Naturally for me that includes a load of Middle Earth stuff, so I set to getting those done.
I surprised even myself a little with how much I got done in a night though. Clearly all this government-mandated hobby time is making me more productive!
Theoden and Merry here are just a couple of dismounts for my all-mounted Rohan force, hence why they've been unfinished for so long. They turned out pretty great considering they were only sprayed white when I started!
I'd say it took about 2-3 hours to get them polished off, not including basing, which is bloody good. Normally character pieces take me a week or so.
Part of the reason I churned them out so quick is that I made a conscious decision to skip the normal blending and finicky details I normally pour into characters. Being dismounts, they won't even hit the board in most games I play with them, so I didn't want to overcomplicate the painting on them. Theoden will see use in my Helm's Deep list, but tbh he looks good enough to pass even then.
The only thing that's bugging me is that I can't find Theoden's shield anywhere, so he'll have to make do without it until it turns up!
Next up was finishing off a few Elves which I had leftover from my event army a few months ago:
I started painting them back in December, but then my event list changed so they weren't needed and fell by the wayside. It's good to finally have them done.
The mounted Ranger was a conversion I did for Battle Companies. Obviously that campaign has been delayed for a few months now, but it's a fun model which I'm looking forward to using at some point. It's just a shame I can't use it in regular games outside of a counts-as Mirkwood Cavalry model.
Finally I magnetised a trio of Blight Haulers for my Nurgle-loving friend:
It was a surprisingly lengthy process, as I had to use green stuff to line up the prongs of the guns with the sponson mounts. I didn't trust my ability to cut precise grooves to house the magnets, so I went for the GS route instead.
It also had the advantage of breaking up the uniformity of the gun mounts by adding fleshy growths to hide the magnets. The lack of customisation on the newer chaos vehicles really bothers me, so that alleviated it a bit.
I won't be painting these myself. My mate is going a little crazy in strict lockdown atm, so I said I'd run them over to him when I get a chance.
It might be a while before he gets them, but he's in the vulnerable group, so he's most likely going to be cooped up far longer than I will. It'll give him something to take his mind off it for a while at least.
Now those bits are done and off my desk, I've just got a few more bits to do, then I'm fully ready to go hard on Inquisition. It's annoying having to do it this way, but general progress is being made at least, which can't be a bad thing!
Stay safe guys.
That is a whole lot of blight; I'm glad I am not on the receiving end! I have so many LotR models to paint... I'm pretty sure the time for them has come.
ReplyDeleteYeah it'd not fun when he uses all three against me. He normally uses two, but bought three from Conquest magazine when it was still going.
ReplyDeleteI would definitely recommend painting LOTR if you want a fairly quick project to keep you busy. A lot of the mods are 20ish years old and still amazing sculpts.