Trying my hand at the miniature Fellowship...

[Jeeves]

Trying to break out of the funk I am in (sad to say-- summer is my best time to model but I just feel blahhhhh)...so I decided to paint up some Lord of the Rings minis....

Frodo:

Boromir:

Gimli:

Legolas:

Gandalf:

Aragorn:

I'll update as I get more done....

 

[moon puppy]

 

[reconron]

Well done,Mike!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Iz-8CSa9xj8


Greetings,Ron.

 

[Arturius]

Nice work!

You must rest your eyes now... :zen
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:


Cheers

Art

 

[Jeeves]

LOL...these aren't too bad Art-- kind of near 1/32 scale...maybe a bit smaller.

Thanks Bob and Ron Going to watch the Two Towers with the kids tonight maybe....

 

[jknaus]

Now thats cool.
James

 

[ausf]

Crisp painting Mike, excellent work.

 

[AndyFettes]

Lovely lovely job

 

[Jeeves]

Thanks James, Jeff, and Andy!

Next up are the other three hobbits and then some weathering-- Aragorn was a Ranger as most of you know and at this point was in the wilds so would look a bit more weather beaten...I have to work a bit more on Legolas' face as well...

 

[Jeeves]

Well...here is where we stand...I decided against too much weathering as we will be using them for gaming and no need to get the kids all dirty I am not exactly thrilled about Legolas...but after three tries, I give up Elves are just troublesome I guess

Gimli came out pretty well...

And the men...Boromir and Aragorn...

I think the Mig pigments on his Ranger cloak and jerkin came out awesome...

And the hobbits...was hard to focus on them...first Pippin:

Merry:

Frodo:

And Sam-- front and back to show off the sausages

Gandalf:

And to complete the set-- here is Sauron done in white metal....

Going to try my hand at a set of elf archers next...these were easily my favorites in the movie-- loved their intricate arms and armor....

 

[moon puppy]

Dang man, you even got rigging in these things?

Looking good Mike.

 

[Jeeves]

Huh?

My daughter loves Legolas (I think maybe its Orlando Bloom she loves)- and is bothered he doesn't have a bowstring...but I imagine it wouldn't hold up to handling....

 

[reconron]

,and


Greetings,Ron.

 

[moon puppy]

Huh?

My daughter loves Legolas (I think maybe its Orlando Bloom she loves)- and is bothered he doesn't have a bowstring...but I imagine it wouldn't hold up to handling....

That's what I'm talking about, the bow string, gotta rig it dude! :geek

 

[kryptosdaddy]

Maybe you could use metal guitar string? Great job on the figures.

 

[Adam Baker]

Could always get a pair of nylon stockings, and strip a sting out of those to use as a bow string. And it would hold up to a bit of abuse as long as you're careful. I've heard that's a common practice for ship builders, b/c it will stretch instead of immediately breaking loose if touched.