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 Post subject: Jamister16's WIP wood elves
PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:27 pm 
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Hi all,

For Christmas I got a load of the new mirkwood elves and have finally decided to give them a lick of paint.

So anyway I've painted a test model to make sure I'm happy with the colour scheme.

I've now started painting the rest but am still a long way off (will post updates when done).

So anyway, here's 2 pics of the test model
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(feedback, improvements etc would be appreciated)

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I like everything but the cloak. I think the contrast of the dark brown shadow and the light cloth is too much without something to marry them together, or if you minimized the brown shadow so that it is not such a thick line that may help.
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look at images like this and work toward that, I am not perfect either, but I think that you could get a bit closer as you progress with the rest of the force, it is a test model anyway.

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Thanks for the tips

I'll work on that on the next mini - will post results soon

Also, if anyone else has a painted mirkwood rangers, then it would be a great help as I am stuck as to how to make them fit.

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Welcome Jamister.
I have to agree on the cloak but otherwise this looks a nice job.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:32 pm 
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Thanks you 2 for your comments,

spent a bit of time this evening painting up another palace guard's cloak
and here are the results:
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again comments etc are appreciated

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:40 pm 
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Those are looking really good
i like the scheme alot, really well done.
look forward to seeing more of it :)
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Cloak is looking a lot better. nice

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Nice, neat paint jobs you've got there. Nice work :)

I painted up some Mirkwood Rangers a month or two ago - they are very nice minis. As you were asking for some tips on them I thought this might be of use. I did them in two main colour schemes. Green and brown as the two main colours. Here's an example of each:
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For the different areas I did:

Brown Cloth:
Base Rhinox Hide (leave some black in the recesses though)
Highlight and paint the leafy lines Doombull Brown
Highlight further with Skrag Brown

Brown armour (central scale things):
Base Rhinox Hide
Highlight Gorthor Brown
Highlight sparingly Ushabti Bone

Green Boots and vambraces:
Base Castellan Green
Wash Thraka Green (Biel-Tan Green?)
Highlight Loren Forest
Highlight Elysian Green

Dark Green Clothing (the first pic):
Base Caliban Green
Highlight Loren Forest (leafy lines)
Wash Thraka Green
Highlight Elysian Green

On the second one you might notice that the panels around the kidneys are painted with a different combination just to break up the scheme a bit. It goes like this:
Base Castellan Green
Highlight with thin lines across the panel with a mix of Castellan Green and Administratum Grey (Fortress Grey in the old range)
Finally highlight with pure Administratum Grey

Hope this is helpful. Any questions just ask :)

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Thanks alot for the comments guys, really encouraging

im also painting up a legolas for this months hobby challenge, incase your interesed

more pictures soon

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@Bandobras Took
those rangers look really good,
mind if a pinch some of your ideas?

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Nice cloaks jamister 8)

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jamister16 wrote:
@Bandobras Took
those rangers look really good,
mind if a pinch some of your ideas?

J16


No problem :) Go ahead - that's why I posted them! 8) Glad it can be of help to you.

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