Battle of Osgiliath MESBG

I got the new boxed set for Xmas so have started painting some of the troops up along with some of the older models i had to create a Mordor force and a Minas Tirith.  I still have the rangers and leaders to paint for Minas Tirith as well as some for Mordor.

Trolls from the Hobbit

Taken me ages to finish these off but finally got round to it.  Not the best pictures

Army of Harad part 7

Finished off my Mahud warriors with blowpipes.  These will go onto a Muzak when I have finished it.

Army of Harad Part 6

Haradrim Command and the Harad Commanders done for my Harad forces

Army of Harad Part 5

I have now finished the Harad Troopers. I noticed I had missed some gems on the last lots armour which I have now painted.  Some of these are also to go onto a Mumak. I have some command to do them on to the next lot

I have managed to sort out what colours I want the Far Harad troops and painted 3 with lots more on the painting table

I have also finished adding the bit I wanted to the Mumakil ready to be undercoated

Army of Harad part 4

I have got one really well with the Haradrim Raiders and now have all 54 of the plastic ones painted up.  I still have the Serpent Riders and Chieftains to paint but will paint some foot soldiers first.

Army of Harad part 3

Just a quick update that I have now painted 39 Raiders so more than half way for those.

Mumak Oliphaunt - Mithril Miniatures

Finally got round to painting the Mithril Miniatures Mumak, a lot smaller then the GW one but would still look good in a battle.  I have two others to paint up at some point.  The advantage of them being smaller is they don't take up as much gaming space.

Size comparison with the GW one

Looks fine with the Harad Raiders

Army of Harad Part 2

Getting on quite well with painting the Haradrim raiders and now have 30 painted.

I have also started to modify two Mumaks.  I already have one painted but want the other two to have their heads in a different position.

The Siege of Minas Tirith - Aragorn's Forces Part 3, Warriors of Arnor

Slowly getting through Aragorn's forces. Now the Warriors of Arnor are finished

Army of Harad

Over on the Lead Adventure Forum they have an Army Painter 2016 even.  Which for people that sign up means they need to paint a unit of figures each month for six months and have an army at the end of it. I need the army for my long term project of the Siege of Minas Tirith so will give me the motivation to get it done.

The army to consist of

Suladan on Horse
55 Haradrim Raiders
5 Mounted Serpent Guards
35 Haradrim Warriors (Inc command and probably some Serpent Guard on foot)
2 Mumakil (I need 3 for my siege project but I have one already painted)
25 Far Harad Warriors

Sorted out the figures

Have started building the Raiders, just need to decide whether to paint the horses separately or not.

Dol Amroth Men at Arms - Mithril Miniatures

I have had these since they came out but has taken me ages to get them finished.  Keep getting distracted.  Next up (within 5 years) will be the mounted ones.

Saruman addressing his armies

Sarumen, half orcs and Uruk Hai from the old Heritage LOTR range

The Siege of Minas Tirith - Aragorn's Forces Part 2, Clansmen Of Lamedon with Angbor

Took me a while but have got the clansmen done

Lord of the Rings Easterlings

Small Easterling force, plenty more to add to it when I get the time

The Siege of Minas Tirith - Aragorn's Forces

So finally have got round to restarting my Siege of Mina Tirith Project from White Dwarf 53.  Starting off with Aragorn's Forces

Azog

Also finished Azog which took less than 2 years.  I had to make an arm for the mounted version as I lost the one that came with it.  Still have to say I hate finecast!

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring Journey Book

I started to get back into painting LOTR and started by going through the Fellowship Journey Book and sorting out all the minis needed for that.  I have managed to get a few painted in the last month as well as making a Barrow.

First up the fellowship

I am planning on building the scenery from the book as well as playing all the games.  Ring wraiths foot and mounted.

Barrow, wights, Goldberry and Tom Bombadil

Gildor and rangers

And finally Gandalf mounted

Lots more still to do

Fellowship of the ring

Managed to get my fellowship painted.  Found them hard to paint which I think is down to there being so many well painted versions out there that I can not match.

The Fellowship

After seeing the Hobbit over the holidays it has got me started again on painting my huge amount of LOTR figures.  I have started with the fellowship and will go on from there.  (Amongst my many other projects)