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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Jacksarge on April 21, 2018, 07:53:10 AM
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I have started a Dwarf & Goblin Wars project for Middle Earth. Middle earth has been a favourite thing of mine since the early 80's, but only now with the release of the Oathmark goblins & Conqueror models Dwarves have I seriously started collecting miniatures for it.
I decided on a Dwarves vs Orc/Goblin focus as I figured it had applicability across the 3 Ages of Middle Earth, with potentially little changing in the general look of them. With that in mind I am avoiding any "Eye" motifs on orc shields.
So far I have completed a 12 figure unit of Dwarves & another of Goblins (with "Rampant" rule sets in mind). Work has started on the 2nd unit of Dwarves.
First up, here are the Dwarves:
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Here are the Orcs/Goblins:
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Super work on both the dwarf and goblins, you have really done these lovely figures justice. I will follow your progress with great interest. :)
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Great paint!
Well done.
tt43.
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Nice brushwork, especially the shields on the dwarves
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Beautiful. I am glad you have gone for the Conqueror dwarves which, I think, are superior to the Oathmark ones (other than the metal figures which are on par with Conqueror). The skin colour for the goblins/orcs looks perfect. That poor drummer does seem to suffer from microcephaly!
Great job.
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Thanks everyone :-)
Much appreciated.
I've finished 4 of the next Dwarf unit - slightly simpler shield design & different colour scheme.
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Excellent, the shields in particular :-*
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Excellent job!
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I can only agree with all the other commenters - great start to your project and I am looking forward to seeing more.
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Great work on these - especially (as others have said) the dwarf shields.
I think the Dwarf & Goblin Wars an excellent idea for a project; as you say, there's great transferability to all ages of Middle Earth. I might even get around to my own attempt at it one of these days...
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These figures are phenomenal! really great work here. The goblins are great too they just have the right amount of grime and other feral things goblins have stuck to them, that drum looks like its been beaten all the way from Mordor to the Iron Hills. Looking foward to seeing more.
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Incredible work- those shields are works of art!
These are exactly how I hoped my own Dwarves and Goblins would look- but I see now that I've fallen a little short!.. 8)
Looking forward to seeing more!
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Dwarves with spears makes sense to me, surely makes up for any height disadvantages! The blue shields are a very nice complimentary colour choice!
I love those skin tones on the goblins, thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for the encouraging words guys :-)
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Gorgeous work and so fitting to the world.
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Lovely desaturated sallow skin on the goblins, sheer brilliance on the dwarves!
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Very nice units, and a joy to see Middle-Earth getting so much love lately!
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Lovely work. I do love those Conqueror Dwarves
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Amazing stuff. Glad to see them as big pics too instead of FB pics. :)
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Thanks guys. If anyone's interested, there are some more pictures that I didn't post here:
http://jacksarge.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/those-nasty-orcs.html
and here:
http://jacksarge.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/dwarven-steel.html
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any more on this project?
I need some more tasty Dwarf and Goblin eye candy!
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The project is off to a fine start, and the figures look really nice. :-* Very much a style I can get behind. I have a project along these lines in the "trying to get to" category.
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Great work!
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Hey mate, your work continues to inspire me! I hope to see you continue this project on here as I have deleted my Facebook account.
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Great stuff :o :o
I have done the dwarfs many years ago, but did not knew there are so many new sculpts :o
Thanks for that.
The Goblins are resting in my backlog, because I am undecided about the skin :(
I like the way you do the skin very much :) :)
cheers Thomas
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I can only second (or third ;) ) all of the above statements - I yearn to be gawking at some more ME-themed candy!
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Very beautiful and interesting initiative: congratulations.
We also played several battles between Dwarves and Goblins and against Orcs too, set in our fantasy world of Naran, in which we planned to insert an Era, the middle one (of 3), inspired by the literary fantasy worlds of Middle-earth (aka Midgard) and Narnia, and with elements of the Hyborian Era (Conan) and of Thuria - Valusia Era (Kull).
For our battles we use the Fantasy Warriors wargame, expanded version "Naran".
These are the links to the pages of the battles we photographed (we don't always do), which we put on our site. As miniatures, in addition to those of the Grenadier (now produced and sold by Mirliton - Florence), we also use those of any other company, provided they are compatible in scale and size.
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Nani_Goblins_2017-01-02/Battaglia.html
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Nani_Goblins_01-01-2014/Battaglia.html
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Nani_Orchi_2012_11_18/Battaglia.html
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Nani_Orchi_2010_01_06/Battaglia.html
http://www.naran.it/FantasyWars/Immagini/Battaglie/Itinerari_Fantastici_2008/Battaglia.html
From the Mirliton website, in addition to the original Fantasy Warriors Rules, you can also download a great regulation for war campaigns for free:
http://www.grenadier.it/regole/fantasy%20warriors.pdf
http://www.grenadier.it/regole/fantasy-warriors-companion.pdf
http://www.grenadier.it/regole/FW_Campaign.pdf
see also the following pages of our site:
http://www.naran.it/naran/International/fantasy/rules/FantasyWarriors/FantasyWarriors_rules.htm
http://www.naran.it/naran/International/fantasy/rules/NaranFantasyWars/NaranFantasyWars_rules.htm
Naran Team Turin
http://www.naran.it/Naran/
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Amazing! Love how well your orcs and dwarves have turned out. Especially those dwarf shields.
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Excellent work. Very inspirational! The dwarfs and orcs have very distinct colour palettes. Well done indeed
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Amazing! Love how well your orcs and dwarves have turned out. Especially those dwarf shields.
(http://www.naran.it/naran/Varie/I_like-100x48.jpg)
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Excellent work. Very inspirational! The dwarfs and orcs have very distinct colour palettes. Well done indeed
(http://www.naran.it/naran/Varie/I_like-100x48.jpg)
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Very nice painting so much in the spirt of the Middle Earth books IMHO.
