[WIP Beginner] 21/12 First time ever painting! - Durins Folk

MacCollac · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:56 pm

Hello people!

So I just received my first two figures for my Durin army being Gimli and Balin! Found them real cheap for 3 euro's each. Also bought a captain for 3 euro.

I never painted before and I wanted to start a new hobby with LotR SBG

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Any tips are welcome! Will post regular updates!

crixalis · **Joined:** Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:45 pm **Posts:** 170

Best piece of advice I can offer to a new painter, is be sparing with your paint and thin it down a little. Look forward to seeing how you get on.

Good luck!

MacCollac · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:27 pm

crixalis wrote:

Best piece of advice I can offer to a new painter, is be sparing with your paint and thin it down a little. Look forward to seeing how you get on.

Good luck!

Thanks Crixalis! What do you mean with 'sparing'?

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:38 pm

Try not to apply paint to your model too thickly so to obscure detail is what he means.

For your first few models don't get too hung up on tying to make them look like the picture you have in your head as it doesn't happen right away and comes with practice.

I find it easier working from a black undercoat. Main thing is to have fun with it. Paint a model and post a picture and we can work from there. Lots of fantastic painters here on the site who will be able to offer guidance as you go.

MacCollac · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 2:04 pm

Thanks for the advice DMS! Would it be wise to start with these two characters or better to start on same regular dwarf warriors?

I really like the estatics and painting scheme of these warriors painted by Bizarrewarstar.

Any idea what colours/shades etc. are used? I still need to buy paints since I have none

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Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 2:34 pm

It would certainly be easier to start with warriors rather than jumping straight into hero models. I wouldn't get too hung up on trying to copy other peoples schemes just yet either bud. Just go with the colours you like and get use to painting the models themselves. Once you start to get some confidence built up then start to look at painting stuff like BizarreWarstar. Bizarrewarstar uses a quite technical method of painting on a lot of his models and mainly works in glazes.

90% of painting models is confidence. If you try to do too much too soon it can have a negative effect on this confidence.

MacCollac · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 3:21 pm

It's not that I want to exactly copy that scheme, I had roughly the same idea in mind on the color scheme because of the few paint color so I could keep it simple and clean

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Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 3:25 pm

Yeh sorry I didn't put that too well did I lol. You got what i meant tho.

I don't use GW paints so couldn't tell you wht colours to buy I'm afraid. If you have a scheme in mind buy the base colours, a black and an off white like bleached bone or ushbati bone or whtever it called these days. The bone colour can be added to the base colours to create lighter shades for highlighting.
Agrax earthshade is a great wash for shading too.

crixalis · **Joined:** Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:45 pm **Posts:** 170

Yeah, DMS was right - what I meant by be 'sparing' is basically try not to put too much paint on your brush so as to avoid blobbing a load on and losing the detail.

I agree that something like those dwarves may be a safer place to start than trying to dive straight in onto some tricky heroes - something where you can pick a few main blocks of different colour without a vast amount of detail and keep it simple and clean as you said.

But really just start somewhere and see how it goes

MacCollac · **Posted:** Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:33 pm

For the armour and weapons I was thinking of:

- Leadbelcher - Base
- Nuln Oil - Shade
- Ironbreaker - Layer
- Runefang Steel - Layer
- Necron Compound - Dry

For the clothing and wooden parts and beards I wanted to use:

- Mournfang Brown - Base
- Agrax Earthshade - Shade
- Skrag Brown - Layer
- Deathclaw Brown - Layer
- Tyrant Skull - Dry

Since I have no brushes I also thought of these:

- S Base
- S Dry
- S Shade
- S Layer

For priming I thought of one Chaos Black Spray.

Any feedback?

Edit: Any tips for the flesh/skin are also welcome!

I was thinking of Cadian Flesh.

