Large expensive Forgeworld Model- Help!

[Dr Death]

Hello fellow painters. Once again i find myself kneeling at your feet in supplication for aid.

Last year, i treated myself to the rather fabulous Forgeworld Weathertop in celebration of my success of clawing ignomineously through my GCSE\'s. A swift delivery time and an hour spent with it a tooth brush and lots of warm soapy water later and the main work was done... I thought.

Six months later and having touched it with nothing more than the occassional strategically placed glob of areldite and i have finally come to the realisation that it would look so much better painted.

And that is why i have come to you. As you can well imagine, when you have sunk £200 on a large model, you really dont want to screw it up with a duff or rushed paintjob and so am open to all advice how i might get through what is a highly daunting project.

What im really after is how to make it look most like the set (or place if you will) that it is a replica of. Therefore any advice you may have on colours, mixes and such like, possible paint matches or any finishing touches that could be added i would very much like to hear them. As i said before i really dont want to screw this up so with any luck the more advice i have, the less likely i will be smeg it up.

Any advice is very much appreciated

Dr Death

 

[Einion]

My advice? Get a bunch of smaller figures and paint them first - you really need to be more in practice to do the best work as a rule and after doing a few other pieces the prospect of this might not seem daunting.

Einion

 

[freakinacage]

don\'t listen to einion, he\'s really boring!!

all joking aside, i reckon you could do it. personally, i would undercoat with grey primer and then either use some thin brown washes or a light dusting of brown spray paint to make the rock more realistic. then drubrush it lightly with lighter greys (i would water the paint a fair bit, and use craft paint - it\'s a LOT cheaper and just as good for terrain). if you want to go for the more realistic (rackam style scenery) look, don\'t highlight too mush. if you want to go for more cartoony/contrasty (gw stylee) just up the highlights a bit more.

as for the earth areas just paint it up in browns and add some static grass. maybe some moss on the stones and oyu are done!! would love to have a go at it myself but i can\'t justify that sort of extravagence!

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by freakinacage
don\'t listen to einion, he\'s really boring!!

lol True, true.

Einion

 

[Dr Death]

Well 8 years of experience and two Golden Deamon finalist certificates under my belt say i\'ve got a chance at doing it justice but i am still welcome to any suggestions to make this truly a paintjob that\'ll stand up to some serious scrutiny (two years down the line i dont want to be thinking it could do with a strip ).

That said your comment about practice isnt completely unjustified, im currently running on a year and a half of not completing a figure other than a couple of Golden Deamon entries.

I want to be as realistic as possible, maybe with a little exaggerated shading (flat colours and \"daylight shading\" dont work particularly well on this small a scale) but yeah, i really want to capture that oppressive gothic feel of the place as seen in the film, particularly the slight brown tinge so you\'re not left with the rather unrealistic \"blue grey\" tint some painted stone has.

Dr Death

 

[Roddo]

Make sure you do some research into the pictures of the piece and maybe as you look at them take notes on what colors you think your going to need. probably a lot of washes and earthtones later and you\'ll have an excellent looking Miniature (if you can still call that a miniature).

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by Dr Death
Well 8 years of experience and two Golden Deamon finalist certificates under my belt

bloody hell - you should be telling me how to paint it then!!!

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Dr Death
Well 8 years of experience and two Golden Deamon finalist certificates under my belt say i\'ve got a chance at doing it justice...

Ah, well I didn\'t know that now did I?

Einion

 

[vincenti]

Large forge world models

having had real BAD PROBLEMS with F/w models and the fact they often arrive still covered with release agent,I can quote what they told me after I rang and complained after the primer flaked off the next day.Use CIF CREAM cleaning fluid[ formerlyknown asJIF].that s the only thing that cleans their models properely!GREAT I thought after spending over £550 ON their products ,if that is so important why dont they print that in BIG letters on the box.BE WARNED AAALLLLL!!!! FORGE WORLD users

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by vincenti
BE WARNED AAALLLLL!!!! FORGE WORLD users

lol

 

[Roddo]

Good to know that customer service is a top priority for them. Not telling anyone how to properly clean them either on the product paperwork or on the website is just a sign that they just want your money.

 

[QuietiManes]

Well, what the hell else would a business want? Your baby? Anyone want to come work on my house and I\'ll pay you with friendship? No? Alright then, enough of the monkey talk.