Painting Guide: Nori

Nori Front

Nori is the second of the less well known dwarves of Thorin’s Company.  Peter Jackson chose to help distinguish many of these dwarves by adding a little special detail to each.  For several of them it is a less common principle weapon.  For Nori this is his two handed mace, however, he also wears his hair in three distinctive mohawks.      

Nori Left

0.  Nori starts out with a Matt Black undercoat.

1.   Paint the flesh using Tanned Flesh.

1a. Wash the skin with Red Tone to get the ruddier tone of the Dwarfs.

1b. Wash the skin again in Flesh Tone.

1c. Highlight using Barbarian Flesh.

2.   Paint Nori’s hair and beard with Leather Brown.

2a. Highlight with Fur Brown.

2b. Highlight again with a 2:1:1 mix ratio of Lava Orange, Skeleton Bone, and Tan Flesh.

3.   Paint the mace shaft with Oak Brown.

4.   Highlight/detail Nori’s gloves, boots, and knife sheaths, Fur Brown over the Black.

4a. Highlight the edges of the boots with Skeleton Bone.

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5.   Paint Nori’s tunic and overcoat trim Uniform Grey.

5a. Highlight with Wolf Grey.

5b. Highlight/detail (crosshatch) with Ash Grey.

5c. Wash with Dark Tone.

6.   Paint Nori’s trousers, overcoat, and leather strap with Leather Brown.

6a. Highlight with Monster Brown.

6b. Paint the crosshatch on the overcoat with Skeleton Bone using a 5/0 or 10/0 brush.

7.   Paint the mace head, beard beads, chain shirt, and knife sheath tip with Gun Metal.

7a. Wash the above with Strong Tone.

8.   Paint Nori’s belt with Oak Brown.

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9.   Paint the knife handles Leather Brown.

10. Paint the knife pummels Weapon Bronze.

11. Paint Nori’s mantel/hood Alien Purple.

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Some last notes:  

A. The eyes were painted between the Flesh Tone Wash and the Barbarian Flesh Highlight.  The eyes are done with a 5/0 brush.  First paint a horizontal white line and then place a black dot in the center.

B. AP Soft Tone is a good wash for flesh and other light colored items.

C. AP Strong Tone is a good general brown wash similar to Citadel's Agrax Earth Shade. 

D. AP Dark Tone is a good black wash similar to Citadel's Nuln Oil.

Nori Rear

I based the miniature with coral beach sand for the rocky/sandy caves of Goblin Town and added some Highland Tufts and Meadow Tufts from The Army Painter Battlefields range.  I then painted the edge of the base in Alien Purple. 

Nori Right

Next week Ori starts plinking away.  And be sure to pop in Sunday night for the Weekly Workbench!

I have to thank TALE OF TWO PAINTERS for the inspiration for these tutorials.  Unfortunately, I do not have step by step photos like they do as I found their site after I was a quarter of the way complete.  They painted the miniatures using Citadel paints.  I felt a guide using The Army Painter brand was warranted, especially as there is no readily available conversion chart for Citadel and AP brands like the other major miniature paint brands (Vallejo, P3, Reaper, etc.).  When I painted these miniatures I only had the 42 bottle 2015 Mega Paint Set II, so there was a lot of mixing of paints to get the right color. My wonderful mother graced me with the Veteran Warpainter Upgrade Set with an additional 82 paints for my birthday in March so once this starter set is done you will begin to see the new colors!