This is one of the best formatted painting tutorials I've seen, love the info about equivalent citadel colours. Looking forward to the rest of the Fellowship!
Thank you so much for the kind words!! Yes i just want to create the kind of video that i would have liked to paint along with. I'm trying to make it a bit visually appealing with the photos and make it a bit more cinematic, as well as trying to be as informative as possible to help people. Hopefully that all comes across nicely in the videos. Glad to hear, what would be your hobbit vote on the next video to be?
Thank you! Reading this comment has made my day :) Im really happy that i could help you with your Gandalf model and to hear that it's turned out so well! Keep it up and onto the next one! :):)
Thank you very much!! I do really like this old plastic Fellowship set. They are just classic! One day i shall get the Resin Plinth that you can put them on too just to finish them off once i have gone through the set! :):)
thank you very much, i'm glad that you liked it :) Oh yes i have so much planned, more Fellowship content as well as some videos for the Defence of the North are all on the list :):)
I do love the tips and tricks, you know your suppose to make it look hard and difficult so we all sit there awe struck at your painting skills!!😮😅😅 On a serious note fantastic work and some brilliant little tips 😊
Thank you for the kind words! Well i always like to try and break things down where possible and try and be helpful, hopefully as i make more and more of the videos then there will be something for everyone! :)
Another amazing tutorial, especially the way you use the makeup brush on the robes. To answer your question: Gandalf the Grey is my favourite, he seems more like a mentor to me than Gandalf the White. Will you do tutorials on other armies in the future as well? I would love to see you paint Rivendel Elves so much!
Why thank you very much kind Barrow Wight, it's just a fun technique that I like to use - kind of like a "Damp" drybrush. But it gets the job done and hope that it can help others too :) I agree! Gandalf the grey mentor :) And for the question about other armies... SPOILER ALERT... 100% YES! :P
Nicely Done! I've had the Mines of Moria set still in it's original packaging and unattached since probably 2011, and finally got around to thinking about getting it altogether and painted. These tutorials are amazing. I found your Mines of Moria scenery tutorial as that is what I was going to start with first. Can't wait to get to Gandalf. Look forward to your other tutorials on this set!
Oh amazing you don’t see them come up often on eBay in pristine condition. I was lucky enough to get a copy towards the back end of last year and then a week later Balins tomb was announced! - obviously I got that too :) Thank you very much for the kind words, I’m happy that these tutorials can help out fellow hobbyists and I’m very much looking forward to doing more for the community! I hope that you enjoy putting your minis together and getting them painted. Do you game as well?
Gandalf the Grey will always be my favourite in both book and movie versions, he is a more grounded and rustic character and the upgraded white version while still amazing seems more aloof and not of the world around him.
ah Fantastic glad to hear it :) I'm slowly getting through the Fellowship videos as i want to get some Quest of the Ringbearer action going this year! :)
Thank you so much, and i'm glad that the guides are fun to watch. I really enjoy putting them together and i'm having loads of fun doing the photos and intros! It even gets me pumped to paint, when i watch it back :)
Im very happy to hear that you are enjoying the content, and also a HUGE thank you for the kind donation on my website, I hope those paint guides will do you well! To say thank you, I will let you chose what member of the fellowship I should paint next for the channel when we revisit the Mines of Moria! :)
@@SwordsandBrushes Well the guides are great. A very easy to understand format. As for the next member of the fellowship... I think I have to go with Balin's own, Gimli. Thanks for all the content. Can't wait for more!
Well I am glad they could be of use! I made those first before jumping onto UA-cam, I'm hoping that I can get to a point where I can do videos and then create more guides so there will be content for everything. Its a big plan, but it will keep me busy. Gimli it is sir! He will be next when we return to the mines! I will have a cheeky Sunday night upload tomorrow for the next video and it's all about basing for Beginners :):) And i'm actually showing my face for once - so I will see how that goes haha
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Thank you Michael! :) I'm glad the little tips and tricks and techniques come across well enough in the videos. It's much easier to show them in this way then trying to describe with a photo on Facebook :)
He is definitely on the way, i have got another video to release this weekend and then it's back to the Fellowship series starting with Sam & Bill and then Legolas shall be after that one :):)
I'm enjoying going through your videos, they are really well produced. Strangely (after the intro during painting) some of your colours look a lot brighter than my Army painter colours of the same label? Your tanned flesh looks much brighter, more like elven or barbarian flesh or much like Vallejo's cadmium skin, and the deep blue on Gandalf's hat looks much brighter than my AP deep blue? Also your stone golem on the beard looks matt white to me?
