nice stuff

are you going to do a saruman?
saruman is awsome

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I bought some finecast berserkers to try out (my first finecast models), and they are bendy little !@#!%'s.



So, into the boiling water they go, put them in a big cereal bowl and put the kettle on.


When the water's ready why not add a nice cuppa tea? I left the Uruks in for 3 minutes, which seemed plenty, they were good any fluid when they came out.


And, voila, much less bendy.


The above manipulations were done on Sunday the 15th of June. I plan to leave them out for a week and see if they stay nicely shaped or if they gradually revert back to their previous bendy shapes. It's a dead horse, but I'm not too impressed with finecast so far, I also have three metal berserkers who's swords are guaranteed to stay where I put them...



For the immediate future I'm going to need to bring my Rohirrim up to match the Uruk's numbers. I've got 6 Riders of Rohan on my painting table right now who should keep me busy for the next couple weeks. But yes, right now my Uruks don't have any heroes painted at all, which will need seeing to.

Great as usual, are their going to be any heroes for your Uruk force?

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Hope that boiling water trick works!

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Once you bend the swords straight they should stay. Mine have. So far, for the past several months.

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Well, my focus has been slipping, I've finished up three new Riders which helps Rohan a bit but I've drifted into painting up some of my Elves & Dwarves.

Fantastic colours on those elves!!! Great work.

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These look great, lovely bright colours! I particularly like the Khazad Guard.

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I agree with the above, Celeborn looks partculatly striking

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-FSM.

Nice looking models. Really like the dwarf.

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Realy class. A different colour scheme is always wierd but they look rather effective.

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You would of had me crawling on all fours like a BEAST!

Thanks all for the kind words, I don't get to paint enough stuff purple.

Brilliant stuff, ring of Gyges.
i really like the dwarf

RoR are very nice too

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looks good! nice work.

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Wow, beautiful pieces!

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You did a great job on your Inglorion. Keep em coming man.

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More Durin folk!

Some more great work Ring of Gyges! Especially love the Dwarf

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Great looking banner bearer!!

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Great painting, keep up the good work

a little advice concerning those bendy swords

i use a beading tool that looks like this
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/9/9/5/6/ ... 520_tp.jpg

get a hold of the whole sword with the pliers and pour the boiling water over it (and the pliers) for like 5 or 6 seconds. Then run it under cold water it should be very straight and not nearly as complicated.