Painting Gandalf the Grey in 28mm

[nozidnolram]

It's Gandalf the BROWN!

[xploseph]

For painting his cloak what vallejo model grey colours would you recommend for basing and highlighting

[clog76]

8 dislikes? Its Gandalf. And Bilbo. Painted excellently. What's to dislike?!

[NiKkMV]

hello, could you help me pick out colors?? i just need something to start off with, for painting the fellowship, some elves, gondorian soldiers, orcs. what would be something basic to start off with, then if i can mix what i need to make.

[2paintminiatures]

@NiKkMV Check out the Games Workshop website under Lord of the rings articles/painting. It's all there mate.

[killergus12]

What base you using for drawing? i mean not the base of the miniature.. This thing you put the miniature on to paint?

[2paintminiatures]

@killergus12 -That's just a bottle cap. I blue tacked the figure on there.

[Vatyum]

i love you.... O_o

[1madhammer]

what colour do you use to drybrush the miniature at the start? I want to use this tutorial and your NMM tutorial on Glamdring to paint Gandalf!

[2paintminiatures]

@1madhammer - I had the mini basecoated in black and then dry brushed in white.

[Nynorskmannen]

First: Awesome painting, and also, epic song :)

Second: I've got a question regarding foundation. I no longer have spray paint, but can I use normal black paint instead? Possibly use some water to make it thinner? Any thoughts? :)

[2paintminiatures]

@Nynorskmannen Thanks mate. I'm assuming that you mean using a brush to paint the foundation. There are some issues that happens when you use a brush. Firstly the paint does not give even coverage as with a spray can. Secondly the paint layer will be thicker as well. The third problem will be brush strokes on the miniature. Acrylic wash does not work well as foundation layer. You can experiment using a brush but the finish won't be the same as using spray paint.

[armymanDR]

What is he holding in his left hand? is that his pipe?

[2paintminiatures]

@armymanDR -Yes, he likes his weed too much.:)

[punkrockdrummer1990]

o fuck!!,...i just bought loads of vallejo "game colour"....is this not right?!!

[2paintminiatures]

@punkrockdrummer1990 -You'll just get a more vivid coloured Gandalf. That's all.

[metalskateboarder965]

wat does ratio 1:1 mean



[2paintminiatures]

@metalskateboarder965 -It's just equal parts of water and acrylic paint. 50% each.

[JAGDPANTHER20]

Holy shit!!!!!

[X2N18]

where i can get that song : ) ?

[2paintminiatures]

@X2N18 - Check under Audioswap here on Youtube. Artist: Medwyn Goodall Song:Shrine Of The Elders

[fingerboarding901]

do you have the rivendell gandalf?

if so please can upload a video on how to paint him.

cheers

[greyknight118]

i was looking for a vid of how to paint gandalf the grey and the vid is very gd of how u painted gandalf.The model looks amazing and the cloaks awsome its like the real cloak with all the details and everything

[2paintminiatures]

Thanks mate.;)

[lotriluvatar]

amazing paint job! what is the music?

[legodude32123121]

the house and things are cool thogh

[legodude32123121]

yeah but ... watever

[legodude32123121]

the robe coulers are wrong suppost to be grey

[2paintminiatures]

Grey was too boring for me. I prefer warm colours.;)

[PhilipStephens007]

Great stuff. I like the second cloak colour. very nice.

[deathguard24]

totally amazing dude! great work!

[2paintminiatures]

Cool.

[2paintminiatures]

Check out the video link below the vid bro. All the rules are there. Deadline is 30 September. There still time to take part.;)

[battlecolours]

Fantastic video mate, great painting and yes the coat on the second go had nice shades of brown.

Wonderful music too.

Keep up the great vids !!

[jimeronimo]

Simply amazing to watch you bring life to a figure. What an inspiration. Quick question. When you decided to change the color of the robe, did you carefully remove the oher paint somehow or did you just paint over it?

[2paintminiatures]

That's the joy of painting with diluted paints. You can just paint over without worry of them being too thick or losing details on your mini.;)

[Renzero89]

WOW!  Simply WOW!

[2paintminiatures]

I was interrupted while watching ur beam-making video earlier. U have progressed by leaps and bounds my bro. An excellent WOW Back to ya video:D.

[MrGuardman]

very nice gl in contest

[Kriegfreak]

Amazing my friend, well done!

[2paintminiatures]

Thanks. Hehe I hope so Andy. The music was the closest to what I wanted, but it cuts off at the very end suddenly. Blame that on Youtube.;D

[shortonammo]

Mind boggling :)

[mijj22]

well done!!

[Harbaugh87]

Super!!

[miniwargamereric]

I love the drybrushing technique you use to find the highlights. Very unique.

[stumpythumper]

excellent job...

You did the right thing re-painting the cloak:)

[conswarp]

Can u do a warhammer 40k and why do u have to drybrush the model after priming

[2paintminiatures]

If you are new, you will definitely be needing this as a guide to determine the highlights for ur mini. After priming everything looks flat right? and difficult to see the details.

[lotriluvatar]

great paint job! 5*

[PuppyZwolle]

Totally impressive paint job. The way you make that cloak look soft is sheer magic in itself.

Of course next time you will show us how to make that hobbit house backdrop. I just know you scratch built that one.

[2paintminiatures]

Ah the hobbit hole making video is already up last month my dear bro.;)

[PuppyZwolle]

MAN!!! You tube must have had a summer depression because that makes 3 vids I missed THAT I KNOW OFF.

I'll go check it out right away.

[GirlPainting]

realy an eye candy to whatch :)

[thetobbit]

well done

[Number1GamerAsh]

very talented

[danxtur]

should not use any fx on those vidoes because I want and other wants to see this model 100 % clear with colour

[IrishRanger117]

that rocks man!

[colecoffrothFB]

amazazing

[karreltje1]

Goodjob on this mini <3

5*/5* :)

[aapjeBOB0]

awesome man, he turned out gr8

[CapLAGOS]

VERY NICE! 5/5

[UberFree]

you are amazing!

you could make a livening on painting miniatures. do you play or do you just paint?

[2paintminiatures]

I started out wanting to play the game but there's so few Lotr gamers in my country . So I ended up painting them instead.;)

[UberFree]

Now you have made me want to make a LOTR army. lol. are they easy to paint?

[2paintminiatures]

I like to paint them because they build up skill in painting skin, armour, leather and fabric etc.. So it really depends if you like the variety.;)