Well, this week I finished the experiment on what happens when a gorilla and a beetle really like each other: You get an Umber Hulk. And after that I got to do something for Middle-earth as well.
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| Pict 683: Umber Hulk |
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| Pict 684: Umber Hulk |
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| Pict 685: Umber Hulk |
I started painting this Umber Hulk back in
January and it really good to have him finished. He sat there sulking on my desk to whole time and finally I took heart and finished him. I had two things that were bugging me about him: I didn't blend the base and I felt like the armourplates looked like one big jumble without differentiation. The first problem was easily fixed with simply a new layer but the armour plates were more difficult. In the end I went with a slightly more pinkish tone on the parts that seemed more exposed and with the bright orange eyes, I think the creature came together all right.
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| Pict 686: Arnor and Rangers (WIP) |
And here are the rangers from last week with some paint added. The miniatures went right on top of my queue after converting them and I look forward to playing some more battle companies with them. To that end, I also pulled out the remainder of my Arnor and got them the same treatment as the Rangers of the North.
Now that's a proper Umber Hulk. Not like the stupid Blackstone Fortress one. (I'm just salty because they don't sell them any more.)
ReplyDeleteYeah, that model is great. But I sure was tempted to get myself an Ambull!
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