Matt's WIP (25/03 - "Lords of Gondor" Aragorn and Boromir)

Monotone_Matt · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:46 pm

So I was quite keen on buying the Rohan Command blister (captain + hornblower + standard bearer + king's huntsman) till I saw that it would set me back around £30. Deciding I'd rather not fork over so much cash for four miniatures, I promptly went home and decided to convert my own.

Here's the captain, which I created over the weekend and have shown in a seperate WIP-thread. He's based now though and I decided he'll be the first miniature of the command quad:

I then decided on a Rohan warrior to convert into a standard bearer, removed and replaced both his arms to make him look more exciting and added a pike shaft from a spare Uruk. I'll probably do the banner some time this week using a template from the old Two Towers Rulebook:

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:16 pm

looking good so far mate. Looking forward to seeing how you do the kings huntsman and the hornblower.

Monotone_Matt · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:24 pm

So am I in all honesty, lol!

Monotone_Matt · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:24 pm

Ended up starting on the Huntsman too. Filed away his helmet and gave him a new hair do, plus a more dynamic pose. Thinking of giving him like a gillie suit or some sort of camoflague, maybe a decorative pelt. Any suggestions?

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:53 pm

Wow!
really really nice conversions there matt
i think i might have to 'borrow' some of your ideas :twisted:

very very good :yay:

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:51 am

You're really doing a great job on these models!

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:09 am

Nicely done

garmenhord · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:39 pm

nice huntsman, i bet that one will look painted!

edge67 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:52 am

Really like the huntsman. Great conversion. Not sure if you need to add more to this. Looks pretty good as is. Huntsmen likely travel light me thinks (not being a huntsman myself).

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

Love the one shielding against the arrow!

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:05 pm

Awesome conversions and inspiring. You really did a great job with the arms on your Banner Bearer!

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:12 pm

I agree, some very nice conversions you have,and nice to save money. However, the £15 half-boxes are just as overprices as the £24 FC command boxes, so its still not much better, unless you managed to grab an old 24 box though. Very good work all the same, nice sculpting, the hair looks really good, and I agree that he doesn't really need anything else.

Monotone_Matt · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:42 am

Thanks for all the comments, guys! Sorry for the delay in replying as I didn't have any time at all to continue on my WIP!

I won issue 61 of Battle Games in Middle Earth on an Ebay auction last week because I quite liked the Aragorn/Strider model and thought it had the potential to make an awesome conversion! It arrived yesterday and I stayed up well into the night working on it, did some touching up this morning too. Took bloody ages! Here he is:

I pretty much followed this guide I found whilst working on Strider: http://thelastalliance.com/wordpress/wp ... th-Bow.pdf

Today's work: Painting Strider, Huntsman and crafting a banner!

Edit: I just found out that ukfreddybear is a member of this forum so if you're reading this, cheers for the excellent guide!

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:06 am

No problemo. I'm glad you found that old guide useful! I think yours has turned out better than mine! Doing conversions is how I started out and you are doing them well, so maybe you'll be sculpting full figures yourself one day Matt.

Shieldmaiden · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:28 am

Looking good matt! *thumbs up*

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:05 pm

indeed. really really great conversions all round!

i spy a mold line on the bow that may need destroying :wink:

superb!

Monotone_Matt · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:51 pm

Thanks shieldmaiden, Sid!

And the mold line was dealt with accordingly ;P

Chris GoM · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:57 pm

He looks really good!

You might want to turn his head so he's looking at what he's shooting :wink:

Monotone_Matt · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:58 pm

yeah it's a bit too late for that now :/ but at least it's slightly turned that way, when he's painted i'll try to line his eyes up with the bow

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:26 pm

Very creative job on the Aragorn conversion...looking forward to seeing him painted!!

Matt's WIP (25/03 - "Lords of Gondor" Aragorn and Boromir)

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