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Warmaster => [BoFA] Warmaster in Middle Earth Discussion => Topic started by: nesbit37 on September 09, 2015, 08:58:00 PM
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It seems to have been pretty dead in here so I figured I would post up some of the mini's I have been working on this. The setting and scale really appeals to me, so over the past 6ish months I have been working just painting and assembling models and finding "counts as" models to use for things beyond the Games Workshop offerings:
I recently finished these guys. They are 15mm Picts from Cooplestone that I thought were perfect substitutes for half trolls if you wanted to copy the Games Workshop style for them (which I did). they are smaller than the troll miniatures by a decent amount, though they do look a little too big next to the BoFA plastic miniatures which are on the small side anyway. They look better and more in scale with the metal 10mm mini's I have found.
(http://imgur.com/OwPcKb9.jpg)
In the background is the 28mm GW half troll, and a GW hill troll and uru-kai for scale.
I also just finished up 220 easterlings from Tajima. They are a little large and the castings aren't the best but I like them overall and certainly the most film like easterlings I have found:
http://www.tajima1.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=362663
(http://imgur.com/ppAV1Fn.jpg)
This next image isn't the best but I also picked up some 10mm elephants with howdah and elves on stags from Eureka minis.The elephants I just painted as they came for mumakil but the elves I picked up solely to convert one of them into Thranduil on an elk. They are all in the pic here:
http://eurekaminusa.com/collections/fantasy-10mm-by-alan-marsh
(http://imgur.com/rwO4nc0.jpg)
Eureka also makes some 18mm armored trolls I picked up that are the perfect size match for the trolls in this game and I plan to use them as Olog-hai. Their tree trolls also make great ents.
http://eurekaminusa.com/collections/fantasy-armoured-trolls
(http://i.imgur.com/JdRzlfF.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/nikujiG.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/XTQ0ivP.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/pryvmLP.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/H2hY64q.jpg)
I've also painted up some far harad forces, which I am using zulus from Pendraken. For the mounted cavalry of them I am using Sudan/Egypt 1882-85: Mahdist camelry, sword/spear. To make the Mahud king mounted I just took the zulu king figure and swapped torsos with one of the Mahdist Camelry:
http://www.pendraken.co.uk/SC21-p6539/
http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Colonial-c16/Zulu-Wars-sc100/
(http://i.imgur.com/g5NWPfB.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lo8bQyH.jpg)
For additional easterling and some gap filling in Gondor I am using a bunch of Old Glory figures, here is the list I ordered and am waiting on:
SAR-106 Arab Infantry Archers SAR-110 Arab Infantry Command
SAR-105 Arab Infantry Spearmen SAR-109 Arab Light Cavalry
SAR-102 Ghulam Cavalry , Armored Horse SAR-103 Ghulam Cavalry , UnArmored Horse
SAR-100 Saracen Mounted Command
SAR-101 Seljuk / Turcoman Horse Archers
SAR-104 Arab Armored Cavalry
In addition to the other Cooplestone recomendations from others I picked up the 15mm shapechangers and bears to use as Beornings in humanoid and bear form. The bears are a little larger than the Beorn figure that comes in BoFA box but they look great and still work:
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=FM
I've also painted up a bunch of dragons by Darksword Miniatures to use as various dragons of middle earth (Smaug from GW is in here as well):
(http://i.imgur.com/WCPjJpP.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/uZBRg2d.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/0FGG9Ci.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/IeGRaaX.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/hUXFjoT.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/rj3tLDg.jpg)
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Very inspiring stuff!
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Beautiful work, well done!
You deserve a medal for the burning ent!
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Thanks! If anyone else has minis they think would be great proxies for things please post them here. I can't get enough of these things to paint. I want to use the figures from the 10mm evil men indiegogo campaign for some black numenorians, though that assumes I get my hands on some of them post-campaign since I missed out on it when it ran initially.
I also would love something that would work for huorns, though I think I might have to end up sculpting those. Elven chariots would also be great, as well as a good Shelob (I saw the one post about using a reaper mini for Shelob but want to see what else is out there that might be in scale). Anything else for other monsters of middle earth would great since most of the humanoids have a bunch of options that could work it seems.
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We have a Middle Earth 10mm proxy thread or twelve that I started! I was looking to make a Gondor army but I have such a lead mountain already I couldn't justify it!
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There is a lot of work there. Such grea ideas and nice armies. Top noch!
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What list are you using? Middle earth warmaster yahoo group or your own, or the ones here developed by The Dog?
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For now at least I am using the lists from the Yahoo group. I don' t think I have seen the lists from The Dog?
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Never mind, I have seen those lists by The Dog before. At least for now I am more going off of the ones from the Yahoo group but these things should be pretty interchangeable. Honestly at the moment its more about the modelling/painting than the exact rules fit.
I just put in an order for a Form +1 resin based 3D printer for the maker space I manage at work. If I can manage the time to do it I'll see if I can do some 3D sculpts with sculptris of some 10mm units to learn how to work that printer. Creating Grond seems like it might be a good starter.
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So good! go on with the models
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Finished up 42 hill trolls this past weekend:
(http://i.imgur.com/2vaCnHU.jpg)
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Awesome work Nesbit!
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yep 42 trolls are really work.
Well done!
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I've got Zbrush installed and started going through the tutorials on Lynda.com. Its a long shot, but anyone have or know of any good (preferably free) base models of things that would work as the generic starting figure for a dwarf, elf, etc. for programs like Zbrush?
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sorry can not help you. To be honest do not know what zbrush is ...
