Thursday, 23 April 2020

He's Not Welcome

Back to Middle Earth today with what was, until today, my last unpainted model for my Isengard force...for now.

Grima son of Galmod, aka 'Wormtongue'.


I'm really pleased with how I've painted him as he has the potential to be very dull. So I've taken more care than usual with highlighting and shading, and used brown rather than black on the cloak's collar to add a bit of subtle variation.

I'm also genuinely pleased with his face, I think it might be one of the best I've done.


In game, Grima isn't a combat piece. Instead he deploys with the enemy and messes with their ability to use might to do heroic things, which means he adds something very different to Isengard's arsenal.

Acquired: 116
Painted: 124

12 comments:

  1. Nicely done and suitably pasty looking.

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    1. Thanks. I tried highlighting up with a cream, but he looked to yellow. However, when I put a flesh colour over it, the cream really washed it out.

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  2. Excellent job mate. Mostly dark hued painted models tend to blend into themselves but this is really well done.

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    1. Thanks. I was definitely conscious of that and worked quite hard to get that definition. I actually learned a few things whilst painting this one.

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  3. Very nice, makes me want to watch the movies again!

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    1. Guess what I've made use of lockdown to do. :)

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  4. Very well done. The face really looks great. Nailed it.

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    1. Thanks, I just now wish I'd done the faces on my Joker models the same way.

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  5. That's a great job! Looks spot on.

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