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This is awesome work guys. Ill be priming my pledge today and getting started. I wanted to wait to begin anything until the calander said january(im stubborn like that). Also I think ill be doing much more then i pledged.

The local shop has a monthly painting comp and this months catagory is an HQ+command/squad/etc(the person who won only deals in 40k) but this can be fantasy or lotr included. I have saruman+20 urk hai+1 troll set with a mini display board. I will post pics of my progress

Sounds like quite an undertaking, and the start of a nice force too.

I did say my Easterlings would be next, but other distractions have happened. Nine of them, in fact... Pics probably tomorrow.

 Paradigm wrote:
Sounds like quite an undertaking, and the start of a nice force too.

I did say my Easterlings would be next, but other distractions have happened. Nine of them, in fact... Pics probably tomorrow.

are they of the twilight persuasion? That combined with your white council would make a STELLAR display.

The board should only be about 30cmx30cm and maybe 25cm high. Nothing big with a VERY simple paint scheme. Once i get started on that it will take me about 2-3 hours to build and 1 to paint. No one does a display board for this painting comp, i dont even know if its allowed because its all about the minis but im going to be an ass about it. It is a complete popularity competition below will show you an example of what i mean. So i want to make something that will be silly if it doesnt win.

Well, they're a bunch of suitably Middle-Earthy pre-Warhammer metals that I dug out of my bits box, and painted/slightly converted to exactly that, the Nine as they appear at Dol Guldur. A display board may or may not be coming, and I'm on the edge of repainting my Sauron or another large mini in his firey form from the same scene.

Best of luck with the comp, it can be a pain when 40k trumps anything but at the end of the day, if it's motivating for you and if your fellow gamers appreciate it then I say mission accomplished.

The shop manager said "ill believe it when i see it" i never compete simply because of that reason. The combination of this comp and the catagory sparked this


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So a pre painting photo. The tubs represent the small section of orthanc I'm going to make with a 12x12" board. Troops start

Here's some more!


Firstly, some Spectral Nazgul, in the form they take to fight The White Council at Dol Guldur. Now, GW aren't likely to do these as models, but it turns out they already have, sort of... Digging through a box of pre-Warhammer Citadel metals, I came across a bunch of minis that do the job admirably. The paintjob is simple, just a black base and green-blue drybrush, but it works.

Rather an eclectic bunch, but the Wraiths as they appear in the film are quite varied as well, so I'm not overly bothered. For a bunch of minis that took only an hour to paint up, I'm happy. There are some nice similarities with actual LotR minis there as well; I'm thinking the bearded axeman could well be Forlong the Fat's great x120 grandfather The eigth one is notably Numerorean with the feathered helm and borrowed shield, and I get an Arnor vibe from the spear-wielder.

At some point soon, I'll be refighting the scene on the tabletop, I just need to decide which are the best versions of each Council member to use and how good I want the Wraiths to be.

Here are the rest of my pledge for the January challlenge, the second rank of Easterlings, pikemen with a banner.

The lighting has messed up the golds on these, they're not that bad in real life, but I think I may need to hit them with another wash, especailly on the shields. Still, they pass the 3-foot test.

And finally, another repurposed old mini. Dain Ironfoot, the angriest Dwarf in Middle Earth, coming to Thorin's aid with 500 armed Dwarves and Moderate Bad Language.
So, for my next pledge:
5 Haradrim Archers
5 Haradrim Spearmen
Haradrim Captain
Haradrim Banner

(Are we tracking completed and current pledges in the OP, or just current ones?)

 Paradigm wrote:

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Here's some more!


Firstly, some Spectral Nazgul, in the form they take to fight The White Council at Dol Guldur. Now, GW aren't likely to do these as models, but it turns out they already have, sort of... Digging through a box of pre-Warhammer Citadel metals, I came across a bunch of minis that do the job admirably. The paintjob is simple, just a black base and green-blue drybrush, but it works.












Rather an eclectic bunch, but the Wraiths as they appear in the film are quite varied as well, so I'm not overly bothered. For a bunch of minis that took only an hour to paint up, I'm happy. There are some nice similarities with actual LotR minis there as well; I'm thinking the bearded axeman could well be Forlong the Fat's great x120 grandfather The eigth one is notably Numerorean with the feathered helm and borrowed shield, and I get an Arnor vibe from the spear-wielder.

At some point soon, I'll be refighting the scene on the tabletop, I just need to decide which are the best versions of each Council member to use and how good I want the Wraiths to be.

Here are the rest of my pledge for the January challlenge, the second rank of Easterlings, pikemen with a banner.





The lighting has messed up the golds on these, they're not that bad in real life, but I think I may need to hit them with another wash, especailly on the shields. Still, they pass the 3-foot test.