YOrcShire · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:46 pm

Good luck with your first foray into the hobby. DMS's advice is to be heeded. Just take your time and be as neat as possible. You will improve and progress fairly quickly to start with. For the flesh add Reikland Fleshshade after Cadian Flesh then highlight with Kislev Flesh. Fairly basic but the effect should be pleasing for a first go. If you've got a local GW store you should be able to get some first hand advice from there. Just practice and be patient. Once you've got some paint on your models put some pictures on here and people will be able to advise on specifics.

Most of all enjoy it.........it is supposed to be a hobby!

MacCollac · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:03 am

Thanks YS! I will keep your advice in mind!

Dallo · **Joined:** Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:30 pm **Posts:** 52

All the best Mac. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Keep up the good work.

Dallo

MacCollac · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2016 2:09 pm

So after a few weeks have passed several things have happend!

I decided to go for Gondor and Mordor instead of just Dwarfs. I purchased all the materials and miniatures (26 GW Paints, 2 GW Brushes, 2 W&N Brushes, Hobbyzone paint station, Army painter toolset, GW Chaos Black Primer). In total I have 48 Gondor soldiers, 36 Mordor soldiers. For Gondor I have several commanders such as Boromir, Faramir, Gondor captain, Gondor banner. For Mordor I have a Ringwraith, Gothmog, Troll, Grisnhak and several more. I bought them all for a good price, thats why I have so much

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So I have a lot of painting to do, and as mentioned before this is my first time every with miniature painting. I have friend of mine is also starting on Woodelves and Uruk-Hai so we purchased everything together. I glued all the miniatures to their bases and glued arms. Today I started priming with Chaos Black GW on the Gondor army. They came out fairly decent for my first try. I used a cartbox and a stick with double sided tape on prime the miniatures. The soldiers all came out fairly nice! However, the metal heroes were a little more difficult because of all the details.

These are Boromir and Faramir. I saw that they weren't fully covered with primer. Is this a really bad thing or is just okay to paint on now? I will start with regular Gondor soldiers since they are easier to paint I guess with less details on them.

Looking forward to post more and any tips or remarks are always welcome!

Mac.

crixalis · **Joined:** Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:45 pm **Posts:** 170

I think if I were you I'd go back and make sure those metal minis are totally covered with the primer - paint chips really easily off metals I feel.

MacCollac · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2016 12:17 pm

Thanks for the advice Crixalis! It was my first time ever priming so I guess I was a little bit too careful not to overprime

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Here is the result:

Sorry for the low-res quality pictures, these are taken with my mobile.

king elessar 2615 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2016 3:50 pm

Can confirm, paint does chip of metal models easily, so make sure those models have a nice undercoat. Other than that looks like you have a nice start underway, best of luck!

MacCollac · **Posted:** Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:14 am

So summer holiday is here, so I finally got the time to fully commit myself!

After amassing my tools, paint station, paints and miniatures I started to assemble the rest of my army.

I got Mordor and Gondor.

Mordor

Following list:

Gondor

Following list:

Moreover I bought myself several brushes (Size 0 and 1 W&N Series 7, Drybrush S and Layer S from GW) and around 30 Citadel paints.

Even made my own wetpallete via a tutorial on YouTube provided my Tabletop Minions.

Really looking forward to finally paint my miniatures, but at the same time a bit scared since this the first time! :shock:

Yesterday I assembled my Knights of Minas Tirith, which was quite time consuming. Currently doubting if I should already glue the shields on the knights or paint them separatly? Same counts for already mounting them on the horses or also paint them separatly?

Anyhow, thanks for reading and I will try to update this thread regulary!
Tips and feedback are always welcome! Once I start painting I will shoot photo's with a better camera instead with my mobile phone

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Fri Jul 22, 2016 9:33 am

Well you've certainly got yourself well prepared so now;s time to sit back, brush in hand, and enjoy the hobby.

MacCollac · **Posted:** Fri Jul 22, 2016 9:42 am

Thanks CG! Any tips for painting?

Also what would you advice for the Knights?

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