War of the Ring High Elves
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About the Project
This project has been languishing for years now, and the new Spring Cleaning Hobby Challenge, has encouraged me to get them done. I have a goodly amount to do, but I have a bit of a head start. I did start this ages ago as you can see by the few units painted up in the colour scheme that I've chosen; Red, Black, Grey, with silver armour. Not pictured are the Rivendell Knights that I picked up a while ago, 2nd hand, cheap as dirt, and they aren't worth much more than I paid for them, I paid nothing for them, and yes that means they'll need a lot of work.
Related Game: Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Fantasy
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge (Old)
This Project is Completed
Flesh tones, and Weapon handles.
Okay so next up is making them look alive, with some flesh coloured paint(Vallejo Model Color Cork Brown).
Flesh tonesReinforcing the Red
The Vallejo Flat Red is brilliant for base coats, as the pigment density is so high, but as the name suggests, is very flat, so I go over the top of it with the Citadel Contrast Paint; Flesh Tearers Red, I also go over the part of the centre of the shield with it to make it seem like a jewel. I also did some highlighting of the armour with the classic Citadel Chainmail, and went over the weapon handles with Vallejo German Camo Black/Brown.
Red, Silver, Black/BrownVarnishing.
Because so many of these models are metal, they need to be varnished.
Firstly a Gloss coat, of the Glossy Lucky Varnish from AMMO by MiG.
After that sets, I go over it with a thinned down version of the Vallejo Matt Acrylic Varnish(26.518). Now they’re as ready as the rest of the army.
Gloss Coat
Matt CoatReady for basing!
Okay, the 1000 points(I actually think it’s only 990 points, but whatever), is ready for basing. Tonight after dinner I might paint the Movement Trays ready, either a Pale Yellow or Grey Primer.
The Army so farReady for basing!
Okay, the 1000 points(I actually think it’s only 990 points, but whatever), is ready for basing. Tonight after dinner I might paint the Movement Trays ready, either a Pale Yellow or Grey Primer.
The Army so far
Getting the Trays done.
Last night I got the trays base coloured in the Vallejo Desert Tan. Makes them nice and light, for the basing material, which will be a mix of the Grimdark City Rubble, and the City Rubble ready basing mix by Geek Gaming.
First up PVA, and hey I used some spare bases to fill in the holes to make things easier for myself.
Then a mix of both the ready base mixes.
Finally a layer of the City Rubble.
PVA
Grimdark City Rubble
City Rubble x3
Trays CompleteNow that the trays are done, I don’t have enough for the Troops =(
So yes I’m not going to get them done in time, but they’ll be done the weekend after.
Starting the basing for the Troops.
Okay, so I don’t have enough basing material to get the troops done, but with just today left I did get all the bases sprayed in the Vallejo Desert Tan primer.
Archers are done.
