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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Cubs on January 12, 2017, 03:27:02 PM
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A few old models done for a customer. They are a perfect example of what is good and what is bad about the classics from the early 80's! Many of you might be wondering why the sculptor decided to stick a moustache on Elrond. Theories are most welcome as neither I nor the customer can work it out.
Aragorn Elessar
(https://myalbum.com/photo/HgamCC6enAOC/1k0.jpg)
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Knight of Dol Amroth
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Elrond
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(https://myalbum.com/photo/yAuTLFg00xbX/1k0.jpg)
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Wonderfull
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::) This
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Great painting on wonderfull old school minis.
Isn't Eldrond half elf, half man (Elrond Halfelven)? And maybe the sculptor wanted to express this by giving him an 80s moustache?
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Isn't Eldrond half elf, half man (Elrond Halfelven)? And maybe the sculptor wanted to express this by giving him an 80s moustache?
Probably the best answer really. Although I'd have preferred him to be divided vertically, with one half of the face having a full beard with bristling eyebrows and the other half smooth and clean shaven.
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Stunning as always :)
Extra points for making the King of Disco look good.
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Brilliant!
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Maybe it's Elrond Hubbard?
Seriously, great painting, really striking stuff.
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Wonderful paintwork, really top notch!
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I think its Elrond Mercury, great painting.
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Darn, you just made the Oldhammer guys nudging the price of these models go up bij 50% at least lol .
Great PJ, you did them more than justice ( as always... ).
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Bravo sir, bravo!
I think Tolkien mentions that Cirdan, the elvish ship wright has a beard. He doesn't say elves have pointy ears though! lol
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These look great! Lovely old gems and a wonderful paintjob.
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The Old Citadel pieces did have an ample amount of charm to them. Your WONDERFULLY painted & based creations bear testament to that notion. VERY WELL DONE!
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Those are great - I especially like Aragorn's cloak (looks like actual fur with various colours) and the caparison on the Dol Amroth horse - that's a lovely blue!
Also, mustachioed Elrond is definitely the best Elrond :D
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That is some splendid brushwork.
These figures will hit my own Middle Earth blog at some point, but not to this degree of art.
Also, is it me, or does anyone else hear 70's porn music when looking at mustachioed Elrond?
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Great painting on some memorable figures. I think I like the Knight the best, both the figure and the blue paint scheme.
I remember the Aragon figure from back in the day, its huge, but I don't think I'd realised it was Aragon back then.
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Love these!
And now I know what that spare horse I have is (Elrond one)!
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Outstanding!
It's a funny range, that old Citadel LotR one. I think the baddies were generally better done than the goodies - but you've certainly made the most of those three. The knight of Dol Amroth's a nice model - but one feels for Aragorn's poor little pony!
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Outstanding!
The knight of Dol Amroth's a nice model - but one feels for Aragorn's poor little pony!
I was wondering why on earth the poor thing had so much hanging off it, plus the enormous Aragorn and his unfeasibly huge ornate sword. I guess that's why it's fantasy!
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Couple more done. I've gotta say, I do enjoy the aesthetics of these old babies, but every time I have to prep one, it makes me glad manufacturers don't use the old casting methods any more.
First up a Gondorian soldier, foot and mounted. Black ... black ... black ... it's all so black ... I can hear the moon, she's crying in a secret room ... etc ...
(https://myalbum.com/photo/l5UVVtxokQlw/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/XyOYrPaxmTCP/1k0.jpg)
Second is a Rohirrim (equipped with a fine hooter), foot and mounted again. I tried to make the device in the middle of his shield look a bit like an ancient white chalk horse figure on a hillside, but it looks a little like a balloon animal close up. Just squint a bit, it'll be fine.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/5uKLwiaAwHcL/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/iqkgn5NCsocn/1k0.jpg)
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Wonderful!
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Great stuff as ever!
Do you have any of the baddies from the range lined up for this project?
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These are so incredibly charming. I'm wishing they had never stopped to make them!
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Great stuff as ever!
Do you have any of the baddies from the range lined up for this project?
Only a Nazgul and Tom Bombadil left for this lot sadly. Maybe some way down the line?
Oh, now I mention it, I do have a couple of Orcs of the White Hand in my drawer somewhere I think. They could no doubt do with a lick of paint.
