DMS - Elrond ft and mtd (old one)

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:49 pm

For once this is a mini of your that I don't like that much up close. The distant pictures are amazing, the freehand looks great. But just that one up close picture shows (to me) that the freehand is messier than I am used to from you. Some of it (like the white stripes on the blue bit of cloth) looks like it is not covering well enough. It looks a little bit streaky, almost like you used craft paint instead of real figure paint. I also personally don't like the eyes, but that's just a stylistic thing, I don't like having the white so prominent.

There are some good things about it though. From a table top it would look outstanding, and I really like what you've done with the basing. A lot less busy than you normally do, but it works well. Aragorn's skin and beard are also well done. I do like the tree freehand on the back end, it's more the star on the front end that looks messy to me.

Hope that's helpful and not just bashing/disheartening.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:06 pm

I like Aragorn but the red does not feel like part of the Gondor palette. It looks great but feels wrong to me from a canonical perspective.

Now I am sounding like an archbishop....

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:11 pm

Haha great feedback guys. Appreciated.

I know what you mean about those lines Avenger. I used grey instead of white and up close the colour does look a little inconsistent. No matter , client is happy :-)

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:16 pm

Bandobras Took wrote:

Lovely, smooth painting :yay:

If you don't mind me asking, what's your recipe for that regal red tone?

Basecoat VGC Scarlett Red. Inked with diluted purple ink. highlight with original basecoat mix with increasing amounts glaize medium and VGC Bloody red added. Final wash with heavily diluted brown wash.

Baardeend · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:53 pm

That white tree on the horse is amazing! I might try to add one to my model once I get time to pick up a brush again... Really inspiring!

Durak · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:55 am

Cool, went through the whole thread. Great stuff! Looking forward to more!

Oropher · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:45 am

I too was never a huge fan of these models for some reason. I don't know why to be honest because the mounted version is a pretty cool pose with lots of detail to pick out. You have certainly made them look pretty appealing anyway, and I may have to make an attempt at mine someday...
Especially like that lovely deep red colour. Very fitting for royalty.

Morgoths_crown · **Joined:** Thu May 27, 2010 10:53 pm **Posts:** 161

theavenger001 wrote:

For once this is a mini of your that I don't like that much up close. The distant pictures are amazing, the freehand looks great. But just that one up close picture shows (to me) that the freehand is messier than I am used to from you. Some of it (like the white stripes on the blue bit of cloth) looks like it is not covering well enough. It looks a little bit streaky, almost like you used craft paint instead of real figure paint. I also personally don't like the eyes, but that's just a stylistic thing, I don't like having the white so prominent.

There are some good things about it though. From a table top it would look outstanding, and I really like what you've done with the basing. A lot less busy than you normally do, but it works well. Aragorn's skin and beard are also well done. I do like the tree freehand on the back end, it's more the star on the front end that looks messy to me.

Hope that's helpful and not just bashing/disheartening.

Bear in mind that you are viewing an inch and a half figure magnified quite heavily and viewed under conditions that hopefully the owner would never view. I hate magnified images of my work in the same manner that if you look at art in a gallery up close, often the eye will see the rough textures that the eye will, from a distance, 'blend' the colours and the tones together. This is why I post very little in the way of images super zoomed so to speak as I prefer a 'reading distance' approach to the viewing of figures. If it looks good six inches away, it is good!

Ridgeback · **Joined:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 pm **Posts:** 105

awesome paintjob as always

Gene Parmesan · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:13 am

Morgoths_crown wrote:

theavenger001 wrote:

For once this is a mini of your that I don't like that much up close. The distant pictures are amazing, the freehand looks great. But just that one up close picture shows (to me) that the freehand is messier than I am used to from you. Some of it (like the white stripes on the blue bit of cloth) looks like it is not covering well enough. It looks a little bit streaky, almost like you used craft paint instead of real figure paint. I also personally don't like the eyes, but that's just a stylistic thing, I don't like having the white so prominent.

There are some good things about it though. From a table top it would look outstanding, and I really like what you've done with the basing. A lot less busy than you normally do, but it works well. Aragorn's skin and beard are also well done. I do like the tree freehand on the back end, it's more the star on the front end that looks messy to me.

Hope that's helpful and not just bashing/disheartening.

agreed in general, but it's often useful to have zoomed in images to see detail you've missed. A magnifying glass cant offer that as it cant focus on the whole model.

Bear in mind that you are viewing an inch and a half figure magnified quite heavily and viewed under conditions that hopefully the owner would never view. I hate magnified images of my work in the same manner that if you look at art in a gallery up close, often the eye will see the rough textures that the eye will, from a distance, 'blend' the colours and the tones together. This is why I post very little in the way of images super zoomed so to speak as I prefer a 'reading distance' approach to the viewing of figures. If it looks good six inches away, it is good!

Sithious · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:38 pm

I love the model. I have had the pleasure of painting the mounted version of Aragorn and mounted Arwen for a wedding cake. I think the face and armor turned out great. White fine line can always be doggy when examined close, but from a true viewing distance it looks fantastic.

I count 23 gem stones at first pass, but it is early and have nothad first cup of coffee yet.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:45 pm

Sithious wrote:

I count 23 gem stones at first pass, but it is early and have nothad first cup of coffee yet.

Cheers Sith. Count again buddy :wink:

JamesR · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:53 pm

I like the paint job, the mounted Aragorn looks kinda angry/brooding to me lol

Sithious · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:26 pm

Dead Marsh Spectre wrote:

Cheers Sith. Count again buddy

is it 25?
I know I counted two green ones, but I don't want to make assumptions on the blue ones in places I can't see too well.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:33 pm

25 it is mate lol

Coenus Scaldingus · **Joined:** Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:14 am **Posts:** 1121

25, wow, you must really like gemstones. I don't suppose you happen to have wings, breath fire and love the taste of roasted Dwarf, do you?

Great job, very much makes me want to paint up mine. Only criticism would be Andúril, which seems rather dull and dark for 'the Flame of the West'.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:53 pm

Coenus Scaldingus wrote:

Only criticism would be Andúril, which seems rather dull and dark for 'the Flame of the West'.

Agreed on this. Time constraints buddy.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:47 pm

Second time I've painted these guys and they were just as hard this time around. Faces on these sculpts are particularly hard to make look anywhere near human/elven.

Much more pictures on S & F

Thanks for looking :-)

Feanorthenoldor · **Joined:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:44 pm **Posts:** 879

Gorgeous as usual.

Since when did Elrond have 4 sons? hehe

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:24 pm

Feanorthenoldor wrote:

Gorgeous as usual.

Since when did Elrond have 4 sons? hehe

4 too many if you ask me haha

Cheers Feanor

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