Friday 26 December 2014

From ScottB - Beorn... in Man Form (The Hobbit) (7 points)

Beorn, the Skin Changer in the form of a Great man.

The is my second submission to the challenge which follows on logically from Beorn as a Bear, which I submitted first.

His pose here is as he is confronted by Gandalf and Bilbo as they leave his house, having over stayed there for the night, seeking shelter from a large black bear-like beast, Beorn himself!

If you haven't managed to see the Ext Ed of The Hobbit - Desolation of Smaug, try and do so , as this is a charming scene that pays credit rather nicely to the novel.

He is quite literally a great bear of a man, and must stand about seven or eight feet tall...



As we find later in the story, Beorn and his skin changer brethren have been hunted down, captured and tortured by Azog and his orcs, in the past, and Beorn bears the scars to show this. The model itself has vivid scars on his rear upper torso, and bears a manacle upon his wrist...



Just to get an idea of scale, Beorn is scaled at 28mm like the rest of GW LOTR/Hobbit range and is mounted on a standard 25mm round base. But when put adjacent a regular orc, you can see how tall he really is!



The model, is again, a multi-piece resin model, but went together rather well, with minimal trim required. I think I am getting used to these resin models!

Painting was fairly easy, but I really wanted to try and get the hair tone to match the dark brown, but with high light streaks of grey and blond... I hope I have done him justice.



Beorn, a wonderful character from the novel and the film.


From Curt:Ah, the perfect counterpoint to your debut entry of Beorn in Bear form. Beautifully done Scott! I think you've recreated his greying hair and beard wonderfully and I like the additions of the scarring on his back to reflect his time in captivity (though how the orcs kept him for any time at all is a complete wonder to me).  Well done!

16 comments:

  1. Great painting work. This is a very interesting character, as you say.

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  2. Excellent character. Great companion to the bear form

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  3. Glad you put him next to the orc for comparison, real nice work

    Ian

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  4. He definitely looks the part. Won't like to meet him in a dark corner of the woods...

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  5. Nice on Scott. I think you're gotten the hair spot on!

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  6. I am also glad to see the orc for size comparison. Beorn is such a good character in the book that it is a joy to see him painted as you have doen.

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  7. Nice to see you're keeping in theme Scott. He truly is quite huge, I'm not sure of his rules in the game but I'm sure he'll be a pain!

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  8. Very very nice Scott! He's a big boy isn't he??

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  9. Jolly good, you've done him up wonderfully. I do like the wood-grain on the axe shaft a lot.

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  10. Very well done. Not even close to how I saw him in my mind but such is one of the problems with movies and miniatures based on books. A fine job nevertheless.

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  11. Great job, Scott. I really like the way you've followed on from your first Beorn entry. I've never seen the Hobbit films (it's complicated) but I have a definite image of Beorn from the Tolkien book, and this does him complete justice.
    I agree with Sander, the wood-grain is especially well done and adds a lot to the overall effect.
    Well done, sir.

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  12. Very well done! Splendid painting and my favorite character from the movie! He looks just like him!

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  13. Lovely job. I've yet to see the movie yet, but I can certainly remember the character from the story.

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  14. Really nice Scott. Recently saw the last film and feel the need to go it again.
    Cheers

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