Tom, Bert and William

I picked these up second hand for my son - as they're his favourite things from both the film and the book of the Hobbit - and set about painting them up.

I painted them in a similar way to the Goblin King with layers of skin glazed on to top of each other to give some depth. Overall, I'm very happy with how they came out.

I also dug out and finished up some Fighting Uruk Hai for the new Lord of the Rings rules.

Trolls and ships and Model Ts... oh my

I've been a tad busy with a few bits and pieces - of which more at the end - but today I managed to pick up a brush and actually get some painting done.

First up is HMS Caledonian, a First Rate ship of the line. Another 1/1200 naval model from the second hand haul this one is now done apart from the rigging:

Secondly, we have the second troll for my Bloodbowl team The Green Machine. This one wasn't done at the same time as the rest of the team due to a broken drill bit. I'm particularly happy with the Goblin Long Bomb player.

Now I just need to come up with a name for him.

Lastly, something a bit different. We've reached the time of year when I tend to build a diorama to help pass the long winter months. What to build this year? My choice has been guided by another recent activity. For the first time in ages I'm going to be running a Cthulhu RPG  for Halloween, so I've been doing a lot of thinking around Lovecraft over the last couple of weeks. Hence this:

This is a Lledo die cast model t ford, the 1927 model. It's also - as you can see modeled by the glamorous Boromir - as near as dammit 25mm scale.

Here you can see the basic layout plan:

And here's the Model T repainted and weathered:

Came out rather well, I think.

Some more details on what eldritch and rugose horrors will be a part of this in another post. I'll also pop up some details about the Halloween game after Saturday as I don't want to give anything away to the players.

Bits and pieces

Starting on the various elements of the Middle Earth haul, I first considered the Witch King of Angmar. As much as I love the design aesthetic of the films, that bloody stupid mace was deeply annoying. So it was with quite a sigh of relief that I noted the one I had was broken off.

A rummage around the bits box turned up various swords and other bits and pieces but then I saw this.

It looks totally unsuitable. But I have a plan. 

So the snips and files came out...

And so did the glue. You can also see the greenstuff I used to smooth out the join on the left arm. 

While faffing on with that I also blocked in some colour on Gandalf and used a couple of glazes to add some shade and light to the various greys of his outfit. 

And then looked at the Cave Troll. One of the joys of large figures if you're as cack-handed as I am is that it's pretty much the only time one can indulge in some proper wet blending. 

I also finished off the Bloodbowl team so I can take pictures this weekend. All in all, a productive start to the weekend. 

Huzzah!