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From the Painting Desk #9 – A Week’s End/Weekend LotR Challenge

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My week’s end/weekend project – See if I can finish off these figures by Sunday night:

A bunch of half-painted LotR stuff. Hopes are I can get it all finished!

I’ve also posted these in a LotR forum’s monthly army painting challenge pledge thing, because they’re all LotR models, but in reality it’s much more of a continuation of my “get these half-finished suckers completed and off my table” project combined with “painful stuff to paint at work during lunchtimes” (ie: Gondor guys). They just all happen to be LotR models that I’m wanting to get done and out of the way in the next few days. There’s 16 Moria Goblin Archers – 8 of the Goblin Archers are about 70-80% done, with the other 8 needing significantly more work still. 3 Metal Goblin captains almost done, and 3 Goblin Prowlers almost done…

The 7 Gondor war machine crew were started on Sunday so I could work on the most painful parts (blend highlighting the black clothing) at work. They’re now about 80% done, with all the pain in the arse highlighting of black cloth finished today. Just flesh, hilts, hair and belts to go.

Also, an “Oldhammer” Orc/Dwarf Bolt Thrower with only the bow arms to go. The lower half is done, and then it’ll need a base.

Hopefully I’ll get all 30 of these finished by the end of the weekend. Here’s to hoping!

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Yes, it’s kind of a “nothing” post in that there’s no new cool finished figures here to show off. It’s here to help motivate me to get these suckers done and dusted.

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Update 1: 8 Archers and 3 Prowlers completed so far…

Update 2: The other 8 Archers done…

Update 3: The other 8 Archers, the Gondor Warmachine crew and the Goblin captains done – that’s the lot finished! Job’s a good’un!

From the Painting Desk #8 – How should I base this Stone Thrower?

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Another model in my “Clean up this bloody messy desk and shelf by finishing stuff” series – This Bob Olley-sculpted Iron Claw Stone thrower was first painted by myself way back in the dark ages of the late 1980’s, not too long after its release in 1988. The goblin crew have been lost to the ages due to my general dislike of Bob’s sculpting style (aside from Ogres and Ogryns), but the war machine remained, albeit somewhat grudgingly.

Bob Olley’s Iron Claw Goblin Stone Thrower

Now it’s time for the resurrection. I’ll be adding this to my Kings of War Orc and/or Goblin force (they’re separate armies in KoW, and only Goblins have much in the way of war machines) when I get around to painting more of my old-school models. In the meantime it can fit in with whoever else is on the table with appropriate crew, perhaps as war booty.

As regular readers know, I’ve been rebasing my old WHFB models to have 25mm round bases for KoW and other games, and because I generally prefer them. The exceptions being larger monsters like Ogres – though I’ve continued to give War Machines round bases. After some looking around at options, I’m still not sure what to do with this one. While it fits on a 60mm round, it’s clearly much too small. My next options are the 80mm round, and the 50x75mm square (rectangle) – and I’m really not sure which to go for.

Option A: 50x75mm rectangle

Option A: 50x75mm rectangle

With that in mind, here are a couple of pictures. Please vote or comment to help me decide. The rectangular base makes it more of a discrete piece, while the round base would allow some crew to be placed on the edges of the base (on their own bases).

Option B: 80mm Round

 

Option B: 80mm Round

 

I’ll leave this up for a few days and make a decision later next week. Just a note, even if 100% of the vote is one way, I absolutely can be swayed by a well-argued point the other way. Compatibility with WHFB is something I don’t give two hoots about, though! Once I decide, I’ll do any touch ups/cover ups or repaints I think the model needs, base it, and then post again with the completed renovation! The good news is that it shouldn’t take long either way. 🙂

 

Update! I got it finished!