This is my version that took a lot more than a few washes, if you are interested I can tell you the method. It is built from a dark metal base like tin Bitz.
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| Author: | Burroughs [ Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Painting Sauron |
I am soon to get Sauron and was wondering how to paint him, also could you please upload some pics of your Sauron if you have one. |
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| Author: | Hodush [ Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
Its pretty much just black undercoat, warplock bronze (tin bitz) then drybrush with a silver and wash again to taste. So many pictures on google. |
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| Author: | Burroughs [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
Hodush wrote: Its pretty much just black undercoat, warplock bronze (tin bitz) then drybrush with a silver and wash again to taste. So many pictures on google. I was wanting to paint it like in the movies without using any bronze and just silver |
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| Author: | Gandlaf the Grey [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
This is my version that took a lot more than a few washes, if you are interested I can tell you the method. It is built from a dark metal base like tin Bitz. |
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| Author: | Hodush [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
I honestly can't think of much to say to help here and I don't know how good you are with the brush. His armour is intricately detailed in the films, none of which we get on a miniature scale so something else needs to be introduced to break it up a bit. Because it is such a large mini with little colour, it can look quite ordinary even when you give it a good paint job, just because of the lack of tones. Added to this is that it is essentially black metal armour which is very hard to replicate. Most people would do it with dark washes over silver and it seems to work ok. So my suggestions are: Black and silver with washes for the most part. You could try to introduce some dark blue in there by glazing or maybe even a blue & black basecoat. Blue is probably one of the best options, so I would give it a try at least. Do a search for paint stripper, dettol or simple green in the search section as you may want to strip it and start again. Add a streak of diagonal highlights across the model (I would stop at 1/3rd or half of the way) just to break it up and introduce something different. Try some NMM or wet blending if you have those skills. Lastly, I would use tin bitz/warplock bronze on the raised sections as this is good for blending the silver into the black - the blue might do the same job for this, or it may not. Here is the link for the Sauron painting comp. Everyone did a great job, but Valpas job stand out the most because he used a more selective lighting source and stuck with it, so it doesn't blend like the others. It looks like he did not highlight much in the chest either which makes a large difference. http://www.one-ring.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=96&t=22647 Good luck. |
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| Author: | Crucium Giger [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
I can't off much more advise to what has already been given but here is my Sauron:  Pretty much painted as above except I used some Sepia glazes to add a bit of tone (doesn't show up well in the photo). |
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| Author: | Burroughs [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
Crucium Giger wrote: I can't off much more advise to what has already been given but here is my Sauron: Pretty much painted as above except I used some Sepia glazes to add a bit of tone (doesn't show up well in the photo). That is a fantastically painted mini. Well done Thanks to the others as well My sauorn was dispatched today and should be here tomorrow or the next day. |
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| Author: | Burroughs [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
My idea is to... Prime it black Paint all armour leadbelcher Wash the armour with nuln oil Paint the armour with ironbreaker leaving leadbelcher only in the most shaded places Paint the extreme highlights with runefang steel Use about 6 different tones of black grey to shade the cloak, maybe mixing a little brown in with the grey as well Paint the ring with Gehenna's gold the auric armour gold then using agrellan earth for the base with a bit of gw grass which I bleached Paint the edge of the base with mournfang brown and done 
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| Author: | Crucium Giger [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
Sounds like a plan My only comment would be once you have all your highlights done give him a glaze of a watered down sepia, it will add depth to the miniature and help tie the colours together. Just make sure you mix in a lot of water, this way you can keep adding glazes until you're happy with the result rather than putting too much on in one go. |
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| Author: | Gandlaf the Grey [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
Once you've painted the armour, give it a very thin was of a dark brown. It will help give it a a slight dirty / rusty look. |
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| Author: | Burroughs [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting Sauron |
Gandlaf the Grey wrote: Once you've painted the armour, give it a very thin was of a dark brown. It will help give it a a slight dirty / rusty look. I may add some brown to some lahmian medium and glaze the whole model with that. |
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