Once again thank you for the nice comments, everyone! They really spur me on
I thought I'd share some of the side projects I've been working on with spare green stuff from the 6 mounted Rangers. Unfortunately, due to uni starting up again I haven't had much time for the hobby lately and I can see things getting worse as I have a full-on, seven week placement job starting at Easter... Fingers crossed I'll find some time!
For this month's painting comp I thought I'd make a warband of WoMT with my fave sculpt ever and pride of my collection, Boromir of the White Tower. Then I fell in love with the three Osgiliath Vets I received in a trade so I thought I'd go the full hog and make a warband of converted OVs... and here they are:
(Excuse the first photo, it's terrible!
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Basically a lot of head and arm swapping - I used an old Gamling head, one of the BGiME conversion sprue and an old RotN head and interchanged a lot of spear arms with sword arms. Also added a few different weapons - one of the archers has a Rohan bow, another has a short axe strapped to his belt, one guy is carrying a mace... These guys aren't done just yet, some need a bit of wear and tear added to their armour and some raggedy sashes, cloaks or bandages adding. The conversions are a lot of fun though!
I'm a huge fan of Boromir and his sculpts, especially the Breaking of the Fellowship and, as aforementioned, the Captain of the White Tower fig. I had a feeling they were both missing out on an essential part of the character, though, so I gave them both a shield. Much better!
I've also been gradually adding to my Witch King conversion that I showed on here a few weeks ago. Just need to finish off his arm and give him some shoulder protectors:
And lastly, all my Weathertop figures have arrived and I've been planning out my diorama piece - though if I ever get round to starting, let alone finishing, it is a different question entirely. The centrepiece will be Aragorn fending off 3-4 Ringwraiths and I wanted his pose to be a bit more dynamic, so I cut off his sword arm and remodelled a new one. I think this new pose looks quite cool and - most importantly - means his sword is held at a position which enables him to parry one of the Ringwraiths' blows without having to reposition any arms
Whew! That was a long post - sorry! Well done for reading all the way through, though, and thanks!
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