Thank you very much, i'm having a blast making them honestly! Oh yes its a combination of things - I have my daylight lamp pretty darn close to the mini (compared to when i paint normally) and that is so the camera has enough light to be able to pick up everything otherwise it goes incredibly grainy! And then i found out youtube compresses the video lots too and it looks different to what i see on my editing software - which is a touch annoying. But im still new to this and im sure i will figure out a better solution, i would love to get some better studio lighting which will help massively. Maybe one day, as i would love to do this full time as I love painting miniatures and i love creating videos So hopefully my enthusiasm and willing to help will shine through! :):)
Great video. Everything looks easy but now i start with painting miniatures, and put the details on the mini and combine light/shadow boost the final results. On your video you got it right, and looks peffect. But i struggle on one thing - with applying Citadel Shades, and when it dries, dark spots remain on the figure. I don't know why but it doesn't look nice :-( Do you have a trick how to fix it? On your miniature these dark spots i don't see it. Thanks and have a nice day. So inspirational.
Thank you very :) The first thing that comes to mind with the darker patches is that there may just just a little bit too much of the Shade paints on, just keep an eye out on it when you rest your model back on the table as you will see it start to move over the surface of the miniature. An easy fix for this is to use a brush (preferably an empty one) and just lightly dab the Shade and any excess will soak into the bristles. Hope that is the issue for you and that it will help :):)
Great video dude - you've earnt yourself a new subscriber :) Nice to see some more LOTR content and another take on Gandalf! Interesting to see how you did yours compared to mine :)
Welcome aboard for this adventure, pleasure to have you here :) To be honest Lord of The Rings and Middle Earth in general is just awesome isn't it? :) The plan is provide lots of jolly good content for hobbyists, and to make this space on youtube fun for all to come and watch :) How did you go about painting your Gandalf?
@@SwordsandBrushes LOTR is the best! I've just put up a video of me working on my Fellowship, which is why it was interesting to stumble on to yours at the same time 😁 both relatively new channels working on the same models. More we can do to make a fun space for LOTR stuff on UA-cam the better!
In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, while filming the scenes that took place in the Mines of Moria, Viggo Mortensen is shot in a very specific way during his closeups. Pay attention, and you’ll notice that he’s only filmed on his left side. Why do we never get to see his right side? Because while surfing he ended up getting a black eye, and it took over a month for the swelling to go down. Because Aragorn learns from his mistakes.
haha no way! thats a fun fact right there, im due to watch the films again so i will look out for that :) I have just got an image of Aragorn in full gear surfing now!
This is one of the best formatted painting tutorials I've seen, love the info about equivalent citadel colours. Looking forward to the rest of the Fellowship!
Thank you so much for the kind words!! Yes i just want to create the kind of video that i would have liked to paint along with. I'm trying to make it a bit visually appealing with the photos and make it a bit more cinematic, as well as trying to be as informative as possible to help people.
Hopefully that all comes across nicely in the videos.
Glad to hear, what would be your hobbit vote on the next video to be?
Thanks man!! Today I painted my most beautifull model ever and its thanks to you! Nailed the eyes and face of my Gandalf, i am so happy 😁
Thank you! Reading this comment has made my day :) Im really happy that i could help you with your Gandalf model and to hear that it's turned out so well!
Keep it up and onto the next one! :):)
Beautiful painted wizzard. You shall not pass! You managed to make this plastic set that everybody hates due to lack of details, beautiful.
Thank you very much!! I do really like this old plastic Fellowship set. They are just classic! One day i shall get the Resin Plinth that you can put them on too just to finish them off once i have gone through the set! :):)
great video, nice job highlighting the ropes! looking forward for more
thank you very much, i'm glad that you liked it :) Oh yes i have so much planned, more Fellowship content as well as some videos for the Defence of the North are all on the list :):)
I do love the tips and tricks, you know your suppose to make it look hard and difficult so we all sit there awe struck at your painting skills!!😮😅😅
On a serious note fantastic work and some brilliant little tips 😊
Thank you for the kind words! Well i always like to try and break things down where possible and try and be helpful, hopefully as i make more and more of the videos then there will be something for everyone! :)
Amazing paitings!! I have this figures home! but i waiting for New Vallejos Express colors =)
Awesome! not had the chance to use those yet!
