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Milo · Thu, Jun7 2012 5:08am

so the good question is:
who is beregond ? "Guards of the Citadel before the Court of the Fountain", or "Guard of the Tower". tongue

Milo · Fri, Jun8 2012 9:50am

Hi everyone,

I managed to paint and take pictures. Here is the result, sorry for bad pictures, my camera provides poor details

Using the Black Gates movie's poster :

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Thingol · Fri, Jun8 2012 10:41am

Great Milo... all compliments !!!!! smile I see that the wings have the right color wink wink

Theobald · Fri, Jun8 2012 12:18pm

Great paint job, Master Milo. I especially like the effects of the metal painting. - And, yes, you kept the rules of the competition.

Ori · Fri, Jun8 2012 3:23pm

Very nice!!!

jdbrown55 · Fri, Jun8 2012 7:08pm

Excellent work, Master hobbit!

Milo · Fri, Jun8 2012 7:40pm

Thanks everyone, it's always joy to receive compliments.
I saw many great works on Michael's video, I hope none will be rejected for any rules reasons.

sevlag · Sat, Jun9 2012 7:11am

Great job Master Milo big_smile
As Master Ent I Like your metal effects wink

ddaines · Fri, Jun22 2012 9:21pm

Great job Master Milo wink , certainly well within the rules lol

Thanniel · Sat, Jun23 2012 9:33am

All these are fantastic jobs!
I also want to share my contribution to the competition. Hope you like!

Ori · Sat, Jun23 2012 9:44am

Lovely painting Thanniel

Theobald · Sat, Jun23 2012 11:13am

I do agree with Master Ori. Very nice shadings in the use of the colours. Yes, and Master Thanniel exactly stuck to the rules of the contest.

Milo · Sat, Jun23 2012 11:16am

Yes indeed, I love the way you achieve constrasts, clothes textures. And I want to applause beregond's shield. cool

To my point of view, you are one of Top 3 favourites for the final win.

Thingol · Sat, Jun23 2012 9:38pm

... great painting job Thanniel .... smile all compliments...

Barliman · Sun, Jun24 2012 4:26pm

Only just got back and seen the excellent painting jobs here. Great stuff - and welcome to Master Thanniel too. Alweays nice to see a new face around the place!

ddaines · Sun, Jun24 2012 6:08pm

Nice work Thanniel big_smile

Thanniel · Sun, Jun24 2012 9:34pm

Thanks for the comments, it will be a hard choice for Lars and Chris to decide a winner.
And thanks for the welcome too, although i have posted some pictures long time ago... but i fell inside a barrel in the Pony until now.

Barliman · Mon, Jun25 2012 2:53am

Ah, so that's the rattling noise I've been hearing down in the cellar - it was you digging your way through to the Art Gallery!

Tolwen · Thu, Aug2 2012 8:36pm

Hi guys,
all the paintshops are really wonderful. As a professional nitpicker *g+ I'll have to note one detail unrelated to the painting wink

It seems to me that the position of the Troll's weapon hand does not match the supposed sequence of events. He has smashed Beregond's shield with a swing from (his) right to the left, where the hand and the hammer are at the end of their swing. Now, if I had to make such a swing, I'd have a downhand grip (fingers and thumb on top and palm below shaft). Anatomically, it does not make sense (as a right-handed guy) at all to swing from right to left with the thumb to the left, as the force of the swing rests on the thumb rather than the edge of the hand and the firmness of four fingers. IMO it is natural to do it the other way round (thumb on right and the palm below the shaft of the hammer and the other four fingers gripping tightly upwards). From this perspective, it looks like the Troll is preparing to swing his hammer from left to right (e.g. before the stroke), but since his opponent's shield is already cracked from the previous one, he obviously struck him in a very strange way wink

Cheers
Tolwen

Barliman · Thu, Aug2 2012 8:57pm

I see what you mean, but does it matter? Put it down to artistic licence! It's still a great vignette.

Turambar · Thu, Aug2 2012 9:01pm

Absolutely right, Master of criticism.
And therefor you have to take a careful eye on how the Troll and Master Beregond stand to eachother.
For me- the Troll just hit him and Beregond is tumbling- somehow . . . Therefor the distance between the two figures had to be corrected.
For me that was a very important point.
That means you have changed the vignette . . .

Tolwen · Thu, Aug2 2012 9:29pm

Well, one could reason that he struck him "correctly" and already changed his grip/hand positioning for the next swing from the left to the right. In context with the staggering Beregond that's only partly satisfying from the perspective of directly correlating hit and effect though (IMHO!). But it looks very nice anyway as Master Barliman noted smile

I already bought it too, but I think I'll take a Troll from another company (if I ever get to paint minis again - only collecting nowadays unfortunately...) as I personally don't deem the Mithril trolls a good representation of Middle-earth's Trolls. But I already have some ideas for other uses for them wink

Cheers
Tolwen

EDIT: This does not reduce in any way my judgement of the superior craftsmanship of the Trolls - it only refers to their design!

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Thingol · Fri, Aug3 2012 3:35pm

.... very interesting observation Master Tolwen and magnificent drawn concept Master archer... to withstand a series of these shots Beregond had to be stronger than this troll... twice... lol

Gildor Inglorion · Sat, Aug25 2012 10:25pm

I know it's a bit late to unbury this topic... but I thought I would share the final result of my own version... it took me months to achieve this beregond vignette, by lack of time to paint it on a regular basis sad sad .. Tonight I achieved it and took pics (though the pics I consider awful... but mostly because the light was not good at all I think... I will retake some during daytime...)

Well here is my Beregond, excuse the poor quality (of pics and painting...)

Barliman · Sun, Aug26 2012 6:48am

It was well worth the trouble, Master Elf. Very nice indeed.

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