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These are great! Love the platted horse tail on the Rohan
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Probably the best answer really. Although I'd have preferred him to be divided vertically, with one half of the face having a full beard with bristling eyebrows and the other half smooth and clean shaven.
lol lol lol lol lol
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Great painting!
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New lot of lovelies done now. I couldn't have asked for more contrast between the subjects for this job, so much so that I changed my painting style for each one to get the effect I wanted.
First up is Tom Bombadil, carrying a pile of water lilies home for his Goldberry. It took me a while to work out what exactly he had on his hand (I thought it was a tray of food to start with) and it wasn't until I was part way through painting that I fully realised what I was looking at. I love his beaming, jovial face.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/dgTNi2uV6uYq/1k0.jpg)
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Here's the wonderful Fatty Lumpkin. The book doesn't actually tell us what colour he is, but Tom does call him White Socks at one point, so I made sure he had those. Please note the fun fuzzy moss tufts that were homemade and I've very happy with. Ah, the fun with a static grass applicator!
(https://myalbum.com/photo/wPqxl6PGo38S/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/xVCVYq04QhVp/1k0.jpg)
Right, well that wholesome and lovely stuff out the way, things take a turn towards the dark with the Witch King. I umm'd and ahh'd for a while about what metal to give him - old bronze, or dark gold, but I plumped for an old iron look.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/fXGhL6zASoq0/1k0.jpg)
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The base I deliberately left very bleak looking, like volcanic rocks and ash with just the hint of some sickly plant life struggling to survive. I also wanted the horse to have that blooded look like in the films, where it's been driven mad with the pain and horror, so can no longer feel the pain of its cruel treatment ... or something.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/7I3s927aj5tS/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/3qLc0oIFGZJg/1k0.jpg)
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Nostalgia turned right up to eleven. All looking amazing - really inspirational.
Quite like the 'Mordor dressage' thing going on there too. Ringwraiths need something to do in their spare time.
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You should see the Warg sheepdog trials and Mumakil display teams.
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Brilliant!
I'd always wondered about the Bombadil custard pie - thanks for solving an age-old mystery!
That moody Witch King is superb - straight outta Angmar!
White Hand orcs next?
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Amazing work Spaulding. These have been amongst some of my favourite miniatures and you've made them better and now I need to own them again.
The Strider one in particular I remember as being very good. I'm heading over to eBay right now.
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White Hand orcs next?
It depends. I've got a pretty full diary of paying work, with more LOTR promised later this spring (but not decided exactly what yet), but if I get a bit of time to myself I may give them some attention.
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Thanks for this - an enjoyable blast from the past. The Citadel LotR range were my first foray into miniatures painting as a teenager. I had Boromir on foot and horse, Gimli on foot and... a pony?, some Urukhai foot, and Sauron on his throne. I remember at the time that the throne sculpt just blew my mind, and I really wanted it.
(a pic from someone else's collection)
(https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNDQw/z/4F0AAOSwLnBX68RC/$/ME-61-sauron-dark-lord-on-throne-citadel-LOTR-_1.jpg)
When I started to paint these figs with enamels, I spilled blue paint all over my desk and I was forbidden from painting anything else. :?
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Great stuff! Tom is my favourite by far
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Cubs - loving painting.
werekake, another LAFer just painted the throne:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=81504.msg1226560#msg1226560
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Love that witchking.
Plenty of interesting parts, while keeping the tone really muted.
Top Notch
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The customer asked for the Witch King's knife to have a little more highlighting, to lift it out from the rest of the model and made it more noticeable. I live to serve.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/OCHopIGqaX2H/1k0.jpg)
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I think you overdid it. Looks too gaudy now.
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Shaddap!
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Cubs, amazing brushwork, CONGRATULATIONS! ;)
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These are bloody fantastic!!! :-* :-* :-*
Modern paint work with an old school feel.
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Utter perfection. That must be a hell of a happy customer. :)
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*looks at elrond*
...wait a second...
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MANUEL!!
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Well done! Wish my old Ral Partha and Der Kriegspieler looked that good! But sadly with my "non-painting" skills I end buying painted second hand stuff.
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Okay, latest additions to the collection are a Southron (Haradrim), mounted and foot version, and an Easterling (Variag), mounted and foot version.
