Dark's WIP Updated

Post by **Nameless** » 10 Mar 2009, o 09:32

pistol? wrench? miscast?

Post by **mahon** » 10 Mar 2009, o 10:57

gun holster probably

anyway - your good paintjob made me want to paint this mini for my own collection... but I've got a quest

Post by **Skrit** » 10 Mar 2009, o 12:52

Ooh guessing, what can we win?!

My guess is a holster too.

Wraithlord · Post by **Wraithlord** » 10 Mar 2009, o 19:46

I think it is a miscast pistol myself. Carried by what looks to be a war hobbit

Gotta say DM, your bases never fail to impress me and the whole thing is coming along nicely.

Darkmessiah · Post by **Darkmessiah** » 15 Mar 2009, o 19:21

thanks Wraith, are u the WL on heresy?

A little update, freddy is pretty much finished, ill prob go back and tinker with a few details but hes mostly finished, decided to paint the odd lookin bit as a holster, i think it makes most sense, but i think its far from lookin like a holster... thanks for the suggestion though guys

Click to see full-sized image

Click to see full-sized image

Just wondering wot u guys think of this idea?
i want gollum to be on the bend of a river. now lookin at the composition of the base i want a low point (river bed) a mid point (gollum and his rock) and then a high point (a tree) but am thinking perhaps their isnt enough space for the trunk. so how about suspending the actual branches over gollum to make em look like their coming in from outside the base. of course the rod needs to be hidden better, but would it work? or is it too much?

Click to see full-sized image

Click to see full-sized image

Dark

Wraithlord · Post by **Wraithlord** » 15 Mar 2009, o 19:33

thanks Wraith, are u the WL on heresy?

The one and only

As for Gollum, I think it would look -really- bizarre if you had just the branches above is head mainly because of the clear support rod you have there will still be showing. Maybe have the tree trunk being mostly in the water?

Cyberpaddy66 · Post by **Cyberpaddy66** » 16 Mar 2009, o 04:42

I reckon only do part of the tree with it's roots going into the water and extend the rocks Golum is sitting on (sloped down) to make the tree part of the base, the part of the tree outside the diameter of the base could be painted to look like sawn timber

arctica · Post by **arctica** » 16 Mar 2009, o 10:31

i like the idea but i think you don't want to over do the tree as it could take some of the focus away from the mini itself, so try to keep it a thin and spindly tree i think. Im sitting on the fence atm as to whether it will work or not, i think it depends very much on how you pull it off. Good luck with it

Darkmessiah · Post by **Darkmessiah** » 31 Mar 2009, o 03:31

alrite guys, havnt had an update for a while, iv not long got back from salute (no prizes am dissapointed to say

) iv also been concentrating on a commission recently, so not much time for my own stuff, but here is a little update on gollum
iv resolved the tree issue, its bending around from the back of the cliff, their will eventually be a small waterfalls trickling down the rockface into the pool below. am thinking about doing this piece in a monochrome, or a moonlight colour scheme (since we can only see in black and white in the dark/low light, so i thought it make sense

)
am gunna use these pics as reference but any advice about monochrome techniques would really be helpful

Click to see full-sized image

Click to see full-sized image

am also working on This mini, am still working out how the base will look, he will be walking down a small staircase in somethin like a old/abandoned Turkish/Indian tiled palace, more progress will follow soon hopefully!

All the best

Dark

Post by **Demi_morgana** » 31 Mar 2009, o 07:31

so far so good - let's wait for some colors painted