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Painting Dwarves and such; My topic containing WIP of my Dwarf army and other stuff!
Topic Started: 25 Jan 2011, 01:28 AM (812 Views)
Thovius	25 Jan 2011, 01:28 AM Post #1
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	Hey there! I'm new to this site and would love to here your opinions and (constructive) criticism of my miniatures. I'll be posting on an odd basis due to uni project work, but I'll try and keep things up. So below we have the two Dwarf Warriors I have painted so far (these are like... the second and third models I've painted). Dwarf Warrior with a massive two handed axe and a tankard. Dwarf Warrior with a standard... i think? if it's something else please do inform Cheers!



# dean	25 Jan 2011, 01:48 AM Post #2
Grandmaster of Librarians Posts: 7,433 Group: Root Admin Member #70 Joined: September 24, 2007	Pretty good Thovius. At first glance it looks like the only bits we can help you with are taking pictures... A piece of parchment paper or scrim cloth over the light will take some of the shine out of your pictures and make the metal show a bit better... I would have ran with Blazing orange in the red beard instead of pink but these are really looking good.



Thovius	25 Jan 2011, 02:10 AM Post #3
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	Thanks very much for the photography tip! I'll bare that in mind for future posts. Also I assume you mean the highlights being pink? I used a mix of blazing orange and skull white for those horrible highlights, I guess it's the camera work making it look more pink than a lighter shade of orange I'll try and tweak them! Cheers



# dean	25 Jan 2011, 02:32 AM Post #4
Grandmaster of Librarians Posts: 7,433 Group: Root Admin Member #70 Joined: September 24, 2007	Well in that case.. Cam's can sometimes be funny till you figure out how to fix them up... How many you have painted? How many do you have planned?



# Marovian	25 Jan 2011, 01:57 PM Post #5
High Lord Admiral of the Imperial Fleet Posts: 10,760 Group: Super Admin Member #72 Joined: September 24, 2007	Neatly painted dwarves, certainly look good and the metallics are nice.



# KayvaanShrike	25 Jan 2011, 04:37 PM Post #6
Marine Biologist Posts: 10,215 Group: Super Admin Member #3 Joined: September 18, 2007	Nice work there mate. The first one looks a bit like Richard Branson I think lol. Be good to see some more work from you.



Thovius	25 Jan 2011, 06:04 PM Post #7
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	Thanks for the comments chaps! So far these are the only ones I've got painted, but they're from a Dwarf Warrior set which contains 16 models, so that's 14 more to do. Also I have a couple odd Dwarf models I got when i was much younger, those being 1 Dwarf Hammerer, 1 Iron breaker and a Dwarven Flame cannon (+1 crew member? no idea where the other is). I've also painted a Tau Crisis suit which I'll post below Here's the Crisis Suit I previously mentioned. Edited by Thovius, 25 Jan 2011, 06:12 PM.



☺Dave38x	25 Jan 2011, 06:16 PM Post #8
DubDubDubDubDub Posts: 13,949 Group: Honour Guard Member #252 Joined: November 28, 2007	now thats impressive, assuming its your 4th or 5th model! Neat highlighting and panel lining, i dont like the dancing japanese schoolgirl pose but other than that its very nice freehand is good too.



Thovius	25 Jan 2011, 06:23 PM Post #9
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	Thanks Dave! I had previously painted some pathfinders using... D: regular acrylics, and as you can imagen they're pretty foul to look at. In theory the Crisis Suit was my first model painted with the citadel paints/brushes/etc - so my first proper model



☺Maelstrom	25 Jan 2011, 06:26 PM Post #10
Sek Incarnate Posts: 2,796 Group: Honour Guard Member #266 Joined: December 8, 2007	First of all welcome to the AB dude great first batch of models, these guys are really good considering they are some of your first. Particularly like the crisis suit, very neat highlights and the free hand Tau symbol on his back is very nicely done. looking forward to seeing more of the dwarves



Shortsonfire79	25 Jan 2011, 08:54 PM Post #11
Lieutenant Posts: 2,809 Group: Comrade Member #358 Joined: February 15, 2008	Wow, thats a really nice orange. The bone and the white are very solid. Great work there! (I always have trouble with that!) And the slight splash of red is a nice touch too. Great hand painted symbol on the backpack too.



Thovius	25 Jan 2011, 10:06 PM Post #12
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	Was just wondering, do people think I should post developement shots? or just finalised pieces? I guess with the WIP shots people could give advice My next model undercoated in Chaos Black spray, I added the horns and faceplate which I think give it a little something extra Currently held together with blu-tac for photography purposes. Also I cut off the original rune on the mace and put on a far larger one which makes the weapon look like it's got more movement. Edited by Thovius, 25 Jan 2011, 10:49 PM.



# Marovian	26 Jan 2011, 05:57 PM Post #13
High Lord Admiral of the Imperial Fleet Posts: 10,760 Group: Super Admin Member #72 Joined: September 24, 2007	WiP shots are always good. Love the Tau suit, very neat paint job.



Thovius	27 Jan 2011, 06:20 PM Post #14
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	Today I took apart and filed the superglue off my Dwarven flame cannon, I'm considering purchasing a base for it? Any suggestions as to what size/shape I could get? Also I'm kind of helping my brother out with his Ghazghkull Thraka model, seriously cool piece of kit but it required ALOT of filing down for some of the pieces to fit together - Today I helped him do the base! Edited by Thovius, 28 Jan 2011, 02:11 PM.



Thovius	1 Feb 2011, 02:16 AM Post #15
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	It's been an intense weekend with my uni project, however I've managed to get my third Dwarf finished, as you can probably see, he's the commander



# Marovian	1 Feb 2011, 11:46 AM Post #16
High Lord Admiral of the Imperial Fleet Posts: 10,760 Group: Super Admin Member #72 Joined: September 24, 2007	I do like him, very impressed with the metallics.



Thovius	3 Feb 2011, 02:37 AM Post #17
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	I'm hoping to enter the February competition with this, but for now here's some WIP, it's a kroot carnivore. So far I've chopped the legs up and re-adjusted them into a crouching position



Brother Vogt	3 Feb 2011, 11:46 AM Post #18
Captain Posts: 3,440 Group: Comrade Member #976 Joined: February 18, 2009	Nice work on the Kroot conversion. Looks good. Am liking the dwarves too. I'd say go for a square base for the flame-cannon. Probably about the size of 2 or 3 cavalry bases joined together by the long side.



# Marovian	3 Feb 2011, 01:13 PM Post #19
High Lord Admiral of the Imperial Fleet Posts: 10,760 Group: Super Admin Member #72 Joined: September 24, 2007	Start of the Kroot conversion looks good, good bit of work with the GS.



Thovius	3 Feb 2011, 01:40 PM Post #20
Corporal Posts: 19 Group: Sub-Comrade Member #1,766 Joined: January 24, 2011	Cheers guys! I got myself a chariot basev for the cannon, it's a wee bit bigger than the canon itself, but i think if i base it nicely it should look pretty good! More progress on my comp entry! Edited by Thovius, 3 Feb 2011, 10:55 PM.



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