Smoke Ring Miniatures

  Mae govannen, mellon nín! Welcome to another tutorial my friends.  After all the Dwarves have been finished, it is time for the little star of our Company: Bilbo Baggins. Up until now these are the already painted miniatures, i.e. , the Dwarves: Oin  |  Gloin  |  Fili  |  Kili  |  Bifur  |  Bofur  |  Bombur  |  Ori  |  Dori   |  Nori   Dwalin  |  Balin  | Thorin Oakenshield As with Thorin, I managed to get two miniatures of Bilbo, so I painted both of them, one with the glowing sword Sting and the other with a walking stick.  For the pose of Bilbo with the sword Sting I have tried something new to me - a glowing light -, and I'm fairly happy with the end result. Who is Bilbo Baggins? Assembled and unprimed miniatures of Bilbo Baggins (both poses). " Hobbit of the Shire. Born in the year 2890 of the Third Age, Bilbo was a bachelor Hobbit who lived in Bag E...

  Mae govannen, mellon nín! Welcome to another tutorial my friends. And finally, for the thirteenth (and last) dwarf we will paint the chief of our Company, Thorin Oakenshield himself. Up until now these are the already painted dwarves: Oin  |  Gloin  |  Fili  |  Kili  |  Bifur  |  Bofur  |  Bombur  |  Ori  |  Dori   |  Nori  |  Dwalin  | Balin Luckily, I managed to get two miniatures of Thorin, so I painted both Thorin with the Oakenshield and with the Orcrist (the sword discovered on the Trolls den, just like Gandald's Glamdring and Bilbo's Sting ). Who is Thorin Oakenshield? Assembled and unprimed miniatures of Thorin Oakenshield (both poses). " Dwarf king-in-exile. Born in 2746 of the Third Age in the Kingdom under the Mountain, Thorin was the grandson of King Thrór.  In 2770, all the Dwarves of Erebor were driven out by Smaug the Dragon.  In 2790, his grandfathe...

  Mae govannen, mellon nín! Welcome to another tutorial my friends. The twelfth dwarf of this series of tutorials will be Balin! Up until now these are the already painted dwarves: Oin  |  Gloin  |  Fili  |  Kili  |  Bifur  |  Bofur  |  Bombur  |  Ori  |  Dori   |  Nori  | Dwalin This guy was an easy painting, but also fun. Who is Balin? Assembled and unprimed miniature of Balin. " Dwarf of Thorin and Company. Balin was born in the Kingdom under the Mountain at Erebor in 2763. However, in 2770 Smaug the Dragon drove all his people out.  In 2790, Balin followed King Thráin II into the bloody War of Dwarves and Orcs, after which he settled for a time in a Dwarf-colony in the Blue Mountains. In 2841, Balin began an ill-fated quest with King Thráin II to return to Erebor. This journey resulted in the disappearance and eventual death of Thráin II. Balin returned to the Blue Mountains Ex...

Mae govannen, mellon nín! Welcome to another tutorial my friends. The eleventh dwarf of this series of tutorials will be Dwalin! Up until now these are the already painted dwarves: Oin  |  Gloin  |  Fili  |  Kili  |  Bifur  |  Bofur  |  Bombur  |  Ori  |  Dori   | Nori This guy was fun to paint. I always enjoy playing with different tones of the same colour (green, in this case).  Assembled and unprimed miniature of Dwalin. Who is Dwalin? " Dwarf of Thorin and Company. Dwalin was the son of Fundin and the brother of Balin.  He went on the Quest of the Lonely Mountain that re-established the Dwarf Kingdom under the Mountain at Erebor, where he remained until the end of his life.  It was the second such quest for Dwalin, for he had been a companion of King Thrain II, the Dwarf-king in exile, a century before, on the disastrous journey to Erebor which led to the king's capture and eventual d...

  Mae govannen, mellon nín! Another day, another blog post. This time I present Nori, our tenth dwarf from Thorin's Company! Just to recapitulate things, here follows the whole list of already painted dwarves: Oin | Gloin | Fili | Kili | Bifur | Bofur | Bombur | Ori | Dori This guy was sadly one of the dullest characters to paint. Not much to do here, only to speed him up and move on. Assembled and unprimed miniature of Nori. Who is Nori? " Nori was one of Durin's Folk and likely dwelt in the northern Blue Mountains with Thorin after the latter had settled there. He was one of the thirteen Dwarves of Thorin's company who journeyed to Erebor to challenge the dragon Smaug. After the death of Smaug, Nori lived with his share of the treasure at the Lonely Mountain. Nori lived a wealthy life after the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain. He was still alive during the War of the Ring. His date of death is unknown, though it would have been before Fo.A. 91 when Dwalin pass...

  Mae govannen, mellon nín! It's time for a Dori tutorial, another dwarf from Thorin Oakenshield's Company! Like the other dwarves, this is a  miniature from the  Escape from Goblin Town  box set, sculpted in plastic.  Although it was a fun painting session, I got a little bit frustrated with the lack of detail present in the flail that Dori is brandishing. Looks like lazy sculpting. But anyway, I'm happy with how it turned out, specially with the tones of the purple cloth. Who is Dori? Assembled and unprimed miniature of Dori. " When Bilbo first met Dori (in the fourth group of Dwarves to arrive at Bag End alongside Nori and Ori and another set of brothers, Óin and Glóin) he was wearing a purple hood along with a silver belt, same as his brother Nori. During the evening when Thorin called for music, Dori (along with Nori and Ori) played the flute. Thorin stated that Dori was the strongest of the Dwarves in the company. Dori (and Nori) shared Bilbo's opinio...

Mae govannen, mellon nín! Another post, another dwarf from Thorin Oakenshield's Company! This time I will present my painted Ori, a slingshot user, peculiar dwarf. Without much surprise, Ori is a  miniature from the  Escape from Goblin Town  box set, sculpted in plastic.  Who is Ori? Assembled and unprimed miniature of Ori. " Ori was one of the thirteen Dwarves of Thorin's company who journeyed to Erebor to challenge the dragon Smaug. After the death of Smaug, Ori lived at the Lonely Mountain until he went to Moria as part of Balin's ill-fated attempt to re-take the ancient mansions of the Dwarves. In T.A. 2989 Ori (and Óin) had followed Balin with a colony of Dwarves in an attempt to reclaim their ancient mansions of Khazad-dûm, which were already occupied by the Goblins. At first the colony did well, but less than five years later Balin was killed, the Orcs returned and took the East-gate, and Óin's group that he took west to the West-gate was destroyed except...