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deathstreak2000 wrote:I thought the same thing a couple of weeks ago

to quote the rulebook..... 'if a hero has magical powers he (should say she as well, just saying) can attempt to use one power once in any turn'

tbh the wording for that is terrible. The first time I read it I wasn't sure whether it meant i could only use each power once in the game. Anyway, I'm pretty sure It only meanss one power per turn

Looking forward to the pictures

And her painting is pretty incredible; I'm embrassed to post my models up when I see hers

Oh, and thanks for the mention/feature

Ah I see, many thanks for your knowledge mate It kind of kills the free will that Gandalf the white get's though....... well saying that it means he never has to expend any of his store offensively

For her first batch, they are damn good, mine were no where near that standard! Maybe if we combine our quality we can come close

Edit: Good Lord a 6th page!! Thank you for your continued support!!

Any time friend

Shadowbrand wrote:Yet another great batrep!

Glad I got to read this before I dash off to work.

Glad yo enjoyed the read, hope work goes well for you!! (And not like mine at current )

spyguyyoda wrote:

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:

Secondly, after seeing Sharazads latest and brilliant efforts to make her rohan prettiful (and they are!) I have gone to lengths to paint my characters properly rather than speed painting them, as I feel I should really take more care with them and have seen the light of patience, thanks Sharazad your not the only one learning! I have been painting up my bow captain/Grishnahk and I'm pretty chuffed with him so far, some little details to go and finish the base and I will post pics, maybe tonight too

What does chuffed mean?

deathstreak2000 wrote:

spyguyyoda wrote:

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:

Secondly, after seeing Sharazads latest and brilliant efforts to make her rohan prettiful (and they are!) I have gone to lengths to paint my characters properly rather than speed painting them, as I feel I should really take more care with them and have seen the light of patience, thanks Sharazad your not the only one learning! I have been painting up my bow captain/Grishnahk and I'm pretty chuffed with him so far, some little details to go and finish the base and I will post pics, maybe tonight too

What does chuffed mean?

Happy, pleased, something positive

Yes, what DS says, please excuse my Englishness, we tend to have a lot of words that are not slang but other nationalities have never heard of

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:

deathstreak2000 wrote:I thought the same thing a couple of weeks ago

to quote the rulebook..... 'if a hero has magical powers he (should say she as well, just saying) can attempt to use one power once in any turn'

tbh the wording for that is terrible. The first time I read it I wasn't sure whether it meant i could only use each power once in the game. Anyway, I'm pretty sure It only meanss one power per turn

Looking forward to the pictures

And her painting is pretty incredible; I'm embrassed to post my models up when I see hers

Oh, and thanks for the mention/feature

Ah I see, many thanks for your knowledge mate It kind of kills the free will that Gandalf the white get's though....... well saying that it means he never has to expend any of his store offensively

For her first batch, they are damn good, mine were no where near that standard! Maybe if we combine our quality we can come close

Well you can roll more than one dice to see if you can use a spell (If you didn't know you could do that, you probably do ), so his mighty store of will, his free will and very low dice (comparatively) to complete spells make him one of (or the) the best wizard/spell person going

Haha well maybe, my painting it pretty bad

Ah yeh, I remember now, so it ain't that bad after all yeh he has very low casting values with is great

Nah man, you have some good skills, not bad at all

Ok so a small update for you all. I know that my bow captain is the last model I have started and therefore should really be the last I finish but I kinda skipped up the queue to be the first one totally done Behold:


I took my time for once and I am very happy with the result but unfortunately the camera I use is not great, time to crack out my dad's canon 450 I think! Managed the eye's, triple highlights, red skin done to a 50/50 red/orange hue, the lot! Complete with swamp base Well Grishnahk, you shall never be unloved again

I also promised pictures of the siege the other night, I'll add a little commentary from what I remember:


An overview


The defenders


The attackers




The attackers reach the wall. Lurtz and a captain have already had to expend their fate, will and some might to stay alive


The troll reaches the gate and scores to batter points in the first turn against it


The defenders repel the first wave, I think they won every combat this turn and killed a few Uruk's, a couple also fell to their doom


Goblins scale the wall and surprise the defenders


The defenders stand strong and to this point have only lost one combat, the hole was plugged when I won a contested heroic move and pushed the Uruks back


Gandalf finds himself in mortal combat with a captain and wins. However the goblin numbers prove their worth on the gatehouse. Tea also arrives


Uruk-hai begin to gain a foothold


The defenders are beginning to buckle


They are over the ramparts!!


I lose every combat this turn except gandalfs and boromirs if I remember correctly


Only Boromir is making any impact on the gatehouse, below him the troll is killing defenders by the handful


The attackers achieve their purpose and begin to storm across the walls to the tower and gatehouse, only a king of men and a handful of defenders stand in the way


This last turn I lost about a dozen men. The toll was beginning to show as I lost combat after combat. My rolling was not good as usual

I gave them the match as it was nearly midnight and I had work the next day A lot of fun overall and some very silly moments with Uruk-Hai falling of ladders and such.

