COTWT's WIP- Tom Bombadil

CaptainOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:31 pm

Having got back into the hobby a few months back I thought it was time I sorted out some of my atrociously painted collection (thick paint applied with a heavy brush isn't a winning combination). I'm beginning with Men of Numenor, the very first ones I painted 8/9 years ago. The painting was a nuisance for me back then and I'm not an expert at it now (not got a very steady hand for painting) but its interesting to share them regardless.

And here's my to do list.

Badly Painted Figures:

Good Characters

4x Aragorn
2x Aragorn Mounted
1x Arwen Mounted
1x Balin
1x Beregond
1x Bilbo Baggins
2x Boromir
1x Cirion
1x Denethor
1x Elrond
1x Eomer
1x Eomer Mounted
2x Eowyn
3x Faramir
2x Faramir Mounted
2x Frodo
1x Galadriel
1x Gamling
1x Gamling Mounted
1x Gandalf the Grey
2x Gandalf the White
1x Gandalf the White Mounted
1x Gil-Galad
2x Gimli
1x Ghan-Buri-Ghan
1x Glorfindel
1x Haldir
1x Hama
1x Imrahil
1x King of the Dead
2x Legolas
3x Merry
1x Madril
2x Pippin
1x Radagast the Brown
2x Sam
1x Theoden
1x Theoden Mounted
1x Theodred Mounted

Good Warriors

9x Army of the Dead
3x Citadel Guard
1x Dwarf Captain
3x Guard of the Fountain Court
16x High Elves
1x Men of Gondor (needs repairing)
1x Minas Tirith Captains
2x Minas Tirith Banners
1x Minas Tirith Banners Mounted
36x Minas Tirith Warriors
6x Rangers of Gondor
1x Rohan Banners
1x Rohan Banners Mounted
30x Rohan Riders
12x Rohan Warriors
3x Rohan Royal Guard
1x Rohan Royal Guard Mounted
6x Wood Elves

Evil Characters

1x Durburz
1x Gollum
1x Gorbag
1x Gothmog
1x Gothmog Mounted
1x Grima Wormtongue
1x Grishnakh
1x Lurtz
1x Saruman the White
1x Shagrat
1x Sharkey
1x Sharku Mounted
1x Suladan
1x Ugluk

Evil Warriors

2x Cave Troll
2x Easterling Captains
1x Easterling Banners
6x Easterlings
2x Haradrim Captains
1x Haradrim Banners
48x Haradrim
2x Hasharin
1x Mahud Chieftain
3x Mordor Orc Captains
3x Mordor Orc Banners
1x Mordor Orc Shaman
60x Mordor Orcs
1x Mordor Troll Chieftain
1x Mordor Troll
37x Moria Goblins
1x Mumakil
2x Uruk-Hai Captains
1x Uruk-Hai Banners
40x Uruk-Hai Warriors
8x Uruk-Hai Berserkers
3x Uruk-Hai Bowmen
3x Uruk-Hai Crossbowmen
16x Uruk-Hai Siege Crewmen
14x Warg Riders

Scenery

1x Jungle Trees
1x LOTR Terrain Set
1x Mines of Moria Terrain
3x Ruins of Middle-Earth
1x Warhammer 40K Ruins

Unpainted Figures:

Good Characters

1x Damrod
1x Elladan and Elrohir
1x Eomer
1x Eowyn
1x Erkenbrand
1x Erkenbrand Mounted
1x Faramir
1x Farmer Maggot + Dogs
1x Halbarad
1x King of the Dead
1x Merry
1x Pippin
1x Radagast the Brown
1x Treebeard

Good Warriors

1x Ent
6x Knights of Dol Amroth
6x Rangers of the North

Evil Characters

1x Mouth of Sauron
1x Mouth of Sauron Mounted
8x Ringwraiths
2x Witch-King

Evil Warriors

20x Easterlings

Scenery

1x Ruins of Osgiliath
2x Warhammer Fortress Gate
5x Warhammer Fortress Tower
5x Warhammer Fortress Wall
1x Warhammer Siege Tower

Completed Figures:

Good

1x Aragorn
1x Boromir
1x Elendil
1x Frodo
1x Gandalf the Grey
1x Gimli
1x Isildur
1x Legolas
7x Men of Gondor
1x Merry
12x Minas Tirith Warriors
1x Pippin
12x Rohan Warriors
1x Sam
1x Tom Bombadil

Evil

1x Gollum
11x Moria Goblins
8x Ringwraiths
1x Sauron (bought already painted)
8x Uruk-Hai Warriors
2x Witch-King

Scenery

2x LOTR Terrain Set
1x Ruins of Middle-Earth

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Here's a random figure in its old state (I picked the worst of the lot, honest):

And the new one and a group shot:

Would've added some static grass but I've not got any just at the minute.

