Painting Shadowfax?

[stivo]

I got the gandalf on shadowfax over a year ago now and have been scared to attempt to paint it because of the sheer amount of white on it (been swayed now cos of ROTK ). Has anyone got any ideas how to do the horse in particular? Thanks a lot

 

[No Such Agency]

When I did Shadowfax, I just painted him white, shaded with grey washes, then put many coats of white back over the \"highlights\" (i.e. almost everything that isn\'t a crease or shadow). White is hard.

My mounted Gandalf. Just do a gallery search for \"Gandalf the White\" and you\'ll get lots more...

 

[klute_in_the_valute]

Hi I did this one and it really is mean.I did a white base coat with a very light grey wash to pick out the detail.The shade was a very light grey.Remember the best Shadowfax ive seen are nearly totaly white.The main problem with this mini is that youll never get the score u deserve for doing all that white:|~
I know.....BTW id for mine--38447

 

[Demigod]

I did a shadowfax who looked pretty good, an\' I reckon the trick is blending. Every where you can see a crease in a slab of muscle, for e.g. the forelegs, paint a thin line of grey into the crease and blend it into the white very nearby. Then for the muzzle you can paint it, either, black/grey or flesh toned; both look good. Then you also have to blend this in a bit. BUT! remember that nothing really has a completely smooth transition from fur to bare skin, so add a few streaks of flesh or fur, just to show that there is a dividing line. For the fur you can do what you like, personally I think that it looks best darker than the skin to add a bit of contrast to the model. I would show you a picture but my brother covered the horse in pva glue to make him look shiny!

 

[Demigod]

I say fur as in the mane and tail, not fur on the body - that\'s white, believe it or not

 

[kittykat23uk]

Shadowfax has a grey muzzle so that should be a key feature of the face. The mane and tail are slightly more yellowish than the colour of the body. Maybe use bleached bone mixed with a tiny amount of yellow and highlight with white for the mane and tail, and use a grey basecoat highlighted with white for the body colour. :idea:

Edit: Here is a good pic of a shadowfax http://www.coolminiornot.com/?id=41015

Regards

Kat