Display Bases

Finished three more display bases using the plastic ruins that come with one of the LoTR sets Games Workshop used to make.

Aragorn and Gimli

Had a blast painting up these two last week, really enjoyed the two figures.  There is something about the LoTR figures that makes them easy to paint, maybe because they are true to scale and not overblown like most fantasy miniatures.

Daughter of the Reik

A return to one of my favorite figure manufactures this week with Maika von Ostwald from Hasslefree.   A lovely sculpt full of character, the usual high standards from Hasslefree.  I have painted her in the colours of a Warhammer Empire Swordsman which seemed to be a nice fit.

More Rangers and a base

Finished my second batch of Mirkwood Rangers.

I also managed to buy some movement trays of ebay to use as display bases, in fact I got double the number I wanted due to mistake on my part!  that said they are nice bases designed to hold up to 5 figures on round bases.  

I have finished one as a test piece and am really pleased with it I am going to try and make a few more that require more modelling skill.

Defenders of Mirkwood

More Hobbit elves!

My first adventure with a figure cast in finecast and have to say it lives up to its nickname of "failcast".  I found it a truly awful material to work in, I struggled at times to make out the details on the figure so while I do like the pose of the Ranger Captain I am disappointed overall with the sculpt.

Luckily Legolas and Tauriel were cast in metal and plastic respectively and turned out nicely though if I was doing Tauriel again I would custom build a base for her to fit in with the other figures.

Mirkwood Rangers (Part 2)

My second batch of Rangers is finished and very pleased with them I am too!

I asked for some advice on the net for taking photos and armed with a new app for my phone I think I have actually manged to do them justice!

Mirkwood Ranger

I have always love the world of Middle Earth created by Tolkien and the figures from the Hobbit movie are some of the best that GW was produced.  I loved the Mirkwood Rangers as soon as I saw them and finally picked up a box last week.

This the first of them I have painted up and a very nice figure he is too.