Hello!
I've just registered to the forum after a few weeks of lurking, and thought i'd start a WIP log after gorging myself on everyone else's. I've been out of the hobby for a few years after collecting when the original films were released. So now i'm back onboard with a hefty collection of models to get through that were either left unpainted, or done to a terrible standard!
Full disclaimer, I am not a great painter. Although i've come a long way from before, and am still picking things up, I rely heavily on the old 'liquid talent' to get to a tabletop standard. What I do love, however, are conversions and terrain building, so i'll be sure to post some WIP's of those as I tackle them.
I'll start off the log with two projects I finished a few days ago (unfortunately no in-progress pics of these ones);
First off are my converted Dead Marsh Spectres. I used some spare Warriors of the Last Alliance figures that i'm not likely to use and some old zombie-bits from a plastic kit to make them.
I took my hobby knife to the cloth, capes and other fabric areas of the models to give it a rotting marsh-eaten look as the official GW models have. Then I primed and painted them as normal, adding a heavily watered down cyan-coloured wash all over for the glowy army of the dead-esque look.
I feel they fit in thematically as conversions, as the dead marsh spectres are known to be primarily the elves and numenorians who fell on the battlefield against Sauron.
Next up is my Magnetised Troll. I hated the idea of spending such a huge chunk of money on the troll kit, to only be able to use it as one kind of troll. After all, I have models from almost every army so I didn't want to be limited.
I cut and drilled small holes into each of the arm pieces and the torso, super gluing small magnets flush into them. Note to anyone attempting this, make sure you triple check the polarity of each magnet, as it'll save you a lot of frustration! For the armour I glued another magnet into the centre of the harness, which actually looks fine even without armour on. I also painted up the severed head pieces that come with the kit to plug the drum holes if using the gladiatorial armour piece, or none at all.
Above is the Mordor variant, and below is the same model with the Drummer and Isengard pieces.
Unfortunately the drummer arms leave a small gap, but I feel that is the one i'll use the least so I shall leave it as is for now.
Finally here is a shot of all the individual pieces.
That's all I have for now, but i'll hopefully add some progress shots of my current projects soon. C&C is always appreciated. Thanks for taking a look!
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