It is March and I present you the first LotR minis of the current AHPC from me... I guess that shows how varied, unfocused and distracted my Challenge has been. Anyway, here they are. Seven of Haldir's elfs, one carrying the banner and rest holding dangerous elven swords. I painted Haldir himself and six archers late last year, so these models quite nicely wrap this small project up.
Gold and blue work very well together, I even gave the chainmail a blueish tone applying a watered down blue ink over metallic paint. It gives an elven feel to the armour, I guess. One problem is that golden armour, yellow hair and pale skin get easily looking quite the same, especially when all of them got a Reikland Flesh Shade treatment.
The banner was painful, it has very fine sculpted detail which I tried to follow with golden paint. Of course there are folds, too. It looks quite ok in photos, but do not zoom or came here to take a closer look. :) If you take a close look, you might notice that there are two slightly different sculpts of warriors. They are very minor, but still. I have three of each. Same story with archers. I guess they were made in a hurry with very little film material to work from. Anyway, quite nice metal minis, the swords are rather thick, but that's understandable.
Previous elfs were happy to have base colour and wash, but I thought giving the banner bearer couple of highlights on his cloak and then carried the same, very quick and dirty, approach to rest of the group, too. Archers will stay darker, but maybe they are in the shadows aiming Uruk-Hais...? The hightlight could have been stronger, but at least it is better than nothing.
In other news, I'm stuck in Paradise after finishing the first circle, but I do have some plans. I hope I have enough time...
7 28mm minis for 35 points, please.
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Oh what lovely additions to your LOTR collection! The Blue Gold colour palette is striking and I do see what you mean by the elves looking too uniform.
The banner was definitly worth the pain, it looks terrific :)
Another 35 points to your scoreboard
- Sarah
Nice looking Elves. I think the light blue wash works well with the gold.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tom! I agree.
DeleteGreat models -Very neat Teemu. well done
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!
Delete“Varied, unfocused and distracted” is a Challenge tradition!
ReplyDeleteNice looking Elves :)
Thanks Robert! Let's see what other traditions I can find. :)
DeleteDifficult colours to shade and highlight and you've nailed it
ReplyDeleteThank you, Richard! I have played quite a lot with gold and blue in previous projects, so I'm quite confident with them.
DeleteLovely blue and gold Teemu. That banner looks like a nightmare to paint. Well done on such a neat job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, the banner was a nightmare indeed. Maybe a very tiny and sharp brush and steady hands would help?
DeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteThank you Sarah! These elves are boldly showing where they are and who they are, no elven cloaks here. :)
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