MMS's wip thread

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

Here is my pelennor fields Theoden wip:

I've tried to paint the armour in the style of the film and after about four attempts I'm reasonably satisfied that with some more work he will be an excellent centrepiece for the army.

I've also nearly finished some more helmingas:

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:28 pm

Really liking the looks of Theoden!

Dwarf Lord of Ered Luin · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:10 am

Theoden looks great, except for the white dots on his sword. I'm looking forwards to seeing more.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:45 am

Great looking Rohirrim: a little variation in colour palette here and there is perfectly ok with me. Well done!

captain krak · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:30 pm

Looking good. I really like the command group.

Little_Odo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:12 pm

Its always good to see more Rohan. Good job so far. The blue threw me at first, but it kinda works. Looking forward to see more.

My project for this summer is to re/paint my entire Rohan force...
Theoden, Eomer, Theodred, Eowyn, Gamling, Hama foot/mounted as appropriate
Captain, banner bearer, Helmingas, Outriders foot/mounted as appropriate
6 mounted Royal Guard
6 Royal Guard on foot
24 Riders of Rohan
36 Warriors of Rohan

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:33 pm

Nice colour schemes (I'm not sure about the blue armour but I like the blue cloth). And Theoden looks really good so far! :yay:

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

A long overdue update...

Not much painting happened since my last posts but in the past month I've been in the mood and added a few more figures to my army. Theoden is now completed:

I've also done some more archers and my helimingas (well almost, a few still need shields):

All that's left are 18 cavalry (coming soon!) and a couple of characters (Eomer and Grimbold).

Aside from my rohan stuff I've worked on a special project. Next year I'll be getting married and my excellent wife-to-be came up with the idea of having a couple of lotr figures on top of the wedding cake. The obvious choice were Faramir and Eowyn and here they are:

Since it was her idea I can forgive her choice in colour scheme which proved to be a lot of hassle in getting right.

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:28 am

Looks very nice painted especially the faramir but maybe remove the sword because it's for a wedding cake?

garmenhord · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:42 pm

hero of gondor wrote:

Looks very nice painted especially the faramir but maybe remove the sword because it's for a wedding cake?

U need to slice the cake with something? :-D

Great job , i like that theoden

Glorfindill · **Joined:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:58 pm **Posts:** 14

very nice painted.

change the sword of faramir in a bouquette of flowers :-p

xenton · **Posted:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:20 am

Glorfindill wrote:

very nice painted.

change the sword of faramir in a bouquette of flowers :-p

Hmm... don't you mean Eowyn ?

Glorfindill · **Joined:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:58 pm **Posts:** 14

no faramir :-p and make it like he gives them to her or something :-p

or you could always give eowyn flowers :-p

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

Glorfindill wrote:

no faramir :-p and make it like he gives them to her or something :-p

or you could always give eowyn flowers :-p

There's a first time for everything I guess. :oops:

Not that she complains (much) since I give her half decently painted lotr figures instead.

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

I've finished Eomer and Grimbold last week:

and started work on a Gandalf I've had on my desk for a while between painting lots of rohan horses:

garmenhord · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:22 pm

Nice painting, i like the light on the first picture - gives it something theatrical

imrail · **Joined:** Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:24 pm **Posts:** 666

That is really nice!

Great job on Eomer and Theoden.

Grats with your wedding

I just love the Gandalf miniature.
Is there actual fireworks in his cart?

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

garmenhord wrote:

Nice painting, i like the light on the first picture - gives it something theatrical

The camera on my phone isn't very good at focusing on close objects so I used the vignette android app. It also hides the messy state of my desk.

And yes I believe there are fireworks in the cart. Or at least that's what I like to think the various items are.

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:30 pm

nice painting any progress on faramir and eowyn?

Minimal Monkey Saddle · **Joined:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:55 pm **Posts:** 463

No. I think I might leave them as is. I could do some further work particularly on the black areas and faramir's face but I've had to repaint those parts a few times as I was unhappy with the results.

Having done no painting in over six months I've been quite productive of late. I might even get my cavalry done before the new year:

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