120 - Glóin! (tutorial)

Mae Govannen, mellon nín!

In this post I'll make a tutorial on how to paint Glóin, another dwarf from Thorin Oakenshield's Company (as my previous mini, Óin), a miniature from the Escape from Goblin Town starter box (Games Workshop).

This painting session went a little bit better than Óin's, but I'm still struggling to get the best out of these the Hobbit new kind of sculpts. Perhaps I'm too used to the old GW's sculpts, and that's a bit of a problem, on which I'll have to work on.

Anyway, let us get to the lore!!!

Who is Glóin?

Assembled and unprimed miniature of Glóin, the dwarf.

"Dwarf of Thorin and Company. Glóin, the son of Gróin, was born in the year 2783 of Third Age.

He fought in the Battle of Azanulbizar and was a companion of both King Thrain II, and his son, Thorin Oakenshield.

With Thorin and Company he went on the Quest of Erebor which resulted in the death of Smaug the Dragon, and the re-establishment of the Dwarf-kingdom under the Mountain. In that kingdom he became a wealthy and important lord.

In the year 3018, he travelled with his son to Rivendell. His son, Gimli, was then chosen as one of the Fellowship of the Ring, and Glóin returned to Erebor.

During the War of the Ring, he fought in the defence of Erebor. 

He died in the year 15 of the Fourth Age."

Source of description: David Day, Tolkien, the Illustrated Encyclopaedia.



Tutorial

I. Normal basecoat with thinned paint.

II. Shades for all the recesses.

III. Highlights that aim the cleaning of the previous step.

IV. Final highlights focused on the edges and prominent lighted spots. 

V. Basecoat with a mix of these colours. The ratio used was about 2:1 (orange to brown), but it should be measured by 

personal taste.

VI. Highlights done with a vibrant orange very diluted (with medium in this case).

VII. Another mix that should be measured at personal taste.

VIII. Calmly paint this areas. Any error can be fixed with another layer on top.

P.s.: The rings of the beard and hair were also painted with silver. Also, do not forget to paint the eyebrows!

IX. Shades applied not only to cloth and metallics, but to beard and hair as well (just more thinned).

X. Highlights on the metallic parts and light browns for the pouches.

XI. Basecoat with a dark brownish grey.

XII. Highlights and glazes with really thinned paints.

P.S.: I forgot to take pictures of the rest of the pouch, but it was given a brown wash and then highlighted with a lighter tone after step X.

XIII. Basecoated black to be easily discernible from the pants.

XIV. Highlights progressively lighter, adding red to the mix.

XV. Same process given previously to the pants and armlets.

XVI. For this step just make sure to thin a lot the highlights paint.

XVII. For the final step, just be sure to use a basecoat (brown or silver) before painting the golden parts.

Showcase

For the branch of his base I used a white lichen.

And that's all for now my friends!

The next tutorials will be focused on Fili and Kili!

I really hope you find this tutorial useful!

Until next time! Keep on Painting and Wargaming!

Namárië!