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yes... rather unlikley...

ever saw these?

http://www.fanproshop.de/18002-DSA-Figuren-2-Zwerge-mit-Drachentoeter

for me they look rather in line with the other dwarven...

Hmm... look very similar to warhammer dwarfs, looking at them...

i know that range fairly well as these have been my first minis to paint and play with...

So, I've spent today and yesterday at my LGS, having played 6 games and painted five more models (Boromir I had kicking around, the last vault warden and three rangers), plus I've ordered Elladan and Elrohir (which should arrive next week).
Next time I play a game not in store, I'll try and take some pics and make a battle report (even if you don't know the rules, it's fairly easy to understand)

how did the games went for you?

and yes... do a battle report... but make it a story rather than sports stats^^

aye, I'll try and weave in a story ^^

the games didn't go great, though that was expected- I hadn't played in three years, the rules have changed quite a bit and I went with a fun army while my opponent went with a competitive one.

out of the 6 games, I lost four, won one and lost the last one (though that one was a three-way fight and the other two decided to gang up on me)

on the plus side, two of the four lost games were very close and technically in rules terms, I drew three, lost two and won one seeing as we were playing objective-based missions which I succeeded in, but also got wiped out doing it.

well then you can always treat it as a training session

hah, I kind of did anyway ^^

I had quite a patchy theme when it came to luck though- every other game, I failed priority (the roll to see who moves first) 90% of the time, then the next game, win 90% of them.
I also had 5 rangers (light infantry) completely wipe out 8 uruk-hai and a captain in combat, losing one man, and losing seven of my best men in one round of combat I should have easily won

lol... sounds like sods law^^

heh, it may well have been ^^

my best model though was a lone shield-bearer (the front man of a vault warden team), who held off six uruk-hai and a troll for six turns straight, giving his fellows time to escape.
unfortunately, he was brought down in the last turn when a second troll and a captain joined in :(

Surprise pic update!


The faces of the rangers came out a bit weird in the photo, but they look fine in person ^^

the far right bowman looks still a bit lesser then the rest... but i like how clean they are looking overall...specially those dwarves!

I agree, the two right rangers were WIP when I decided not to put off pics any longer ^^

Basically they're all I have of the army so far (at least built and painted)- hopefully the whole thing will be done by the end of january (time after christmas to paint stuff and buy left over guys)

though yes, I am quite pleased with my dwarves- they're hell to basecoat though- the finecast makes the paint act like watercolour, and with all that chainmail, it just seeps into the links- each guy took about three thin layers

but you do know that with resin you need to wash the models first? rinse them in dishwater soap?

yeah, but I bought, built and basecoated them in-store so I couldn't do that

plus they still turn out fine as long as you keep the layers really thin ^^

and what about rubbing off of paint? will this be a problem then?

Nah, it should be fine ^^

I also bought a third vault warden team over the weekend, though it's still sitting in it's blister until I get round to finding my clippers which I seem to have misplaced

which I seem to have misplaced

it isn´t really funny but most sentences of that kind start with that phrase... but i litterally lost count on how long and how often i had to search frantically for the glue cap..or the file i just used or the knife... hell everything.... thus i have most tools at least twice...

I actually have four pairs of clippers, but the two I have one of which is for cutting metal and the other one's partially broken

I think the only thing I have one of is a craft knife, which is odd seeing as it's one of the most common tools...

well i have craft knifes and the of course the ever trusty carpet knifes in a widfe variety you never know what the job needs^^

Aye, you've got that right

So, after about a dozen different alterations to my army list, I think I've finally got one I'm happy with:


Considering this army combined with my ally's consist of around 60 models and the opposing army consists of 100, it's gonna be interesting
though the army's gonna be a while coming (need about £90 to buy the rest of them)

beside crossing my fingers on your behalf expect nothing further from me... as i have absolutly no grasp of any rules of the LotR game ...

yeah, mostly posted just to tell you what models than for actual feedback ^^

as for what help you can offer, I've painted Elladan today, but it's too dark to take pictures

yers... show it to me... i´ve heard the sun will rise tomorrow again

well, right now I'm going out, so pics today depend on how bright it is when I get home ^^

*looks out of the window...* its bright here... only brigher is brighton mwaahahahahaha

It was bright when I got home, and a deal's a deal:



I kind of wanted to make him seperate from the rank and file rangers but to still fit in, so I still went with the green cloaks and natural colours for the tunics, boots, bracers (browns, blacks, greys) of the rangers, but to stand out, seeing as he's pretty much a prince, I gave his cloak some lining, being bright to stand out, but still kind of natural. It's brighter in person than on the camera, though ^^

It's brighter in person than on the camera, though

hmmm wondered about that... rather dark it seemed... but i take your word for it...

looks like a clean paintjob...but a bit ...hmmm... boring? you could add a bt of gold here and there.. possibly at the swords? and the belt? and something frilly on his crown too?

have you already thought about basing ?

Basing's probably going to be the same as the vault warden teams- stony with a few patches of grass.

I'll see about adding some gold, but they are surprisingly plain models in that respect- even the games workshop model doesn't have much to break up the cloak/tunic: