Red Corsairs WIP - Gondor! (Updated 16/1/11)

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:09 pm

Well i thought it was about time i put up my own WIP thread after seing everybody elses

. I have been away for a week and have been working on painting my Dunland army. I have painted two warriors so far. One of the warriors' bases is unfinished.

Completed warrior:

Other warrior:

I will try to get updates ASAP.

Feedback is welcome,

Thanks,

Jake/RedCorsairs!

High Elf General · **Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:33 pm

they look awesome!!

NumenoreanLord · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:15 am

Very nice Red Corsairs

I was just wondering whether you'll paint the other parts of the helm a different colour as there are two parts to the helm.
I'm glad my WIP thread is inspiring someone :wink:

tidoco · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:17 am

Very nice work mate, I love the shield. I really must have a go at some of these myself some time.

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:43 am

Thanks for the feedback guys.

NL, I decided that for the warriors I thought i was going to see how I liked them with just one colour for the helmet and I quite like the result.

Just a small update here, I have finished the base of the second warrior and I think it brings out the model itself but I'll leave that for you to decide :wink:

Thanks,

Jake

NumenoreanLord · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:45 am

Much better pictures

I guess you could say that the Dunlendings were not skilled craftsmen and would just construct simple helmets. Either way they look good.

DurinsBane · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:15 am

Nice job Jake ! They look very cool, however I think something like a 'Dark Flesh' base rim would finish them off nicely, just a suggestion !

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:38 am

Thanks! I was going to do a dark flesh base but i quite liked the black so I am now undecided, I'll let you know which i choose when I have decided :wink:

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:02 am

Update with some better pics of the first warrior:

(i'm still a bit new to taking pics :oops:

)

(In my opinion anyway)

And now a sneek peek at the display base of my next miniature for the army:

Thanks,

Jake

NumenoreanLord · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:33 am

From one of your first pictures it looked like you had part of a Dunlending Chieftain in the background. Am I right? The display base is looking nice.

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:47 am

Hehehe, you geussed. It should be up on this thread later today

.

Thanks :wink:

Jake

Natarn · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:22 pm

Very nice painting on the scale armour and shield. Why do these guys remind me of Vikings?!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:12 pm

These Dunlendings are very much based on Dark Ages warriors - they could be almost any of the northern european cultures such as Saxons, Goths, Norse, from the period 450 - 1100AD. Vikings - yes, they could be that too.

They are more tatty and dishevelled that the Rohirrim (who were like late Saxons with a bit more 'bling' and more horses) - hence the nickname 'armoured angry tramps', sometimes applied as PJ really only showed us the poorest od the Dunlendings in the Two Towers (nicknamed the 'angry tramps').

I prefer these minis to the original GW Dunlendings - they are a more serious set of opposition to Rohan, a more credible threat when allied with Uruk-hai and orcs working for Saruman.

Nice painting; I have just been assembling my 'armoured angry tramps'. Lots of detail there to 'play' with!

Hexter · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:33 pm **Posts:** 45

Very nice Dunlendings,Red corsair!
The skin is very nice,the metals lookg good and the fur capes also look great!

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:39 pm

Haha, angry tramps! I love it! Plus thanks for all the replies :wink:

. They reminded me of saxons/vikings too

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:15 pm

Ok, Numernorean Lord geussed it was coming, and here it is. I have done the Chieftain and it is now onto it's display base. I have made it so that the chieftain is removable so that I can easily game with him and the model that gets displayed is changeable but I think it'll be this mini for a while because I like it

. Anyway, here he is:

As always comments/criticism is welcome.

Thanks,

Jake

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:27 am

Not been able to do much painting recently and probably won't do as much for the rest of the week either but I have done a little bit on the next warrior. Sorry bout the first pic here but there will be a better pic next time I update the thread with pics.

The cloak

I have also chose to go for a darker skin tone on the rest of my Dunlendings as I prefer it on these minis. Heres an example, only done this arm at the moment

Thanks,

Jake

CaptainOfTheWolfRiders · **Posted:** Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:58 am

Very nice army, as I've said on TWC.

A suggestion (well, another one, I guess :roll:

) would be, when you drybrush the sand colors on the sand of the base, drybrush the edges of the cloak with the same colors as well to give a nice weathering effect to the robes. It worked very nicely for my Aragorn and other rangers (erm...multiple Aragorns

).

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:32 pm

Thanks for the advice :wink:

, I might try that on some of my cloaks... if not all of them

. Sorry about the lack of painting recently... too busy

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:20 pm

I have been stopped from doing my Dunlendings due to these nasty little creatures... Corsairs :wink:

Ok, you might have expected me to do some Red Corsairs but after testing with different ways of doing a Red colour scheme I decided not to do Red Corsairs and stuck to the GW scheme. I have also finished the Captain and Bo'sun (one of them might be in the Harad Painting Competition). I was happy with them myself but i'll see what you guys think;)

Comments/criticism welcome;)

Thanks,

Jake

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