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Offline Wellington

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #75 on: November 30, 2020, 06:16:01 PM »
Great work, thats like ME stuff should look like!
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Offline Neunfinger

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #76 on: November 30, 2020, 06:58:16 PM »
Your kitbashing is truly inspiring. I love what you've done with the Victrix-sprues.

Offline majorsmith

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #77 on: December 01, 2020, 06:59:01 AM »
Amazing stuff! I love that harad soldier absolutely fantastic

Offline metalface13

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #78 on: December 02, 2020, 07:27:34 PM »
Great thread! I really like seeing people using more realistic scaled historical minis to create fantasy miniatures.

Offline Ingarsby73

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #79 on: December 12, 2020, 03:09:34 PM »
Great work, thats like ME stuff should look like!

Your kitbashing is truly inspiring. I love what you've done with the Victrix-sprues.

Great thread! I really like seeing people using more realistic scaled historical minis to create fantasy miniatures.

Amazing stuff! I love that harad soldier absolutely fantastic

Thanks all. I've been expanding the forces of darkness, with my Celty/Vikings/Daciany/Germanic take on the Angmarim. I was after a mixed origin, vaguely uniform look. To that end I've used helmet types and shield shapes as well as general colours to tie these Victrix mix and match figures together.

There are two leader types - one is a Dacian straight off the sprue, the other is a more menacing-looking Viking. His helmet doesn't match the rest, but he does look like the sort of warlord who might be comfortable working for Witch King Inc.
« Last Edit: December 12, 2020, 04:32:30 PM by Ingarsby73 »

Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #80 on: December 12, 2020, 03:12:11 PM »
I think you have created a brilliant look.
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Offline Ingarsby73

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #81 on: January 27, 2021, 05:44:32 PM »
I think you have created a brilliant look.

Thanks Rick!

Here's a better picture of the Angmarim, and some of the Deadmen of Dunharrow.

They are largely made from Victrix Dacians, with a few Gallic and Viking spare parts. I wanted to try and capture the descriptions given by Legolas and Gimli "The shapes of men ... and pale banners like the shreds of cloud and spears like winter thickets on a misty night", with "dim horns blowing".

Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #82 on: January 27, 2021, 06:06:47 PM »
I luv’em!

Offline Little Odo

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #83 on: January 28, 2021, 09:21:21 AM »
Very nicely done.
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Offline Ingarsby73

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #84 on: February 13, 2021, 05:03:50 PM »
My band of Noldor grows slowly.

They're all essentially Victrix Saxons, with a couple of spares from their Viking and Gallic warriors sets and a fairly billowy Wargames Atlantic cloak.

As I've said earlier on, I was very taken with Victor Ambrus' pictures of elves in the Tolkien Bestiary. His idea of them has stayed with me and is the basis for these four.

Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #85 on: February 13, 2021, 06:13:40 PM »
I think they are great.

Online Roo

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #86 on: February 13, 2021, 07:13:24 PM »
Lovely stuff!  Keep them coming

Offline Knight-Captain Tyr

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #87 on: February 13, 2021, 07:26:50 PM »
Missed this thread until now. Seriously impressive work. Really awesome.
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Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #88 on: February 14, 2021, 07:29:47 AM »
OMG, those look unbelievably good!

Curse you, Sir.  Now I won’t be able to get that idea out of my head.  :)

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Offline Captain Blood

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Re: Travels in Middle Earth
« Reply #89 on: February 14, 2021, 09:41:02 AM »
Oooooh I like those  :-*

 

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