I was staying closer to the literary colour schemes than the movie versions (as are the models), with the Southron having an Arabian feel, clothed in red with brazen armour and the Easterling looking like a Mongol rider and having earthier dark colours with a bit of red (Tolkein doesn't really specify the colours they wear, but I thought I'd stay close-ish to the Haradrim theme). I also tried to make sure the horses looked the part as well, as an Arabian thoroughbred and Mongol pony respectively.
In the films they are a little different, with the Southrons really only depicted as the Mumakil riders and escorts, dressed in black, and the Easterlings being the marching soldiers Frodo and Sam narrowly escape from at the Black Gate, who are clothed in red and ... I don't know what they're based on really ... Turkish? Byzantine? Chinese? Who can tell.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/VLJO7DqmQ892/540.jpg)
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AWESOME brushwork, CONGRATULATIONS!!! :-*
I always loved to see the same character in both on foot and mounted miniatures! :D
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Superb as always, Cubmeister! ;)
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These make me want to paint my fellowship sets, I have two, both boxed.
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Brilliant as ever!
Great work on the horses and their trappings in particular. And the highlighting of the reds is sublime.
I think I recently acquired that foot Easterling in a job lot of hobgoblins. I think he'll be painted up as such - no point going for a human look now!
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The latest are WONDERFUL continuations of the FINE WORK done on all your other creations. They are all pieces I have never seen before, which adds to their attraction. VERY WELL DONE once more!
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amazing work ! the LOTR from this range was the best :-*
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Wow, I love your colors on the Southrons and Easterlings! In fact, these are all really cool. I have a big box of these minis, that has been sitting around here since the late 80's, your thread is really inspiring me to move them up in the painting queue!
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Ah thanks guys. It's been a real pleasure doing this ongoing job, since I've been able to see a lot of old models - some familiar, most not - from what I consider to be GW's Golden Age. It's interesting comparing the LOTR imagery then to the movie versions now.
They're lots of fun to paint and there's plenty more on the way later!
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Splendid painting! I love that southron. It's really a shame, they don't produce this range anymore!
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Great stuff! I got one of the mounted Easterlings in with my Mongol army, I'd been wonderng what the figure was.
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Looks great! I imagine the client will be very pleased to receive these!
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Really enjoyed this thread for the excellent painting and the memories brought back of this classic range.
As I recall they did a troll in a rather odd crouching position but I got quite a few as it was the only accurate Tolkienesque troll I could find i.e. scaly skin and equipped with a hammer and round shield as per the description of the battle of the Black Gate.
They did quite a nice ent as well.
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As I recall they did a troll in a rather odd crouching position but I got quite a few as it was the only accurate Tolkienesque troll I could find i.e. scaly skin and equipped with a hammer and round shield as per the description of the battle of the Black Gate.
There was also another troll that wasn't generally released, but was much better posed, if smaller:
http://www.sodemons.com/rhrare/hammertroll/index.htm (http://www.sodemons.com/rhrare/hammertroll/index.htm)
I used to have a brace of them. I think they survived into modern times, but I must have put them somewhere "safe" at some point. God knows where they are now.
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Yeah, the leaning Olog Hai always did look a tad unsteady, but a classic nonetheless.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ME-52-Olog-Hai-Troll-1980s-Citadel-Lord-Of-the-Rings-oop-metal-Warhammer-G29-/292073597122?hash=item4400f168c2:g:BsAAAOSww3tY38t~
Looks like someone is being a trifle optimistic about that smaller Olog!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Limited-Release-Olog-Hai-Cave-Troll-Rare-Lord-Of-The-Rings-ME-Citadel-/252437056183?hash=item3ac66bcab7:g:NlQAAOSwOVpXbZrE
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Yeah, the leaning Olog Hai always did look a tad unsteady, but a classic nonetheless.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ME-52-Olog-Hai-Troll-1980s-Citadel-Lord-Of-the-Rings-oop-metal-Warhammer-G29-/292073597122?hash=item4400f168c2:g:BsAAAOSww3tY38t~
I wish I had kept hold of mine now. I had over 20. They were £2 each in the 80s!
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Both Ologs remind me of this classic Ian Miller troll from the Tolkien Bestiary (marred by poor text but blessed with splendid illustrations):
(http://www.councilofelrond.com/wp-content/uploads/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/illustrations/ianmiller/luolapeikko.jpg)
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It would make a nice figure if someone would sculpt it.
