Author Topic: Watchful Peace: Normans in Middle-earth (Read 12769 times)

Finarfin · « **on:** March 21, 2013, 07:13:41 PM »

I got a couple of Ebob's great new Normans some weeks ago and couldn't wait transforming them into Men of Gondor. I was never too confident with PJs plate-armoured Gondorians since plate is never mentioned in the books. Furthermore, the image I always had in mind was highly influenced by John Howe's Watchful Peace

The whole article, more pics and a higher resolution can be found at Jomada - Adventures in Middle-earth:

Hope you like them.

stone-cold-lead · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2013, 07:22:17 PM »

They look bloody good! Great models to start with (that I didn't realise were available yet!) plus some damn good paint work too.

Gutbukkit · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2013, 07:22:58 PM »

wow these are fantastic. I was looking at getting some a few weeks ago. Great use for these. I may have to borrow the idea for my men of Gondor as I agree with you about the plate mail.

killshot · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2013, 07:26:08 PM »

Wow! Those are fantastic!!

commissarmoody · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2013, 07:43:44 PM »

They look down right sexy!

Furt · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2013, 07:55:24 PM »

Very well done.

They look very gritty and I love the winged helms here and there.

Gibby · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2013, 08:23:56 PM »

Amazing! I love those eBob Normans. How do they scale up with everything else?

dijit · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2013, 08:30:25 PM »

Good stuff, just how the men of Gondor ought to look!

Hildred Castaigne · « **Reply #8 on:** March 21, 2013, 08:40:21 PM »

Did you do those cloaks yourself?
Elegant work.

tomek917 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2013, 09:02:13 PM »

Those are fantastic!

Finarfin · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2013, 09:03:12 PM »

Thanks guys, appreciate it a lot!

Quote from: Gutbukkit on March 21, 2013, 07:22:58 PM

I may have to borrow the idea for my men of Gondor as I agree with you about the plate mail.

Please do so! Bring back the pre-PJ-Middle-earth!

Quote from: Hildred Castaigne on March 21, 2013, 08:40:21 PM

Did you do those cloaks yourself?
Elegant work.

Thanks! Here's a pic of the rough sculpting, before cleaning and details:

Quote from: Gibby on March 21, 2013, 08:23:56 PM

Amazing! I love those eBob Normans. How do they scale up with everything else?

They scale perfectly with the rest of the LotR range. Slightly taller than the old plastic miniatures, but still not as big as the massive late metal miniatures.

Rob_bresnen · « **Reply #11 on:** March 21, 2013, 09:10:08 PM »

They work really well. I might have to get some of them to use for a middle earth project I had in mind. Thanks for the tip and comparison photos.

Funghy-Fipps · « **Reply #12 on:** March 21, 2013, 10:04:39 PM »

The Ebob Rebellion range also works nicely alongside pre-scale-creep GW LotR (and RBG, for that matter!). I've actually just varnished eight of the Scottish pike-men today for my own fantasy project and will get a picture up in due course.

As to your Norman conversions, I think they look fantastic and I agree that they are far more believable than the plate-clad Gondorians of the film.

FramFramson · « **Reply #13 on:** March 21, 2013, 10:35:15 PM »

Tolkien himself stated multiple times that he generally thought of "Dark Age" (400-700) arms and armour as being roughly correct for Middle Earth at the time of LotR. I think there were a few rare instances of plate, but these were extremely uncommon.

majorsmith · « **Reply #14 on:** March 21, 2013, 10:53:46 PM »

very nice figures!

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