Hobbits

   The other day a friend of mine gave me three Hobbits. I painted them with similar colours to become something like a unit. I think to use all, or a part of them, as an objective for future games. Below you can see the photos:

The Hobbits

Frodo Baggins

Paladin Took

Fredegar Bolger

That's it for today. Comments and critics are welcome.

Dwarf finecast command

   The four new finecast Dwarves are ready. I painted them blue by using Vallejo 70899 Dark Prusia Blue. I changed a little the colour of the banner flagpole and I painted the crow grey. I think it does not look like Haradrim flag anymore. Finally, I gave the Dragon an original Dwarf green colour. Below you can see the photos:  

Three of the Dwarves WIP

The Captain

The Shieldbearer

The Banner-bearer

The Hornblower

The Dragon-bearer

   That's it for today. Stay tuned for more. 

Dwarf finecast command WIP

   My current projects are the four new finecast Dwarves and an old Banner-bearer, the banner of whom I will change. I decided to paint them with blue colours, although the Banner-bearer's colour scheme reminds me Haradrim more than Dwarf. I will see what I will do to change this feeling. Finally, the old Banner-bearer has now a "Roman Dragon" as a flag. This one I will paint green, a real dwarfish colour! Below you can see some photos: 

The Dragon-bearer

The previous flag



   That's it for today. Stay tuned and of course any comment is welcome.

Sauron's black-dressed servants.

   Black-dressed warriors, the Black Numenoreans, are skilled fighters, the most feared and deadly servants of Sauron. I have eight of them and they spread terror among their enemies whenever they appear on the battlefield. Castellans of Dol Gundur are Indepented Heroes according to the new sourcebook. They are spirits that stalk the paths of Dark Lord's realm slaying those they find. Their D7, two attacks, high Courage and Fight make them the ideal warriors. Finally, Shadow Lord is a priceless Hero because of his Pall of Darkness special rule. It can neutralize all kind of good archers' shootings. Below you can see some photos of these heroes and warriors who serve the Evil.

Black Numenoreans

Castellans of Dol Gundur

"Who dares to deal with me?"

The Shadow Lord

   That's it for today. Stay tuned!

Dwarf Display Box

   Dwarf Display Box is ready finally! Below you can see the painting procedure step by step. All colours are Vallejo, otherwise I mention the brand:

The final result.

The black wood putty.

The ground painted black.

Highlighted first with neutral grey.

Next with green grey.

Flat earth.

Green grey + white.

GW fortress grey.

And white.

The RCA wire for the interior light.

I added grass and stones.

I wiped whatever was not glued.

The box under daylight.

Time to celebrate!!!

The box interior light.

   In case someone is interested here you can find the sketches (made by my wife, by the way):

   That's it for today. Stay tuned for more!

Orc Archers

   Orc Archers are not exactly the toxophilites whom Ascham had in mind when he wrote his book. Their 5+ does not make them so attractive although they are cheap. Even cheaper are their cousins, the Orc Trackers. The later, on the contrary, have a 4+, so they provide a rare source of accurate archery among the Orcs. It is not neccessary to buy the original Orc Trackers miniatures, they are expensive indeed, you can just agree with your opponent that all the Orc archers he sees on the table are trackers.  In few words, a player can have 14 archers with just 70 points, and this makes it the ideal warband for an evil army. Below you can see my Orc archers, some are converted from various warriors such as Minas Tirith, Corsairs, Rohirrims, etc. 

Orc Archers as Trackers. 

The converted archers.

The archer in the middle is one of my favorite.

The same feelings for the middle one.

The original archers, plastic and metallic.

A volley-fire.

   That's it for today. I know it has been a while since my last post, but stay tuned, the box is almost ready.