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 Post subject: Epik's WIP: 14/11; Thrain
PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:55 am 
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I've recently gotten back into the hobby after having to box up most of my collection to make room for all my brothers stuff after his ceiling collapsed and have recently purchased a new camera capable of taking photographs of my work so thought I'd finally start a WIP thread. These pics have been up on TLA for a couple weeks so you may already have seen them there. First up, here are some quick snaps of some of my work to give an idea of my current ability.

First up, one of my Balrogs
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Next my Mounted Gandalf the Grey (some work has been done since this picture was taken, images will be up soon)
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Finally, to finish off this opening post, a couple pics of my latest projects;

This will be part of a gift to a co-worker who is very into the books and films
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and this is one for my collection
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He'll probably take me a good few months to complete but I'm hoping to at least get some wip shots of the base up this weekend.


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 Post subject: Re: Epiktetos' WIP
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:58 pm 
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Well, Smaug's base won't be finished this weekend, I've run out of gold paint after one patchy basecoat and the local GW's not open til Tuesday :P

Here's a couple pics of my based Gandalf the Grey Mounted;

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 Post subject: Re: Epiktetos' WIP
PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:01 pm 
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Another quick update, I've managed to put some work in on the base for Smaug;

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I've tried to go for a marbley effect on the flooring and have really worked on making sure there are a few different shades of gold in there (and even a little bit of silver) as I really wanted to avoid it just looking like one solid piece of metal. Just got the chests and weaponry etc and a little bit of touching up to finish off now.
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 Post subject: Re: Epiktetos' WIP
PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:14 pm 
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Nice Balrog. Smaug's base is coming along nicely, good luck with the rest of the project.
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 Post subject: Re: Epiktetos' WIP
PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:52 pm 
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Another small update; I've been hard at work this afternoon and have managed to finish Smaug's base;

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One thing I have learnt today, treasure chests are incredibly boring to paint after the fifth or sixth one :P

Next up is the Bilbo, which I plan to paint alongside the Master Burglar sculpt and/or Smaug's head.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:01 pm 
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A few WIP pics of my Bilbos from last night;

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Just got the blue on the jacket and the belts to do really although I want to have another go at the master burglar's face as I'm not really happy with it yet, hoping to get them finished off this afternoon.
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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP; Bilbo and Smaug
PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:28 pm 
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Here are my two Bilbos all but finished (I've noticed a couple areas that need tidying up in the pictures);

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I have also made a start on Smaug's head. Here he is after an initial rough basecoat on the red and brownish areas;

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I still haven't fully decided on the colour of his lower body, I'm considering an off-white/boney colour and experimenting with a goldish glaze but I'm unsure how this would turn out or even if metallics work well as glazes. Has anyone got any experience of trying something similar?
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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: Smaug progress
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:09 pm 
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Here's a few pics of Smaug's head after today's work. This is all but finished now, the camera has revealed a few areas that need some tidying up and I may need to make a few changes once the body's painted to make sure it all goes together smoothly but on the whole I'm quite pleased with it.

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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: Smaug progress
PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:15 am 
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That Smaug is going to look great when finished! 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: Gandalf and Dain
PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:46 pm 
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I certainly hope so Wah Wing :P
Having finished the head, I've taken a bit of a mini break from Smaug and put in some work on another project. I work in a school and the teacher whose classroom I work in loves the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit and has named the class groups after Bilbo, Gandalf, Dain, Elrond and Thorin. So, rather than the usual bottle of wine or box of chocolates as a Christmas gift, I thought it would be nice to give her a painted model of those characters and have made a start with the Master Burglar sculpt pictured above. Here are my first WIP pics on some of the others;

The group
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and Dain
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The Dain is the Absolutely Random Dwarf Lord from Unreleased Miniatures and is an absolutely lovely model that I'm really enjoying painting. I have also primed the mounted version this evening to try and get it painted up next week for the challenge this month so expect some pics of that one soon.
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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 21/10; Gandalf and Dain
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:57 pm 
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Put in some work on Thorin and Gandalf today and am hoping to get them finished tomorrow.

Gandalf;
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Thorin;
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I hadn't realised until I started painting this Thorin that he's wearing the same armour as Thror in AUJ and the more I paint it the more I'm loving the sculpt.
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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 27/10 Gandalf and Thorin
PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:24 pm 
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Put a bit more work in this morning and they're both pretty much finished now.

Gandalf;
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Thorin;
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Apart from basing, which I'll likely do once I have a few more models ready, I just need to tidy up the gold trim on Thorin's coat. Unfortunately I now have to box everything up again as we have the builders back to do some work in my bedroom so my hobbying time will be slightly restricted for the next few weeks.
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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 27/10: Gandalf and Thorin
PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:08 pm 
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So, I've not been able to get much painting in lately as this is where my painting area used to be;

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I have, however, been able to put a little work in on my Completely Random Dwarf Lord

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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 17/11: Dain
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:46 am 
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It's looking good so far. It might be the lighting, but his skin looks almost too red.

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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 17/11: Dain
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I've run out of gold paint

Not something you hear every day :)
I am experiencing a certain degree of Smaug-envy. The other minis are coming along well. Thanks for sharing!

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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 17/11: Dain
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 8:34 pm 
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Thanks for the feedback guys. @Wah Wing, the lighting makes it appear a little worse than it is but it definitely is a tad too red. I haven't quite worked up the nerve to go back and redo it yet.
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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 17/11: Dain
PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:56 pm 
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I love the Balrog, hows Smaug coming along?

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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 17/11: Dain
PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:13 pm 
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Smaug is currently on top of my mum's bookcase. I've had to take a break on him as I don't have the work space for such a large model while the builders are working in my room.
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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 17/11: Dain
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You are making a good effort, just never forget some simple things that will aid you everytime: don't underestimate good priming, after shade highlight with base colour first and third always view model from afar for light and shade to check highlights.

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 Post subject: Re: Epik's WIP: 26/12
PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 2:20 pm 
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I've not been able to get much hobbying done lately but I did manage to do some basing last week;

Gandalf:
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Dain:
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Thorin:
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and Bilbo:
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I do have some spare time though this week and have a few hobby related gifts so expect to see some Goblin Town progress soon :)

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