The Road to Adepticon 2012: Dwarf Warriors Done

Here are two boxes of Dwarves completed for the LotR Championship and Team event (also there are some unfinished Dwarf Rangers that sneaked in the picture).

Each model has some amount of free hand painting with the yellow lines on the blue robes and the shields. Also I tried to detail the gold armor and get the individual plates to show up better.

The Road to Adepticon 2012: Objective Markers for LotR WIP

I created some objective markers for the LotR Championship tournament using pieces cast in plaster from Hirst Arts molds (#85). These markers represent important things for the Dwarves: gold, food and... beer. 

The pieces were glued on the Secret Weapon bases and basecoated: 

The objective marker for the LotR Team Tournament is also made from the same Hirst Arts mold. I haven't glued it onto the Secret Weapon base yet. I am sure Dwarves will have no problem fighting to recover or protect that much beer:

Unboxing: Kraan Tain of Baalor - BaneLords Miniatures

Here is my latest acquisition to represent a Lord of Chaos on juggernaut or steed for Fantasy from the BaneLord range:

Kraan the Tain of Baalor riding a fuzzy bear

I ordered the mini direct from Maelstrom games (UK), service and shipping were fast (the price is also reasonable for what it is).

The mini comes in a big blister type package:

 A little fluff:

 The teddy bear:

 Other side of the teddy bear:

The head and paws of the bear: 

 

Kraan as a rider and on foot: 

 Close up on the rider (detail is really good):

 This dude is really tall!

 Armour plates and spikes for the bear: 

 Shields and weapons for Kraan:

My impressions: 


-The detail level is excellent
-Quite a few warped thin pieces that I will have to be very careful not to break when straightening
-Mold lines are minimal although some are placed in difficult places (fur of the bear)
-I hope Kraan on foot doesn't look disproportionate compared to the Chaos Warriors

Overall: I like and recommend for a little change of style!

The Road to Adepticon 2012: Display base for LotR Championship WIP

In order to have a different approach to the display base for my LotR Khazad Dum army and still fit the theme, I decided to go for a 'King's Hall' approach. The idea is that the army is being reviewed by Durin inside Khazad Dum.

Inspiration for this board was found on one of the cards from the LotR Living Card Game from Fantasy Flight:

Another source of inspiration was Bruce Hirst King's Hall piece for D&D games.
I used for this project Hirst Arts Molds # 42, 45 (gothic dungeon blocs), 205, 201 (floor tiles) and 85 (accessories: also good for objectives).

Having cast using Durham Rock Hard Water Putty enough blocks, dried them in the oven and sorted them out, I was ready to start construction.

I started to glue the tile pieces on a 1/2'' thick pink foam board that was 1 foot x 1 foot:

With all the pieces glued to the foam board:

Then, to add a more finished look, I glued around the base some wooden decorative borders found at Home Depot in the ceiling molding area. Then I filled some of the gaps with filler and applied Gesso on the back of the foam board to add some durability (bottom side of the board):

Next step: painting!

The Road to Adepticon 2012: Display base for LotR Team Championship made by my teammate

These are some pictures of the gorgeous display base made by my teammate for our LotR Championship army at Adepticon. As seen on the pictures, this will be for the Khazad Dum Dwarf Army I have been working on.

Kudo Chris, this display base is beautiful!

Painting in Progress: Empire Greatswords advancement

Greatswords:

-the metal armour is done,
-the mechrite red basecoat is applied on the sleeves and parts in a empire type quartered sheme
-a devlan mud wash was applied on the red parts.

Next steps:

-bring up the red part to a deep blood red with GW scab red and blood red.
-Start leathers basecoat with GW Scorched brown
-Start white clothing basecoat with GW foundation Denebh Stone

Empire troops unit filler

Here I sculpted some additional legs of the fallen horse as well as its tail. Started painting the empire troop guy like the greatswords and the horse.

Sam, what is the basing on the rest of your army (sand, flock) and what is the color for the edge of your bases? Also, the other guys have this quartered look color wise right?

The Road to Adepticon 2012: Finished Vault Warden Teams