Thursday, March 31, 2011

Last Alliance Elves started

I had the day off today, so I made use of the "free" time to block in most of the colors for my Last Alliance Elves...16 of them in all, 8 archers, 8 with blade...



Thankfully, these guys are only in 4 different poses and are uniform in color...so I can move fairly quickly without having to reevaluate each figure as I go...


The blue is pretty brilliant, but I think it will darken up when I get to the stain/wash stage...The gold is one I haven't used before, but I think I'm going to like it. The silver is Folk Art "aluminum"...best silver I've found by them so far...


As you can see from the paint splattered around here and there, I'm not real careful at this stage...I try and paint from the inside out to make it easier not to put paint where it isn't supposed to be, but it still gets around. No problem...I'll do a "touch up" stage right before I start highlighting. I hope to get these guys done this weekend...or at least in time for our next game of LOTR!

UP NEXT: My son's Warg Riders got primered black today...

2 comments:

  1. Hi, those Last Alliance elves look great! I'm a newcomer to the whole table-top gaming and am really wanting to start painting my own Elven army, what colour paints do you use? There seems to be so many colours floating around, any hints you could give would be greatly received.

    ady.harvey@gmail.com

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  2. Hey Ady, I haven't been checking my blog lately and missed your post...sorry! All my colors are from the cheaper brands like FolkArt and Apple Barrell at Walmart and Hobby Lobby. The two main colors you see here are FolkArt Brilliant Ultramarine and Pure Gold.

    Bart

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