We also put Boromir to the test:



He took on 12 goblins, we ignored the rules, the all got fight and Boromir still came out on top! We tried it again with Uruk crossbows but I rolled bad and he fell after killing 7 of 14, had I rolled better he would have done the lot I reckon!

Hope you all enjoy the pretty pictures!

Oh and before I forget, ordering my trackers either today or tomorrow so watch this space, my 250pt competitive Angmar complete may be just around the corner!

Your captain looks good although there is something about his skin I just don't quite like it looks a little bold? If you get me maybe it's just the camera. Not that it looks bad

The siege...

Looks...

AMAZING!

Reminds me of sieges I used to do when I was young and it looks just as hectic as well Did the attackers/defenders have the same points or did you give the attackers more?

I still don't get why a fruit stall was selling that fort though

He does have very bold skin but it really isn't as bold as in the picture, the purple is also more in your face in the picture. I'll have to borrow my dad's canon

It was very, very hectic. Struggled to keep track to be honest The defenders had about 1200pts and the attackers I would guess anywhere near 2k to double the defenders, Robbie kept finding old guys and being like 'oh look, forgot I had him!' and 'would you believe it, a cave troll!' It really is nuts looking through a collection a few years later and leaving it totally untouched.

Oh damn Scotti Now this was a batrepp to remember I dare say, it looks glorius! But we all know that Evil always wins

In the end it does tend to sink in It was a hell of a lot of fun, even when your losing it can be great as your men pull back across the wall to safe havens or make last stands in pockets and are slowly driven from the walls, makes me want to play another

Yes siges are always fun. I prefer to be the defender, because its so much fun raining arrows down on the silly free people of Middelearth. Althou beeing the attacker can also be fun thou

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:

Secondly, after seeing Sharazads latest and brilliant efforts to make her rohan prettiful (and they are!) I have gone to lengths to paint my characters properly rather than speed painting them, as I feel I should really take more care with them and have seen the light of patience, thanks Sharazad your not the only one learning! I have been painting up my bow captain/Grishnahk and I'm pretty chuffed with him so far, some little details to go and finish the base and I will post pics, maybe tonight too

Awww I feel honoured

your work looks amazing btw

Trondheim wrote:Yes siges are always fun. I prefer to be the defender, because its so much fun raining arrows down on the silly free people of Middelearth. Althou beeing the attacker can also be fun thou

Me too, there is something about being the defender, maybe it's the acts of heroism all across the walls

Sharazad wrote:

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:

Secondly, after seeing Sharazads latest and brilliant efforts to make her rohan prettiful (and they are!) I have gone to lengths to paint my characters properly rather than speed painting them, as I feel I should really take more care with them and have seen the light of patience, thanks Sharazad your not the only one learning! I have been painting up my bow captain/Grishnahk and I'm pretty chuffed with him so far, some little details to go and finish the base and I will post pics, maybe tonight too

Awww I feel honoured

your work looks amazing btw

You earned it! I think your first models are superb

Cheers me dears! I am going to get better pictures of my captain though, he is too tomato like in that piccy Sure me old man won't mind lending me his super awesome camera.

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote: Sure me old man won't mind lending me his super awesome camera.

why would he *wink* hahahahaha

Hurrah for more captain pictures!
You can also try throwing them into a simple program and tweak the colours
(Art Weaver is free and is able to do so there are a lot of programs that can help you with this)


S.

Heroic? Im more inclied to just murder you all while you try and scale my walls. but I have known to be a bit of a douche at times when people try to murder my guys

Those ladders are cool on how the bases fit in the slits. The battle looked fun

Sharazad wrote:

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote: Sure me old man won't mind lending me his super awesome camera.

why would he *wink* hahahahaha

Hurrah for more captain pictures!
You can also try throwing them into a simple program and tweak the colours
(Art Weaver is free and is able to do so there are a lot of programs that can help you with this)


S.

Hahahaha, played m'lady

That is a good point though I have found a good spot! My mums chair plus craft lamp See below for results!

Trondheim wrote:Heroic? Im more inclied to just murder you all while you try and scale my walls. but I have known to be a bit of a douche at times when people try to murder my guys

Well you know, you're just minding your own business looking awesome in your castle and then some idiot starts launching sharp things at you and waving sharp objects, what can you do eh?

Dayvuni wrote:Those ladders are cool on how the bases fit in the slits. The battle looked fun

Welcome to the Blog mate Yeh they are very handy! They can really make the scene It was dude, give it a go yourself!

Ok folks, here is your update, if you have been monitoring the LOTR forum section then you will know that me, trond and sharazad think Eowyn is rather nice. So what better way to appreciate her than to paint a mini! No only have I painted an Eowyn mini but it's the dress version, one of the nicest mini's in the entire range!

