Continuing my epic trawl through the haul of second hand Lord of the Rings miniatures, I have returned to my Middle Earth first love. That has been, and always will be, Saruman. Not just because he was played by Sir Christopher Lee - of whose magnificence I have spoken before - but because he is a much more interesting character than Sauron (or at least the Sauron of the Third Age).
In amongst the Haul I found some Uruk Hai Beserkers; perfect for Dragon Rampant bellicose foot and pretty tasty in the Lord of the Rings game itself. So I set to work with the Biostrip:
This is one of the rare occasions where I am actually completely happy with how they turned out. The skin tone is spot on and I managed not to screw up the White Hand markings.
Speaking of which, lurking in a recent purchase was a Lurtz. I stripped then painted him up and was very happy with the face, so I took a picture in case I wrecked it with the White Hand marking:
Thankfully, I didn't.
Lastly, at the car boot sale on Sunday I grabbed 20 men of Gondor for £8; mainly as the eldest likes Knights. And, true to form he asked me to paint him some of them up.
Next up is a Ringwraith and some more character models. I'm also on the look out for a shelob, nazgul on fell beast and balrog if anyone knows of any going cheap.
As always, thanks for looking.
Nicely painted minis - the Uruks especially look good.
ReplyDeleteThanks - really happy with them.
DeleteSome great painting! Like you said, the skin tone on the bezerkers is spot on!
ReplyDeleteHigh praise indeed coming for you, Sir! Thank you kindly.
DeleteYou are not helping my will power with these; always had a soft spot for the Lord of the Rings miniatures myself.
ReplyDeleteTreat yourself. Some of them are ridiculously cheap.
DeleteSome of them, alas, aren't.
Really good job there. Love the hand prints.
ReplyDeleteI've just convinced my normal WW2 and Moderns gaming mate to get into LotR again - brushing off all the unpainted uruk hai from my box in between catching up on blogs!
Oh good work, sir. Will you be using the LOTR rules or Dragon Rampant?
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