The Thread of Middle-Earth by Hammers

[Hammers]

...or did I get that quote right? Anyway, I caught your attention, didn't I?


I have had these giant eagles of various brands perching on my lead pile for a while, three from GameZone being the latest arrivals. As the lead guano has been building up I thought it was high time to give them a lick of paint. Quite a quick paintjob, to be honest, involving a basecoat of VanDyke brown, a dark brown wash and then s few passes with the drybrush (these round makeup applicators really are a wonder). and details painted in in yellow, black, golden brown and tan.

An action shot to start with...




   

As you can see a couple of them are quite a bit smaller, the Grenadier ones, old purchases, but the are still quite nice so I thought I'd add them as fledglings.

One of the bigger ones...





..is one of the *excellent* sculpts from GameZone and quite a joy to paint.

Another one from the same company...





..is just as much a beut. Very dynamic poses...





...even though the mold for the wings have been reused between the three sculpts. A closeup of the eagles head tells you a bit of the quality of the sculpts.



Compare this with the Games Workshop Gwaihir...





Not a shit sculpt but a bit wooden.

As for the Grenadier eagles...







A bit dinged up as they have suffered at the bottom of the lead pile for a while but still came OK, if I may say so myself.

Now, as for the playability of these supercharged birdies, I have little experience. Seems like a scenario could be very one sided with all these six in play.

[OSHIROmodels]

You’ve fluffed up your piccies mate 

[Hammers]

You’ve fluffed up your piccies mate 

Half expected. Tried linking to my onedrive. Must change permissons.

[OSHIROmodels]

Ok. Looking forward to seeing them 

[Hammers]

Should be OK now, I think.

[OSHIROmodels]

Well worth the wait 

[Silent Invader]

They are delightful

[AKULA]

 

Those are a bit nice

[Captain Blood]

Splendid Peder 

[Blackwolf]

Those duckies are very nice! 

[beefcake]

Very nice. The gamezone ones look great.

[Mason]

Superb!
That action shot is wonderful!
 

I like all of them in their own way but do see what you mean about the GW Gwahir, very much the 'Driving Miss Daisy' of the bunch.
 

I have to ask: Is that one of those 'moss mats' that you have created that lush valley out of?

[Hammers]

Superb!
That action shot is wonderful!
 

I like all of them in their own way but do see what you mean about the GW Gwahir, very much the 'Driving Miss Daisy' of the bunch.
 

I have to ask: Is that one of those 'moss mats' that you have created that lush valley out of?

”Driving miss Daisy”, good’n… 

The matt is indeed a mossmat from Wish and the purpose is for window display and such. It is sn item which has been talked about quite bit in the online wargames terrain making community the last couple of years.

It is dirt cheap, covers roughly 1 by 1,5 meters and comes in a few variants, ground color bring the variable while tufts are constants. I believe mine is #2.

I find it particularly useful for glamour shots like this although you have to fiddle with the color balance a bit because of all the green reflecting.

It sheds like a bastard but there are several videos out there on how to pimp it and make it more stable.

[Hammers]

Thanks all for the kind words.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Magnificent work!