Elvish Scouts from Mantic Games

[CreganTur]

Elvish Scouts from Mantic Games(Completed- C&C welcome!)

I got my free Elvish Scouts that Mantic games were giving away a while ago. I was really suprised when I got a sprue of 2 scouts:

They weren\'t too bad to clean up and were easy to assemble. The only issue that I have with these guys is that they are tiny! They\'re 28mm, but they\'re extremely thin:

I\'ve blocked in the face and the armor- I\'m going to go with a dark color for the armor and keep all of the other colors subdued, to go along with the game\'s fluff about the scouts:

 

[CreganTur]

I blocked in some more areas of the mini and added a few layers of Babab Black to the armor to dull it down and act as black-line in all of the tiny cracks and crevices:

 

[CreganTur]

I decided to make the loin-cloth-like section of the armor for these scouts kind of like a unit banner, so I based them with Snot Green. My plan is to do some NMM on them, and then paint some sort of sigil that matches fluff for the game.

I also highlighted and shadowed the armor, and did most of the faces. I was hoping to finish these guys by tomorrow. I\'m not sure if that\'s going to happen... but I\'ll get close. I just have to figure out what I\'m going to do for the bases. There\'s some strange scultping on the bases that I\'ve contemplated painting... but part of me just wants to rock-and-flock them so they\'ll look good enough to sell.

 

[nightsword]

Nicely done. Make sure you post them to Mantic's open gallery on the website when they're done

 

[CreganTur]

I finally finished these elves last night. I'm pretty happy with the results, but taking pictures was a challenge because the natural reflective properties of the metallic paint didn't mix well with the lights I was using. I think I got some pretty good pics, though:

What do you guys think? Honest C&C would be greatly appreciated.

After I varnish these guys, they'll be going up on Ebay; I want them to find a good home in someone's Mantic army.