A pillar made of ivory would be awfully difficult to make
The Pillar of Ivory
finished ’05
posted for June 20, 2007
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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.
I also put hair on all the other guys, as well. Hopefully it looks better than all those scraggly Minas Tirith warriors in the movie. I always thought the Warhammer High Elf Spearmen looked like dressed up apes, but I managed to paint them to downsize this aspect – unlike their professional ‘Eavy Metal team, which painted it professional style, which made them uglier.
I’ll just point out that Penlod died in the story. Darn.
I really like this unit. I’ll have to get another for the Tower of Snow guys now.
Wednesday I took Grandma and Grandpa around the golf course. They walk faster than they told me they did.
Eeek! I tried shading the same way I do it on mini guys – putting the dark on first and going up to light, and it didn’t work so well… This is my Spearmen champion for a Warhammer regiment, and the head is a Silver Helms extra with green putty hair. After I finish this sketchbook, I will put up pictures of all the minis up to the Spearelves. There are a lot of them. I’m looking forward to that. Penlod is also really cool, and he’s from Gondolin. Read about its defense in the Book of Lost Tales II!
