Soooo much is happening here at the moment that I'm running out of time to think let alone do any hobbying. However in between being the acting manager at work and buying a house I managed to paint some more of GW's LoTR figures. I know that I've being going on a bit of a GW rant recently and I do promise to tone it down (honest Robert !!) but to be honest it's just too easy. I've found the plastic orcs that they made for the Lord of the Rings strategy battle game to be bloody awful and a trial to paint.
The detail is soft, the plastic very fragile and you have to try and exaggerate the shadows to get any definition. I'm not the greatest painter I freely admit, and therein lies the problem. Some of the older plastics are just so poor that you have to work hard to get a decent finish. I can't speak for the newer The Hobbit minis as I haven't bought any and I may never as I don't like the sculpts or style however the quality does look better.
And then you get some of the old lead minis sculpted during the Lord of the Rings Movies era and they are a joy to paint.
So here we have a single plastic orc (repaired), a converted Uruk Hai standard bearer and Shagrat. The orc was a bind and pretty boring, the Uruk was ok but then I have had plenty of practice with the previous 39 and then Shagrat who more or less painted himself and was a joy.
I didn't actually follow the movie colours or style which is probably why I enjoyed painting him as I didn't feel restricted. Very often I end up choosing colors on a whim so sometimes my minis look a little odd! Luckily that works ok in fantasy gaming, but not so great in historicals. Also I've tentatively painted eyes on Shagrat in my on going quest to give my miniatures the gift of sight, however I'm not sure my technique is right as Shagrat looks a little surprised.
Now I just have to get these guys on the board and roll some dice in anger, luckily I have a game planned soon.
Time to kick some Rohan butt (maybe)!
The detail is soft, the plastic very fragile and you have to try and exaggerate the shadows to get any definition. I'm not the greatest painter I freely admit, and therein lies the problem. Some of the older plastics are just so poor that you have to work hard to get a decent finish. I can't speak for the newer The Hobbit minis as I haven't bought any and I may never as I don't like the sculpts or style however the quality does look better.
And then you get some of the old lead minis sculpted during the Lord of the Rings Movies era and they are a joy to paint.
So here we have a single plastic orc (repaired), a converted Uruk Hai standard bearer and Shagrat. The orc was a bind and pretty boring, the Uruk was ok but then I have had plenty of practice with the previous 39 and then Shagrat who more or less painted himself and was a joy.
I didn't actually follow the movie colours or style which is probably why I enjoyed painting him as I didn't feel restricted. Very often I end up choosing colors on a whim so sometimes my minis look a little odd! Luckily that works ok in fantasy gaming, but not so great in historicals. Also I've tentatively painted eyes on Shagrat in my on going quest to give my miniatures the gift of sight, however I'm not sure my technique is right as Shagrat looks a little surprised.
These boys were painted in the course of two evenings to give myself a break from painting Saga Jomsvikings or FoW. And also because a certain someone who shall remain nameless (let's just call him Mr B) hinted that I may have strayed too far from the light of LoTR SBG.
Time to kick some Rohan butt (maybe)!
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