MB560 Contest !

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January 6, 2011 at 9:00 pm #14395
elroi
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Great, until february!
I just ordered today my Elrond council

To draw maps and similar things (freehands), take a look to this tutorial of a friend painter. It´s in english, with pictures and lot of useful tips:

http://volomir.blogspot.com/2010/09/freehand-technique.html

The main key to make thin and little drawings is a pointed and good sharpened pencil
January 6, 2011 at 10:15 pm #14397
Thingol
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… thanks for this link Master Elroi….. it will be useful !
January 7, 2011 at 8:37 am #14399
Milo
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Master Elroi link is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks from Toulouse !

Banner samples are fantastics.:cool:
January 7, 2011 at 9:32 am #14400
Turambar
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Master Elroi link is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks from Bochum ! 😆

But unfortunately those miniatures are in 85mm scale . . . 😆
January 7, 2011 at 10:23 am #14402
elroi
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Turambar wrote:

But unfortunately those miniatures are in 85mm scale . . . 😆

mmm, not at all. They are standard GW miniatures (25-30 mm scale). It´s scary what people can do in such small surfaces. 😮

Anyway, just follow the tips and try to make simpler drawings for the mithril scale
January 23, 2011 at 2:20 pm #14672
Turambar
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What´s up people? Everybody busy in doing the final parts . . . ????
What about your progress Milo?!

Is it correct, that the 14 th of February is our absolutely dead-line???

Mmh, already gone this gentle fellow . . . being busy on his “council” base I assume.
I leave also, listening to some “council”-music . . .
January 23, 2011 at 6:40 pm #14677
Milo
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I did some painting this week. Almost finished Table and Chairs.
Now i shall concentrate on very very small details (on papers and faces :lol:…)
January 27, 2011 at 9:34 pm #14780
ddaines
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Just b***ered up the base :lol:, so I will have to re-do it when I get back at the end of next week.
January 27, 2011 at 9:38 pm #14782
Thingol
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Seems that delay with this deadline for sending pictures of the White council, was a wise decision for all of us….
January 27, 2011 at 10:34 pm #14786
Turambar
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So and so.
I painted the ,‘+#_• the third time, because of the delay . . . :rolleyes:

Time to come to an end, at last!
January 28, 2011 at 7:33 am #14789
Milo
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I share your problem ESTEL. I painted Thror’s Map quite well on the middle size scroll.
But once the magnifying glass removed, you can see nothing as it is too small…

I did not start characters yet…I shall add colors to Saruman tonight.
January 28, 2011 at 9:43 am #14791
Turambar
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But what is the information transporting by Thror´s map concerning the forthcoming battle of Dol Amroth of what the struggle shown is about?
Thror´s map shows the Lonely Mountain . . . :rolleyes:
About painting those maps: it is difficult to catch the right scale. How large/small are symbols on a map in32mm scale?

By the way, this is the same concerning eyes. Therefore I don´t paint eyes anymore . . . as they look always like ping-pong-balls 😆
January 28, 2011 at 10:26 am #14792
Turambar
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Photographing miniatures! Another BIG theme! Just have to go to my local photo dealer and buy a new camera: Nikon 3dx !
January 28, 2011 at 10:30 am #14793
Milo
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I chose Thror’s Map as I feel Gandalf might show it when back from Dol guldur.
January 28, 2011 at 12:58 pm #14801
Turambar
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You can choose whatever you want, Milo. It is just a thought into the direction of the right context . . .
January 28, 2011 at 1:06 pm #14803
Milo
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Well, the right context is what is written on Mithril site:

“By its second meeting in T.A. 2851 Saruman had already been corrupted by the Dark-lord through use of the Palantir and he blocked Gandalf’s proposed attack on Dol Guldur.

The diorama depicts this second meeting of the White council in which Gandalf is proposing the attack to an unbending Saruman, while Galadriel, Elrond and Cirdan look on.”

So my thought is the following:
My painted big map represents southern mirkwood.
Gandalf is using Thror’s map to tell one evil story example on what is going on in Dol Guldur.
He also brings a dol guldur sketch: the very small map.
January 28, 2011 at 1:24 pm #14805
hsf62
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I’m happy I don’t paint for the contest….
I just sit back relax and wait to see all these great painted MB560.
January 28, 2011 at 3:19 pm #14806
Turambar
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Master Caster, you are a wise man !!!!

Ok then, Master Forest Warden, I agree to you exept of Thror´s map. Southern Mirkwood and a sketch of Dol Guldor . . . that really makes sense, what else . . .
Seems that you have been visited me using one of the “deadly hallows” . . . ?!

Already painted that! 😎
But I have to cut one hair of the two-hair-brush for having something as an sophisticated result . . .
January 28, 2011 at 3:24 pm #14809
Milo
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For Dol Guldur, I wil try to obtain something like this.
[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/553_frachateau2.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/553_frachateau2.jpg[/imgz]

But it will be very hard in less than 1cm² ! :rolleyes:
January 28, 2011 at 3:27 pm #14810
Milo
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Turambar wrote:

Photographing miniatures! Another BIG theme! Just have to go to my local photo dealer and buy a new camera: Nikon 3dx !

That is something I shall consider. I think I might request some friends helps in this task.
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