I finished Treebear on my lunch break today (benefit of being able to work from home!). I bought this immediatly when it came out, and tried to assemble it with just glue. Very bad idea. The glue just can't support the weight of the metal arms.
Luckily, as mentioned in a previous post, I got a hold of a hand drill recently. I used a pair of wire cutters to cut pins out of finishing nails. These were strong enough to support the weight of the arms and hold really nice.
After that it was a little bit of greenstuff around the edges. I painted the main model first, and painted the branches and leaves while they were still on the sprue. Its easier for me to do it that way and attach the peices later. That way I can get in a paint what would be the otherwise hard to reach places.
I still have to paint Merry and Pippen. I will post more pictures when they are finished.
-Randy
You've done a great job on Treebeard. Can't wait to see your take on the Majestic Bear Ents
ReplyDeleteHey many thanks Kev! Yeah I am looking forward to getting in to those. Can't wait for them to arrive.
Deletehey man nice ents, I can't seem to take pics anywhere as nice as you do with mine.
ReplyDeletealso what species of tree is the birch ent painted as?
so far he looks like the colour of debarked oak wood.
keep up the good work man!
Thanks dude. I actually have a Droid Razor M that I take the pictures with. It has a HDR setting for closeups that seems to do pretty good.
DeleteActually I didn't have a species in mind when I painted it. I just wanted something that was light in color to offset the darker of Treebeard. So I used a brown as the base, mixed with black for lowlights in the recesses, and then mixed in increasing amounts of Dark Yellow for highlights.
Love it mate - I like the colouration on the bark a lot. You have really done Daves sculpt justice my friend. You should post a pic on the One Ring so dave can take a look.
ReplyDeleteNice work on the base too. Looks very authentic looking.
Well done mate - outstanding work.