Variags of Khan 2

Still not finished but, as the next stage is those punched out yellow stick discs, it may be some time. I can't find the punch.

I've given then blue waist belts rather than cream because of the better covering power of the darker colour. Also I gave their weapons wooden handles. The GW images seem to show metal ones which, if lugged around in the desert sun, would soon be to hot to handle.

I notice that the bases need an extra coat on the rims too and the banners more highlighting.

Nice models though I'd work on centralising their centres of gravity if I did some more. They can tip over easily. Another point - I think I'd spray the banners separately in white. Better and brighter coverage for the red.

I did the base painting and highlighting of these five before adding the tufts.

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Khandish Warriors

These chaps await the final touch, a yellow disc on their banners.

My good friends John and Val came up with a neat idea for this - use a hole punch on some yellow sticky paper. (It's cheating, I know)

They are in the company of a Haradrim Warrior and a Half Troll to compare bases.

To give them a different look to either of the others I've used 'Mission Bay' sand painted with Deathclaw Brown highlighted with Yriel Yellow and the put on a few 'Wasteland Tufts'.

Faramir and Damrod

I've brought the bases in line with the earlier Rangers though the first ones had glue and sand as 'earth'.

The later set had 'Brown Earth' painted on and highlighted with Balor Brown and white, as these do.

That's Warboss or Goblin Green around the base (no idea what it's now called.



Nice models, however, the size of those swords is ridiculous.

Shame they not well painted.

That matt varnish experiment was a disaster.


However, wot I want to know is, why did Tolkien name Faramir's mate after variation 9 of Elgar's Enigma Variations?

Faramir and Damrod

A comparison between this unfinished pair




Unvarnished

Varnished in gloss

and then varnished in matt.


I'll note that a new pot of matt might be needed, also a soft brush perhaps and not to over brush.

The ignorance of these points has, unfortunately, given them a 'scratched' look.

One Week Only Orcs 5

 Close ups

One Week Only Orcs 4

Here's the last of the one week Orcs, the four bowmen.

It will be the last of me too, for a while, as I prep 10 metal Khandish Warriors

These chaps were the most difficult of this tranche of Orcs, mostly because they have lots of little crooks and nannies to get paint into.

Enjoyable to paint though and neat models though there were occasionally odd bits of metal that I couldn't work out. I simply hacked most of them out. They also seem to be not quite finished, in places.

I was unsure of the colour of the fletchings but took my own way in the end. The only illustrations I could find seemed to indicate grey - plain uncoloured goose feathers. I think there's something early in The Hobbit (film) that shows them but I thought I'd go for 'poisonous' colours, sickly green and yellow, and blood red. Seemed more in keeping. Sorry Peter.

One week only Orcs 3

The last batch of 'one week only' Orc warriors with only the four bowmen to come.

These chaps seem to have been put together by components and I don't think I've noticed that previously.

Note the worn patches in the left hand pairs of trews in the first two shots

It seems to me that The Dark Lord now has an assembly line working for him rather than having to conjure up these Orcs all by himself.

No wonder so many turned up outside the gates of Minas Tirith.

I was still a little concerned about the brightness of the colours but they seem OK.




This chap on his own simply wanted to show off his rather posh shield.

One Week Orcs 2

The second little batch of these 'One Week Only' Orcs are ready.

At least I thought they were.

However, I think there are a couple of little touches required

This first pair seem OK but having trousers to match your skin colour may be a fashion thing in Mordor but I think I'll have to change it.

The piece of fallen volcanic lava from Mount Doom is a chip of the old (breeze) block.

This is the first evidence of those '...razor sharp rocks' having any effect on these Mordor Orcs.

Though I suppose it could the Mordor version of the Haka.

I also note that there's a chap whose hair has not been highlighted in this second pair.

In fact, both of them!

I've tried a broader range of colours but I do wonder if some of them are a little too bright?

Something which could never be said about Orcs in general.