Comments and (constructive) criticism welcomed

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:36 pm

your new version shows huge improvement the only thing i could suggest is maybe use some ogryn flesh on the skin just to define the face a little more. Overall tho well done :yay:

CaptainOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:41 pm

Thanks. The improvement seems bigger than it actually is because I'm repainting oldest first rather than newest.

For the face I ran out of Bestial Brown when I did those so couldn't use that as the basecoat like I originally hoped. Tried to mix up something similar and it ended up being way too light in the end.

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Very nice

CaptainOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:55 pm

Thanks Hilbert. My progress slowed slightly because of the weather plus the fact that dettoling seems to take me several days.

Anyway, some warriors of Minas Tirith

Old:

New:

Group:

Faces look a bit odd close up but they look half decent from a distance. Found the Shield design really difficult to do as well. I've also put up a list of stuff that I've got to work through in the coming months (can't wait to get the fortress up and running but I need to make some stairs e.t.c for it so I'll hold off for the moment). Coming up soon I've got some ruins, Moria Goblins and a Cave Troll.

samoht · **Posted:** Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:51 pm

They look better. Good job buddy.

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:03 pm

Very well done. The painting has improved quite a bit.

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Seems very nice

CaptainOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:01 pm

Thanks for looking. I'm trying to repaint the very worst (and usually oldest) first. The improvements will look slightly less dramatic the more I go on I expect.

Got 2 things today, some Ruins (left the big arch piece out because it wouldn't fit in my dettol pot) and Moria Goblins (probably my best to date).

Didn't bother with the old shot for the ruins, but originally they were caked in paint (I'm never going back to a Black undercoat for a predominantly white model ever again). The new shot:

Old Goblins:

New:

The Goblin groupshots blurred so I've left them out. Got loads more coming up soon hopefully, I've got some Orcs on the go and Rohan and Haradrim sprayed and ready to go too.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:15 pm

There is quite a big improvement on the Goblin. Good job! :yay:

(I rember doing the same thing last year)

EDITED out the '?' I accidentally put in.

Tabletop_heroes · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:32 pm

Big improvement on the Moria Goblin. Keep them coming

CaptainOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:07 pm

Tidied up some more old models but my motivation dipped slightly and the men of Rohan were hanging around nearly finished for a couple of weeks. Apologies if the pics are a bit big, they changed the size editing thing on photobucket and I can't be bothered to get to grips with the new thing now.

Old Version

New (still need to tidy up the Shield decorations a bit)

Group

And some Terrain pieces (my favourite to paint as they can be done reasonably well quite quickly)

I've got some nearly finished Mordor Orcs on the way and have begun work on Uruk-Hai and more ruins. I've got some exams coming up next month and I'm starting to run out of some paints e.t.c so it might be a while before I get those up.

John Wayne · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:26 pm

A vast improvement mate. Keep it up and pace yourself, you have alot to do.

Chris · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:21 am

indeed, thats a great improvement :yay:

well done mate

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:04 pm

Chris wrote:

indeed, thats a great improvement :yay:

well done mate

Ditto!

CaptainOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Sat May 05, 2012 1:59 pm

Thanks and yes, loads still to do. Unfortunately the recent poor weather and exam revision have set me back with cleaning up the old models. I've only got 12 Haradrim undercoated and the rest still have old paint on them. I have managed to finish off some Uruk-Hai though.

Old

New

Group

CaptainOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:38 pm

Well I had hoped to have cleaned up just about all my models by now but the weather means I'm probably only about halfway through at best. The models in the picture below are at various stages, as the plastics need another go to be sufficiently clean. The metals, bar the mounted ones, are mostly good to go now.

I did manage to paint a few ruins though. I was going for an Gondor style colour with these (partly to practice for the ruins of Osgiliath that I've bought).

Currently working on the fellowship (not got a wide choice as only a few models are based and undercoated and the weather isn't good enough to prepare any others), beginning with the 4 hobbits.

Wah Wing · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:45 pm

Very nice ruins. And might I add, the Uruk-hai look a lot better. Not a fan of the bright green bases. Glad you changed that.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:18 pm

Nice scenery :yay:

Good luck w/ the clean-ups.

The green base remonds me of combathex.

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:56 pm

Those scenery pieces look excellent!

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