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Well, you see, Zbrush is a clever bit of software that is like a virtual modelling clay, commonly used to create organic looking character concepts.
From what I understand if you are looking to 3D print something in order to cast, I think it is Blender which is commonly used as a leaping on point.
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For the curious:
http://pixologic.com/
and you would care about that because you can use it to do things like this:
https://www.3dhubs.com/talk/thread/creating-printable-3d-miniature-gaming-models
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?184523-3D-Printing-Miniatures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNtnavsGoyA
http://forum.formlabs.com/t/behold-the-mighty-owl-size-detail-test/63
and since I have access to one of these:
http://formlabs.com/
I am hoping to draw up some 10mm things that there are not models for or to expand lines, print and then cast them. We'll have to see how it all works out though.
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Gone through some of the Lynda.com Zbrush tutorials. I don't know how it will all work out but its fun learning at least.
Here is my 10mm Middle Earth painting for October with a minor horror theme:
Terrifying bat swarms (Games Workshop BoFA)
(http://i.imgur.com/Cds92nul.jpg)
Blood sucking spiders of Mirkwood! (Pendraken Giant Spiders)
(http://i.imgur.com/DCCBl5ll.jpg)
Terrifying ghosts of army of the dead (made these from left over pieces of miscasts)
(http://i.imgur.com/fkpMjMxl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Op4nXq2l.jpg)
Easterling Cataphracts to (maybe) chase them all away (Old Glory SAR-102 Ghulam Cavalry, Armored Horse)
(http://i.imgur.com/3oSgTJJl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lVNbwu5l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1OQlMPml.jpg)
Group shot
(http://i.imgur.com/OvLIN1Nl.jpg)
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Nice work, I like all the units you present here. Specially like cataphracts and the good use of the miscasts.
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Great work! I love seeing Old Glory units painted. I had been planning on using some of their cavalry like the Normans as Gondor Cavalry in 10mm.
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I picked up some of Old Glory's Byzantine's to use for Gondor Horse. I thought they fit better for my tastes than the Normans, or at least what I could see of them. My main complaint of Old Glory is the lack of pictures, or when they do exist they are usually far too small. Not sure when I am going to paint them up but I'll post them when I do. Specifically, they are BZZ-104 Armored Cavalry Kite Shield, Half Armored Horse .
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I didn't do too much unique in November. Just some Rohan foot units from Cooplestone Casting. Will get a little done in December but not a ton since I will be traveling a fair bit this month.
(http://i.imgur.com/OEjMm11.jpg)
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They look great. Really like the banner
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Good work! Always good seeing Copplestone get some love, too.
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Finished my December painting early due to the travel plans. Pretty small amount as well. I am hoping to get more experience with Zbrush over the holidays so with any luck I'll have something on its way to being worth printing by early January.
Gandalf and Saruman by Cooplestone.
(http://i.imgur.com/xNYlpv2l.jpg)
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That is a kind of magic!
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I made sure to fit some more LotR 10mm into my painting for January! This time I bring you some heavily armored Black Numenorians led by Queen Beruthiel and 3 of her cat spys. 10mm scale cats are crazy tiny, like the size of an eye for a 28mm model. These minis all came from Yann Hoarau's 10mm evil men campaign ( https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/evil-men-fantasy-10mm-miniatures#/ )
(http://i.imgur.com/irdoz5Rl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/8cI39CQ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/7jcLjA2.jpg)
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Really like all of these! Feel inspired to procure some WM ME stuff now.
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Very nice!
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Great ! thumbs up
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Since I have been traveling the past two weeks and I have a ton of Dropzone Commander I need to get ready for a demo event coming up next weekend I am probably going to have to take a pass on doing more Middle Earth this month. However, I do want to come back to it in April and am not quite sure what in my backlog to paint next. Below is a list of at least some of my 10mm Middle Earth backlog, so if you want to see me paint up any in particular and I'll take a stab at them!
Black Numenorians (all from Evil Men)
light armored infantry
cavalry
Chariots
Far Harad (Pendraken)
Infantry
Harad (Old Glory)
light cavalry
heavy cavalry
horse archers
infantry
archers
Gondor (Old Glory)
heavy cavalry
light cavalry
levies
Beornings (Copplestone)
3 in bear form/3 in humanoid form
Storm Giant (Copplestone)
And then a bunch of miscellaneous Cooplestone stuff, mainly the heroes I have not yet worked on. Any preferences?
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I was looking down the list - and actually all of them would be good. Perhaps the evil men, as there haven't been many of them painted up yet.
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Follow what inspires you! That's the only way to get stuff painted. =)
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Hah, I wish it was that easy! I do that where I can, but I also just have things I want to work through and doing things like painting motivation competitions are very helpful for doing that (at least personally). I've been a part of one this past year that has allowed me to get through a lot of miniatures for many different games, companies and sizes. Getting some input is just another way to find motivation as I do want to paint all of these, its just a matter of when and who first!
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That's true. I go through phases of bursts of productivity then not wanting to pick up a paintbrush.
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I painted up 12 Black Numenorian Chariots this month. They are from the Evil Men 10mm line. Thinking I will do some ground troops for May. I want to do some more Harad but I have been seriously ignoring the forces of good, so maybe some Gondorians will be coming. We will see.
(http://i.imgur.com/e7VeQW7l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/MPgMUB9l.jpg)
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Delicious!
Do you have any Middle Earth battle report in a blog or somewhere?
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No battle reports, but that is not a bad idea.
Btw, if any one reading this thread happens to be near Philadelphia and wants to play just let me know!