Barukshathur - Great Eagle - Base Fixed 29/Feb

simmuskhan · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:22 am

Here's my latest addition to my army, a Great Eagle called Barukshathur (Axes of the Clouds in the dwarven tongue).

My WIP etc. are here:

http://simbattleboard.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/lotr-sbg-great-eagle.html

Vidas · **Joined:** Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:23 am **Posts:** 17

Very nice, where do you get your eagle models from?

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:03 am

Indeed - very nice

aqan · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:58 am

Good paintjob, especially like the diffrent colors of the rows of feathers.

IsleStaggerholm · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:28 pm

Do you know who makes this model? I love the pose! I read you were having trouble keeping it together. I'm hoping you pinned the wings.

tomogui · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:42 pm

It's from Gamezone. They do 3 very nice giant eagle models. I've been eyeing this one for months now, wondering what it looks like outside the studio photos. Answer: It looks good!

http://gamezoneminiatures.de/elfen/great-eagle-ii.html

(Maelstrom in the UK stocks 'em, I think)

Edit: Just wanted to say to simmuskhan that I love the battle reports on your blog. You really go the extra distance to deliver detailed and exciting write-ups, and it shows.

simmuskhan · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:45 pm

Thanks all, yup it's a Gamezone model, from memory there are three different poses to choose from?

I really love the model, but boy it was a hard one to assemble well, lots of greenstuff and superglue and fiddly bits. Lots of annoying times when bits fell off and getting it to be stable on the base was horrible! I couldn't even pin it because of the funny ways the surfaces curved and didn't contact. Maybe I had a slightly dodgy sculpt? In the end greenstuff and superglue filled the gaps and stuck it together.

Having said all that, I'm so really happy with how it came out and it really does look great amidst the short dwarves.

It may also be just me having mostly done simple plastics rather than big metals, I don't have the skillset that some of you probably have!

Anyway, looking forward to having it munch some Haradrim =)

samoht · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:43 pm

haha nice!

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:30 am

I've always loved your models. Your work is what inspires me to try to paint to greater heights.
Job well done!

Bastion.HUN · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:59 am

I know these eagles, I want some also. You painted it very good. Nice autumn colors. My favorite eagle is the eagle I.. Looks much better than gw lotr eagle.

Erunion · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:46 am

Really great job on the eagle. It would look right at home with a force of autumn-themed Wood Elves.

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:33 am

Looks great! I really like the variation of colors you used. I can't wait to see it in action. I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but I really like your dwarves too

-Pow

Green_Dragon · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:23 am

Awesome eagle and great painting on the feathers! I almost want one right away aswell as the dwarf rangers but I'm trying to hold off to see the Hobbit range first.... soooo tempting!

Chris · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:14 am

insane eagle :shock:

u can offer me one like that on my birthday :oops:

simmuskhan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:30 am

Thanks for all the really nice comments!

Apart from making me feel good =) I also know that the base is wrong, so fixed it up...

WIP shots on the blog... http://simbattleboard.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/lotr-sbg-great-eagle-base.html

lorderkenbrand · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:34 pm

tomogui wrote:

Edit: Just wanted to say to simmuskhan that I love the battle reports on your blog. You really go the extra distance to deliver detailed and exciting write-ups, and it shows.

I'd like to echo this comment! Looking forward to seeing that Eagle in future write ups!

edge67 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:33 pm

The eagle looks amazing. I'm getting one! The new base is also excellent. Well done!

garmenhord · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:12 pm

Indeed great eagle. Awesome sculpt and nice painting, a perfect match!

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Awesome pose

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:52 pm

That exact model in that pose, in those colours, reminds me exactly of a picture of a Haast's Eagle I have in my Extinct Animals Calandar.

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