Another amazing tutorial, especially the way you use the makeup brush on the robes. To answer your question: Gandalf the Grey is my favourite, he seems more like a mentor to me than Gandalf the White.
Will you do tutorials on other armies in the future as well? I would love to see you paint Rivendel Elves so much!
Why thank you very much kind Barrow Wight, it's just a fun technique that I like to use - kind of like a "Damp" drybrush. But it gets the job done and hope that it can help others too :)
I agree! Gandalf the grey mentor :)
And for the question about other armies... SPOILER ALERT... 100% YES! :P
Nicely Done! I've had the Mines of Moria set still in it's original packaging and unattached since probably 2011, and finally got around to thinking about getting it altogether and painted. These tutorials are amazing. I found your Mines of Moria scenery tutorial as that is what I was going to start with first. Can't wait to get to Gandalf. Look forward to your other tutorials on this set!
Oh amazing you don’t see them come up often on eBay in pristine condition. I was lucky enough to get a copy towards the back end of last year and then a week later Balins tomb was announced! - obviously I got that too :)
Thank you very much for the kind words, I’m happy that these tutorials can help out fellow hobbyists and I’m very much looking forward to doing more for the community!
I hope that you enjoy putting your minis together and getting them painted. Do you game as well?
Gandalf the Grey will always be my favourite in both book and movie versions, he is a more grounded and rustic character and the upgraded white version while still amazing seems more aloof and not of the world around him.
I agree with what you are saying, i like the term 'rustic' he seems very humble and and i do like the fact that he is a fan of Hobbits!
Thanks for the video. My Gandalf came out great! :D
ah Fantastic glad to hear it :)
I'm slowly getting through the Fellowship videos as i want to get some Quest of the Ringbearer action going this year! :)
Such a Great Video!! Loving those quick guides 😁
Thank you so much, and i'm glad that the guides are fun to watch. I really enjoy putting them together and i'm having loads of fun doing the photos and intros! It even gets me pumped to paint, when i watch it back :)
Fantastic video. Really helping me get through my Balin's Tomb set.
Im very happy to hear that you are enjoying the content, and also a HUGE thank you for the kind donation on my website, I hope those paint guides will do you well!
To say thank you, I will let you chose what member of the fellowship I should paint next for the channel when we revisit the Mines of Moria! :)
@@SwordsandBrushes Well the guides are great. A very easy to understand format.
As for the next member of the fellowship... I think I have to go with Balin's own, Gimli.
Thanks for all the content. Can't wait for more!
Well I am glad they could be of use! I made those first before jumping onto UA-cam, I'm hoping that I can get to a point where I can do videos and then create more guides so there will be content for everything. Its a big plan, but it will keep me busy.
Gimli it is sir! He will be next when we return to the mines!
I will have a cheeky Sunday night upload tomorrow for the next video and it's all about basing for Beginners :):) And i'm actually showing my face for once - so I will see how that goes haha
👉🏻 Watch Next - Let's Paint Frodo - ua-cam.com/video/kZveJ8OLGRU/v-deo.html
QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Gandalf of Saruman - Who has the best wizards beard?
--------
Products of Note used in the Video:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴
elementgames.co.uk/games-workshop/MESBG/good/the-fellowship/fellowship-of-the-ring?d=10754
--------
🛍 Check out my Amazon Storefront to see all my favourite Hobby Goodies in one place that I like to use and recommend.
(UK) - www.amazon.co.uk/shop/swordsandbrushes
OR
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Nicee I was waiting for that gandalf video. Great video as always mate👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Im very happy to hear that you enjoyed the video! Hopefully it was worth the wait for you? :)
Just have the rest of the Fellowship to get on here now!
@@SwordsandBrushes awesome hope legolas will show up soon :D
you have a good chance, 1 in 8 i believe :P
Awesome video. Thank you!
