Dr Grant's WIP [Forge World Ogres]

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 6:10 am

Wow I didn't realise the was such a dramatic size difference between the old eagle and the new ones. That's quite annoying. Still. Great looking force you have there.

Rognarr · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:16 am

ukfreddybear wrote:

Wow I didn't realise the was such a dramatic size difference between the old eagle and the new ones. That's quite annoying. Still. Great looking force you have there.

The small ones are Warhammer eagles though, aren't they?

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:25 am

nice one Dr G! That army looks sweet. Superbly painted. Can't wait to see it on Sunday.

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:29 am

Oh yes. I missed that. I thought it was the old Gwaihir from the wizards duel set.

SuicidalMarsbar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:14 am **Posts:** 1712

Awwwwww yeeeeaaaah. This is the best thing ever.

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:06 pm

I like the tree idea very much. Well done.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:06 pm

Very nice work and a collection to envy.

LordElrond · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:45 pm

Amazing!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:14 pm

Giant eagles - yes, they certainly are. I like a colour scheme like golden eagles - rich browns with limited highlighting on the feathers.
Your army looks fabulous - the tree idea is brilliant.

Harfoot · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:03 pm

Great tree idea good Doctor, very original. Like it

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:10 pm

Awesome eagles. Superb idea, and it worked really well. Your whole army looks amazing too.

One question though, how are the eagles attached to the trees? I can't really make it out, and it looks like they're just fragile-ly perched up there....(Which is a testament to your skills, making them sturdy and not having a huge pin or something... :wink:

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madfrog2000 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:07 am **Posts:** 179

Omg Radagast on a horse haha you have made my day my friend! Excellent job

Dr Grant · **Joined:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:50 pm **Posts:** 1339

Mini-update time!

Thanks so much for all the kind comments as always guys, nice to know the hard work was worth it - glad you like the eagles!

@theavenger001 - the eagles are glued on, the one who's at the top of the tree (the first one in the thread with its beak closed) has a branch sticking up into the hole where the flying stand would normally go which makes a (relatively) sturdy join. His right wing is also glued to a couple of the branches on the back to hold it on place. The second eagle (with its beak open) is 'sitting' in the main trunk of the tree so the tail-feathers are glued in making the main join, a few branches are then glued to the back of the wings again to provide a sturdier join. Thanks for the compliments, it's nice that it's not obvious how they're held on, they're certainly secure enough for gaming purposes but I have no doubt if they got dropped there'd be bits of tree and eagle everywhere :sad:

They travelled to and from Nottingham without trouble though, wrapped up in bubble wrap in a box. I was thinking about it as I was assembling the trees so they were specifically assembled to fit the eagles fairly securely.

So as promised I'm back after a brief break, we had a great weekend in Nottingham, for anyone who's interested I've written up a full report of the weekend and all the games and everything else here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26054

Most prudently for this thread was that my mounted Radagast conversion and one of my eagles won their respective painting competitions which was really unexpected and very humbling. I also got the Best Army nomination (1 of 3) I was after although lost out to a gorgeous Helm's Deep alliance army.

So, after that brief dalliance into wizards and eagles I"m turning back to my Uruks. Whilst I haven't been painting I have spent the last week cleaning up a load of figures. I absolutely HATE cleaning up miniatures, removing the mould lines, particularly on metal minis, is without doubt my least favourite part of the hobby - Urgh. Still, I stuck at it in front of the TV for a few evenings last week and have now cleaned up a whole bunch of models that probably represent the next 3 'batches' I'll be painting. Here they be:

There's 11 crossbowmen, 9 Ferals, 5 Beserkers and a very special Lurtz....

Yep, not long ago I managed to pick up this Lurtz pose for £20 on ebay. It's obviously an extravagant purchase but I've wanted him for absolutely ages and he tends to go for about £30 so, relatively, it was a good deal if not quite a bargain. Anyway, it's not much more expensive than GW are charging for Finecast figures these days! I think some people were put off as the photo was out of focus and there was a fairly nasty paint job on the mini. However, after a nice nail polish remover bath and some time picking away with a knife I had him in good shape with none of the important detail obscured - looking forward to getting started on him.

So yes, that's where you find me, I'm about to go and undercoat the 9 Ferals, Lurtz and 2 Crossbowmen. Gotta get those guys finished for a tournament on the 29th so hopefully there'll be a couple of updates in the next week or so.

Thanks as always for the support chaps.

Dr Grant · **Joined:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:50 pm **Posts:** 1339

So a week on and I managed to make a bit of progress with my latest batch of figures, 9 ferals based and shaded:

And 2 crossbowmen and Lurtz with highlights started:

All 12 of these need to be finished by Saturday for the East Grinsted tourney, quite an ask when you're working full time and paint as slowly as I do. Still I'm hoping to be off on Wednesday so should hopefully just about get there - we'll see!

Expect pics on Thursday evening!

Harfoot · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:19 pm

Looking good, hope the East Grinstead game goes well, one of gaming club members is trying to arrange a WOTR game there I do believe.

SuicidalMarsbar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:14 am **Posts:** 1712

The tournament won't go well for Dr.Grant cos I will be there ohohohoho

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:41 pm

Nice return for a weeks effort. I only wish I had the same time !!!

Dr Grant · **Joined:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:50 pm **Posts:** 1339

You not seen what I've been working on Marsbar?!?! :twisted:

Thanks for the kind words Harfoot and Gandlaf, I don't feel like I get that much time to paint. It's fairly quick for me to get to this stage as I can be quite rough before I apply the wash, it's the highlighting and detailing to come that takes the time!

Fingers crossed....

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:15 pm

Oooo uruks. :twisted:

some chow for gothmog's warg

Looking good mate, cant wait to see them all done.

hannanibal · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:55 pm **Posts:** 221

That Lurtz pose is epic. I'm sure they gave it away free with the first ever LOTR magazine way back when.

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