Saturday 31 August 2019

King of the Mike...erm, Mark

A quick post showing the latest addition to my Rohirrim for the succinctly named Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game.


This is King Theoden, and he wasn't actually painted by me. He was part of a small bundle of miniatures I bought a while ago from Mike. As he was already done, it seemed churlish to strip him and repaint him in exactly the same colours when the effect I would achieve would, at best, only match this. Therefore I opted to simply make the basing match my force.


He doesn't have a shield because I don't actually have one to give him, I also got a shieldless mounted model (which needs more painting) in the same bundle, and it also gives me an excuse to pick up the heavily armoured plastic Theoden at some point.

I know I only painted the base and added some static grass, but getting this miniature out of my to do pile did actually require some painting and therefore counts on my tally. Complaints about this decision can be sent to the usual address of Idontgiveashit@Itsmyblog.co.uk.

Acquired: 164
Painted: 132

11 comments:

  1. Everything counts if it is off 'the pile'. :)

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  2. Looks great mate I don't recall this version having one.

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    1. It doesn't, but in game there's no real reason you wouldn't add one, like I did with Eomer. However, the plastic one is very nice and comes with a properly barded horse, so I'll probably pick it up.

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  3. Great looking figure, I wish I could find second hand bundles like this!

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    1. To be fair, Mike is a friend and this was the only one that required no work. There's a mounted Theoden and a Royal Guard that were base coated, but there's plenty still to do on them.

      Everything else I've bought second hand from other sources I've had to strip.

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  4. Nice mate and another one down.

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  5. Nice addition ... nicely painted too.

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