Lol - is the holly covering his modesty ? very strategic

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Had about 60 orcs in various states of repair, managed to get 48 assembled properly. (8 bows 8THW, 16 Spears, 16 sword and shield so 2 old boxes more or less), 6 wargs, Sauron, Mordor troll (wont be painting either, they're fine) and we bought a drummer troll which hasn't been started. If i find a camera I'll do a thread.

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Thanks garmy, we were going for a handcrafted but clean look, it's hard to strike a balance but I think we have. (It is, but we're building stock up to sell at a fair or two).



Haha, the other half painted those - I showed her and she said she could add some extra details just for you, if you like. We'll probably move the holly over for subsequent ones.


@ Gene - please do start a thread.

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Namarie

Look nice
The kids still want to pour glitter on every thing.

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I would eat the xmas decorations if they were edible. They are not ginger bread men are they?

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

Buy them? I wanna eat 'em!!

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Thanks for the kind words about the Christmas Decorations!

Here's an UPDATE:





I got really stuck on the Galadhrim, so I'm gonna leave them for now because I'm not satisfied with my progress. I think mighta been overcomplicating things.

Nice and easy model today - the Witch King of Angmar!

Nazgul are a doddle to paint, and are ideal for a quick burst of energy when you don't have the ambition for something more difficult.

I haven't based him yet because I'm yet to decide on a basing scheme for my Evil army.

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Namarie

Nice lookin Witch King you have there K. Top job.

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Nice warband and nice and common witch king . Thats it

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

I really like your rangers (and all your other work). You probably posted this already and I am too lazy to find it, but what colour did you paint the ranger's cloaks? I have a band to do and wanted a grey colour for the cloaks and yours looks awesome.

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I mixed together Catachan Green & Codex Grey, with a little more grey for the highlights. Thanks for the compliments

UPDATE:



Got a few Black Numenoreans finished today, and some more in the works. I'm happy with the armour but not sure about the cloth yet - I might change the colour to something less similar to wraiths. On the other hand, it helps them fit in nicely... hmm.

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Namarie

They look fantastic! I really like the cloth too If you wanted it to be different perhaps you could add a green or purple tint to it?

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They look great, very realistic painting on some very unrealistic sculpts. (I'm not a big fan of the armor)

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superb painting

the poses and armour i think are strange though. What if no's.1 and 3 thought what no.2 was doing was cool and decided to copy him? Sauron would end up with two Black Numenoreans with spikey armour embedded in thier heads

great painting though

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This thread gives me hope - I have not painted anything for many months so I am hoping for a mysterious leap forward in talent above and beyond my previous level. Or just not to have forgotten which end of the brush the paint goes on.
Christmas decorations. Well, they are certainly attractive, but are they edible? (Dorth thinking with his stomach again). That reminds me: the pup will be about 6 months old around Christmas, so the tree will get wrecked...
Black Numenoreans: not my favorite sculpts - why EVIL = Auto-add-lotsa-spikey-bits in the mindset of GW I will never know but there you are. However, I have to say that I agree with other posts that you have made the very best of what was available and they are very well painted.

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Loving the BN and Witchking

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No pink armour then?

Nah, I really love the rusty look of the armour, fits em perfect with their dusty rags!
The perfect 'black' sphere! Well done!

And I love the colours you've used on your rangers! Never seen that combination before on those rangers, but it works very well!

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My trousers feel funny . They are gorgeous! Nice work

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Thanks Chris I think I like the cloth too. On second thoughts I think I fulfilled my adventurous quota with the twins a while back.



Yeah, they are a bit 'out there' aren't they? Thanks. I spent quite a while on the armour, similar number of steps to my Elf armour.



Ha, good point. Those shoulder guards are deadly. Thanks Sid



I'm glad I give you hope Mr Onion... I'm not sure how I parallel with yourself, though. They're made of wood. Might be good to keep your teeth sharp



Thanks Giger.



Wheeee, thanks BB! Nah, I don't think I'll break out the pink for anything



Not sure if I want to know why your trousers feel funny...

But thanks I guess.

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Namarie

Nice Black numenoreans. They're well done, but need a bit more purple

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