Apologies for thread necromancy, but I hoped that adding to the old thread would be better than clogging up the board with a new one.
I FINALLY got some work done on my LOTR collection, after a break of over a year. This was prompted by my entry into one of the painting competitions earlier in the year with an Elf spearman model and also the new Hobbit movie rekindling my Middle Earth interest again.
So, here are a few pics of the growing Elf army. I am really pleased with the way the conversions to the Galadhrim Court models worked - adding the High Elf shields and the steel spears has worked well, I think and they make great High Elves now (you may or may not remember that this project is never intending to see light of day at a tournament, so I am using whatever models I like. Also, they will be used with other rule sets, so the heroes on larger bases are designed to accommodate that.)
Here are the first 6 spearmen:
I have also realised that, as I am painting both Elf and Orc forces, I need to speed up the way I am painting some of these models. As a result, when I saw 24 painted Morannon Orcs on EBAY, I realised that this might be a way to achieve that! They were painted in a basic base coat, ink wash and dry brush style, but were reasonably neat. I figured that I could add highlights to tidy them up, so clicked 'Buy It Now' and hoped for the best! Here's an Orc straight off EBAY...
Here's a couple of close-ups after 'surgery' (highlights and a coat of 'Dullcote' and a major re-base to bring them in line with my other models)
Quite a difference, I think you'll agree! 16 models completed in 2 evenings isn't too shabby either! There was a compromise, as I didn't really want 'uniformed' Orcs, but, well...beggars can't be choosers and the speed of painting far outweighed the concern over red tunics!! I still have 8 to paint, by which time the Orc force will have increased by 400% in a mere week's work!!
Here are a few 'action' shots of the whole collection to date:
I hope that you like the update. I plan to complete 6 Elf swordsmen after Christmas ( I started these a few weeks back), plus the additional 8 Orcs. Hopefully, after that I should be able to get a bunch of Uruk Hai (pretending to be Gundabad Orc or 'bodyguard' Orc types) done as well (they have already been started as well), plus some extra heroes, as long as my interest holds, as I have lots of projects on the go!!
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Very cool!
