"Hobbit figure with lighting effects" Topic

I've been working on this hobbit figure from Andrea Miniatures (Olfo Fastfeet). It's 54mm scale, though as a hobbit that still means only about 30mm tall. One of the things that drew me to this figure was the lamp he's carrying. It's a great opportunity to work with Object Source Lighting (OSL). This is my first serious attempt at painting lighting effects. Last year I tried to do a glowing plasma pistol, but that's the extent of my experience. This figure really centers around the lamp as the primary light source.

You can see the progression of this figure below. I began with the face, painting the highlights from below and shadows above. As I worked on each section of the figure I used the location of the lantern to determine the direction of my highlights and shadows. I also increased the intensity of the highlights the closer I got to the lantern. The toughest parts were the face and the NMM dagger. My first attempt on the face was a disaster. I went from the dark shadow tones to the highlights without using those reddish midtones. It did not look good. So I stripped the figure and began again. For the dagger I wanted to do NMM, something I've very little experience with. When my first attempt went awry I couldn't strip him so instead I carefully sanded off the paint on the dagger and started that section over.

If you want any details on how I've been painting this figure or my paint mixes just ask, or you can check my painting blog: powellminipainting.blogspot.com

Man, Nice Job and a great idea. WoW

thanks for sharing
Duane

lovely!

Beautiful work.

I really like the cloak colors.

Wow, that's excellent work!

Wouldn't be any better if it was a real light source. Truly amazing!

That is amazing quality work!

Doug

Nice job. Great mini.

Well done!

OUTSTANDING!!!

Charlie

That's great wish I had the guts and talent to try something like that.

That is quite amazing!

Very impressive.

very well done.

Tony

Very Nice!

That is gobsmackingly awesome. The light and shadow effects you've created are stunning.

Super. Great miniature, great painting.

Dave

Fantastic!

That is incredible!

Thank you for the comments everyone. I've just about finished painting the figure. I went for a blue-black monochromatic approach to his back. Trying to create the same feel as the day for night film technique where they used a blue filter to create a nighttime scene.

I finished building the base so here is a sneak peak at the scene. No paint on the base yet, just primed black. Carrying the OSL over into the base is going to be a bit of a pain.

I decided to go with a dark forest for this figure. I placed the trees to create a mostly solid background for the figure, that should help with the lighting effect. I also used their height to stretch the scene and make the figure look even smaller by comparison.

That is some of the best painting I have ever seen. From theory to execution this is brilliant work.

Thanks, Ethan.

Well, this project is officially finished. I ended up doing a bit more with the base and really embracing a Mirkwood themed scene. I hope you like how he turned out!