Lord of the Rings – various adventures in Middle Earth

[Zemlod]

Thank you!

While I don't have any great progress to report middle earth-wise,
at least, here's an undead orc:


Unfortunately I didn't take any before and after pics, but this one was done with contrast paints over a "reinforced" zenithal highlight basecoat step where I highlighted some of the more prominent pieces and ridges after the zenithat spray of white over gray. I quite like how that turned out and i think it made painting him quite a bit faster.

[Zemlod]

Another piece painted during one of the lockdowns but not photographed so far:



Really nice kit, great fun to paint. I'd really like to combine several of these sets to make a bigger building . . Well, maybe one day...

[Codsticker]

That is wonderful work on a wonderful kit. There is a video on YouTube of some one making larger and different structures out of these kits (zorpazorp maybe...).
Edit: found it: link.

[Zemlod]

Thank you! And for the link as well. In a strange failure of The Algorithm, i hadn't heard of him before. Those are some great ideas! Now I'll definitely have to get some multiples of that kit

[Zemlod]

I already did these last year but only managed to take a pic just now:



I basically just painted them to try out some things with the new Contrast paints. It was a really quick job, with some drybrushed highlights afterwards. I don't really enjoy doing the basing, so here I tried out a cheap cheat for that as well: Stirland battlemire with some blobs of Astrogranite as rocks, all drybrushed Karak Stone then a lighter drybrush of Screaming Skull with a bit of grass on top. All in all, doing these was a lot of fun and I think they look ok for "rank and file" troops, especially considering the time these actually took.

Note to self: Must not start *another* army . . .

[Codsticker]

Those turned out great. I am actually painting some Rohirrim right now but I have some of those Orcs next in the queue.

[mattjgilbert]

Really nice stuff here. The more muted and natural colour palette really works well with the LotR aesthetic.

[Morglum Necksnapper]

Very niceliy done terrain pieces. I like the clean painting style and the way you use grey for wood, as most people would use more brown colors.