Some Scattered Characters

 All right, so in my last post I mentioned that I'd painted up several other Middle Earth figures besides the Nine Riders. I also said I'd make a post about them in the next few days. Now, several weeks later I am making that post. Late as usual I guess.

First off we have what on the webstore GW have dubbed an "Uruk-hai Scout Command". In reality these figures come from three different sets, none of which are in production at the moment. The captain with the cleaver headed bardiche was originally a standalone, while the shaman was part of the original Uruk-hai command set and the other two were commanders for a special War of the Ring unit called Mauhur's Marauders. The history of the models aside, I quite like them. The captain and banner bearer are my favourites out of the four for certain. 

Next up we have the sons of Elrond: Elladan and Elrohir. No, I don't remember which is which. Looking it up it seems that Elladan is on the left and Elrohir on the right. While it's perfectly thematic for the brothers dress and look more-or-less the same, it does get very confusing, especially when it comes to trying to match their on-foot versions with their mounted versions. In fact, looking now at a reference it seems that I have actually gotten their on-foot versions round the wrong way! So uh, first it's Elladan mounted with Elrohir on foot, then Elrohir mounted with Elladan on foot. Good grief. Perhaps I should have given them different coloured cloaks or something.

Last of all we have the prince of Dol Amroth, Imrahil himself. One of the great heroes of the Battles of the Pelennor and the Morannon, who is sadly left out of just about every adaptation. I've actually gone and done the reverse of what I probably should of, and experimented with painting the leader of the knights of Dol Amroth before painting any of the rank and file. But he was just sitting there on my desk, so what else could I do?

Anyhow, that's the last of what I've got completed at the moment. I have been working on my Rohirrim, but that project is progressing slowly. Being on holiday from uni seems to have led me to spend less time painting rather than more. Ah well, I'll get through them in the end, I always do it seems.

Until then, Merry Christmas to you all!

God bless!

You do not know pain, you do not know fear...

One of the good things that seems to have come out of the narrative campaign so far is that I’ve started repainting a lot of my collection. Many of my LotR models were painted back when I was about eleven or twelve, and so naturally they look awful. The first models to be redone were my Ringwraiths, followed by the four hobbits, but these were all fairly minor things, so I’m not gonna be making a post about that. The first major group to be finished are the Uruk-hai Scouts, along with their two captains Lurtz and Ugluk.

In addition to the two villains there is one old box worth of Scouts. i.e. 24 in total: 8 with hand weapons, 8 with hand weapons and shields and 8 with orc bows. On a side note I originally picked these guys up specifically to play scenarios out of the Two Towers Journey book. The first appearance they’ll be making in the campaign will either be at Amon Hen with the breaking of the Fellowship, or else at the Fords of Isen, depending on how things pan out.

So that’s the first half of Saruman’s hunters. The second half will be 24 Orc Warriors, led by Grishnakh who I’ll attend to sometime soon(ish). The next models I paint will likely be a group of six warg riders, though that won’t be until I’ve actually got them, as I haven’t even been able to order them yet. In the meantime I’ll be working on something rather interesting that I’ve never really done before. I won’t reveal what it is yet as not only does it spoil what happened in the first six scenarios, but because I can’t guarantee it’ll work in the first place…

Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.

Cheers!