A combi-plog for both the participants of the scenarios from the Scouring of the Shire (SotS) supplement and the Shire army that should rise from that. Have been dreaming of the latter for a while, and recently decided it simply was too fun not to do.
No Hobbits yet though, as the first models painted were the ruffians. A total of 5, enough for the first scenario: Maggot's Farm. They were finished just in time.. and managed to lose quite badly! Not disappointed in their performance though, as I was controlling the hungry hounds at the time.
Before showing the miniatures, I'd like to express how very nice these figures are. Wasn't aware of it at first, and only realised it when they were basecoated and could be observed in all their gritty glory. The most excellent bandits, rogues or thieves anyone could wish for, with all kinds of small details and especially fantastic facial expressions.
As usually happens when painting great models, nearly everything worked out just as it should. A pity that didn't hold true for the aftermath, however. When going outside to take some pictures, one of the small guys escaped, and took two others with him, all three losing paint at some extended bits. Very quickly restored it to the best of my abilities (almost made me regret using so many mixed colours) and, more carefully this time, got some new pics just before the sun disappeared. And here they are:
The archer. Bowstring and arrow were added to the model.
One-eye. Not only suffered falling damage, but also had quite some basing material stuck in his apparantly-not-quite-dried-up varnish - was a right pain to remove.
Cleaver. Looks slightly unstable, probably drunk!
Whipping boy. Gash on his forehead was a nasty moldline that seemed tricky to get rid of, so I simply made use of it!
Burly. Cutest of the bunch, just look at that face!
As always, flash photography changed the colour a bit, the group shots below give a better impression of the brightness etc.
Next up: some Hobbits!
