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 Post subject: Painting the Arkenstone
PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:25 am 
Kinsman
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Hello all,

I recently bought the Bilbo Baggins - Master Burglar figure and was thinking of sculpting an Arkenstone to put on the base of the model.

The GW Smaug includes an Arkenstone, and I'm at a loss as to how to recreate that other-worldly, white glowing color. You can see pictures of this on GW's website.

I've painted gems/jewels before, but I can't find a guide or instructions as to how to paint a white gemstone like the Arkenstone.

Does anybody have any idea as to how to best execute this idea?


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 Post subject: Re: Painting the Arkenstone
PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:46 am 
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Well for the colours you can just use pictures from the movie. But what makes it recognizable is the glow. I would think that it is not much different from painting the glow from fire or a torch. So for you could look into these. There are many examples and tuturials on the internet for painting with a lightsource.
To use the correct effect, observe what the light does to normal colours and its surrounding.
I think it could help to paint Bilbo in very dark colours to make the stone and its glow(effect) stand out.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:57 am 
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Yep, time to bust out those OSL skills. Good luck!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:14 am 
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What about cheating and just using an LED and an optical fibre? :)

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Dont' think GW did a great job anyway. These articles should help, although I'd also recommend you take a look at amy's chaos soldiers(?) in the wh40k thread. the guns on them have a great glow.

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.ie/2010/0 ... tning.html

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.ie/2011/1 ... olors.html

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