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Okay, foot and mounted versions of Gandalf and Saruman (both foot varieties) next. I know it's not a good idea to meddle in the affairs of wizards, but I wasn't completely sure they were having an affair ... although Gandalf was bragging that he comes neither early nor late, but exactly when is supposed to, so make your own mind up about it.
Spot the 'Saruman of Many Colours' robes with subtle shades in the creases.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/NBP9MGoqh2pm/1k0.jpg)
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More cracking painting.
I always liked that mounted Gandalf figure. The mounted Saruman one less so.
I was a little worried that Saruman had moved between photos, then I read the notes again.
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I always liked that mounted Gandalf figure. The mounted Saruman one less so.
The mounted Saruman is ... a little odd isn't he? He looks more like a Hobbit version of Gandalf (and may well have started life that way) and has, to my mind, entirely the wrong vibe to him. He's way too homely on his little trotting pony. Maybe they were struggling to find a good look for him to complete the 'foot and mounted' set.
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Love em! I painted my Saruman in red, like the cartoon
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The mounted Saruman is ... a little odd isn't he? He looks more like a Hobbit version of Gandalf (and may well have started life that way) and has, to my mind, entirely the wrong vibe to him. He's way too homely on his little trotting pony. Maybe they were struggling to find a good look for him to complete the 'foot and mounted' set.
Yep, very odd. Considering they went to the trouble of making two foot poses. The mounted one is just odd, the tiny pony, the hunched wizard. Not really the right look at all. Kind of travelling hedge wizard. Most of the rest of this range are very good sculpts.
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Great stuff Cubs. The Gandalf is my favourite, absolutely superb. I have the Witchking somewhere though I think I milliputted a face on him when I was a kid.
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Ridiculously beautiful painting! I wish I had kept mine so I could spend all my money having you paint them! :)
Maybe that is Saruman heading for the Shire after his defeat at Orthanc? The white robes and staff aren't a good disguise, but folks would have been wary of him by reputation, defeated or no...
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You did a great job on all of these miniatures.
I think Sarumans crouching on the horse fits to the sneaky guy he is!
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Missed this thread - really, really nice painting (even the weird mounted Saruman!). Great stuff.
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Great painting - yeah I see that Saruman figures hunched over an old nag as after he is defeated. I presume before then he wouldn't have lowered himself to riding on a mere horse. Carried on a litter if he had to go anywhere but why should he go anywhere ? Others can come to him.
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The Wizards are WONDERFULLY painted & BEAUTIFULLY based creations. VERY WELL DONE!
I just keep thing just how they would have looked if you hadn't done them as Lord of the Rings characters.
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Wow, what a fantastic thread! It brings back so many fond memories of my teenage years, only with much better painting! The Southron and the Easterling might be my faves, the Southron for reasons of nostalgia (a good friend of mine painted it in blue and silver as his MERP character back in the day, and did a beautiful job on it), and the Easterling because it's one of the only models from this range that I didn't recognize, and it was nice not just to be introduced to it, but to be introduced to such a finely painted example of it! These are really wonderful. I had forgotten how much I love the Rohirrim guy too, great big nose and all! What a range this was!
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Beautiful, inspiring work! All are outstanding - hard to pick a favorite, but if I had to, I would go with the Haradrim.
I love the mounted Saruman figure. Doesn't look much like I would expect a mounted Saruman to look, but it is a great figure nonetheless. I don't think I have ever really noticed him before. I never had many of these figures - nice to see so many of them receiving this much love and attention. Keep them coming (hopefully the person who commissioned the work has deep pockets).
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An inspiring thread! I still have a number of these figures - the crouching troll is still in my (modern) LotR forces!
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A few more done now.
First up is Gimli, foot and mounted on pony. I'm not sure if this fits in with the narrative of the story, with his armour and shield, plus pony, but it's a nice couple of models nonetheless and fitted with Citadel's tradition of pairing up leading characters as foot and mounted versions.
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Now some Hobbit characters - Gandalf, Bilbo, Thorin (yes, he did have a white beard in the book) and Gollum.
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Lovely additions. That Gogo is gaga.
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Extremely characterful models brought to life with lovely brush work.
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Love these - this is such a good range of minis. Gollum is gonzo.
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Exceptional, Gandalf is brilliant
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Gimli is the man! I mean, DWARF! :-*
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Really gorgeous :-*
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You have quite a collection of WONDERFUL old miniatures, each with his own unique personality, AND each BEAUTIFULLY painted & based.
