Sam's Shire Hobbits
Hobbit's Got A Knife!
Had a bit of time so I stuck on some classic Doctor Who and decided to get stuck into painting my hobbits again.
For the time being, I am not bothering with shading or details much. I just want to get to a stage where my hobbit army has some colour to it. Then I plan to go back over it and shade the models at my leisure.
For this bought of painting, I chose those hobbits who have brought their knife to an orc fight.
Started off painting the skin.I tried to keep things as simple for myself as possible, so I painted all of their trousers the same Oak Brown shade. (Because when you’re a hobbit fighting Uruk-Hai, you wear your brown pants).
Similarly, all their shirt sleeves were painted the same bleached bone.
However, it is important to remember that these hobbits are a militia, not wearing uniform, so I had to try and vary the combination of waistcoats and scarfs a bit.
The hats were given a similarly mixed treatment. However, I was still trying to keep things simple for myself so they were all a mix of the same three or four colours.
Finally, I added an Army Painter Strong tone wash. This helps me to get some quick shading and makes them tabletop ready.
However, it does make them very muddy, so I will have to return to them at a later date to add highlights and details so that they stand out more.
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