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Tyranid Horde wrote:Nice work so far on the Bladeguard! Great to hear about the drakespawn too, they're actually really nice models for their age and keen to see how your marines fit!

Thanks Tyranid Horde!

Max Moray wrote:The rohirrim guy look great. Contrast colors seem to work very well with the lotr stuff and their tiny details.

And your 40k models look awesome in battle!

Thanks Max Moray! The scale of the LotR minis is great for Contrast, not too much flat surfaces, so it flows nicely.

gobert wrote:Ooh, the Bladeguard look great in your colours, the shields being burgundy with the blue trim works really well, as does the white lid

Thanks gobert!

youwashock wrote:Yeah, the red shields are a solid choice. Looking good!

Thanks youwashock!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Thanks for sharing the battle report, people in the tactics threads have been recommending wraiths and it's cool to see why - might be a good purchase next payday.

Sorry to hear about the Eliminators, was your opponent not running a character-heavy list? I got the sense that they were good for the assassination secondary.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! He shields his characters well, they mostly stay out of sight so even as a threat they don't work too well atm. But when we go from 50 to 100 PL they will find a place again on the roster, I'm sure.

Captain Brown wrote:Good stuff Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

PS: Need any more Riders of Rohan?

Thanks Captain Brown! Don't need more riders, I will be glad when my Pelennor Fields box is painted And the question remains, if I get my friends to play LotR, only one has models for it atm.

Yorkright wrote: Bladeguard look good in your colorscheme, the red shields are a nice contrast to the metallic blues of their armor. Can you tell me what gold paint your using on the shields?

Thanks Yorkright! I use Retributor Armour for all gold details. Mostly without a shade and sometimes with a bit of Guilliman Flesh.

inmygravenimage wrote:Already excited by the colour contrasts going on there.

Thanks Graven!

So I finished the Bladeguard, very happy with them and hope they see the battlefield soon (not happy with the pic, desk lamp makes the colors pop more).



And during drying of Bladeguard stuff I thought "well, you could maybe start on Eowyn..." And then I just kept going and she is done. Hair is contrast, the rest good old layering.

Good job with Eowyn! Blue cloth looks great.

Almost 20 years ago or so there were quite some Lotr players in Germany as far as I know. It started after the first movie was released and the magazine was available, where you could get the minis really cheap. Imported the magazine back then. Hundreds of orcs and goblins. Good luck finding or motivating players nowerdays, though.

Bladeguard and Eowyn came out great. I love the white helmets on the guard and that blue on Eowyns dress is lovely!

Great job on Eowyn, really tight edge highlights on her cloak and leather details. Hard to believe we're in the duodecadal of The Fellowship of the Ring. Sounds like just the right time for a LotR renaissance.


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EDIT: thanks also for clearing up on the Eliminators, I've only played one game of ninth so far (against Death Guard) so any boots-on-the-ground experience is great to read. I've been scared of them since reading their stats in Shadowspear but have yet to actually play against them.

I wasn't sure the guy on the draco would work, but by painting it in flatter colours, it really does.

The Bladeguard are great too. The only thing I wonder is if you could get a thin pinshade into the depths of the white to give it a teensy bit more definition?

The shieldmaiden looks top-notch too. Lovely vibrant blue.

Eowyn is lovely. Her dress is fantastic.

I like how the Bladeguard turned out and Eowyn is lovely. Thanks for the tip on Retributor gold, it’s what I use too but can’t get the same finish. Will try some Guilleman flesh mixed in.

Agreeing with everyone else, Eowyn is very nicely done. Its great when the momentum of a finished project carries you, isn't it?

Good work on the bladeguard! They are looking great.

The contrast paints are doing real work on Eowyn's hair, but the cloak is my favorite part.
It's cool to see some LotR models. Lot's of nostalgia there.

The bladeguard look great! I like the snow effects against the armour.

Eowyn also looks fantastic, I really like the contrast between her hair and her blue dress.

Some very nice work on a very small Eowyn.

Cheers,

CB

Nice work, as usual. Although, I'm afraid I'm going to have to get some bladeguard. Sigh.

Really nice work on Eowin there. Any more hero characters planned. The Rohan armoured Merry is a sweet little mini.

I always loved the LoTR character minis. Just a lovely fine detail to them. That said my own small fellowship collection never did get finished. I toy with the idea of starting a little Gondor or Rohan force on and off every now and then. Mostly when I see sweet painted horsies and shield maidens like these.

I'll maybe stumble upon a sad broken horse in an eBay salvage lot one day and that'll be the start of it.

Eowyn looks fantastic. Great work!

Eowyn! The best character, and you did a great job painting her. the witch king had better watch out

Max Moray wrote:Good job with Eowyn! Blue cloth looks great.

Almost 20 years ago or so there were quite some Lotr players in Germany as far as I know. It started after the first movie was released and the magazine was available, where you could get the minis really cheap. Imported the magazine back then. Hundreds of orcs and goblins. Good luck finding or motivating players nowerdays, though.

Thanks Max Moray! 20 years ago I was one of those players I game with three friends and I should at least get them to try out Battle Companies, otherwise I just built and paint stuff until my sons are old enough to play

gobert wrote:Bladeguard and Eowyn came out great. I love the white helmets on the guard and that blue on Eowyns dress is lovely!

Thanks gobert!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great job on Eowyn, really tight edge highlights on her cloak and leather details. Hard to believe we're in the duodecadal of The Fellowship of the Ring. Sounds like just the right time for a LotR renaissance.


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EDIT: thanks also for clearing up on the Eliminators, I've only played one game of ninth so far (against Death Guard) so any boots-on-the-ground experience is great to read. I've been scared of them since reading their stats in Shadowspear but have yet to actually play against them.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! Loved to do the edge highlights on her, because the metal sculpt ones are so precise and clean, it was very easy to do.

Fifty wrote:I wasn't sure the guy on the draco would work, but by painting it in flatter colours, it really does.

The Bladeguard are great too. The only thing I wonder is if you could get a thin pinshade into the depths of the white to give it a teensy bit more definition?

The shieldmaiden looks top-notch too. Lovely vibrant blue.

Thanks Fifty! The helmets look really white in the pics, but there is actually a bit of definition via the Apothecary White Contrast. Pin-wash may bring that out more, but I know myself, it would end in having to repaint the helmets

youwashock wrote:Eowyn is lovely. Her dress is fantastic.

Thanks youwashock!

Yorkright wrote:I like how the Bladeguard turned out and Eowyn is lovely. Thanks for the tip on Retributor gold, it’s what I use too but can’t get the same finish. Will try some Guilleman flesh mixed in.

Thanks Yorkright!

Vejut wrote:Agreeing with everyone else, Eowyn is very nicely done. Its great when the momentum of a finished project carries you, isn't it?

Thanks Vejut! It does, that is the fun thing about painting single models opposed to squads, they can come together really quick.

Ezki wrote:Good work on the bladeguard! They are looking great.

The contrast paints are doing real work on Eowyn's hair, but the cloak is my favorite part.
It's cool to see some LotR models. Lot's of nostalgia there.

Thanks Ezki! More LotR coming over the next months!

Tyranid Horde wrote:The bladeguard look great! I like the snow effects against the armour.

Eowyn also looks fantastic, I really like the contrast between her hair and her blue dress.

Thanks Tyranid Horde!

Captain Brown wrote:Some very nice work on a very small Eowyn.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Nice work, as usual. Although, I'm afraid I'm going to have to get some bladeguard. Sigh.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! Please do, the full set has some amazing options to build them.

theCrowe wrote:Really nice work on Eowin there. Any more hero characters planned. The Rohan armoured Merry is a sweet little mini.

I always loved the LoTR character minis. Just a lovely fine detail to them. That said my own small fellowship collection never did get finished. I toy with the idea of starting a little Gondor or Rohan force on and off every now and then. Mostly when I see sweet painted horsies and shield maidens like these.

I'll maybe stumble upon a sad broken horse in an eBay salvage lot one day and that'll be the start of it.

Thanks theCrowe! I have the Fellowship on standby with metals for the Hobbits and an alternative sculpt for Boromir with horn in hand. And the new and shiny Eowyn with Merry is already here, although not built yet. But I'm already excited to tackle her.

mould2k wrote:Eowyn looks fantastic. Great work!

