Painting update- Goblins and Aragorn

Hello all, I know I haven't posted in a while. As many of you may have noticed, up to this point I have not used the Citadel paints. Instead I have used some Testors paints I picked up from Hobby Lobby. While these were useful and a big help to me getting started into the hobby, from now on I will be using the Citadel paint range.

I have been working on painting my Space Marines from my Warhammer 40k blog mostly, however recently I have had a chance to do some more painting, and I thought I would start on some Lord of the Rings miniatures.

I will be re-painting my old miniatures at some point, but for now I am working on the miniatures that are still unpainted.

I decided to paint 13 Goblins-12 Warriors and one Armoured Captain, and also Aragorn, who I received (along with the rest of the Fellowship) as a Christmas present last Christmas.

To start with, I sprayed them all with Chaos Black.

For the Goblins, first I basecoated the red bits of cloth with Mephiston Red. Then the metal armour with Leadbelcher. Then I shaded both areas with a heavy shade of Agrax Earthshade. I have also painted their bows and spears with Rhinox Hide, however it is to dark to stand out much and I will repaint it with a lighter colour soon. I have not decided what colour to paint the flesh of the Goblins, perhaps Death World Forest shaded with Agrax Earthshade. I will repaint the wood with Dryad Bark. For the hair and leather, I will basecoat it using Abaddon Black highlighted with Eshin Grey.

For Aragorn, I first basecoated his skin with Bugman's Glow, then shaded it with Reikland Fleshade, then layered it with Cadian Fleshtone. Then I painted his ranger sword with Leadbelcher, and then shaded it with Nuln Oil. I painted his cloak with Caliban Green, then shaded with Nuln Oil, then I brightened it back up using Caliban Green again. I painted his hair with Rhinox Hide, but once again it's too dark.

That's all the painting I've done for the moment, except for my Space Marines of course. After I finish painting the Goblins, I will probably start on some Dwarves I got for Christmas. I've come up with a backstory for my Dwarves, and I am debating over their color scheme. I started painting their cloth red before I got my new paints, but since the Goblins also wear red cloth it probably wouldn't look too good when they meet on the battle field!

Another battle report should come sometime soon (for real this time)!

Fiery Balrog

I got started painting the Balrog model I got for Christmas- now I have enough models to field a legal goblin army. Here are some photos:

I'll try to finish up tomorrow or the next day, hopefully that will make it look better.

WIP Warg Riders- Finished

I completed painting my Warg Riders after I got a set of paints for Christmas- I was out of the paints I needed to complete them! Here are some photos of them:

(I love how it looks like the Warg is about to pounce on the camera and eat it in the last picture)

I also got some miniature sized plastic trees (finally!) and some more miniatures, which I will be painting soon.

Encampment Almost Finished...

I've managed to get in some more work on my encampment. Now all that remains is to finish a small section of palisades, complete the tower roof, and then paint it.

Here are some photos of my Rohan army in the camp:

And inside the tower:

I hope to finish up tomorrow or maybe Christmas Eve, I'll post pictures then.

Nothing better than getting Goblins in the mail

Well I bid on a box of 24 Goblins and I got a good deal on it. It was originally sold for 30 American dollars, but I got it for $20. I've taken them off the sprue and put them together. I also ordered an Armored Goblin that I can use as a captain. Hopefully I will get that Balrog I asked for this Christmas :)

My final army list should look something like this:

Goblin Captain with Shield
4 Goblins with Shields
4 Goblins with Spear
2 Gundabad Blackshields with Shields
2 Gundabad Blackshields with Spear

Goblin Captain with Shield
4 Goblins with Shields
4 Goblins with Spear
Goblin Drums

Goblin Shaman
8 Goblins with Bow
4 Moria Goblin Prowlers with Two-handed axes

Balrog

Here are the goblins I currently have:

WIP Warg Riders- Wargs complete

Hello all! I managed to finish up the Wargs. I hope to make a start on the Orcs by Monday.

WIP Warg Riders- Faces and Paws

I will come back and add details to the faces and bases of the Wargs.