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<blockquote data-quote="Keith Robinson" data-source="post: 4762299" data-attributes="member: 21330"><p>I also now painted the fiery mane and sword with a couple of coats of white, to remove even more of the orange. Anything that kept taking away the orange was a good thing IMO!</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ukminis.co.uk/images/minis/keith/balrog6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>At this point I realized that I was going to have to complete the base before I tackled the flames, since in certain areas they were impossibly close together. Any blemishes on the flames were going to be much harder to fix than blemishes to stone, so I tackled that next. After a base coat of dark gray, I added several layers of dry brushing, plus finalized a few details.</p><p></p><p>With that done, it was on to the flames. I'd never done any fire before, so this was going to be tricky. The mane in particular was such an integral part of the figure that any errors or sloppy painting would really detract from the overall impact of the figure. I started with a yellow wash and then built up over several layers to orange and then red at the top and finished with a very light wash of brown at the top, then added some highlights. It came out much better than I had hoped and was very happy with the outcome.</p><p></p><p>At this stage I also dry brushed the horns a couple of layers of gray on a black base.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ukminis.co.uk/images/minis/keith/balrog8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>I built up the sword using exactly the same technique as for the flames...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ukminis.co.uk/images/minis/keith/balrog9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>Once again, I was reasonably happy with the look.</p><p></p><p>I must admit that at this point I was very happy with the way it had come out. Except for the wings, the orange was gone and the balrog was looking pretty much as I wanted it to - very hot and very menacing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keith Robinson, post: 4762299, member: 21330"] I also now painted the fiery mane and sword with a couple of coats of white, to remove even more of the orange. Anything that kept taking away the orange was a good thing IMO! [img]http://www.ukminis.co.uk/images/minis/keith/balrog6.jpg[/img] At this point I realized that I was going to have to complete the base before I tackled the flames, since in certain areas they were impossibly close together. Any blemishes on the flames were going to be much harder to fix than blemishes to stone, so I tackled that next. After a base coat of dark gray, I added several layers of dry brushing, plus finalized a few details. With that done, it was on to the flames. I'd never done any fire before, so this was going to be tricky. The mane in particular was such an integral part of the figure that any errors or sloppy painting would really detract from the overall impact of the figure. I started with a yellow wash and then built up over several layers to orange and then red at the top and finished with a very light wash of brown at the top, then added some highlights. It came out much better than I had hoped and was very happy with the outcome. At this stage I also dry brushed the horns a couple of layers of gray on a black base. [img]http://www.ukminis.co.uk/images/minis/keith/balrog8.jpg[/img] I built up the sword using exactly the same technique as for the flames... [img]http://www.ukminis.co.uk/images/minis/keith/balrog9.jpg[/img] Once again, I was reasonably happy with the look. I must admit that at this point I was very happy with the way it had come out. Except for the wings, the orange was gone and the balrog was looking pretty much as I wanted it to - very hot and very menacing! [/QUOTE]
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