:17 pm

Every miniature it this thread is painted to a phenomenal standard. It's some of the best work I've seen on this forum (which is really saying something considering the high standard set by everyone) and you're painting style has inspired me, it's simple but clean, realistic and sets your models out from the hordes of Uruks. I don't even have any Uruk-Hai to paint but I would love a tutorial from you (from start to finish with pics) on how to paint one as I guess the techniques are transferable to many other models. I know that's a fairly labour intensive task to ask from you but honestly it would be fantastic! Keep up the excellent work!

hannanibal · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:55 pm **Posts:** 221

Thanks very much for the kind comments everybody.
@Raukov. I'll get a few shots up this week when I do some more scouts mate.
@Domyhill. I don't mind doing a tutorial mate. Next time I have some painting time I'll do one for the scouts. It's only 3 stages of painting not including priming and basing so it's no trouble really.

OK, I haven't had any time to paint much since my last picture was taken and in a toss up between batch painting my scouts and Sharku....Sharku won.
Obviously not painted in the same skin tone as in the film (which would have made him look too much like an Uruk-Hai I think) but he ties in with the rank-and-file warg riders better with this colour skin.
Thanks for looking and thanks again for all your comments.
Did I say this was a lovely forum? Oh yeah.....I did

Harfoot · **Posted:** Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:57 pm

Jaw dropping, just perfect

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

Harfoot wrote:

Jaw dropping, just perfect

I agree. The standard of painting is exceptional.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:34 am

Wow, I didn't even know it was possible for Sharku to look that good, you have blown my rather tired mind.

:yay:

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