Blog Imrahil's Paint and WIP log

That's awesome to hear! When I think of gold armor for middle earth I think of Rivendell elves!

 

Yeah I know, I have those as well!
I will prepare a few models, so he can pick one that he likes the most

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Yeah that's prob the best bet. If he picks it himself he'll probably enjoy it more and have a higher chance of sticking with it. The more the merrier in our hobby!

 

That's what I think as well.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Had some time last couple of days to work on two more Citadel Guards:



By now they are fully painted. They just need basing.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Well done, still loving the capes

 

Thank you again
After these there are 2 more to do.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Lately I tend to diviate more and more in the MESBG side of the hobby. As I was going through the armybook, specifically the Minas Tirith sectio my eye fell on the Guards of the Fountain Court.

The rulebook states as follows:


The Wargear a Guard comes with is Heavy armour, dagger and a spear.

Optional it can be given a shield or a banner.

I like the models quite a bit and don't mind that they are resin cast, but the optional shield is not supplied with the models, neither does the banner.
There are alternative sculpts for purchase.

Luckely I had some Numenorians lying around to borrow a shield from. With a magnet and a piece of metal I made it really optional.



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I painted up the shield in a different way then the Warriors of Minas Tirith currently have their shields. This was a nice tester to see if I could do better. It was supposed to look like the shieldbis made up out of multiple planks of wood:



I like the result, but it could be sharper. I will try this on the warriors as well, when I'll get to repainting them.

And here is the end result of a Guard of the Fountain Court with shield:






I still need to think of a way to get a removable banner on the spear

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Well, for me you achieved your target with the shield. I can see that it is supposed to be multiple pieces of wood.

 

Good job dude! Really nice effect,

 

Hey man, great idea with those shields. I remember having the same issue back when I did my own guards of the fountain court… that magnet thing is mint. Keep going!

 

Thank you all!
Glad to see the 'new' shield paintjob shows as intended

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Nice work on that shield! Colors look great and nice that it is magnetized! I do love magnets

 

Thanks, me too
I am always very attracted to magnets.



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In the last couple of days I had to remind my son almosy every day that, although he has summer vacation, I still have to work.

Him painting his first model is planned for upcoming saterday

I lined up the following models, for him to choose from:



And he picked:



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Oh very good, meneer. Very good indeed.

 

This is a man of Numenor with shield, just to clear that up (I thought it wasn't that good to see from the picture)

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Here is the Citadel Guard with spear all done:



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And the Citadel Guard with bow:



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