Smoke Ring Miniatures

  Well, this have surely been a marathon. With many ups and downs, breakings and re-engagings, I managed to go through all of the miniatures and scenarios from the Escape from Goblin Town starter set! After all the work (it all started here ), here follows my list of tutorials and progress made on these amazing miniatures: Oin  |  Gloin  |  Fili  |  Kili  |  Bifur  |  Bofur  |  Bombur  |  Ori  |  Dori   |  Nori   Dwalin  |  Balin  |  Thorin Oakenshield   Bilbo Baggins  |  Gandalf   | Radagast Goblin King | Goblin Town Warrior | Goblin [dipping method]   Now, enough with the chit chat: there goes my collection of family photos. Bilbo Baggins with Sting, Gandalf the Grey and Bilbo Baggins with a walking stick. Radagast the Brown and Gandalf the Grey. Balin, Thorin Oakenshield, Thorin with Orcrist and Dwalin. Bifur, Bofur and Bombur. Kíli a...

  Mae govannen, mellon nín! Welcome to the final tutorial for the Escape from Goblin Town starter set.  After Bilbo Baggins  and Gandalf , the last miniature of this box is the "exclusive limited edition" of Radagast the Brown! First of all, I must say I didn´t like the characterization of Radagast in the Hobbit films. I found it too comical and idiotic for a Istar , so, I've always had a problem with that (much like with a lot of the dwarves, but those were already addressed). That said, I think G.W. did an outstanding work with this miniature, aesthetically. There are some issues though: there's some spots of it carelessly undefined (the under-cloak) and the rather complex assembling of the miniature gave me an unnecessary headache.  Nonetheless, the sculpt looks great, and the painting of this miniature was one of the funniest I had with the whole Escape from Goblin Town set! As usual, and before we get to the description of the character, here follows the lis...

  Mae govannen, mellon nín! Welcome to another tutorial my friends.  And what should follow after our Bilbo Baggins ? Well, Gandalf of course, the last member of Thorin's Company!  Like the rest of the Company, this plastic miniature is part of the Escape from Goblintown box set. Although I've painted already multiple Gandalf's (or should I write Gandalfar ??), I always enjoy doing so - it is my favourite Tolkien character.  This miniature ended up with a deficit of smoothness colour-wise, and I can't help to blame the varnishing process in the end. But well, it is finished, and I'm relatively happy with it. Up until now these are the already painted miniatures from Thorin's Company: Oin  |  Gloin  |  Fili  |  Kili  |  Bifur  |  Bofur  |  Bombur  |  Ori  |  Dori   |  Nori   Dwalin  |  Balin  |  Thorin Oakenshield  |  Bilbo Baggins As i...

  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...