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 Nevelon wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:

Some Rohirrim I've painted up for a Battle Company (LotR with RPG elements) to be led by Eowyn:

What are you going to do for the assault and devastator squads? (Sorry, 40k has warped my brain.)

Nice looking stuff.

Erm, Riders and archers? Maybe..

Cheers for the comments, fellas!

Hooray, new page. Let's see how many different projects I can cram onto this one...

Oh at least five yeah?

Well here's the first two!

Another Sanguinary Guard, this time the squad leader with power fist and plasma pistol:


Again, pretty pleased with how he looks, the squad together is rather cool.

Next, some LotR, the start of a Gondor army. For years I've had these minis, but ironically I've never had a fully painted force for the game. So now, I've actually started working towards towards that goal. By Christmas, I want to have a 700 point list painted, and here is the first warband:


Led by Boromir, and with a core of swordsmen/spearmen, a banner and a pair of archers, just in case I play a 300 point game (this force is 298) and want a little shooting.

And the start of the next warband, Rangers led by Faramir:


That's all for today, comments are welcome as ever.

Great looking stuff man. I need to get some lotr too! What's a 700pt list look like. I got no idea of the game heh.

Sweet! Those sanguinary guard make me wish I liked BA, and the lotr dudes are solid too.

A 700 list is probably slightly larger than an average list, mine is something like this:


Warband 1: 298
Boromir
4 sword and shield
4 spear and shield
1 banner
2 archers

Warband 2: 140
Madril
5 Rangers
5 Rangers with spears

Warband 3: 124
Denethor
3 Fountain Guard
6 Knights of Minas Tirith

Warband 4: 118
Faramir, bow
7 Osgiliath Veterans with Shields

But that does have a lot of expensive characters. For starting out, I'd pick a character and faction you like and just build a small force around them. The game downscales quite nicely, so even at about 250 points you should have fun.

The disposition of the force is interesting, if I had more love for LotR stuff I could see getting into it, you don't need... a crazy number of models.

Great looking stuff man. I like the muted theme on the Sang. Guard. And those LOTR minis looks nicely earthed as well.

Cheers Meph! Your own work on BA is very inspiring, so the compliment means a lot!

Nice minis in that list. You've got me looking into lotr stuff now. Just the usual problem I have - can't decide what to get lol.

Hey Para, whaddya think to this lot?

Looks like they are giving the models vampire teeth finally

Saw that in N&R. The captain looks pretty cool, and the set is undeniably great value (I think someone priced it out at £180ish for £75). That said, it's the same price as Space Hulk, and of the two, I'm glad I got SH, as ultimately the models are of more use to me. I have close to 50 Termies between BA, GK, Deathwing and SW, and plenty of dreads, and no real use/interest in the Nids. Unlike Stormclaw, I don't think I'll be kicking myself for not getting this.

While I could probably buy it, keep the BA and books and turn a profit on the Nids, I don't really have the cash for it at the moment. I might grab some DC if I see them cheap on eBay, but that's about it.

Update incoming tomorrow, Gondor Tower Guard and anything else I get through tonight...

Alrighty then, it seems that GW can expect an order from me...

Great work para!
Love the looks of that BA also great work on the lotr guys
Keep up the good work!
Grtz
Mark

I'm actually quite upset that you aren't getting Deathstorm, I was looking forward to seeing you paint Karlean, your Blood Angels are some of my favourites.

Cheers chaps!

@Meph: go for it, anything that gives you more BA to paint and put us to shame with has to be a good thing!

@Sir Samuel: there will be some more BA from me soon, even if it's not the new stuff. Still in the queue are the last couple of SH Termies, two more Sang Guard, some Death Co, and more Assault/Tactical marines. Also, a Land Raider, but that's probably going to be quite far down the list...

Smallish update today: Denethor, Steward of Gondor, and his bodyguards/in-game straightjacket should he go nuts, the Guard of the Fountain Court.






Denethor has come out a little flat, the lighting disagreed with his colours today (who knew that photographing grey on grey on a grey day was here?) But the rest are pretty accurate to the actual paint jobs. They are deliberately brighter than the rest of the force, as unlike the common soldiery, these guys have not spent months in a city under siege.

Great work!

Looks nice!

Cheers guys!

Tomorrow, we go to the other end of the spectrum, with some supremely grimy and battered Osgiliath Veterans.

I have a bunch of LotR minis I've never painted as well. You may have inspired me to get a few of those out and get some paint on them.

I especially like Faramir and his rangers!

 Paradigm wrote:
Cheers guys!

Tomorrow, we go to the other end of the spectrum, with some supremely grimy and battered Osgiliath Veterans.

You actually mean dead meat right?

 squall018 wrote:
I have a bunch of LotR minis I've never painted as well. You may have inspired me to get a few of those out and get some paint on them.

DOOOO IT!

and then post them here to win points. And points mean... Well, no prizes I'm afraid, but it's the taking part that counts right?

Well, I said there would be pics today, but it transpires I can't get hold of a camera until the weekend, so apologies for that. Instead, I'll just have to get painting and bring you all a massively pic-full update on Saturday...

Mega-update! Here's a look at what I've done in the last few days.

First, the Osgiliath Veterans, converted from Warriors of Minas Tirith with weapon swaps, GS rags and a healthy dose of Typhus Corrosion wash:


Rangers of Gondor, now with a full warband:


They're pretty hard to get good pics of as they are so dark, but that's kind of the point of camouflage! There's a mix of tones in there to show that they're a varied and ragtag bunch, some have been in the city for months, some have just come from the wilds and woods.

And their commanders, Faramir and Madril:



And now, the other side. I've made a start on the opposing Mordor army, beginning with this large contingent of Orcs:




If you know the models, you can spot a lot of conversions in these, mostly weapon swaps. I've always liked the scavenging, ramshackle aspects of Tolkien orcs, so there's all kinds of weapons here, from a Gondorian spear to an Easterling swords. The most notable is a set of Gondorian armour you can see on the second Captain.

Lastly, some Corsair of Umbar converter with Crossbows and tower shields, all the weapons on these were scratch built and think they're come out rather nicely:



That's all for today, thanks for looking!

Quite a lot of progress! Good work too.

Crossbows look pretty good for scratchbuilds, shields aren't bad either.

Mate, these look so good!

"Durbgu nazgshu!!, Durbgu dashshu!!"

Thanks guys!

You just keep rocking those LOTR guys. They look good. Do you plan to pick up a new Blood Angel Tac squad? Looks like a good kit.