I think I'll do Galadriel, Celeborn, Legolas and Thranduil blond-like, and the rest a mixture, because Sindar were blond... thanks for ur suggestion.
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| Author: | Harnaírë Mornaiwë [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:26 pm ] |
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when painting my wood-elves, i encountered a problem... in the books, nandor/silvan/wood-elves are described as usually portraying dark hair, buut in the films, they all have silver and gold hair... what would everyone else do?? |
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| Author: | agincourt777 [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:27 pm ] |
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follow your heart... just kidding, thats lame. you could do a mix of both. i did my galadhrim blonde, but my wood elves all have different colour hair. try both options and see which you like best. personally i think black hair is boring to paint, but you might like it. |
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| Author: | Harnaírë Mornaiwë [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:36 am ] |
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I think I'll do Galadriel, Celeborn, Legolas and Thranduil blond-like, and the rest a mixture, because Sindar were blond... thanks for ur suggestion.
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| Author: | Farmer Giles of Ham [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:45 am ] |
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I would say films for the simple reason that if you want to show it to people who hasnt read the book (or dont remember that passage) The models will look more real... |
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| Author: | Azrael [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:07 am ] |
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well i dont get your problem maybe but in the movie there were also elven with dark hair like elrond or arwen... |
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| Author: | Harnaírë Mornaiwë [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:15 am ] |
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elrond and arwen were noldorin(so was Galadriel but she was 1 of 3 blonde noldorin elves EVER) Legolas+Thranduil+Celeborn were Sindar, and the elves of mirkwood were nandor(with a few sindar) as you can see, it is very complicated |
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| Author: | Harnaírë Mornaiwë [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:19 am ] |
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@Farmer Giles of Ham good point, but I'm a perfectionist and an orthodox Tolkienite. It needs to be 100% correct for me to be content. |
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| Author: | geezer of rhun [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:26 am ] |
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If you are 100% Tolkien, then you must use the books as reference for your minis. |
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| Author: | Queen Berúthiel [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:18 am ] |
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geezer of rhun wrote: If you are 100% Tolkien, then you must use the books as reference for your minis.
agreed |
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| Author: | imrail [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:45 pm ] |
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I agree with Geezer and Queen. But don't forget to do with you think is best. If someone wants to paint pink orcs or white uruks, who cares.. As long as you like it. |
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| Author: | Harnaírë Mornaiwë [ Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:04 pm ] |
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I'm going to follow the books, but my own ideas will influence it... What ways could you distinguish the leader of a group of figures? |
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| Author: | General Elessar [ Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:37 pm ] |
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imrail wrote: If someone wants to paint pink orcs or white uruks, who cares..
I care. Or I would care if I collected Mordor.
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| Author: | King Elessar the Uniter [ Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:55 pm ] |
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L14M55 wrote: What ways could you distinguish the leader of a group of figures?
Place him standing on a rock, pointing his weapon towards the enemy, add some ornate details to his armour/clothing either through sculpting or painting, add a fallen victim to his base etc... There are lots of ideas out there. Take a look through the Galleries/WIPs for some more ideas, or take some inspiration from the GW command models. Just be careful not to overload one model with too many ideas. I hope this helps. 
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| Author: | geezer of rhun [ Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:48 pm ] |
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For leaders, I like to add a little more detail and the basing is always more unique. It helps set them apart. |
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| Author: | Harnaírë Mornaiwë [ Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:58 am ] |
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thanks guys, I'm starting to paint my figures in a few weeks... |
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| Author: | Manofkent [ Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:07 am ] |
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Well I think that anyone who would join a LOTR SBG forum would be considered a geek. So pretty much every one is gonna say the books. With the film its easy to get colors and imagery, and the models are based on the film anyway. So the film is the easy option and pretty much gareneteed to look good and be totally accepted. But if your a geek then 'good' and 'accepted' and never going to be enough. |
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| Author: | The King of Mirkwood [ Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:09 am ] |
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Well, that depends on YOU (points at you in a cool way) If you want people who have'nt read Lotr to recognize characters it's so much eaier to make them blonde, 'cause people will reconize them and say: Hey, that's elves. Because the blond hair symbolise elves, not just in lord of the rings but in other fantasy worlds and games and so on! Hope it helped |
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| Author: | Linkan [ Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:24 am ] |
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The books are the source, and the films are one interpretation of the source (some things are outright changed instead of interpreted). I myself prefer to look at primary source, even though it is good to look at different interpretations from time to time. |
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| Author: | Harnaírë Mornaiwë [ Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:01 am ] |
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Well I am complete Tolkien geek, and if I showed my minis to peeps at school I would get teased until I die... only my family and any wargamers would see them, and as ManofKent said: Nearly everyone here is a geek, and having lectured my family repeatedly on this subject, I am going to go with the books, which are the primary source, as Linkan said... I am going to have a few elves blonde. |
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| Author: | General Elessar [ Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:51 pm ] |
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They could all be ginger...
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