Dwarf Mine Workings and Mirrors

   Finally Dwarf mine workings and mirrrors are ready! Now I can focus on the Display box. I hope it will be ready soon, because my Dwarves are collecting dust already. Below you can see all the terrain pieces. 

   Red circles indicate the places where the dwarves will stand.

   Joseph Ramirez welcome on board!

   That's it for today. Enjoy your weekend!

Dwarf Display Box WIP (Part 2)

   What have I done so far? I used Dow Styrofoam to make the rocks, the cliffs, etc and I glued everything in the box. I used cork leaves to cover the surfaces of the styrofoam and drew the 25mm circles on them, where the miniatures will stand. I placed,  temporarily, in the box all the Dwarves to answer the crucial question... if they fit in there. Fortunately, they do fit! I will use one mine working and a couple of mirrors to decorate the box. Below you can see the progress and some photos, where the size of the mirrors is shown in comparison to the Dwarves:

The blue Dow styrofoam

The cork leaves

The mine working and all the Dwarves

And finally, the two mirrors are added

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

     

Dwarf Display Box WIP

   The last five years my Dwarf army has been growing in numbers. All this period of time I had them secured  in transfer boxes and cases. I was jealous of my friends who have a place, closet or something to put their miniatures in. There you can watch them and enjoy, and they are protected as well. With all these in mind, I had an idea to make a display box. With the dimensions of the box fixed (l:50cm, w:30cm, h:20cm) I would be kept from buying more dwarves and on the other hand, I would have a nice place to put my army.  Furthermore, I will use some of the mine workings and mirrors to decorate it, I will paint the interior black and will glue a photo as a background. Finally, I will use cork leaves as a ground where I can make slots for the miniatures. The box has a glass cover, which is not shown here but will be on a future post. 

   Below you can see the whole Dwarf army on a serving disc, waiting for their box:

   There are four blacks to be painted and I decided to paint the eyes of the Heroes at least. 

   And the six Iron Guards Ancients painted and ready for the oncoming battles.  

   That's it for today. Enjoy!     

Dwarf Mirrors WIP

   The Dwarves used huge mirrors to reflect the light from the outside world through the mansions of Khazad-dum. Dwarves' enemies are creatures of darkness and such bright light dazzles their eyes and weakens their resolve. Below you can see four mirrors which I made of balsa wood and my wife's empty cosmetic powder cases of various firms.

   Now I have to paint the mine workings and the mirrors for a future battle between the Dwarves and what else, of course, the Goblins! 

   Stay tuned for more. Enjoy! 

Lord of the Ring Dice Tower

   Some months ago, Wargames Illustrated magazine (issue WI285) published plans for building a Dice Tower. A friend, following these plans, made two such towers. The plans you can find here: 

 http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/Documents/WargamesIllustrated/DiceTowerPlans.pdf

Below you can see one of these Dice Towers. The symbols on each of the four sides are taken from various Lord of the Rings relative sites: 

   That's it for today. Stay tuned for more! Purplesounds welcome onboard!

Dwarf Mine Workings WIP

   Dwarf Mine Workings are found throughout the Dwarven realm. Their platforms are an ideal firing position and with such a high Defence you can easily use them as a stronghold point. Below I post some photos of my last WIP the Dwarf Mine Workings. Next will be the Mirrors.

   That's it. Stay tuned for more. Fishos8 welcome onboard.

Gothmog's boys! (Morannon Orcs)

      Morannon Orcs were a stronger strain of Orcs. Their armour is thick and strong, providing them additional resilience. This enhanced wargear, coupled with the Morannon Orcs' increased strength, makes them ideal shock troops.

   Morannon Orcs were similar in size to Uruk-Hai that appeared in the late Third Age. They were Sauron's primary infantry at the Battle of Osgiliath, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Battle of Cair Andros and the Battle of the Morannon.These orcs also knew how to operate siege engines, like catapults and battering rams. They were heavy infantry troops and wore heavy thick black armor of sharpened plate steel and were actually taught how to fight and defend. They used the same weapons as all of the other orcs but due to their training, they fought much better and could anticipate enemy attacks much faster than the rest of the orcs. The troops invading Osgiliath and laying seige to Minas Tirith appear to be a mixture of many breeds, mostly Morannon orcs, some Mordor Uruk-hai and large factions of lesser orcs. Morannon Orcs' skill in battle is very comparable to that of the Uruk-hai, however, they are NOT Uruks. They are merely Orcs superior to normal ones in every way.

   Below you can see four companies, one of them is the Gothmog's command  company. I used the Captains as warriors and some hounds to fill the empty slots.

 

Gothmog

Morannon Drummer

   Morannon Drummer has a body of a Uruk-hai warrior, the head of a Rohan Outrider and a fur made of greenstuff. 

   The Banner bearer is an old Ral Partha miniature. The banner is made of aluminium foil.

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