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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Tonhel on 20 May 2023, 09:04:14 AM

Title: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (New mini's 08/08/2024)
Post by: Tonhel on 20 May 2023, 09:04:14 AM
Hello,

Recently I got interested in GW Lord of the Rings Middle Earth Battle companies ruleset.

Here are the 3 first Mordor Orcs, they will be part of my Minas Morgul battle company. I am also painting a fiefdom battle company.

The mini's are from Reconquer Designs, who mainly sculpts 10-14th century Spanish mini's, but he is also a big LotR fan.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/jfqj3m3vxyahyvq/Orcs123A.jpg?dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/raj8mz6leefd2rv/Orcs123B.jpg?dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/shr50my2y40hafv/Orcs123C.jpg?dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/xecyy6gd2dp3ah2/Orcs123D.jpg?dl=1)
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: fred on 20 May 2023, 12:29:02 PM
Sorry, photos not showing for me

Which is a shame as these sound interesting


(https://www.dropbox.com/s/jfqj3m3vxyahyvq/Orcs123A.jpg)


Thought it might be the ?dl=1 On the end of the urls. But not, so may be permissions on Dropbox?
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Robosmith on 20 May 2023, 01:27:40 PM
These look great. How did you do the central shield?
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: jambo1 on 20 May 2023, 01:52:24 PM
Lovely work on some great looking figures, will be interested in seeing more. :)
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: FramFramson on 20 May 2023, 06:39:04 PM
Great sculpts. The mail in particular is very well done!
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: LouieN on 20 May 2023, 09:16:36 PM
Wonderful work.  The shields I think are excellent. 
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Tonhel on 20 May 2023, 09:43:45 PM
Thank you for the kind words!

Sorry, photos not showing for me

Which is a shame as these sound interesting

Thought it might be the ?dl=1 On the end of the urls. But not, so may be permissions on Dropbox?

Yeah, I noticed before that not everybody could see the pics when shared with Dropbox.
Here are two pictures as attachments. :-)

These look great. How did you do the central shield?

I did paint that one mid april, the other sword / shield orc I painted last week, as you see the wood colour of the shield is not the same. I forgot which colours I used :). When I paint the next shield orc, I will try to replicate the first shield and share the colours.  :)
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Captain Harlock on 20 May 2023, 11:34:30 PM
Oh these are lovely! The minis are much closer to what I imagined from the books.

Btw your earlier pics are showing when I check in from the pc but not when I’m using my iPad
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Tonhel on 20 May 2023, 11:50:18 PM
Thank you!

Yeah, that is his plan. So no plate armour as in the movies.

Oh these are lovely! The minis are much closer to what I imagined from the books.

Btw your earlier pics are showing when I check in from the pc but not when I’m using my iPad
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Hitman on 21 May 2023, 02:45:40 AM
Absolutely stunning!! Well done. Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Hitman
😎
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Pattus Magnus on 21 May 2023, 07:33:51 AM
Those are excellent orcs - very nicely painted!
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: armchairgeneral on 26 May 2023, 08:07:55 PM
Excellent painting though not sure about the green skin. Tolkien's orcs varied from black skinned to dark brown or sallow.
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Codsticker on 27 May 2023, 05:27:44 AM
Great sculpts. The mail in particular is very well done!
I agree- very impressive.
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Tonhel on 27 May 2023, 11:17:39 AM
Thank you all!

I started working on orc 4, again a sword armed orc with shield, but he also can be armed with a spear instead of a sword. After that it's two orc archers and a black Numenorean.

Excellent painting though not sure about the green skin. Tolkien's orcs varied from black skinned to dark brown or sallow.

Yeah, maybe I should alter the skintone to a more dark / brownish colour. I now used for the skintone the AoS Kruelboy tutorial from Warhammer+.
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies.
Post by: Tonhel on 27 May 2023, 11:56:03 PM
Small update:

For the fiefdom battle company I added Alrin, a knight of Dol Amroth.

It's not really clear in the picture, but he has a mail cap, so his mouth is covered with mail.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/ed0q64zcajx01ia/Swan%20knight1a.jpg?dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/vdpt5no5d3k278i/Swan%20knight1b.jpg?dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3k0vdwi10biunp/Swan%20knight1c.jpg?dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/tlqkgxbcyfdrx9z/Swan%20knight1d.jpg?dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/1jahse1344e03dx/Swan%20knight1e.jpg?dl=1)
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (Swan knight 28/05/23)
Post by: Will Bailie on 28 May 2023, 05:55:45 AM
Huzzah for Dol Amroth!  Gorgeous painting, and thanks for bringing the love to Imrahil's men.  Love the choice of full chain hauberk, too!
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (Swan knight 28/05/23)
Post by: Aethelwulf on 28 May 2023, 07:34:00 AM
That swan knight is awesome! The orcs are also really great :-*
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (Swan knight 28/05/23)
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on 29 May 2023, 03:57:05 AM
Great work!
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (Swan knight 28/05/23)
Post by: LouieN on 30 May 2023, 05:46:17 AM
He is just great.  Well done
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (Swan knight 28/05/23)
Post by: Tonhel on 03 June 2023, 04:17:53 PM
And orc number 4 :-) The running one.

The bases aren't finished yet, I haven't decided how I will do the bases.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/1se1x4wrl9n5vj4/Orcs1234.jpg?dl=1)
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (Orc nr 4 03/06/2023)
Post by: Tonhel on 08 August 2024, 10:36:49 AM
After a long drought, a small update.

New pictures, zoomed in mercilessly :o Next time, I will try to do the faces better.

For LotR (Battle Companies) I will use the left one as a Blackroot Vale archer, the middle one as a Clansman and the right one as a Local scout or Wandering Woodsman (Community edition). (All Reconquer Designs miniatures)

I am going to paint more and maybe I will use them in the future for the new Barons War "fantasy" expansion.

(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q8ww66wg6041q0b0ozuf0/1.png?rlkey=iu663watwpuislmst2oeewq9p&dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fac87l2v09s6mi2ebdgst/2.png?rlkey=7hei9swzlm1x12loh9x263qrr&dl=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6grviieh3q74mno57aq2s/3.png?rlkey=ek5m1pmd25o4xbz822jddo56v&dl=1)

Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (New mini's 08/08/2024)
Post by: Daeothar on 08 August 2024, 12:18:20 PM
They look very nice! I especially like the pattern on the blue tunic on the spearman on the left.

How do these compare with more heroically scaled minis? I like them lots, but I've gone the route of picking miniatures from a slew of fantasy ranges for my LotR project, and they tend to be more chunky in comparisson with the usual historical fare...
Title: Re: Middle Earth Battle Companies. (New mini's 08/08/2024)
Post by: Tonhel on 08 August 2024, 05:08:10 PM
They look very nice! I especially like the pattern on the blue tunic on the spearman on the left.

How do these compare with more heroically scaled minis? I like them lots, but I've gone the route of picking miniatures from a slew of fantasy ranges for my LotR project, and they tend to be more chunky in comparisson with the usual historical fare...

Thanks!

It depends, which heroic fantasy miniatures do you have in mind?