Sorastro's The Lord of the Rings Painting Series Ep.12 - Monsters!

Hello! This is a guide to painting the Nameless Things, Giant Spiders, and the Cave Trolls from the Shadowed Paths expansion (https://amzn.to/3lcLnIG) to The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth: (https://amzn.to/2IjGBYv)
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - Overview
2:02 - Nameless Things
8:06 - Giant Spiders
12:31 - Cave Trolls

PAINTS USED:

Plaguebearer Flesh (GW)
Aethermatic Blue (GW)
Terradon Turquoise (GW)
Magos Purple (GW)
Volupus Pink (GW)
Gryph-Charger Grey (GW)
Basilicanum Grey (GW)
Flat Black (SC)
Flat Brown (VMC)
Black (VMC)
Buff (VMC)
Ivory (VMC)
Leviadon Blue (GW)
Shyish Purple (GW)
Creed Camo (GW)
Skeleton Horde (GW)
Black Templar (GW)
Wyldwood (GW)
Aggaros Dunes (GW)
Snakebite Leather (GW)
Flat Red (GW)
Fluorescent Green (GW)
Titanium White (S)
Fluorescent Green (VMC)

S = Schmincke, SC = Scalecolor, VGC = Vallejo Game Color, DR = Daler Rowney, VMA = Vallejo Model Air, VMC = Vallejo Model Color, GSW = Green Stuff World, GW = Games Workshop

OTHER EQUIPMENT:

Rosemary & Co Series 8 Size 2 brush: https://www.rosemaryandco.com/series-... (select "short handle").

Redgrass Games Wet Palette: https://www.redgrassgames.com/?gclid=...

Grass tufts are from Gamer's Grass: https://www.gamersgrass.com/

(Please note Amazon links are affiliate links; thanks!)

Daler Rowney Flow Enhancer: https://amzn.to/2HMR1AF

OTHER ITEMS:

I used the Iwata Revolution CR airbrush for the priming and zenithal highlights.

Vallejo's Dark Earth paste: https://amzn.to/2FLIA6u

Hobby Holder: https://gameenvy.net

For airbrush users, this is the black primer I use: https://amzn.to/2HOc8me

And I also used Cold Grey and Dead White from the Vallejo Model Air range.

White Tack for sticking the minis down: https://amzn.to/2WBlghm

The acrylic tokens you might see in some of the shots are from here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BuyTheSa...

Stainless Steel Paint Mixers: https://www.migjimenez.com/en/accesso...

All music composed by and © copyright owned by Sorastro.

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