I've been like a machine these last couple of weeks- executing project after project. And somehow, I ended up pulling out the ol' Lord of the Rings miniatures for a game/movie night with my DnD group. It's been almost two decades since I painted a LotR miniature (that can't be right, but I've been slipping for long time now...), so this was a bit of fun that I didn't expect.
In this previous post, I noted that point of these guys. The group is partially assembling just to 'get out of the house' (no matter how old guys get, we still want to play with our friends!) and maybe watching the Two Towers. We already watched The Fellowship, so a transition between those two would be awesome for these noobs, and I have the miniatures to play those scenarios. But I also have to paint them, so I got to work!
The Three Hunters (Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli) just needed to be based. But I also had to paint up the most important models for the Ambush at Amon Hen- the Uruk-hai carrying Merry and Pippin away! I knocked those out very quickly (I've painted so many Uruk in my time that I don't even try anymore- hopefully it doesn't show!), and then got to basing all those models.
