Through the ages of Arda

Kurl Veranek · **Posted:** Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:44 pm

Hm seems the journey east was not so interesting for you guys... So we return North! XD

My latest project was my Dunedain/Grey Company force.

Here you go:

As you can see I can play them in the older days with Arathorn as the leader or with his son.

My idea for the bases was that they were defending some of the ruins of their forefathers.

more to come soon

ja33 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:05 pm

Outstanding....I don't think that I've ever seen a Grey Company army painted quite like that, but it really works great with the dark grey, with some black and red mixed in....Impressive

Congrats, you should be very proud of that Army !

MacCollac · **Posted:** Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:02 pm

Amazing! Really inspiring

. Currently collecting my own Grey Company force.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:04 pm

Great job!! Love the bases, the stairs are an excellent idea.

Eric · **Joined:** Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:58 pm **Posts:** 123

Awesome! I also have some perry plastics waiting to be turned into Dunedain rangers on horseback. These look really cool!

Fëanor, the mighty elf · **Posted:** Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:06 pm

Really love the Dunedain! :yay:

They look amazing together. The Elven Twins also have a very nice colour scheme, very fitting with the rest of the force, but still distinctly Elvish.
Some great conversions as well.
My only two points of criticism, if I may, would be the spears on the backs on some Rangers (how do they stay there?), and Arathorn's eyes. But other than that, simply brilliant work!

Harfoot · **Posted:** Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:11 am

Brilliant work, in particular the Mounted Ranger conversions. The bases also bring the figures together

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:17 am

What a great themed army, they really grab your attention.

Kurl Veranek · **Posted:** Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:20 pm

Saturday and sunday I was very busy..... My girlfriend has a lot to study at the moment so I had a whole weekend just to paint.

I have no idea how I managed to paint so much in under two days. And I even had time to study myself and play a few matches of Overwatch.

I think I was in some kind of painting frenzy..... :-D

Another great chunk of the commission done.

alltogether 30 Orcs (13 with axes and shield, 13 with spears and 4 with two-handed weapons) 25 Morannon Orcs (19 with axes and shields and 6 with spear and shield) and Gothmog. So 56 models altogether.

To be honest at the end my fingers began to start to hurt a bit :rofl:

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hope you like it

Mapper · **Posted:** Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:36 pm

Very impressive, can't tell you how long my Warriors of Dale have sat on my workbench waiting for me to just buckle down and paint them.

How did you do it? Do one color across all the figures then another color? Or break it down by type of figure?

My eyes would be killing me if I tried to do that much in a weekend.

Well done, even got the eyes on the shields done in that time!

Aranuir94 · **Joined:** Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:30 pm **Posts:** 16

Love the Arnor stuff, was my favourite force to paint i think

Gangleri · **Joined:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:09 pm **Posts:** 58

The Grey Company is excellent. Really like the mounted ones - are they Perry light cavalry? I don't normally care for figures standing on rocks, but it works well in this force, especially the ones on the stone steps.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:40 am

Just for reference folks here are a couple of useful sites - apologies if you are aware of them already.
http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thain%27s_Book

MOTN · **Joined:** Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:05 pm **Posts:** 147

Great thread, I really like everything you've done!

Kurl Veranek · **Posted:** Mon May 15, 2017 3:41 pm

Thanks guys!

@Mapper: I painted in groups of 12 I think. One color after the other.

@Gangleri: Yes I used the excellent Perry box.

On Saturday we are hosting our next tournament and I decided to go for Isengard and Mirkwood. My Isengard force was already shown but I think I never posted my Mirkwood stuff here. I only had to finish the King (best sculpt I've ever seen) but decided to pimp some of the older Models and went for different matching bases.

Thranduil also got a bow and quiver.

And since he lives in Mirkwood, here is my Hobbit Radagast:

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Wed May 17, 2017 9:02 am

Love the more Autumnal scheme you've gone for with Mirkwood.

metalface13 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:13 pm **Posts:** 101

Very nice thread! How do you feel the perry miniatures scale with the GW line? I was thinking about using them to bulk out a fiefdoms army.

Kurl Veranek · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 5:52 pm

Thanks!

I think to Perrys fit perfectly! Go for it! I've also converted some Perry miniatures for my Dol Amroth Men at Arms.

Sephalo · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 10:29 pm

Really cool stuff!!! I especially like the autumn themed armies!
What kind of material are the logs on the bases? Actual wood splinters you got from outside? I always seem to fail with making decent logs or broken branches.

Kurl Veranek · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2017 2:08 pm

started to convert some Gundabad Blackshields. Hope you like it!

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