Desolation of Smaug - Hobbit Nail Art

Happy Hobbit weekend!! In honour of the newest instalment of the Hobbit franchise, I recycled my nails from last year which I absolutely loved. On my left hand I have "one ring to rule them all" in elvish and on the right I have fire over gold to symbolise Smaug's fire. 

So here is how I did them after applying the initial base coat:- 

The One Ring

1. one or two coats of gold paint (LA Colors) 
2. once this coat has dried you can go about painting the elvish script, using a very thin home-made detail tool, its best to work quickly and with new varnish so if you make any mistake they will lift off rather than having to re paint the whole nail ( I selected the first part of the elvish script that reads "one ring to rule them all"
3. once you are happy with your design finish off with a top coat to protect your design

The Fires of Smaug

1. one or two coats of gold
2. then using these colours, black, red, orange, maybe yellow or gold too use a thin detail brush to build up thin almost fork tongue like flames, you can also add some glittery colours to make the fire more "magical" 
3. once you have built up the flames you'll want to fill in the tip of your nail with a mixture of the same colours so they look like the heart of the flames. 
4. once happy top coat the design with clear to protect the design

Hope you like these designs and enjoy the Hobbit film. Thank you for reading.