And last and proudest, Imrahil, Prince of Dol Amroth
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…… And last and proudest, Imrahil, Prince of Dol Amroth, kinsman of the Lord, with gilded banners bearing his token of the Ship and the Silver Swan, and a company of knights in full harness riding grey horses; and behind them seven hundreds of men at arms, tall as lords, grey-eyed, dark haired, singing as they came.
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“Amroth for Gondor!” they cried. “Amroth to Faramir!”
Like thunder they broke upon the enemy on either flank of the retreat; but one rider outran them all, swift as the wind in the grass; Shadowfax bore him, shining, unveiled once more, a light starting from his upraised hand.Well folks, that’s that! Apart from some minor touching up (which I will never do
the Dol Amroth dudes are done and so am I just about, never will I paint so many horsemen (until the Easterlings anyway) again.…… And last and proudest, Imrahil, Prince of Dol Amroth, kinsman of the Lord, with gilded banners bearing his token of the Ship and the Silver Swan, and a company of knights in full harness riding grey horses; and behind them seven hundreds of men at arms, tall as lords, grey-eyed, dark haired, singing as they came.
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“Amroth for Gondor!” they cried. “Amroth to Faramir!”
Like thunder they broke upon the enemy on either flank of the retreat; but one rider outran them all, swift as the wind in the grass; Shadowfax bore him, shining, unveiled once more, a light starting from his upraised hand.Well folks, that’s that! Apart from some minor touching up (which I will never do
the Dol Amroth dudes are done and so am I just about, never will I paint so many horsemen (until the Easterlings anyway) again.Wow! (There’s no shock smiley…
)That’s a lot of work and a lot of detail. I notice the shield painted (correctly) almost upside down.
Bravo!
Amazing.
I shall have to top that somehow
(Seriously though, its a wonderful scene.)
Mr. Daines, do you have a photobucket or something, I’d love to see your work in much higher resolution.
Hey, Mister David Daines, great work-as usual, I have to say. I agree to Gavin, that a higher resolution is absolutely necessary.
Good luck to all those painters out there in topping . . .
Oh… there is sombody shouting ….the soup is ready.
…. I think, we will have white wine with the soup……
There is a very good reason the photo’s are not in higher resolution
and that’s because the figures look b****y awful close up. These almost 50 year old eyes can no longer paint eyes on Mithril size figures (which is why I paint and build a lot of 1/6th scale figures).Seriously though, I guess my strength with Mithril figures is the overall effect and look rather than the close up painted details. When you look at some small scale figure painters you see works of art regarding the painting, I have never considered myself in that league, prefering to have a figure appear as if viewed from 25-50 metres.
Glad you enjoyed them though, but I was desparate just to finish this project and move onto something else (bigger than 32mm, lol).
David, all I can say is that is something to behold!
Nice Job! Can’t wait to see what is up your sleeve next!
huuuuhh-David, what was that I have read before?! 50 years old eyes . . . ( . . . blue eyes, my baby got blue eyes . . . )
Well, you look younger on that foto in Holger´s “who is who”-section, I must say this.
Ehmmm, I am 10 years younger, but I can agree to you concerning painting these eyes . . .
Must I be afraid of something I cannot stop . . . ?rita.de wrote:huuuuhh-David, what was that I have read before?! 50 years old eyes . . . ( . . . blue eyes, my baby got blue eyes . . . )
Well, you look younger on that foto in Holger´s “who is who”-section, I must say this.
Ehmmm, I am 10 years younger, but I can agree to you concerning painting these eyes . . .
Must I be afraid of something I cannot stop . . . ?Ah that photo was taken 3 years ago when our dog was a pup
, I still have 6 months to go though I will post some other photos though, a bit closer up, but what I have found is that the size they reproduce at does make the flaws show up to the detriment of the figures, but let me have a play.
simply fascinating …. and marvellous 😮
But now I do not regret any more that I didn’t have the time in the last two years to continue paintiging Mithrils … compared to what I see here my skills are very poor. And I know that figures even look better in reality than in pictures ……………….. wow …..Well, I think I have said everything. I can only add that it´s an accurate representation that I imagine the scene when I read the book
The detail of the flowers on the grass …..Lovely.
I don’t paint eyes either. They look pretty weird and starey even at their best. And from a distance most people look like they have a sort of shadow where their eyes are.
And in terms of miniatures, we are looking at someone from a distance. Anyone who can do eyes has my greatest respect. Just I can’t
Gavin
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