JD's motivational PLOG .

[Meals]

Love the colour scheme mate, looks really good. Winter Elves ftw!

Not sure if its the piccie, but I think the hair could do with a shading, as it looks a bit flat. Possibly a wash in the recesses (not all over just run the wash down the gaps) blue or purple could look good and keep the cold theme.

Also, I assume its not done yet, but I suggest lining the base rims for the army with grey/black as brown really won't match with the Winter theme imo.

Keep 'em coming

[maelzch]

Looks good Doyley, I'd agree with Jim's advice about both the hair and the edge of the base

[Pip]

Looks fantastic! Great paintjobs/conversions always make me want to try and copy them, and now I really want to do a winter-themed army.

Also, I assume its not done yet, but I suggest lining the base rims for the army with grey/black as brown really won't match with the Winter theme imo.

I disagree... if you go walking in winter, the one thing you always notice is the mud! Keep them brown, just choose a darker shade and texture them up to look properly wintry (snow?).

[JD]

Love the colour scheme mate, looks really good. Winter Elves ftw!

Thanks . Wasn't too sure it wouldn't look bland but am hoping the red foliage on the models I'm trying for will add just enough colour .

Not sure if its the piccie, but I think the hair could do with a shading, as it looks a bit flat. Possibly a wash in the recesses (not all over just run the wash down the gaps) blue or purple could look good and keep the cold theme.

The hair is the worst part of the model . Its caked in paint now as I kept making a hash of it . Hadn't thought of those colours to wash it with but now you mention it that sounds great . Just the sort of tips I need , thanks !

Also, I assume its not done yet, but I suggest lining the base rims for the army with grey/black as brown really won't match with the Winter theme imo.

I've started to make a base for them which is a little bigger than it should be i suppose but it will allow me to do some nice touches of scenery I hope . Its base is brown which will have stone , foliage and snow added to it . I was going to edge the model bases brown to it blended into the base as a whole . You think perhapas I should try for a different effect ?

[Meals]

Yeah, using blue/purple to shade hair actually comes out really nice. I did it on my Mage Hunter Assassin to keep it in the range of colours I'm trying to use. People often don't think about using unnatural colours for shading, but it works quite well. (ie, Green/purple shading for fleshtones)

With this colour scheme, that brown just contrasts too much and draws the eye away from the model imo. (I'm also assuming you're going with snow basing to match the Winter theme.)  A base should add to the model not overwhelm it. I'm not saying brown is always bad (it works fine with brighter colour schemes), just in this case... 

I personally always use Black to edge all my bases for this exact reason. Black will never draw the eye, regardless of the colour scheme...

I'd suggest trying Grey/Black and brown on a few models and comparing them, see what you think. You can easily paint over the colour if you need to.

[shadownova24]

looking good mate get the rest done

[JD]

Only five months to do two units . I excell even myself . 

Two units of Treekin wont be far behind though !

Technicaly not amazing painting but I am pleased with the overall look if I don't look too closely . Doing the movement trays properly also makes a huge difference to the overall effect . Nearly finished the Treekin so I might have a five day gap in posts rather than a five month !

[noahtonkin]

looking good mate, only a few more units left for SCGT!

[lagar312]

Very impressive JD... can't wait to see the treekin   

[JD]

looking good mate, only a few more units left for SCGT!

I finished the dryads then it dawned on me that after the six full days it took me to paint them I'd only done 192 points of my army . 

Treekin and the Highborn on the stag will be done the rest will be your old models .