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Prince Tuor of Gondolin
finished July 4, ’07
posted Aug 17, 2008
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It’s Tuor! Remember how long I was remarking on him over the past year or whatever? Well, here’s the finished result. Tuor is a conversion of a Swordmaster body with Phoenix Guard head, and foil cloak. If I had thought about it a bit more, I would have probably gone with a plain old Phoenix Guard. But Tuor still looks pretty good, and the foil cloak is thinner and perhaps more real except where I messed up on it. Like that wierd jig on the left shoulder. I shined the axe with sandpaper, as usual with my metal minis. Deciding what to freehand (he is a showpiece, after all!) was difficult, but I’m happy with it… the inside of the cloak (so much agony!) and the triangular leather things on his hips and the shading on the helmet swan wings.
This guy is not for gaming with, I don’t think.
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Whoa. This is the danger of painting (and photographing) regiments. There are so many angles to take! These are the Folk of the Tree of Gondolin, captained by Galdor, he of the silver helmet and black hair. I just assigned that colour randomly; I like black hair. Mostly they’re just my Shadow Warriors… I guess the Gondolin Army scheme has deflated slightly.
Aha, now this is what that terrible picture of Penlod was for. These guys are the Pillar of Ivory, which Penlod has command over, also the Tower of Snow or something. So Penlod is the shaggy-headed guy in front with a double shield. I hollowed out a helmet for him. I put too much green stuff on his head for his hair. His face is the Silver Helm unhelmeted head; I had a spare, and that face is the most handsome that I have. The shields are all decals done in Photoshop and printed on decal paper, with a bit of Dad’s help. The banner, though, was painted by hand.
This is my fabulous Bolt Thrower, painted in the colours of the King’s House – red, white, and gold. Of Gondolin. My only complaint is that – see all that shiny gold armour? It doesn’t count in battle! Talk
Swallows
