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Painting Legolas Part 2

I had the great fortune to be in New Zealand whilst the Lord of the Rings Films were being released and went along to the exhibition that was held at Te Papa the main New Zealand Museum. The LOTR exhibition was fantastic and you really got to appreciate the level of detail that had gone into making the films. The leather work and inlay was what really impressed me. What Games workshop had to do was to try and reproduce this level of detail in a small miniature. Talking to a Games Workshop staffer the other day apparently the actors got to sign off on the 3 up miniatures that were produced for accuracy.

Now that is what is so frustrating with buying many Ebay Games Workshop figures is that the level of detail is completly ignored and run roughshod over with a paintbrush that looks like a size 3 decorating brush. S lets see how Legolas is getting on. First up going over the whole figure with new base coats. I have a variety of different paints. Some very old games workshop ones. I have not tried their foundation paints, but given up on their main paints. Thet jusy dry up too quickly. i have been using Foundry paints and their three shade range and I find these work very well.


 Then going over the whole figure with wash inks to help bring out the detail. Istill have some bottles of Citadels original inks, otherise I use their new inks as well as some Rowney artist acrylic inks which I picked up in a sale


 With the face highlighted. I had a conundrum here as because the detail is so fine, i was not sure about whether to bother with pupils and the whites if the eyes. But in the end I went with them. Also tried to add in Orlando Blooms rather dark eyebrows.




  so far so good and ahuge improvement on what I originally had to work with.
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