Its been a long time since I've updated anything. I've been slowly picking up the tools and started working on a new army for a tournament next February ( ). I wanted to try something completely new. I'm using a very thematic army that I'm going with for the sole purpose of trying to take home the Best Appearance award. To that end, I've settled on an army called "The Unexpected Party". It comprises Thorin's Company (13 Dwarves), Bilbo, and Gandalf the Grey. Since its only 15 models, I've decided that all of them will be converted in some fashion. I'm going to have 3 Heroes (Thorin, Balin, Gloin), 9 Iron Guard (Oin, Ori, Dori ,Nori, Fili, Kili, Dwalin, Bifur, Bofur), and 1 Dwarf Warrior with a Banner (Bombur). There are a lot of reasons I selected the profiles I did to represent these models; however, that's a topic for a different thread. This thread is to show off some WIPs that I've been cooking.
Here's the first stages of a few of the dwarves. You'll need to use your imagination becuase there is a lot of greenstuff work that will be needed. I'm still not sold on a couple of the metal ones. I may pull the limbs out and try something else.
Recipe - Dwarf Ranger Bodies with weapon swaps. Middle one has the arm from a Rider of Rohan. The right one has an axe from the Gimli MoM model.
Recipe: Dwarf Warrior with Bow body. Axe arm from Gimli from the Death of Gothmog Vingette. Pointing Finger from Balin model.
Recipe: Iron Guard Bodies and Dwarf Ranger Heads
Recipe: Death of Gothmog Gimli (body), Gimli Axe (Mines of Moria), Sword (Iron Guard)
Recipe: Balin Body, Dwarf Ranger Axe arm, Dwarf Ranger Bow Arm.
and Bilbo:
Recipe: Frodo Body (w/ Sting) and Bilbo Head