Hogarth the Colossus

Well work continues to conspire against my painting but nevertheless, I have managed to finish another miniature.

This miniature's been in my collection for more than 10 years now and over that time I've promised myself I'd paint it on many occasions and incredibly enough, I finally managed it. It's tough to get into any sort of rhythm painting a miniature every 6 months or so but I am happy with this effort, I feel that my painting is heading in a better direction now, with greater potential for improvement. I guess time will tell though.

Before and After Frodo....

Due to being at work during the Christmas stand down period I unfortunately didn't get too much painting done but I did manage to finally finish my 'before and after' Frodo.

At the moment I'm basically rediscovering the hobby so this was a fun exercise in reacquainting myself with painting in general and messing around with some of the new materials and techniques which have become popular since I stopped painting...

Anyhow here it is - Frodo as he is now and as he was when I purchased him from my LGS.

Before heading off to England I made a start on Frodo. Not too bad a sculpt at all considering the age - just a few little issues with Frodo's face - probably made worse by my painting ;) I'm pretty happy with the pony though...

Before and After

I had a 'Before and After' section on my old site which seemed popular at the time and it was definitely something I enjoyed so I've resurrected it... The first miniature this time around is Frodo, a miniature from Citadel's Lord of the Rings range from around 1985.

I felt the base looked rather bare and lacking in contrast after looking at the pics so I put a little more into it. I added some more grass, darkened the shadows and also played around with some pigments for the first time.

Sort of done...

Here's a finished miniature complete with base - wonders never cease...

This is a great little sculpt by Tre Manor - fantastic musculature for such a tiny miniature and nice movement too...

I was confident that this was finished but after seeing this pic I'm not too sure - I might put a little more work into the base - it seems a tad bare - maybe a bit more grass or something, we'll see...

I was relatively happy with how Yarry was looking but my girlfriend wasn't so sure... She quite liked the majority of it but the face bothered her - the eyes look funny she kept saying. Sure, he didn't turn out quite how I'd envisioned but I was satisfied and had decided to move on... That is until the girlfriend reiterated her earlier point... Another couple of hours later and here's the result...

Still not sold on the face dear or can I move on?