Darathar's Adventures In Middle Earth. - (New with Barliman Butterbur)

[Darathar]

So this project is going to be a big one! I got back into painting miniatures about ten years ago now, and the only reason I got back into it was to paint figures from the Lord Of The Rings from GW.
It was awesome in the beginning as I love Middle Earth but after some problems with the line I was turned off of it.

And then I found the Oathmark line of Fantasy figures they just scream Middle Earth to me and as more kits came out I can now start a book style project for Lord Of The Rings  .

I was going to take my time and get a good start before if posted but after a few great projects got posted on this forum I decided its time to finally...

Return to Middle Earth...

These pics suck and the Dwarves aren't based properly and don't have shields yet but i will get it done soon.

My first Dwarves are from Ered Luin, The Blue Mountains.



Next a couple of dwarf champions and a King.





And a Dwarf trader having a hard earned pint.



Thanks for reading i'll be back with better pics, more Dwarves, elves, goblins and all sorts of character conversions! 



 

[Jacksarge]

Cool! Looking forward to seeing more 

[jambo1]

Great!! Looking forward to seeing how it progresses, some great LOTR threads on here at the moment.

[Argonor]

You're off to a good start!

I really would wish that the Oathmark Dwarves did not have those small 'shoulder pads' on the arms, I don't understand that design choice.

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

The elves also have "shoulder pads".  The reasoning is these cover the sometimes dodgy shoulder joints of multipose plastic figures.

[Darathar]

Thanks a lot guys!

@Argonor yeah I was abit turned off at the start with them but they do make for a lot cleaner join on the shoulders than most other chain mail  armour in other plastic kits.

I’m just hoping eventually North Star do a halfling set for Oathmark then I’d be set since it’s pretty hard to find good halflings out there.

Next up is some townsfolk of Bree.

[Darathar]

Just a small update this time,

I decided to take a break from dwarves to paint up one of my favourite characters, Barliman Butterbur, Inn keeper of the Prancing Pony.



He's a reaper 77084: Townsfolk: Innkeeper with a green stuff beard.

Thanks for reading

[Sunjester]

Very nice!