It is, in fact, all even more impressive when realising the techniques are relatively simple, but that it's mainly a lot of hard work that went into making it. Given the results, well worth if of course. Just terrific.

Very cool

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Superb work. Amazing what can all be done without CGI, but with a little ingenuity.

This is just as good as the behind the scenes of the movie!

Man I love this thread. Just unreal!

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The moria scenes look spectacular

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"...that there's some good in this world Mr Frodo - and it's worth fighting for."

Thanks for the kind words, people!

I've always admired the special effects people before the time of CGI, and used to subscribe to Cinefex for a long time, before everything started to be software-generated. That said, the back issues which deal with the Lord of the Rings movies are quite fascinating, and highlight the miniatures and sets, too. I'm happy to turn that admiration into practical effects for the batreps!

"La leche!!!"

Your works are fabulous.
Congratulations!!!

I have one question, what paints did you use for sam?

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All the Sam figures are painted as per the guide in the Fellowship journeybook page 9, i.e. catachan green / bleached bone for the cloak, codex grey jacket, scorched brown bag, goblin green / rotting flesh waistcoat, dark angels green / goblin green trousers, and vomit brown / bleached bone hair. Sorry for the old paint names, but I'm sure you'll find the equivalents if you use newer paint pots.

Wow, yours turned out sooooooo much better than mine!!!

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Amazing topic, really inspiring

so, how has this campaign been coming along?

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The campaign is slowly, sneakily progressing behind the scenes. There are several lines of work in progress at the moment to prepare for the next game, Amon Hen.

Some new figures need to be painted:



I will have a mood shot of the Fellowship departing Lothlórien, hence Galadriel and Celeborn figures. I'm also toying with the idea of repainting all the Fellowship members' cloaks to represent elven cloaks. I will also assemble and paint an elven bridge from Thomarillion. In addition, the boats will need detailing, and I want to convert Fellowship figures to have them sitting in the boats. For that, I have two extra sprues of plastic Fellowship figures to work with.



I will also build a small non-playable terrain piece with the Argonath:



...and dress up the (otherwise ready) Amon Hen board with photo-etched ferns:



When all these are completed, you shall see the next battle report. So do not hold your breath just quite yet (although we may actually play the game far sooner than the mood-setting scenery pieces are finished).

And, naturally, the slow building of Helm's Deep board continues. I've been focusing on the interiors, especially the stables and the armory. Here you can see the multitude of parts and plans needed for just these two interior sections:

Great to see an update on the progress of this project. I'm really looking forward to seeing the next battlefield completed. Keep up the great work!

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“The Ring has awoken, it’s heard its masters call.”
– Gandalf

missed some of the latest post, went trough the whole thing again
stunned by the amount of detail and the huge scenes u have worked out.
Lunatic work! congrats on the great efforts so far. Can't wait to get to the rest of the movie parts!

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Sorry for asking but can you post your paint scemes for us

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Try my rock painting tutorial
http://mallysminiatures.blogspot.co.uk/ ... /Tutorials
Pushing the green wash in the late stages will add to the look of moss growing.

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Thanks for the link, Gandlaf! @Hobbit, I use mainly various latex paints for scenery, mixed with RGB codes I took from screen shots of the movie. Plus various washes, of course.

I ment for the minis

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