my scratch built treeman

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dogman1st
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my scratch built treeman

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http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a265/ ... C01518.jpg

looks rough but is actually quite neat - the photo is a little zoomed.

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Looks nice! maybe you could apply some more horizontal stripes so it looks less like hair and even more like bark. anyways, nice job.
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looks nice!

i'm assuming that you found turin's tutorial helpful, as it looks similar to his/hers. One thing, in addition to what Ardanwen mentioned, is you should paint the eyes either black, or glowing...

otherwise, well done.
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when you say glowing eyes - what colour would you recommend?

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red would fit the autumn theme nicely, but maybe green would work too....just experiment?
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I find luminious green eyes (putrid green) work well for my forest spirits, admittedly I haven't tried this on a treeman yet...
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As Ryikko said, your Treeman has a lot of similarities with Turin's (as is therefore very good!)

It's a great model but I agree that glowing eyes would really top it off :wink:
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any guides for glowing eyes?

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I used space wolves grey with a rather good effect on my dryads, I'll make a foto when I get home (which is not before monday)
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What about glow-in-the-dark paint? I've never used it, but it glows like no other..!
I quite like it so far, but with glowing eyes.. even better! :thumbsup:
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For smaller spirits I just use Putrid Green (I assume that is still around...)
For your treeman's larger eyes I suggest putrid green, green wash, putrid green & finally a point of yellow
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I've mixed some Goblin Green with Bleached Bone yesterday for my Dryads eyes.. also quite nice.
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I'd really like to comment on your treeman :p ,

But I get "Page not found" from your link ... <.<

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Werent you selling this on ebay just recently?
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yes i was lol
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Hi !

Thanks & Nice ! :nod:

I like him, but the bent legs remind me of my struggling with the knees and the solution of the protruding bark ... :roll:

Apart from that it's a good idea to put "moss" on the branches ...

Good work !
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