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Well, it's been a while...thought I would share some updates :)
2nd Unit of Conqueror Models Dwarves:
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Here are both finished units so far, with Dwarven King ( a metal miniature from North Star's Oathmark range):
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Orcs & Dwarves meet in a skirmish- Orcs are a combination of metal & plastic Oathmark Goblins:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YlrTN83xwfg/Xi_RPkQklyI/AAAAAAAAJzM/1e9ko3altIUY0ZHWvpQJyjbIw_37FBFxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1.JPG)
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I have finished more Orcs and a troll since these were done, just need to get some photos :-)
Cheers,
Jack
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Capital stuff! :-*
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Fabulous figures love the dwarf shields
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Really lovely stuff.
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Awesome!
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Gorgeous work!
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Very, very nice! I have never thought of decorating dwarf shields with other than runes, norse inspired heraldry and intricate geometrical patterns. Those freehand designs are the dogs bollocks.
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Extremely nice work. The shields are very effective.
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Gorgeous paint work. So much so that I’ve pulled my old Vendel dwarves out of the loft and ordered some of the Conqueror ones! I do love your shield designs.
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Absolutely fabulous painting Jack, the treatment of the amour is great, the clothing just right (not too bright- not overly muted) and the shield designs are inspired :-* :-* :-*
Gorgeous paint work. So much so that I’ve pulled my old Vendel dwarves out of the loft and ordered some of the Conqueror ones! I do love your shield designs.
Guilty M'Lord! lol
I'm holding back just for now as I'm desperate not to over extend but watch out for arriving (hopefully!) when I mean to arrive ;) :)
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gorgeous dwarves dwarfs?!
Like the way you assembled those goblins too, hadn't thought about putting the shield on the back with weapons in both hands! Gonna copy that for sure.
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Love your dwarfs! The shield designs are fantastic.
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They look so good. Both work really well in opposition to each other.
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Orcs, Wolves & a Troll for Middle Earth. The Orcs are a combination of Oathmark metals & plastics, wolves are metal from North Star, the troll is Reaper Bones.
I have just finished some more Orcs & another group of Conqueror Models Dwarves, more on them later.
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Great work, lovely Troll.
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I just can not get enough of your color palette. The troll in particular looks so good in those muted earth tones.
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Brilliant. Lovely pallette on the orcs and troll.
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Very nice paintng! :-*
I have that bones troll, and really should get him painted up, too, but I am having trouble firing up my painting mojo after a stressful period where I did not have any energy for doing hobby stuff. Well, I'll keep looking at other peep's work until I catch the spark again...
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Beautifully painted figures - the muted palette is perfect for the subject matter
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These are all wonderful - but that troll!
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Amazing work on these!
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The Oathmark miniatures are great for Middle Earth as you have very effectively proven here. Loving your work especially love the choice of colours on that Reaper Troll.
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Thanks everyone for the kind words, very encouraging! :)
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Some alternative Orcs I've been experimenting with. I purchased a couple of the Reaper Bones Orcs to see how they would fit with my Oathmark Goblins. The older Bob Olley sculpts seemed a much better fit, the later styled "Orc Grunt" was massive. I plan to keep the "Orc Grunt" as a champion or bodyguard type, but will not be purchasing any more. The Bob Olley sculpts are still a tad larger than the Oathmark range, particularly when you take the bandy legs into consideration, but I think they will work for Middle Earth. I converted the spear carrying orc because the original weapon was bendy & like a tree-trunk - he now has a Wargames Atlantic skeleton spear & an Oathmark plastic goblin shield. I've finished a couple more & tried head swaps, alternative weapons & greenstuff furs - photos later.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-anejksqyJlc/XtGwI7HGGOI/AAAAAAAAKXg/pDxXh1IO4xQxPUmF4hfHs1-gn3i8fvmGACK4BGAsYHg/P4193546.JPG)
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I tried a number of comparison photos which might be useful to get an idea of size. Comparisons are with Oathmark Goblins (metal & plastic), Gripping Beast metal Dark Age miniature, GW plastic Ranger and a Conqueror Models Dwarf.
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Continuing to inspire! I agree with you and look forward to seeing the upcoming photos.
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Continuing to inspire! I agree with you and look forward to seeing the upcoming photos.
Thanks very much Rick :)
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Some alternative Orcs I've been experimenting with. I purchased a couple of the Reaper Bones Orcs to see how they would fit with my Oathmark Goblins. The older Bob Olley sculpts seemed a much better fit, the later styled "Orc Grunt" was massive. I plan to keep the "Orc Grunt" as a champion or bodyguard type, but will not be purchasing any more. The Bob Olley sculpts are still a tad larger than the Oathmark range, particularly when you take the bandy legs into consideration, but I think they will work for Middle Earth. I converted the spear carrying orc because the original weapon was bendy & like a tree-trunk - he now has a Wargames Atlantic skeleton spear & an Oathmark plastic goblin shield. I've finished a couple more & tried head swaps, alternative weapons & greenstuff furs - photos later.
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I tried a number of comparison photos which might be useful to get an idea of size. Comparisons are with Oathmark Goblins (metal & plastic), Gripping Beast metal Dark Age miniature, GW plastic Ranger and a Conqueror Models Dwarf.
Good idea. It seems to me that they are the same size as the Grenadier Giant Orcs, now sold by Mirliton, who called them "Great Big Orcs"
(http://www.mirliton.it/image/cache/catalog/products/OR021-250x250.jpg)
(http://www.mirliton.it/image/cache/catalog/products/OR022-250x250.jpg)
(http://www.mirliton.it/image/cache/catalog/products/OR023-250x250.jpg)
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