Thanks mould2k!

amazingturtles wrote:Eowyn! The best character, and you did a great job painting her. the witch king had better watch out

Thanks amazingturtles!

Paused a bit with painting to get some of my boxes sorted, lots of bitz still on sprue and taking up lots of space. But started painting again this weekend, gonna go for four minis in the painting comp, after Eowyn came together this fast. Theme is "showing off" so I assembled more sword fighters from three more gaming systems. Baron Zemo is done (although not happy with his hood, in general I found the details not very crisp. But he is done and I am quite pleased with the jacket. Commissar Raine will be next.

Jacket does indeed look very spiffy.

Helmut is rocking that new flight jacket/mauve facemask look. Very stylish.

That jacket looks good, getting a real leather kinda feel from it!

That leather jacket did turn out well, as the others said very spiffy indeed!

I concur with the others, the jacket looks great.

CB

Nice job on Zemo! I've painted him so I know it's a surprisingly tricky mini.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Silver Tower Barbarian.

Thanks everyone, the Baron is very happy you all like his jacket

aku-chan wrote:Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Silver Tower Barbarian.

Gotta wait some more, wasn't really feeling him so he went back onto the primed pile

Not much hobbying done in the last two weeks. We had new flooring laid on two levels and it was a bit of a logistical puzzle where to put stuff, so that the workers can get everything done. But now everything is nearly at its place. Unfortunately we need three 4x1 Kallax shelves, but they are out of stock, will look for alternatives although more often than not they are pricier and not of better quality.
And liberating Italy in Sniper Elite 4 also takes up some of my time

But I finished Commissar Raine a week ago in my tested haphazard method of drylighting cloth. Quite happy with her, we'll see if she sees the battlefield in a Kill Team match someday.






Looking at the pics I realize I should get the stripe done in a different color on her trousers, missed that while painting.

And here she is with the other two entries for the painting challenge. Need to do some glamour shots today:



Despite little hobby time, I got two games in over the last two weeks against my friend and his Necrons. First of all, they have really nice guns, a lot of Str. 5 going around and the minis with toughness 5 also laugh at my puny Phobos bolters. Need to add to the roster and get Inceptors and Surpressors in for fire support. Bladeguard are really cool, churning out 13 attacks on the charge is nothing to be sneezed at.

No real batreps, we played with the open war cards, but will do new mission style from next game on again. First game was won by me, because with Orbital Bombardement I made him go away from one of his objectives and I win by one point in the end, because I held mine for the whole duration and we didn't manage to steal one from the opponent. Memorable scene: Judicar Lem tries to charge the Necron gunslinger... forgetting he overwatches on 2. Ah well, he managed to get the charge in, but didn't kill him (one wound remained) and than the Necron left the melee and Lem was gunned down by filthy murderbots.



Second game I got floored, because I made some bad tactical decisions turn 1 and failed to kill a single model. My friend made every saves and if he didn't make one, Reanimation Protocol kicked in. He had some very bad dice the games before in this regard, but boy oh boy, did these bots not stay down this time. My Assault Intercessors killed 8 Necron Warriors on the charge... or they thought the did, never managed to kill those 10 bot squad, because they always came back. In the end I managed to kill 4 of them in three rounds of battle

Memorable scene (my command trinity awaiting the bulk of the Necron army, failing to defend the middle objective.



Next month I want to be a bit more productive and tackle power-armored stuff, the aim is to get some marines and sisters backlog done.

Commissar Raine is looking good and that snowy base is really excellent.
It’s always great to see some battle report photos as well. Nothing better than seeing painted armies in action. Keep ‘em coming.

Your commissar looks good, especially the touches of gold on the bolt pistol, it gives it a nice ornate feel.

Good on you for getting some games in, looked like fun and you can't always be painting, you need time for the other hobbies!

Eowyn is looking great, and the game looks fun - I like the blue Necrons.

Great that you're getting to game buddy a rare treat.

Echoing praise on Severina, I remember thinking she looked pretty cool on the release. An unfortunate match-up between your Judicar and the Glocktopus - Necrons go down tough!

Don't turn around, oh-oh...

She looks lovely. I hear you on the impediments to progress. Been a weird month.

Nice job on Severina, and the game shots look cool. I love the face off with the shoots Necron and Judiciar