Author Topic: Tolkien and Nordic myth (Read 3356 times)

Ragnar · « **on:** 12 April 2020, 06:55:10 AM »

A Dwarf, Grimnar Firebeard. 28mm Blacktree design.

Ragnar · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 April 2020, 06:57:20 AM »

Troll. Marauder miniatures, I believe.

Nordic1980s · « **Reply #2 on:** 12 April 2020, 10:36:06 AM »

Nice! One doesn't see Firebeards too often. Got any specific era (first age, second age, third age...) in mind?

Swordisdrawn · « **Reply #3 on:** 12 April 2020, 01:06:22 PM »

Nice. What models are you using for orcs or uruks?

Ragnar · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 April 2020, 10:08:30 PM »

@Nordic: Thanks! No specific era at this stage.

@Swordisdrawn: Thank you. I have a mix of old school (even back to pre-slotta) Citadel/GW goblinoids with a smattering of other manufacturers. I mostly have all I need painted so won't be showing many here, although I might pick out some recently painted to photograph; Some of the paintjobs are so old and bad, they won't be showcased here.

Ragnar · « **Reply #5 on:** 15 April 2020, 09:02:46 AM »

Another Blacktree Design Dwarf.

Ragnar · « **Reply #6 on:** 24 April 2020, 03:45:04 AM »

Goblin warbanner with greenstuff banner. Figure by GW

Swordisdrawn · « **Reply #7 on:** 24 April 2020, 06:43:12 AM »

Great orc!

Ragnar · « **Reply #8 on:** 24 April 2020, 09:18:50 AM »

Quote from: Swordisdrawn on 24 April 2020, 06:43:12 AM

Great orc!

Cheers!

Ragnar · « **Reply #9 on:** 24 April 2020, 11:38:51 AM »

Not wanting to start another thread, so here is a Grenadier/Mirliton Barbarian

Ragnar · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 April 2020, 01:41:15 AM »

Here are some of the better painted examples of my Goblin army.

From memory, some of the manufacturers are Citadel/GW, Ral Partha (?), Mike Broadbent and Grenadier, all 28mm.

I don't think that it is a secret that Tolkien used the terms 'Goblin', 'Orc' and even 'Hobgoblin' interchangeably, sometimes within the same sentence! So with that in mind, you will see many models that were marketed under these terms (and even 'Ogres') that I just lump under the 'Goblin' name. The Trolls are just Trolls

Some of these paint jobs are old, maybe two decades old and as you will see, I went through several phases of Goblin skin colour over the years.

Phase 1- No paint job survives, painted in enamel green but I disdained to use undercoat.

Phase 2- Green, still influenced by GW

Phase 3- Going for the 'svart' look as mentioned by Tolkien, I used various browns

Phase 4- Influenced by the movies and GW paint guides I went for different coloured flesh but mixing with grey to get a muted palette.

Phase 5- (current) grey flesh