And finally, another repurposed old mini. Dain Ironfoot, the angriest Dwarf in Middle Earth, coming to Thorin's aid with 500 armed Dwarves and Moderate Bad Language.





So, for my next pledge:
5 Haradrim Archers
5 Haradrim Spearmen
Haradrim Captain
Haradrim Banner

(Are we tracking completed and current pledges in the OP, or just current ones?)

I think that repeated pledges for the month might be a little difficult to keep up with at your pace but i will do my best. Ill update the first post

In that case, I'll save the Haradrim pledge for next month and just do some non-pledge stuff between now and then. Saves complicating things.

 Paradigm wrote:
In that case, I'll save the Haradrim pledge for next month and just do some non-pledge stuff between now and then. Saves complicating things.

Feel free just if I miss anything keep me honest with a PM

Just went back and picked up Golfimbul and Gandalf on Shadowfax from the wee comic shop.

Only stuff in there I might want now is the Seer and the last King of Arnor in metal, or the Ringwraiths in metal.

I was thinking of getting some Morghul Knights and converting them into mounted ringwraiths, since they're a lot cheaper than buying all the individuals.

But in the last couple of days I've assembled 24 Corsairs, 6 Riders of Rohan, 24 Warriors of Rohan, Aragorn on horseback and Gandalf on Shadowfax, as well as Golfimbul! Time to get to painting some of this...

So its wed right now, monday night i go to start painting, ive primed up all of my minis and i open my pot of black, to cover the lightly primed spots and make the mini uniform, and all i find are about 3 drops of paint. Im all set to get base coating and black is principal IMO when painting these uruk-hai and the local gw is CLOSED till wed. Today comes around and im stuck at work with no truck as its broken. So my painting has been at a stand still and it sucks. I have 23 days including today to paint saruman, 20 uruks, a troll, and make a 1'x1' display board.

Ah, that's a spanner in the works. Do you not have an art/craft shop or anything like that nearby if the GW isn't open (at least over here, their opening times are very odd)? But yeah, I can't see painting Uruks being easy at all without black.

 Paradigm wrote:
Ah, that's a spanner in the works. Do you not have an art/craft shop or anything like that nearby if the GW isn't open (at least over here, their opening times are very odd)? But yeah, I can't see painting Uruks being easy at all without black.

We have a gw independant a few miles from my house but i am weary of buying paint from them as it seems they have no product moving through there at all. I am willing to bet those paints are a few years old. They have some of the paints from the previous system.

Progress update, uruks are 40% done but the insomnia drove me to finishing this guy here and now. Thoughts?

Very nice! The armour is clearly defined and the skin tones are great. I'd add a White Hand mark or two if you're up to it, but that's it.

I have got the 5 wild wargs and the 2 barrow weights done. The rest of the stuff in my list is base coated and washed so I just need to do the highlights to complete them.

 Paradigm wrote:
Very nice! The armour is clearly defined and the skin tones are great. I'd add a White Hand mark or two if you're up to it, but that's it.

I'm going to wait fir the very end to do those. Going to pratjce a few on paper first

My first two Uruk-Hai's done.. I needed at least one painted for my first ever game of LOTR on Monday, but I figured if I'm doing one I might as well do 2 and use them both as Captains..



What do you guys think?

Also anyone have any good ways of converting captains etc from the plastic kits?




Yes, the bases are still drying.

Good stuff! For Captains, anything to distinguish the model will do. This could be as simple as standing him on a large rock or as complex as sculpting new detail. The point being, so long as you can point to him and say 'the guy with/on/holding X is a Captain'.

Yeah, even something like a different or distinctive weapon, a severed head in one hand, combined with a distinctive paint job, can do it.

Try changing the helmet to something like this




Or go helmetless..............

So, we're coming close to the end of the month! Has anyone made any progress on their pledges?

Still a day or two to go if not!

Well, I have done a lot of assembly and base coating, but the only things I've managed to paint are some willow forests for my game board. And they're not even particularly willowy looking!

I won't promise anything, but at least I got those Uruks finished for January so I am not a complete failure. Working sucks!

Hah, you were the first to finish, so technically you didn't have to do anything at all to have 'won' this month!

Haha I will definitely make Sure i have my camera on hand when I paint my next evil force ! Ive painted everything I got for Christmas almost but no photo proof

You know what they say: Pics or it didn't happen!

I will be done. The excessive detail and paint scheme difficulty is time consuming in my already busy life BUT I will finish.

Thought mine was done, didn't realise I'd pledged 5 Uruks :(

Not to worry plenty of time yet!

Well i've done a grand total of sweet F.A.! Only hobby time I've had I devoted to progressing my M3 Grant WWII tank, which still has a lot to be done on it... Don't expect much from this corner in the coming weeks I'm afraid...

Well I think I will make the first February pledge, I shall get my 20 mordor Orcs and troll painted, and I will take photographic evidence this time so people believe me