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What do you paint by?
Concept art 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
Film 34%  34%  [ 12 ]
Book 14%  14%  [ 5 ]
Own style 46%  46%  [ 16 ]
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:22 pm 
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I was wondering what everyone paints by, and decided to set this poll up.

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Film for me, seeing as how the majority of the figs are sculpts of the actors and I like trying to emulate the feel of the movies.

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Good question, everyone has a different muse for inspiration. I prefer to paint based on the movies but always giving a personal touch to personalize my painting :)

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Elladan: I paint by my own style. I look at PJ's films and GW miniatures for reference, but its mostly my own style.

Elrohir: I try to follow the films as much as possible, I like the colours and the feel, also I know what colours I will need, so I don't need to go testing and figuring out what looks good and what works.

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Films for me...
I'd love to paint by the book, but since the models are inspired in the films, I paint by them.

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Tbh I paint however I feel they look best which, of late has been my own take on colour schemes

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I voted book, but also i look at the concept art in the Chronicles Books, which are excellent, so could have done with 2 votes

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I tend to refer to the concept art more than the films, The Hobbit Chronicles books by Weta are utterly astounding and never fail to inspire me. :)

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Definitely by the book, more specifically, the silmarillion for my elves.
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I use my imagination, and I go with geography as an inspiration for my own concepts

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By numbers !!!

Seriously though, I did stick to paint schemes but I am now going for what I feel, it may fit a general colour scheme but the mixes for shades and highlights will be my own as I tend to use Scale 75 and Vallejo paints.

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In general, by the films, but also with the aim firmly set on realism over artisticness/technique. In other words, the reason I don't do lots of highlighting or fancy bright colours is not so much because I can't, but because to me what makes the films is their gritty realism as much as anything else, so that's what I go for on the minis.

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A mix of concept art, films and a dash of my own style.

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