Folderol

War Trolls Set 3 from Dark Alliance. Still have one to paint up. For this I used mostly Model Color paints which gave a more nuanced effect than Citadel. I did use Citadel for the metals although I experimented with mixing with some colours which seem to work quite well. For the base I used astrogranite texture from Citadel with MIG weathering pigments (city dust and black smoke).

A Balrog of Morgoth

 'The Dwarves tell no tale; but even as mithril was the foundation of their wealth, so also it was their destruction: they delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled, Durin's Bane.' (Gandalf)

Dark Alliance Dwarves set 2.

Dark Alliance Fire Demon

Bronze Troll of the Mountains

A streltsi gunman faces a horror in the mountains.

Lothlorien with Dandelions

Caesar's Elves is a set I have sought for a long time and I was delighted when it was re-issued. Here they are in a timeless land of power, safe (except for the enormous cat creature sometimes seen.)

The Paths of the Dead

Some more Dark Alliance, this time Heavy Warriors of the Dead. Plenty opportunity to use some of Games Workshops rust, grime and verdigris effects. Some of these weapons are more likely to give you tetanus than cut your head off.

Amazons Prime

An interesting set from Dark Alliance covering the fictitious Hellenistic warrior women, the Amazons. Legend has it that they lived in the far-flung (to the Greeks) Scythian wilds.

Some of these figures could be adapted to be some of the nationalist archetypes of the 19th Century, such as Britannia, Marianne or Germania.

There are also mounted Amazons available.

They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard!

We have seen the Uruk cavalry. Now for the infantry. 

Some familiar scenes from the movies, including the siege of Helm's Deep and the hobbit-napping.

All figures from the Dark Alliance half-orc sets.

The only ones I don't have are the pikes. If anyone fancies swapping a sprue let me know.

Hi Uruk Hai

Dark Alliance Half-Orc Warg Riders. I really like most of the sculpting and some of their infantry comrades are still to come.

Ice Wight

In the heart of the frozen mountain the cursed ice wight Lord waits, brooding on his vengeance for all eternity. 

A foolish band of adventurers disturb his brooding. Who will prevail?

The ice wight and friends from Caesar's undead. The adventurers a Caesar elf, and two Valdemar figs.