I Just Got Gandalf the Bronze!

[LOTRFan]

Well sort of, I have always wanted to try a bronze, and I think this came out very nice.

 

[tomandshell]

That looks awesome!

Nicely done.

 

[LOTRFan]

More pics can be found HERE

 

[King Darkness]

For a secound there I thought I was gonna see the hollyest of holly grails had been newly gotten by someone, but that one looks really cool too!

 

[LOTRFan]

For a secound there I thought I was gonna see the hollyest of holly grails had been newly gotten by someone, but that one looks really cool too!

Made you look!

 

[King Darkness]

Made you look!

Yeah that was a good one....

 

[pixletwin]

What a great looking piece! That would find its way into my library for sure.

 

[Lynxje]

That looks great (okay, not as great as the REAL bronze...). How much does it cost to have a statue done with bronze like that?

 

[dunedain]

Bronze spraycan. $2,99

 

[TOE]

you made me look too. Looks good thought.

 

[oxbeard]

Outstanding job!!!!!! Now I'm inspired

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

Wow that looks great!

 

[Deadly Dagger]

How did u do it?

 

[The Josh]

Very impressive Matt!!

 

[Fritz]

Nice job, it looks very cool. Now I dare you to do the same with your Cave Troll Statue.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

How did u do it?

Instructions ala The Ricker...

Here's the tech in a nutshell.....(I'm assuming it's a resin kit or a poly stat. ) spray the entire piece using Krylon Ultra Flat Black, or use a flat black paint w/ a brush. You will now use a technique called "drybrushing". Dip a flat brush into your paint, then wipe the majority off on a paper towel. Using a flicking and scrubbing motion, apply the paint to the piece, going against the detail. This will eventually destroy the brush, so use a relatively cheap one! Even though you wiped most of the paint off, you will see it deposited on your piece. Now, use this technique to heavily drybrush Raw Umber over the entire piece. Then, using a bronze metallic color, drybrush this over the top of the Raw Umber, concentrating it on where you want the highlights to be. When you're done w/ this, the final step is to VERY lightly drybrush some Golden Interference Gold over the tip tops of the highlights you did previously. This should be looking exactly like worn bronze at this point. If you want to add a patina weathering effect, merely use a wash (nothing more than acrylic paint thinned w/ water) of a turquoise green paint. Repeat if necessary.

 

[oxbeard]

Outstanding info!!!!!!

 

[LOTRFan]

Indeed, Rick is the master - I just followed his very capable lead.

Guys, it truly is a sinch to do; not much to it.

 

[Lynxje]

I think I'm gonna look around for a GtG statue

 

[brettb]

I just happen to have a Gandalf,Legolas and Boromir that are damaged!They may recieve this treatment this week!!
Looks amazing good job!!!!!