Most of the little Folk I have never seen before. That only adds to the enjoyment of admiring your artistry. VERY WELL DONE!
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Fabulous, the mounted dwarf has long been a favourite miniature of mine - you've really done it proud.
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Wonderful brushwork.
You have really brought out the character in all of these figures.
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Fabulous, the mounted dwarf has long been a favourite miniature of mine - you've really done it proud.
I had not seen that one painted up before but now it has to be a favourite of mine too.
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(https://myalbum.com/photo/gfcGm0GK7UES/1k0.jpg)
Blimey, I think I have that dismounted Saruman (from some purchase of a bunch of old minis)
Had not seen it as a LotR mini, but there we have it... lol
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Stellar painting on these, er, interesting minis. They definitely have a distinct vibe.
Do you know the sculptor? One or two have a Bob Olley look to them maybe.
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Do you know the sculptor? One or two have a Bob Olley look to them maybe.
I believe the range was created by a number of Citadel's sculptors, although discovering who did what is not easy.
Definitely a thread to go in the bookmarks for future inspiration! Wonderful painting of some classically quirky models. Looking forward to more.
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Do you know the sculptor? One or two have a Bob Olley look to them maybe.
I believe the range was created by a number of Citadel's sculptors, although discovering who did what is not easy.
What he said!
Yeah, there's a lot of different guys in distinctly different styles and often variants of the same character.
Thanks for the kind words guys, these classic Citadel LOTR mins are something like the perfect commission for me - they're models that are giving me genuine nostalgic pleasure to paint and photograph, but they're not a range I would realistically hope to collect for myself. Some of them are so rare, it would break my heart that I wouldn't be able to complete the collection.
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Great stuff as ever!
I don't think Bob Olley was involved with these, although some of them have a similar level of "inlaid" detail. Some of the range was definitely by the Perrys - the orcs are very close to the C15 range of the time - and that range got markedly more Tolkienish (more bows and scimitars) before the release of the LotR stuff, perhaps because of a "dummy run" effect. I think Aly Morrison may have done some of the foot-and-mounted characters, and perhaps Bob Naismith was involved too. But as Fungy-Fipps says, it's hard to be sure, as there were no credits in the accompanying ads.
The thing that's always puzzled me about this range is why the excellent orcs of the Red Eye and White Hand were replaced with much goofier and far inferior versions late on.
[Edit]: I'm pretty sure Aly Morrison did the elves and Elrond, along with some of the others. Jez Goodwin definitely did the later Uruk-hai, and I'm fairly sure he did first three smaller ones too: they look like his ogres and hobgoblins.
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These are so beautiful! There's something about your painting style, and your choice of tones, that brings out perfectly the essence of these miniatures. They've always been a favorite range of mine, even though I don't have many of them (I'm happy to have Gandalf in my collection, and keep meaning to repaint him, and I think Thorin might be somewhere in the lead pile too), but I'm reminded, seeing your wonderful renditions of the models, how good the "little folk" of the range were - in particular the hobbits and the dwarves, although I have to say that Golem is such a characterful miniature too! Add to all of that the superlative basing on these models, which for reasons that are quite beyond my comprehension I forgot to say anything about last time, and you have something really special here. Superb thread.
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These are so beautiful! There's something about your painting style, and your choice of tones, that brings out perfectly the essence of these miniatures.
That's very kind of you, thank you. I'm an old-fashioned sort of painter so I guess it suits the old-fashioned miniatures. I always concentrate on faces and I think sculptors used to do the same, before newer materials and CAD made dynamic posing (and generic snarls for some reason) more of a focus.
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I'm an old-fashioned sort of painter so I guess it suits the old-fashioned miniatures. I always concentrate on faces and I think sculptors used to do the same, before newer materials and CAD made dynamic posing (and generic snarls for some reason) more of a focus.
PERFECTLY said!
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Very inspiring painting. I've got some of the minis, mainly Hobbits and a couple of dwarfs. Lovely olschool models. You really do them good with your brush. :)
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Cubs !
Youre brilliant !!
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Fabulous work on that classic range, Cubs, very lovely! Have to check my own collection ...
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Starting work on the old 'Fellowship of the Ring' Boxed Set now.
First up are Frodo, Sam (I love the pots and pans on his back) and Bill the pony.
