I've painted up my childhood favorite character. I first remember Gandalf the Grey when I first read the Hobbit in 6th grade. I'm immersed into Tolkien enough now that I have many favorite characters from the series, however that first love for Gandalf and his odd way of getting things going in the right direction will always remain. A gray cloak, silver scarf, a blue hat and tall black boots. I had already painted up the plastic version but I wanted the metal version. I was at Adepticon and my friend found two copies of Gandalf on horse and on foot. I just wanted one on foot. I didn't expect to get a hold of the the rare OOP model of him on his non-Shadowfax mount. I really enjoyed painting him up and I even tried some new basing techniques from 'Army Painter'. They have these super cool flowers that can be pinched off and glued right on the base. I think they really add a lot to the basing of the miniature.
Anywho Mr. Gandalf the Grey.
Great paint job!
ReplyDeleteI really like the highlights of the cloak, how did you did the cloak?
Thanks. I'm still using the old paints and I don't know the new paint colors yet. All GW paints. I started with the dark foundation grey paint. Then put a layer of Devlun Mud on. Highlight with the Dark foundation grey then highlight with that mixed 50/50 with codex grey. Then a layer of pure codex grey and lastly a layer of 50/50 codex grey and space wolves grey.
ReplyDeleteThanks I certainly going to try this method.
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