Baardeend's Big Book. Chapter: Erebor Dwarf Conversions

Baardeend · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:20 pm

Hi all,

Time to start my own WIP

. I was looking at some old photo's and found these photo's of (some of) my mini's.
The quality isn't very impressive, but it might give you some idea what I've been up to.

So let's start with these 2 Osgiliath vets:

Cheers

Baardeend · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:18 pm

And here we have a Mordor Troll I have converted a couple of years ago:

He is still waiting to be painted, but I really dislike painting Troll skin :oops:

Baardeend · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2015 2:12 pm

And here is a picture of the 3 painted Orc Banner Bearers I have. I had the model in the middle trice, so to add some diversity I converted the other 2 using plastic orcs. I know they aren't painted very well...

On this picture Grishnákh and a Orc Taskmaster have joined forces with the Banner Bearers. I really enjoyed painting those 2. They are my best painted orcs so far. I know it's a crappy picture, but C&C is welcome anyway

Baardeend · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:53 am

Hi all

Here is a picture of my Gwaihir. I didn't like the plastic pin he is on, so I decided to make the base look like he is flying over some treetops.

I like to hear what you guys think!

Tungdil · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:19 pm

I like your idea of Gwaihir flying over treetops, nice one!

I agree and think that the Taskmaster is your best one yet, the face looks great as far as I can see

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:10 pm

I do like that troll conversion. Little changes make a big difference.
Also some very nice, vibrant paint jobs you have there, the Osgilliath veteran on the right looks the best imo. Very nice.

Hodush · **Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:52 am

Nice work bud

Baardeend · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:48 pm

SidTheSloth wrote:

I do like that troll conversion. Little changes make a big difference.

Thanks! What I like most about the troll is that it seems like he just picked up that rock

Tungdil wrote:

I like your idea of Gwaihir flying over treetops, nice one!
I agree and think that the Taskmaster is your best one yet, the face looks great as far as I can see

I agree on the face. I hope to make some better pictures in the near future

And for something completely new: I managed to finish Amdur :-D

It's the first mini I have painted in over 2 years. I'm rather pleased with how he turned out

It was hard to get some decent pictures

These must do for now...

First without flash

And one with flash

And his back

Baardeend · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:39 pm

I tried to make some better pictures of Amdur using tips I found at tOR. At least now you can see his gloves are purple

I'm afraid this will be the best quality I'll ever get using the camera on my phone :oops:

C&C on either the painting or the photography are welcome

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:03 pm

Looks good mate. Looks like the paint on the free-hand designs at the front was a little thick. Try thinning it slightly and the paint will be a lot easier to control

But overall, great work, especially as that's your first mini in 2 years!

Baardeend · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:57 pm

Bandobras Took wrote:

Looks good mate. Looks like the paint on the free-hand designs at the front was a little thick. Try thinning it slightly and the paint will be a lot easier to control

But overall, great work, especially as that's your first mini in 2 years!

Thanks man, I will try to thinning my paint next time

I also figured I should get some new brushes for some extra control

And I really hope the next mini will be completed before another 2 years pass

Baardeend · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:26 am

Here we have another blast from the past:
I believe this was a 500pt game "defending the Great River". The Free Men defending the river were from both Gondor and Rohan. They faced a Mordor/Harad army.
Although the "Great River" isn't that Great, and there were 3 places one could cross the river, but the evil army didn't succeed in capturing the West bank!

Warg riders crossing the Anduin:

Dalamyr "bravely" planning a new attack while the Mordor Orcs get some Harad Raiders reinforcements to crush the Rohirrim, whose Captain is showing of holding a dead Orc as a shield :-D

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2015 2:11 pm

I like the black guard banner design on the orc banner it looks great.
Amdur looks awesome, gritty armour and with freehanded cloth which works well with the model, might have to steal that idea i think.

Baardeend · **Posted:** Thu May 14, 2015 9:24 am

Time for a little update

I finally had time to pick up a brush again

This time: two Feral Uruk-Hai. I got my Ferals thanks to the trading post. As a little joke I painted the flags of my trading buddies on their old Feral

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Flag close up:
Paliouras' on the left and Necromancer7's on the right

C&C welcome

Ps. the models aren't shiny in real life, I have tried various tips to improve my pictures, but I think I just need a better camera :shock:

Erunion · **Posted:** Fri May 15, 2015 1:23 pm

Love the flag loincloths. That's hilarious!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri May 15, 2015 6:56 pm

Flag loincloths - that has to be a first. If the old gold coin system was still working I would give you some just for making me laugh. Nice work on the conversions and the Easterling freehand painting.
Tip on the photos - crop out anything you do not need in the image. Even MS Paint can do that. Select what you want, open a new file, paste in the selected stuff and name it.

Atonuts · **Joined:** Sat May 23, 2015 8:37 pm **Posts:** 10

Lovely stuff. Keep going mate.

Baardeend · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2015 3:47 pm

Erunion wrote:

Love the flag loincloths. That's hilarious!

Thanks

Now I only need to decide which flags I will paint on the other Ferals

Dorthonion wrote:

Flag loincloths - that has to be a first. If the old gold coin system was still working I would give you some just for making me laugh. Nice work on the conversions and the Easterling freehand painting.

Thank you very much:) Now I only need time to paint all my conversions :shock:

And I have bought a new very small brush to try and improve my freehand.

Dorthonion wrote:

Tip on the photos - crop out anything you do not need in the image. Even MS Paint can do that. Select what you want, open a new file, paste in the selected stuff and name it.

Thanks for the tip! As you can see below I figured it out

Atonuts wrote:

Lovely stuff. Keep going mate.

Thanks man, I most certainly will

Baardeend · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2015 3:53 pm

And now it's time for something new:
I have finished this months painting challenge with time to spare

Without further ado I would like to show you my Helmingas Hornblower:

I'm very happy how he turned out. I don't think I've ever used so many layers to make a smooth transition between colours. I'm most proud of the red horn :-D

And I must say the freehand horse on the shield worked out better than expected

C&C welcome as usual

Baardeend · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2015 5:57 pm

Another little update. First of is a Corsair Captain I painted rather fast to table top quality. I also used him to test the colourscheme I want to paint all my corsairs in: dark blue, purple, grey and brown:

I like to hear what you guys think

And as a little bonus a conversion I have been working on:
Palace Guard banner bearer

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