I love the concept of the war between the goblins and the
dwarves- bitter generations of hatred, desperate fighting in the dark and gloom, all unheard
of by the wider world as it goes on beneath their feet. I was fortunate to get
one of the LotR Dwarf Battle boxes a few years ago, but only painted the
figures sporadically. I’ve picked up a few extra second hand figures along the
way. Because I painted these at different times there are subtle
variations in colour, and not-so-subtle variations in the care given to the
painting! The earlier ones are more carefully painted, the later ones reflect
the frustrated rush to just get them finished.
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| Dwarves! |
Here they are- I went for a not-too-rich colour scheme, with
not so much gold bling and a simple blue/ cream palette to offset my goblins’
red/ green. Sand and model railway ballast was PVA’d to the base, painted
black, and drybrushed.
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| Warriors with shield |
I was never really happy with the creator’s design for a
round shield with three rivets, and went for a very plain paintjob on the
shield. Maybe the dwarves use them to identify friend from foe in the dark,
maybe they are meant to resemble the sun or moon…
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| Warriors with two-handed axes |
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| Warriors with short bows |
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| Rangers with long bows |
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| Rangers with throwing axes |
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| Rangers with two-handed axes |
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| Iron Guard |
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| Standard bearer |
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| Captain with shield |
I carefully split this dwarf captain’s fingers so he is
looking a little Churchillian… if I was really keen I’d have added a shield to
his back.
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| Captain |
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| Ballista |
Khazad Guard get the lion’s share of the gold in my force,
but I don’t have many figures- I have several whose axes were snapped before I
got my hands on them.
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| Khazad Guard |
Dwarf adventurers- I gave them pure white rather than cream.
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| Murin and Drar |
I had a spare Gimli, and I tied him into the rest of the
force via his cloak.
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| Gimli, son of Gloin |
Truth be told, I've never really got them out and had a good large game with all of them.
Still to paint, don’t know when…:
Nice dwarves! I'm envious, I have a mess of dwarf rangers I'd built for an Erebor scouting force, but never found the time to paint them. The goblins better bring a lot of trolls if they hope to dent these dwarves! ;)
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the Balrog!
DeleteAbsolutely fantastic! I have always loved the idea of playing Dwarves Vs Goblins, but I have not even managed to paint the Goblins from the Mines of Moria set, so a whole army might be pushing me a little! I need to work on the figures I already have for LotR before getting swept up in yet more armies! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Good luck with your own LotR painting!
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