Alhvar and fiancee - Erebor besieged - Orcs 07/26/2020

Alhvar · **Posted:** Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:30 pm

Greetings!

Me and my fiancee recently decided to start with LOTR SBG. We are particularily fond of dwarves and we intend to be playing the War of the Rings era Erebor siege.

We started out by painting these easterlings, that will be the dwarves' opponents. My fiancee's miniature is her first painted ever. Mine is my first painted in 15 years.

I am quite happy about the results. I need to get some diffusion filters though for the lamps, as the real reflections are interfering with the painted reflections.

Comments are most welcome.

Feanorthenoldor · **Joined:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:44 pm **Posts:** 879

nice work for someone's first model ever and in a long time. Well done.

Lothíriel · **Posted:** Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:32 pm

A great start!

Alhvar · **Posted:** Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:06 pm

Thank you!

We finished painting another two last weekend. Here are a few pictures of them.

FireFox1066 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:06 pm

These look great! Thank you for sharing.

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:02 am

They look really good! I've painted many Easterlings over the last few years, so if you need any help just let me know!
Also, a quick photography tip, if you cover your mini with a white sheet of paper, the paper will work like a light diffuser. It's not perfect, but it works great in a pinch.
Good luck!

-PoW

Alhvar · **Posted:** Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:44 pm

Thank you!

Our third pair of Easterlings;

Feanorthenoldor · **Joined:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:44 pm **Posts:** 879

They look great all together, nicely done.

Alhvar · **Posted:** Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:12 am

Thank you!

If anyone has any more critical comments, feel free to share them.

The gold ranges from nuln oiled warplock bronze to edge highlights of liberator gold.
The red ranges from rhinox hide to wazzdakka red.
The silver ranges from a leadbleacher/black mix to white scar.
The brown ranges from a rhinox hide/black mix to mournfang brown, with occassional edge highlights in bugman's glow.
The black ranges from abaddon black to dawnstone.

Alhvar · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:31 am

Have not really gotten the time to paint a lot lately but we finished these archers.

Quendil · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:56 am

Excellent work love the colours

Die Cervum Studio · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2018 3:27 pm

These are really impressive. Very striking; I imagine they look incredible on the tabletop!

Alhvar · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:36 am

Thank you!

My fiancee was away during Easter and she would not let me finish the Easterlings without her (pun mostly unintentional). However, I painted an orc instead.

Metal;
Ledbelcher/Abaddon black mix.
Nuln oil.
Leadbelcher (edges)
Runefang steel (edges)

Red:
Rhinox Hide
Khorn Red
Tuskor Fur

Leather:
Rhinox Hide
Mournfang Brown
Ratskin Flesh

Black:
Abaddon Black
Dryad Bark
Gothor Brown

Alhvar · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:48 pm

I painted a second orc.

Alhvar · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:36 pm

At last we finished our very first dwarves - a couple of grim hammers. I am very happy about the results. I think we managed to capture the dwarven colours. We are very inspired by The Lord of the Rings Online game. Erebor is all about blue and yellow there.

I notice that it is hard to take coherent pictures through the year and the changing seasons.

Mapper · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:21 pm

I like the dark blue, works really well.

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

The armor looks great! Basing is also very nice.

Alhvar · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2018 4:47 pm

Thank you!

Paints used;

DARK BLUE ARMOUR;
Leadbelcher
Guilliman Blue
Drakenhof Nightshade
Nuln Oil
Leadbelcher
Runefang Steel

SILVER;
Leadbelcher
Nuln Oil
Ironbreaker
Runefang Steel
Stormhost Silver
White Scar

GOLD;
Warplock Bronze
Nuln Oil
Gehenna Gold
Auric Armour Gold
Liberator Gold
Stormhost Silver

BLUE CLOTH;
Kantor Blue
The Fang
Russ Grey
Fenrisian Grey

YELLOW;
Mournfang Brown
Tau Light Ochre
Averland Sunset
Flash Hitz Yellow
White Scar

BROWN LEATHER;
Abaddon Black
Rhinox Hide
Doombull Brown
Bugman's Glow

BLACK;
Abaddon Black
Dryad Bark
Gorthor Brown

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:18 am

They look good! I am a fan of the blue and yellow color scheme, it works well with the silver.

-PoW

Alhvar · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2018 5:19 pm

Thanks a lot for the comments!

We finished an easterling captain. It was the first time we ever worked with resin. The spear was bent, and we tried to heat it up to bend it back. We however underestimated the amount of heat needed to make the resin flexible. It broke instead. We managed to glue it back on but we made no further attempts to straighten the weapon.

We also made some updates to our easterling painting scheme;

Gold;
Waplock Bronze
Nuln Oil
Warplock Bronze
Hashut Copper
Sycorax Bronze
Stormhost Silver
White Scar

Red;
Abaddon Black
Thinox Hide
Khorne Red
Mephiston Red
Gorthor Brown
Baneblade Brown

Iron;
Leadbelcher
Nuln Oil
Leadbelcher
Ironbreaker
Runefang steel
Stormhost Silver
White Scar

Black;
Abaddon Black
Mechanicus Standard Grey
Dawnstone

Leather;
Abaddan Black
Rhinox Hide
Doombull Brown
Bugman's Glow

And, we also finished a third orc.

We are now working on some more dwarves and dale miniatures.

Alhvar and fiancee - Erebor besieged - Orcs 07/26/2020

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