The minute I saw these figures two weekends ago in the GW store in Montreal, I knew that I had to have them. They are just really cool. Painting them was great because I could see immediately how I wanted to do it. No googling away this time. Here we have 12 dynamic poses of heavily armoured dwarves. It took a bit of time assembling them, but all in all they went together easily. They were primed white, I know this sounds strange, but the car primer I use, has really a great bite. They were then airbrushed with the old GW Boltgun Metal. I then heavily washed them with a really oldie Citadel Tin Bitz. A very new paint Citadel Dry Necron Compound was brushed on. The beards and the clothing was then painted and AP Dark Tone was sparingly applied. I then touched up only the beards and the clothes with AP brush on Antishine, leaving a lot of the metal shiny. I really like how they came out.
These were my 13th submission to the Painting Challenge, and I am finally all caught up. I have just finished a unit of Brunswick Lights and have almost completed my Andalusian Warband for SAGA, so I believe I will make my quota.
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16 comments:
Top painting John, love the atmospheric paintjob.
These are gorgeous! Struggling with mine at present!
Oh my, these are great! You have a wonderful effect with these stunty fellows.
I can hear the LoTR siren song every time you post up your stuff!
Very nice bunch of heavy dwarfs!
At least with those full helmets you would not have had to worry about facial features! Score!
Great looking figures!
One minor question/observation; would their weapons have *metal* (as opposed to wooden)hafts? That would make them ducedly heavy!
Seems like a tough bunch ! Greate painting !
Best regards Michael
Full of character John
I love how you've done them. They've turned out great. Still haven't got far with my own painting though. I'm trying a new thing with terrain on the bases though. You'll have to tell me what you think once I get them up.
Gonsalvo (Peter)
I did think about the weapon's hafts, but they have a sharp edge more consistent with metal, and they were painted as metal on the GW website.
John
OK, thanks John!
John, they are lovely!!!
Great painting methods, they look superb.
Fantastic looking figures, great painting style! Helmets are really impresive!
Phil.
Simply lovely!
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nice work. I love the touch of blue on the dark metal. Makes me want to pick up a box of these just to paint them. I'm not a dwarf player, but they have some of the best LOTR sculpts.
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