Mithril Painter’s League 02
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@Axel: I would not normally accept a started work, but since we are few, and it is your first painted mithril miniature in 2 years, it is worth enough for me to enter it to the contest. The more the merrier!! And super happy that you painted something mithril. This is also the aim of this “contest”, to keep people interests on
I painted Cirdan this very last year, it is a nice miniature. I like the highlights on his hair. Take your time with your new camera, I am sure you will find the setting! And if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask we all are here to help
@Gerold: Nice start!! His gaze is interesting, I normally have problems with the eyes size, but yours seem perfect for me. I see some work on the metallic parts too. Have you planned some highlits on the textiles/skin?Welcome on board master Axel! It is good to see an alf with full plate.
Master Gerold, you show us very nice work in progress. Keep going.
On my side, I was too sick for handling any paint brush, I am late now
Nice to see your progress guys!!! and wellcome Master Axel!!!!
Here my progress:
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My idea was paint this mini like Angus Mc Bride image…. but….Master Maenas put the level very high…..so …now…I’m thinking to chance totally the colors….and try something different…..
I have just primed the mini! I hope to start soon or I will be out of time LOL (I think I will have enough time to advance and maybe finish this weekend)
@orc: what’s the problem with that colour scheme? I love Angus McBride art!!To paint metals we have two paths available, one is TMM (True Metallic Metal) and the other is NMM (Non Metallic Metal).
With the first method (TMM) you paint metals with paints that have metallic or shiny pigments/flocked/molt in them, like on Axel’s above example.
With the second (NMM) method, you will use normal/flat paint and by the ways of colour selection, light placement, contrast and reflections you will try to reproduce the look of a reflective surface like if it were shining.To me, mithril’s look better when done with the true metallic metal path. But the NMM method if well executed can give spectacular results (but indeed this is above my actual skills ^^’).
I was just commenting this because I though it could be interesting to you, don’t know if you already knew those paths or not. If you do, just ignore the post, if you don’t, well now you have some research to do
Wow….very interesting information!!! Thanks very much Master Maenas and Master Turambar!!!!
Nice to be be part of this painters league many chances to learn new things and improve skills.I’m going to choose go with TMM…I think is more simple hehehe and you know the orcs….we prefere easy ways…so the idea is…. after paint the armour in Golden Color and I give a wash with brown ink…. mix the golden color with white to do it more bright, paint the prominent areas…and give the last lights with white….what do you thing?
for the rest of the cloth…I’m thingkin to use dark colors for the tunic…like for example…. dark blue or grey/blue may be dark green and for the pantas and shirt…..light grey,Im considering too paint the Cardolan emblem hill with seven stars in his back ….:rolleyes:
orc wrote:Wow….very interesting information!!! Thanks very much Master Maenas and Master Turambar!!!! Nice to be be part of this painters league many chances to learn new things and improve skills.See also this topic Master Orc…. http://mmp.faerylands.eu/viewtopic.php?id=98&p=1
That was a fantastic thread Thingol!! I was in one of my travels far away from this forums and I did not read it before, but it has great info!!
@Turambar: true! that’s another way of doing it ^^@Master orc:
You can try to wash it all as you say and then add in deeper shadows on specific places, you’ll get a nicer result! Your idea of that gold looks good, you can also try to mix gold and silver and see what happens… I would keep the plain white for the extreme highlights only, but I think this was already your plan.And I am aware now, that I did not post a single picture when I thought I did!! LOL
So I will do it now even if it is only for the starting point. ^^’ This miniature came straight to me from Milo’s Attic on November 2014 thank you my dear hobbit!!This is [mith]m247[/mith] The elf-warrior of Nargothrond, just as it came to me next to it is the next stage were I polished, clean the moldlines and slighty primed him with the AB and brush.
[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/27_m247_01.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/27_m247_01.jpg[/imgz]The idea behind the slight primer layer is to not loose a single detail behind a thick layer of primer.
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