Smoke Ring Miniatures

  Mae govannen. Welcome to another blog post! This time I will be writing about bases - more concretely, my Isengard bases . Basing the miniatures is a fundamental part of this hobby (just as important as painting them, I should say), and we all need to decide how we want our army bases to look before we start to properly work on them - evidently, bases from the same army should all look alike , theoretically. When deciding how my army bases should go, I'm usually faced with one master question: Should they resemble the battlefield the minis are on, or should they resemble the native/origin land of the warriors? I tend to choose the native land of the army when deciding its look, but it isn't carved in stone. For example, when I paint Mordor Orcs, I always base them with a lot of dark stone and sand (and minimal or non-existent flora ) to get that volcanic look. On the other hand, for my Isengard army, there were two options upon the table :  Should I base them with a "i...

Mae govannen. Welcome to another blog post, my friends.  Following the previously painted Uruk-hai Crossbowers , this time I will make an introduction, painting tutorial and showcase of the mighty Isengard warriors we know as the Berserkers!  Who are the Uruk-hai Berserkers? " They were larger, even more fearsome versions of the Uruk-hai, standing about six-and-a-half feet tall and weighing an estimated three hundred pounds. Before they were sent into battle, it is said that the bowl of their small, tight-fitting helmet was filled with the blood of their enemy, and then pushed onto their heads. The intoxicating smell awakened a blood-lust that drove them to a battle-frenzy and made them immune to pain. Berserkers had no regard for personal safety, wore no armor except their helmets, and were expected to fight to the death. Their sole object was to establish a bridgehead. One Berserker was given the task to set off the explosive mines planted by the Uruk-hai. " Source:...

  Mae govannen. Welcome to another tutorial my friends.  This time I will paint four Uruk-hai crossbowers, and I will mostly follow the classic three-step method (basecoat-wash-highlight), a simple and fast way to get miniatures done. How to paint Uruk-hai crossbowers? I:  The entire armour and metallic parts of the crossbow were basecoted with a dark-silver paint ; II:  The same parts of the previous step were than shaded with a black wash ; III:  All the metallic parts were carefully highlighted with a light-silver paint . I focused mostly on the edges of the armour and crossbow. I also drybrushed the mail coat;  IV:  For the first step of the skin I went for a basecoat of a red-brown paint .  (I used old Citadel's Dark Flesh , but you can use Doombull Brown which is the current match) V:  Unlike the skin of Men, the darker tone of the uruks oblige us to shade it with an equally darker tone. In this step I used a brown wash ; VI: ...

Mae govannen! I just wanted to leave here a quick post: a video I've worked on in the beginning of the present month. Video shooting and editing is an art that I'm still underdeveloped (to be honest, I've never paid too much attention to it), but who knows if I'll play around with it more in the future? For the moment, It's just a fun sub-hobby, and nothing more than that. Here I leave you with my painting of a Feral Uruk-hai.

  Mae govannen! As I mentioned on a previous post, I'll be focusing on some Uruk-hai for the next blogging times. And I'm tremendously excited for it! Let's just say I longed to get done with the Hobbit project  (Escape from Goblin Town) and to move forward.  Here are the miniatures that will be part of the next several blog posts , as you can see: 6 x Feral Uruk-hai 4 x Isengard Scout Command 4 x Isengard Warrior Command 8 x Berserkers 4 x Uruk-hai Crossbows 1 x Mauhúr (Hero of Isengard) Every ingredient as come together for me to declare the opening of the Uruk-hai Season! Who are the Uruk-hai? Uruk-hai warrior painted in 2016 . " In the year 2475 of the Third Age a new breed of Orkish soldiery came out of Mordor. These were called the Uruk-hai. They were black-skinned, black-blooded and lynx-eyed, nearly as tall as Men and unafraid of light. The Uruk-hai were of greater strength and endurance than the lesser Orcs, and more formidable in battle. They wore black ...

Hello friends. The Uruk of Isengard is now finished and rescued from the miserable state he was (broken sword, some detail loss... you can see it here ). I must say I'm happier than I thought I would be, tough I've felt some kind of uncertainty in numerous parts when painting. I think the skin is the aspect that's less well painted, but overall I'm really happy with the miniature, specially with the free hand... I must have been blessed by the Valar there! I've also decided to try some new things, like the Blood for the Blood God from Citadel, for which I'm really pleased!! The Materials 1- Medium Thinner: which I always use (mainly to thin down the metallic paints). 2- The Skin: Basecoated with Dark Flesh (old citadel paint); Washed with Agrax Earthshade ; Highlighted with a mix of Dark Flesh and Vallejo's Basic Skintone , progressively lighter (3 highlight fases). 3- The Hair: Basecoated with Vallejo's Dark Grey; ...

Well, it's been a while since I last painted a miniature.  That leaves me a little worried with how much my painting skills (which weren't already the best) have decreased  along this time, so I decided to have a kind of a "test mini" so I can be conscious of it. Nothing better than a old model, on which I had already stripped the paint. I'll be painting a simple Uruk warrior of Isengard, and I intend to do so until this weekend. As can be seen, the paint didn't came off quite well, and in the process of washing the model the sword broke... well, in other words, the model is perfect for my intents, I guess. With the primed mini I think the amount of detail loss isn't that worrying, and that made me a bit happier (I'm a nerd)... And that's it! I'll be updating the blog with the progress on this Uruk soon. Happy hobbying to you all!

Well, like the posts nr13 and nr 33 , this magazine includes minis that were already painted. The Uruk-hai siege troops! If you wish to see these painted minis, click here .

And here, my friends, I present my lovely Berserker. Nr 30 of the deAgostini collection.

Hey guys :D So, as I said before, I'm trying to evolve my highlighting. I decided to go slowly because I don't want to ruin my minis, so the result in this ones isn't very notorious. Here is nr 27 - the Uruk-Hai Siege Troops: