The Lord of the Forest:
Cernunnos, a horned celtic god referred to as the Father of the Gods and Lord of the Beasts. He is always depicted as having horns and is associated with the stag and other horned creatures. I have chosen the name Cernunnos for my Lord of the Forest. He bears the classic forestman shield depicting the stag. His helmet is a cast of the Skiff Guard helmet, cast in black with a metallic coating. It has brown and transparent green paint accents, and the horns are from an islander helmet. The arms, torso, and legs of the figure have sculpted armor (sandpaper was used to rough up the plastic before sculpting on top). The brown armor is leather plate, and the black is scale armor, accomplished by using an arrow shaped tool to push the scale design into the clay. Testors paint with rub 'n buff was used to color it. The horse barding had a similar process of using Magic Scuplt and creating the scale design. Again, the brown indicates leather plate armor and the green is scale. The green paint was testors spray paint (which worked VERY well), and then I used black rub 'n buff on top. I wanted the armor to be very green/brown, to help the horse blend in more with the forest and faction color scheme. The Lord's Little Armory celtic sword has been slightly modified to give it more of a celtic style and less of a viking look. His other weapon is a double-ended weapon inspired by a Hindu god hought to be connected with Cernunnos. On one end is a javelain, the other a mace. I created this from a paddle and added chopped up bits from LA weapons. They have been painted and rub 'n buffed.
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Forest Ranger:
Silvanus is the british god of forests, groves, and wild fields. He is often associated with the hunt; the perfect name for my Forest Ranger. He has a cast hood (green with brown swirls) and a green and brown cape to help him blend into the forest. He wears sculpted armor on his arms, torso, and legs. I attached the quiver to the back of the torso then sculpted around it. I used the same technique as with the Lord. The armor is not actually painted, I only used black rub 'n buff to get into the grooves and show off the depth of the sculpting. The brown parts were painted using testors. He has a Brickforge bow (strung with wire) and an LA dagger painted.
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). The casts and paint jobs look really nice, and that sword mod is an awesome one that rivals some of Damien's work. I hope you do well in the contest, you have some stiff competition(Phar, Damien, Nick, me possibly but not likely 
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and can obsure details of the model like the horse head armor for example. I would suggest some visit to gamework web/fan sites to look at how they paint miniatures while retaining the thinness of the pain ... thus another step to full glory.