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Then their Shire companions, Merry and Pippin.
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Strider in his weather-beaten ranger garb.
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And Gandalf.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/LKlw9U295jp4/1k0.jpg)
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Superb! Gandalf's the pick for me (the best figure, I think), but the faces on the hobbits are brilliant.
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Outstanding work. Mine are still in a box awaiting paint. You painting both inspires and also puts me off painting them as yours are so well done :D
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"Gandalf - err... which way's Mordor?"
(https://myalbum.com/photo/LKlw9U295jp4/1k0.jpg)
"That way you fool!"
Really liking them all
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Outstanding stuff!
All sorts of fun detail - grand work on the faded tartan blanket on Merry (or is it Pippin? I never can tell). And the shading on Bill the pony is fantastic.
Superb work on all of them, in fact.
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That strider isn't the best of sculpts, but all the others look mighty fine. Merry and Pip even somewhat fierce!
Love the dark brass colour on Samwise's kettle.
What's the brand of the low grass/moss on their bases by the way? I've been looking for something between flock and bigger tufts and that stuff looks perfect.
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Elrond's sculptor is here on LAF. Will he speak up and explain the 'tache?
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What's the brand of the low grass/moss on their bases by the way? I've been looking for something between flock and bigger tufts and that stuff looks perfect.
It's homemade! I buy 1mm flock on eBay (mixing green and brown) and make the tufts with that. It's half the size of most manufacturers' moss tufts and gives a lovely velvety finish.
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Outstanding work. Mine are still in a box awaiting paint. You painting both inspires and also puts me off painting them as yours are so well done :D
Having just finished acquiring the boxed set by picking up an undamaged Legolas, I can only echo exactly that.... ::)
Wonderful brushwork, as usual.
I think that Bill is my favourite.
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I have to also say that your version of Pippin reminds me of a blonde Tom Baker with that face.
8)
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It's homemade! I buy 1mm flock on eBay (mixing green and brown) and make the tufts with that. It's half the size of most manufacturers' moss tufts and gives a lovely velvety finish.
Excellent (sort of), thanks!
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Excellent (sort of), thanks!
I'm actually doing a batch up now. Drop me a PM with your name and address and I'll send you a sample sheet if you like. I have been thinking about doing a job lot of tufts and flogging them off cheap, because I've got loads more flock and static grass than I'll ever use.
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Wonderful! I love the fire-blacked bases to the pot and the kettle on Sam's back, and Bill the Pony is fantastic. Excellent basing, as always, and the faces are brilliant. The different patterns and textures on the cloth are handled really well too. Love it all!
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I'm actually doing a batch up now. Drop me a PM with your name and address and I'll send you a sample sheet if you like. I have been thinking about doing a job lot of tufts and flogging them off cheap, because I've got loads more flock and static grass than I'll ever use.
I'd certainly be interested in a sample too - it looks really good.
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AWESOME brushwork as usual! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Hard not to go back to old school fantasy with such an inspiring thread! :D
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:-* Love the new additions and love this thread in general. :-*
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I'm actually doing a batch up now. Drop me a PM with your name and address and I'll send you a sample sheet if you like. I have been thinking about doing a job lot of tufts and flogging them off cheap, because I've got loads more flock and static grass than I'll ever use.
Now that truly is most excellent! PM incoming in 5, 4, 3...
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Absolutely superb :o 8) 8)
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Here we go again, Legolas is added to the group. He's a bit scowly.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/A5qOj06u9Cv1/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/q6kJcGGCPWZP/1k0.jpg)
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And Gimli ...
(https://myalbum.com/photo/mvjWKrKsxZIX/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/b4Uxd65VB0rh/1k0.jpg)
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And finally Boromir to complete the group.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/hGQ5z2BjFnQi/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/5SHExrCE8lBU/1k0.jpg)
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I couldn't let them get posted off without a group photo of the 'Fellowship of the Ring' boxed set.
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Absolutely brilliant. The highest possible quality nostalgia :-*
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Absolutely brilliant. The highest possible quality nostalgia :-*
Indeed!
And great to see them all together.
That group have probably never been given a better lick of paint.
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Amazing stuff. It is always interesting to see old school miniatures with a modern paint job.
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Inspirational painting, Cubs.
