Black Númenóreans

   Here are my newly made Black Númenóreans. I wanted to avoid the monochrome of their appearance, so I added some red. I painted GW Scab Red the leather parts of their helmets, the belts and the scabbards. Below, you can see the results:  

The whole warband

The Marshall

The banner-bearer

Black Númenóreans with spears,

with swords,

and with axe.

For the glory!

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

Black Númenóreans WIP

   The Black Númenóreans are men at the service of Dark Lord of Mordor for many centuries. They received immortality in exchange for their homage. On the battlefield, they form a warband of skilled fighters against who few can withstand. 
   Some years ago I bought three blisters of the metallic Black Númenóreans. I don't have all nine miniatures, but just eight, because I gave one to a friend. The new Black Númenóreans kit contains four resin cast warriors at the price of 21 euros. These warriors carry spiked swords, wear chainmail and heavy jagged armour with intricate detailing. They also wear ragged cloaks and grip monstrous metallic shields. 
To keep the cost low I decided to buy the ten "Warriors of the Dead" at 19,5 euros and convert them to Black Númenóreans. They match with the above description except for the shields, they carry wooden shields. Anyway, I have converted Warriors of Rohan to Warriors of the Dead and Riders of Rohan to Cavalry of the Dead. So my army of the Dead is complete!

The ten Black Númenóreans

The Banner-bearer and the Marshall

   I chose a miniature, the most impressive one,  to be the Marshall. I gave him a "trophy", a spare head from the Dark Age warriors and put him on a bark to distinguish himself from the rest warriors.   

The "trophy"

The bark

I used a drill to open a hole in his hand

and garden wire to hang the trophy from his hand.

I cut the trophy's braids

and used some green stuff to cover the wire

by giving him long hair.

Done!

I replaced this kind of weapon because

it reminded me this kind of "weapon"!!

A lovely new axe!

The banner-bearer

I had this "warhammer" head

I cut most of the extra horns to dis-warhammerise it

put it in a rod 

and added a flag.

It looks good, I can say!

Some green stuff for a rich mustache 

and hair!

My wife made comments about the parting of the hair

Done!

   I really think that these models will make a ferocious addition to my Mordor army.

   And for finale a nice brocheta de pollo (chicken skewer)!

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

Glorfindel

   Glorfindel, the Lord of the West, is a very powerful hero! He causes terror to his opponents and at the same time he is resistant to magic. His high defense and courage value (both are 7) make him the perfect leader for an elf army.

   The original GW miniatures of Glorfindel, mounted and on foot, are out of production. Since I couldn't buy it, I had to use something else as an alternative solution. In my spare parts box, I had two "The Elven king" classic 32mm scale metal Mithril miniatures and a spare plastic horse from Warlord games Pike and shotte horses sprue. So, this is what I did!

Mithril miniatures "The Elven King"

The second miniature, the dismounted one

The horse

   I had to remove the plastic reins from the horse neck and to use a metallic wire for the new. The Warlord games horses are a little bigger than the plastic GW ones. This is good, because a hero needs a tall horse to distinguish himself from the rest soldiers. I used a similar horse for the mounted miniature of Faramir. 

Glorfindel mounted (or better dismounted) and on foot

   I used various purple shades of Vallejo paints for his clothes, painted his horse white and added some flowers on the base. He is an elf, he must have colours and flowers around him!

Glorfindel from above

   In the meanwhile, we visited Chipiona, a small city of Andalusia. The weather that day was perfect and people walked all over the town. Almost all the restaurants with tapas were full. I tried erizos de mar. Delicious! 

Sea urchins or erizos de mar

Erizos de mar

   This period of time, in the end of February, the weather here in Andalusia is nice. We find vegetables, such as eggplants, tomatoes, etc., that in Greece we usually eat only during summertime. I grabbed the opportunity to cook  the Greek "Yemista", vegetables stuffed with pork minced meat and rice. Also delicious! 

Yemista

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