Dwarf & Goblin Wars - a Middle Earth Project UPDATE 30th May 2020

[scatterbrains]

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.

[batu]

Love your dwarfs! The shield designs are fantastic.

[Eoin OCnaimhsi]

They look so good. Both work really well in opposition to each other.

[Jacksarge]

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.

[Gunner Dunbar]

Great work, lovely Troll.

[Grumpy Gnome]

I just can not get enough of your color palette. The troll in particular looks so good in those muted earth tones.

[Swordisdrawn]

Brilliant. Lovely pallette on the orcs and troll.

[Argonor]

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...

[AKULA]

Beautifully painted figures - the muted palette is perfect for the subject matter

 

[Hobgoblin]

These are all wonderful - but that troll!

[killshot]

Amazing work on these! 

[Golgotha]

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.

[Jacksarge]

Thanks everyone for the kind words, very encouraging! 

[Jacksarge]

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.











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.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Continuing to inspire! I agree with you and look forward to seeing the upcoming photos.