Thank you.

Took me ages to figure it out. Mithril Rohan and Gondor shields are round shields with a slightly raised smooth outer band. Looks great - if you can paint them properly. Painting them properly needs a really steady hand and a really smooth paint job. It becomes a problem.

Instead I basecoated the shields black, drybrushed on (heavily) Tin Bitz and then Boltgun metal and then Chainmail, which means you have a reasonably smooth metallic rim. Then carefully fill in the central part of the shield with Dark Angels Green. Finally pick out the hose with astronomicon grey or a mix of light grey and white.

Saved a lot of grief.

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@ aelfwine, your Rohirm look fantastic

My apologies for not getting progress pics up guys. I have been bogged down with other things and can't seem to find time for painting.

I will do my best to get some pics up soon.

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Jan/Feb 9/9 choices completed
March 0/3

aelfwine, I love your Rohirrim.

Where exactly did you get those minatures from?

Thanks

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My old WIP thread - http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16246&start=0

The current lot are all Mithril miniatures, the other official Lord of the Rings miniature collection:

www.mithril.ie

Specifically they are from the original Helm's Deep and Gamling's Rally series of miniatures. The riders are conversions of the Mithril Classic Eomer and Theoden figures, as well as some older, harder to find Rider models. The Orcs are Mithril Orcs of various types. Many were cast by Time Machine miniatures, but they stopped making the Warband sets last autumn, much to my endless sadness. (Because I was about to go buy 200 bucks worth of Orc and Gondorian figures!)

They are fun figures, but the blighters are expensive (all metal). You can, however, do pretty well on Ebay picking up figures.

Gavin

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Very cool rohirrim aelfwine

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—Frodo, at the Council of Elrond

*Peers around the thread* Still no sign of the returned task-master? [spoiler]Quick, you still have a few hours to continue fooling around before he comes back, enjoy it while it lasts![/spoiler]

A bit too quiet here for my likes....
Where are all the updates? Everyone was soo enthousiast a few months ago! Don't let it cool down now!



Come on! UPDATE! All of ya!

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I almost finished the warriors of dale and I'm doing some wood elfs this month pictures come sunday.

none cares anymore about the to9g

calls for suspensions!!

(good thing I wasn't involved in here from the start, would have missed January already....)

COME ON! Schoooooooool's .. out.. for... summer! (at least for 1 half of the planet)

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I like the sound of this tale of 9 gamers? Is it something run on here or another website? If so id love to join in next year if it happens again.

I care, but I just moved cross country. This move entailed staying at various friends' for three weeks, followed by two weeks of apartment hunting, then waiting for the movers, then slowly unpacking everything. Have to go to IKEA tomorrow to get a missing piece of guest bed (as an example of what's involved).

I am hoping to pick up a paint brush later in the week!

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I will try to paint something more

I....want...updates....

C'mon...you guys are like a beehive...the queen bee leaves and the whole thing falls apart!

(Anduril wonders if calling Gaarew a queen bee is a good career move.....)

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Good job everyone

Now with a compliment to motivate you, get off your butts and paint!

(oh my aren't I a hypocrit... )

@Ollieholmes: To9G is a sort of communal painting log where members motivate participants to stick to a personal schedule for the completion of a goal (usually an army). Obviously it has kind of fallen apart with the absence of the unofficial moderator, Gaarew, but if you're really serious about painting an army in a certain amount of time, participating in To9G can be really fun.

At this point, any update would be great to keep the flow moving, so I suppose you could immediately post your painting schedule (month by month) in accordance with the rules of To9G (first thread page I believe) and start painting!

Don't take my word for it, I'm no expert on To9G, merely an avid follower

Oh and one more thing:

[spoiler]BAM! I have committed a coup, overthrowing Gaarew's dictatorial regime, only to replace it with a stricter one. WORK, YOU MAGGOTS.

[/spoiler]

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Hmm... what would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?

I was just thinking could i step in as people seem to have dropped out? Im working on Elfs and Esterlings at the moment although ive also got a Balrog.

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Eh...soon.

Need a bloody camera too. Lost mine...somewhere.

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I know where it is
















Its in the last place you look

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Between your mom's belly fat flaps?

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Hmm... what would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?

Humm...Kee-mo-sah-bee."

Some support for your coup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Y ... re=related
Who was that masked man?
What?

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