Hurin's WIP thread. 14/2/15 - Gondor batch painting

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:35 am

Hey guys, just starting up my WIP thread with the latest additions to the backlog. Just picked these up from GW yesterday. I hope to get all this done up soon!

So here we have:

-2 boxes of Erebor Dwarves
-1 box of Grimhammers
-1 box of Galadhrim
-Young Balin
-Gloin, Dori & Nori; Champions of Erebor
-Balin, Dwalin & Oin; Champions of Erebor
-Grimbold
-Guards of the Fountain Court
-Citadel Guard spearmen
-DoS Supplement

Paradigm · **Joined:** Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:56 am **Posts:** 264

Quite the supply drop! Looking forward to seeing what you do with them (especilly the Elves, if they're earmarked for Mirkwood conversions)

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:55 am

Yes, that's what the Elves are for (the only Galadhrim I'll ever field are the old Haldir's Elves metal models; just gorgeous!) but that will be more of a long-term project.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:49 pm

Welcome, plenty of work to keep you going.

enosphere · **Joined:** Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:24 pm **Posts:** 48

That should keep you busy for a while.

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:31 am

Well, first actual progress here. These me just doing the metal Gondor Command set, then I figured I'd do a full Warband. From there, it evolved further into a few more stragglers that had been basecoated and then finishing up a few more. At the end of the day, I painted some 40-odd Warriors of Minas Tirith and their ilk. The whole batch was like an army in its' own right, adding 611 points to my total of painted and based Gondorian forces! They consisted of:

Cirion
Captain of Minas Tirith with shield
Denethor
1 Citadel Guard with longbow
6 Osgiliath Veterans with shield
2 Osgiliath Veterans with spear and shield
3 Osgiliath Veterans with bow
10 Warriors of Minas Tirith with shield
13 Warriors of Minas Tirith with spear and shield
4 Warriors of Minas Tirith with bow
3 Warriors of Minas Tirith with banner
1 Warrior of Minas Tirith with warhorn

Here's a full batch shot of all of them:

And here's a closer shot of just the Warrior of Minas Tirith block:

Apologies for the blurry pictures, they're from a cell phone camera and not taken in the best light.

Argish · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:21 am

Always impressive to see all of them together. What about some riders?

Paradigm · **Joined:** Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:56 am **Posts:** 264

Col stuff. Quantity has a quality of its own, and these look great! Are any of the Veterans converted? If they are, can I trouble you for some close-ups, as I have a few to do myself and more inspiration is always good!

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:46 pm

Argish wrote:

Always impressive to see all of them together. What about some riders?

Thanks! I've got 7 Knight of Minas Tirith including a banner and Captain already finished in my display cabinet. I have another 2 who need the horses fixing and then Faramir and 4-9 more Knights who need doing. As well as this, I have Elessar mounted and Imrahil with 9 SKoDA to do. My mounted contingent will be quite solid, when all is said and done!

Paradigm wrote:

Col stuff. Quantity has a quality of its own, and these look great! Are any of the Veterans converted? If they are, can I trouble you for some close-ups, as I have a few to do myself and more inspiration is always good!

Sure thing! Most of my Veterans are conversions, as I much prefer variety within my forces. Here are better shots of the Vets:

Veterans with bow:

Spearmen:

Note that I've attached a shield to each of them.

Converted archer:

Swordsmen 1:

Swordsmen 2:

Swordsmen 3:

The one on the right here is the body of a metal Captain of Minas Tirith with a plastic Wood Elf's head. Not my proudest work, as the scales are quite off.

Paradigm · **Joined:** Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:56 am **Posts:** 264

Cheers for those, some cool ideas I may have to borrow.

Sithious · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:42 pm

Nice conversion work. Gondor is not easy to work through because of the repeated poses and colors. You are doing a great job of mixing it up a bit.

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