Glad you liked it! :):)
Another awesome video dude! As I have said before love the attention to different techniques and not just what paints you use in your videos.
Thank you Michael! :) I'm glad the little tips and tricks and techniques come across well enough in the videos.
It's much easier to show them in this way then trying to describe with a photo on Facebook :)
Серый гендальф❤ он душевный и человечный)
Can you please paint Legolas! I'd love to see your technique for him.
He is definitely on the way, i have got another video to release this weekend and then it's back to the Fellowship series starting with Sam & Bill and then Legolas shall be after that one :):)
@@SwordsandBrushes Can't wait. Looking forward to it!
I'm enjoying going through your videos, they are really well produced. Strangely (after the intro during painting) some of your colours look a lot brighter than my Army painter colours of the same label?
Your tanned flesh looks much brighter, more like elven or barbarian flesh or much like Vallejo's cadmium skin, and the deep blue on Gandalf's hat looks much brighter than my AP deep blue?
Also your stone golem on the beard looks matt white to me?
Thank you very much, i'm having a blast making them honestly! Oh yes its a combination of things - I have my daylight lamp pretty darn close to the mini (compared to when i paint normally) and that is so the camera has enough light to be able to pick up everything otherwise it goes incredibly grainy!
And then i found out youtube compresses the video lots too and it looks different to what i see on my editing software - which is a touch annoying.
But im still new to this and im sure i will figure out a better solution, i would love to get some better studio lighting which will help massively.
Maybe one day, as i would love to do this full time as I love painting miniatures and i love creating videos
So hopefully my enthusiasm and willing to help will shine through! :):)
Great video. Everything looks easy but now i start with painting miniatures, and put the details on the mini and combine light/shadow boost the final results. On your video you got it right, and looks peffect. But i struggle on one thing - with applying Citadel Shades, and when it dries, dark spots remain on the figure. I don't know why but it doesn't look nice :-( Do you have a trick how to fix it? On your miniature these dark spots i don't see it. Thanks and have a nice day. So inspirational.
Thank you very :) The first thing that comes to mind with the darker patches is that there may just just a little bit too much of the Shade paints on, just keep an eye out on it when you rest your model back on the table as you will see it start to move over the surface of the miniature.
An easy fix for this is to use a brush (preferably an empty one) and just lightly dab the Shade and any excess will soak into the bristles.
Hope that is the issue for you and that it will help :):)
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the super! It's really appreciated :):)
honestly, i love both equally.
Glad to hear! i have been listening to the audio book this week and it's nice to go back and listen to the adventure again!
@@SwordsandBrushes listened to a couple of tolkies poems turned into songs while painting some moria goblins
That sounded like a great evening to me!
Great video dude - you've earnt yourself a new subscriber :) Nice to see some more LOTR content and another take on Gandalf! Interesting to see how you did yours compared to mine :)
Welcome aboard for this adventure, pleasure to have you here :) To be honest Lord of The Rings and Middle Earth in general is just awesome isn't it? :)
The plan is provide lots of jolly good content for hobbyists, and to make this space on youtube fun for all to come and watch :)
How did you go about painting your Gandalf?
@@SwordsandBrushes LOTR is the best!
I've just put up a video of me working on my Fellowship, which is why it was interesting to stumble on to yours at the same time 😁 both relatively new channels working on the same models.
More we can do to make a fun space for LOTR stuff on UA-cam the better!
Oh cool! Snap! haha yes absolutely, i think the more content for people in the hobby then the better and stronger it will be! :):)
In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, while filming the scenes that took place in the Mines of Moria, Viggo Mortensen is shot in a very specific way during his closeups. Pay attention, and you’ll notice that he’s only filmed on his left side. Why do we never get to see his right side? Because while surfing he ended up getting a black eye, and it took over a month for the swelling to go down.
Because Aragorn learns from his mistakes.
haha no way! thats a fun fact right there, im due to watch the films again so i will look out for that :)
I have just got an image of Aragorn in full gear surfing now!
What about tea ☕️??? :D
Darn I could have done a funny bit in there with that haha
@@SwordsandBrushes tea ist very important! Never forget to drink some tea :D
Very nice, thank you for painting me, I looked really good.
Anytime! you were the perfect subject :)
@@SwordsandBrushes Such a nice guy you are.