Feast your eyes:


Damn face wouldn't focus but fear not!


The rear (now now people ) The shine of the varnish comes out too much in the photos, not that shiny usually, must be the bright light.


Another front shot.


Light was a little much here but the red is shown well, my photography must improve!


The best picture of her face, couldn't get it to quite focus, don't know why but I'm sure you can see the detail in the eyes and lips.

Hope this appeases you peoples, I think she's my best work yet and was an absolute joy to paint!

she looks stunning. Good job on finding a good camera spot with lots of light you can see a major difference!
I think you got her skin colour pretty accurate. Are you going to highlight the dress? I like the colour.

nice, good work mister!

Thanks S.

Yeh you can, everything is so much clearer!! I will repost my captain with this treatment too

Was really pleased with the skin, not a fan of painting pale skin as I usually fluff it so glad it came off well. The dress has had 3 highlights but I don't suppose the light has helped that, I don't do any stark highlights as I prefer a more subtle yet strong tone rather than inyourface strong if you see what I mean. Also the last highlight was about a 50/50 mix of blazing orange and blood red, anymore highlights and her dress may have become too orange and that would not have been good

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:Thanks S.
Also the last highlight was about a 50/50 mix of blazing orange and blood red, anymore highlights and her dress may have become too orange and that would not have been good

Yeah I get what you're saying.

Sharazad wrote:

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:Thanks S.
Also the last highlight was about a 50/50 mix of blazing orange and blood red, anymore highlights and her dress may have become too orange and that would not have been good

Yeah I get what you're saying.

It's sometimes hard to judge when a colour is too much, so I probably stopped a little short of what I might have been able to do but I'm glad that I stopped where I did

Oh! Also forgot to mention that I'm painting up some riders, currently the six for my list I am doing combined with my Minas Tirith. Turns out that there were 10 riders in the box I picked up from the carboot (mentioned earlier in the blog) not six! So that was 10 riders for £3! Now I just need some bases, they didn't have any.............

awesome! I love riders ^^
Pics of the not painted models?

S.

Oh my...... I feel a need to do unmentionabel things with you now Scottie Awesom work, althou the face kind a frekaed me out the first time I looked at it. But then again I only paint dudes with helms so I am no facial master

That is an incredible paint job!! You put us (by which I mean me) to shame

Keep it up!

Sharazad wrote:awesome! I love riders ^^
Pics of the not painted models?

S.

I shall have a couple up tomorrow for you to have a look at, got the base silver and red down so far around painting Eowyn. And agreed, I LOVE RIDERS TOO!! ^^

Trondheim wrote: Oh my...... I feel a need to do unmentionabel things with you now Scottie Awesom work, althou the face kind a frekaed me out the first time I looked at it. But then again I only paint dudes with helms so I am no facial master

Sigged. Yeh the face hasn't come out all that great in the pics, looks better in person. Now I really feel the need to crack out my dad's camera.

deathstreak2000 wrote:That is an incredible paint job!! You put us (by which I mean me) to shame

Keep it up!

Ta very much

Trondheim wrote: I am no facial master

I see what you did there

Sharazad wrote:

Trondheim wrote: I am no facial master

I see what you did there

Ahahahahaha! I didn't! Well played sir!

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:

Sharazad wrote:

Trondheim wrote: I am no facial master

I see what you did there

Ahahahahaha! I didn't! Well played sir!

At last! I managed to be funny But seriosly, a jobb well done

Trondheim wrote:

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:

Sharazad wrote:

Trondheim wrote: I am no facial master

I see what you did there

Ahahahahaha! I didn't! Well played sir!

At last! I managed to be funny But seriosly, a jobb well done

Made me chuckle Cheers man, another helping follows!

So after discovering this new spot for photography with my minatures, I revisited my bow captain/grishnahk and also tried something. Turns out that because my phone is stupid it focuses more on the background so by placing an object behind it I can get focus on the face, cue a small black diary........




The rear shot ain't so good but the front shot finally shows off the detail I applied to the face, finally a happy bunny with a good photo up of him!

Also re-took a pic of Eowyn's to get the face in:


Still not great but the best photo yet for seeing the detail on the face, I will get it right!

Thought I would also show you what is happening with the current riders of rohan, not a lot but hey it's progress


They just look as though they are chilling! Hope this appeases you Sharazad

Will try and get the red done and the metal washed tonight. Horses have to wait until I grab a few bases for them.

This blog is getting so exciting

Very nice. I would be proud to call that Eowyn my best work, too. I think her dress has a lot of depth, and her hair in particular is fantastic.

Well done.

Haven't checked this for a while, good to see your still going strong. Still lots of nice LOTR work going on.
And as for that siege, well that looked like a lot of fun.

Looks like a promesing Orc that one, too bad he has a date with a pike soon thou