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Wonderful. Best ever paintjob on these! :-*
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Thanks guys, it's fun to revisit these old sculpts and see how damn good (and how damn bad) some of them really were. It also brings home how spoiled we are as regards the clean sculpts and casts we now enjoy!
Not many to go on this LOTR nostalgia trip now.
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Ah, the chapter ends, yet a new chapter begins.
These are the last of the old Citadel Middle Earth models this customer has for me and what a wonderful trip down memory lane it has been. However, that doesn't mean I won't add the odd Orc or Goblin from my own collection, from time to time.
It begins a new chapter for me because for some time I've suspected that my short-distance vision has been wonky (blaming it on tiredness or odd light only works if it isn't happening every time) and I've been reluctant to admit that time has been affecting me. However, I reckon I've been getting a bit sloppy on the close-up detail work lately, so I bit the bullet and bought a cheapo pair of reading glasses. They made a hell of a lot of difference and really helped me to get the faces done properly on these fellas, so I recommend the same to anyone in the same boat as I was.
Anyhoo, enjoy these alternate versions of the Rohirrim from the Citadel ME range.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/DQnZg8NPqmTY/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/OJjl6XBusxXC/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/ZOQUa4H2Goi4/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/VSUX5BtU9Pxn/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/EsmhNkGuYHsM/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/k6kHYD97mx1o/1k0.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/gpGtjuceVLFn/1k0.jpg)
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Superb work as ever. The faces are certainly worth a minor capitulation to reading glasses... And the white horse on the shield (& banner) is just wonderful. Great stuff.
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The faces on the Rohirrim on fantastic so the glasses must be working.
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The faces on the Rohirrim on fantastic so the glasses must be working.
Seconded. I just bought the same glasses for the same reason and hope they work half as well for me. Brilliant stuff.
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oh my goodness, the faces on the rohans...
and in general (fellowship group pic for example) - such beautiful chiaroscuro. I'm kind of aiming for something like that using the poor man's approach of washes etc, but this is the real deal.
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Lovely work, as usual.
The transition of tones on the faces alone is amazing.
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However, that doesn't mean I won't add the odd Orc or Goblin from my own collection, from time to time.
So, if you have them in your collection, you will paint them, eh?
If that is the case then I have a couple that I can add to your collection.
:)
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So, if you have them in your collection, you will paint them, eh?
If that is the case then I have a couple that I can add to your collection.
:)
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I'm kind of aiming for something like that using the poor man's approach of washes etc, but this is the real deal.
I concentrate on the eyes, noses and the area around the cheeks, nose and brow. I always do the eyes as soon as the base colour for the face goes on, so I can get them very thin and cover up any bits that go wrong easily. The rest is just building the bumps in the right places with highlighting. I have spent a lot of time pulling odd faces in the mirror to look how the shape of the face changes with certain expressions (and also because it's fun to pull odd faces in the mirror).
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(http://i.123g.us/c/friend_foryou/card/309365.jpg)
PM me your address and I will let postie surprise you.
:D ;)
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This is one of my favorite threads here and I love to see new additions. :-* The Rohirrim is great! With regard to vision, I claim to have perfect vision but that never stopped me from using an Optivisor at times. I can't recommend it enough. I paint a lot without it but where I use it all the time is actually with prep such as cleaning mold lines and making sure faces and such are just right before priming. I'm fastidious about a flawless prep.
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.....but where I use it all the time is actually with prep such as cleaning mold lines and making sure faces and such are just right before priming. I'm fastidious about a flawless prep.
My late somewhat demented father sometimes claimed I had a twin who was somehow lost just after birth... Could it be you? ;)
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Love your work, man!
I have spent a lot of time pulling odd faces in the mirror to look how the shape of the face changes with certain expressions (and also because it's fun to pull odd faces in the mirror).
lol
No, I did the same when I was still drawing with pencil. Should try it out for figurines too! :)
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Amazing work on these. Thanks for sharing them!
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These old models have so much character, and the painting really brings out their potential. Awesome work! I love the Tom Bombadil model in particular.
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Great minis. Much nicer and more characterful than the the current ones!
But sadly I won’t be able to afford such nice vintage minis ...
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But sadly I won’t be able to afford such nice vintage minis ...
Make friends with a really old rich person and just wait.
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Heh Cubs, how you doin'? *sexywinkemoji*
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Heh Cubs, how you doin'? *sexywinkemoji*
One out of two isn't bad I guess.