Faramir and Gondor WIP

I've completed Faramir in full armor foot and mounted. I like the overall look of him and think He'll look great on the table top. I don't think hes representative of my best work though. His eyes are a little wonky and some of the highlighting isn't smooth enough for my taste. He'll pass do though and be a welcome addition to my Gondor army.



I've started painting all of the infantry for my Gondorian army as well. So far I've started 12 bowmen, 6 spearmen, and 6 sword and board guys. They're about 60% done so far. The next thing I'll end up painting is my 12 veterans and my 12 citadel guard.



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Men of Gondor

I've finished some of my Gondor models. The pictures aren't the best but you get the idea. I hope to paint up some more random looking models. It can be tiring painting armies sometimes, so it's nice to break up the monotony with a couple of random sculpts.

Gondorian Army WIP

I haven't completed anything new in a while, but I have been working on my Gondor force. I converted 12 Osgilioth Veterans out of normal Minas Tirith troops. I green stuffed various cloacks and bed rolls and packs. I also had some extra Death Corps of Krieg laying around so I used their back packs to further distinguish my vets from my normal rank and files. The armored Faramir didn't have a shield so I switched his arm with an arm from a sword and board guy and pinned them.











I'm working on 5 character models that can be used with any Gondor force. I have 10 different poses of Aragorn. Instead of Painting them all the same, (brown and green) I decided I could make other characters out of them. So from left to right we have: The night watcher, a grey haired older gentleman with a torch to keep the city safe at night. The noblemen, Just a high ranking Gondorian citizen. Damrod, Denethor, and Faramir.

Farimirs' Defenders of Osgiliath

I've almost completed my Easterling army barring one or two of the new finecast heros that I'll plan to get. For my second army I decided I wanted to go good. Farimir has always been one of my favorite Gondor characters so I wanted to do an army based around him but before the LotR books so I could more customize his force. I have three goals for the army. The first is to have a cool looking force that would be true to the lore. The second is to have a variety of models because after painting an all easterling army you get tired of gold and red. Lastly I want it to be somewhat competitive. Nothing GT winning, but just not terrible either.

 

Farimir, Bow, (Leader) He may be better in heavy armor but I like this model better.
5 Osgiliath Veterans, Sw/Sh
6 Osgiliath Veterans, Sp/Sh

Damrod
4 Rangers of Gondor
5 Rangers of Gondor w Sp

Madril
1 Minis Tirith Solider w Banner
4 Minis Tirith Solider w Sw/Sh
4 Minis Tirith Solider w Sp/Sh
2 Knights of Minis Tirith w Sh

 Beregond
6 Citadel Guard w Longbows
6 Citadel Guard w Sp

 599pts
8 Might, 19 Bows, 47 Models, Breaking Point 23

 The basic idea is that almost all of my troops will be F4 except for Madril's warband but he'll have the banner and a couple of knights to help out. Every group will also have spear support and will be able to function as a combat block. I personally love Madrils 'master of ambush' rule. If everyone starts in reserves I can roll his warband first every time because as soon as he hits the board his rule is in and will help the rest of my force on. Also if he is the only one stuck in reserve it will help hurry him on and his knights can get to the fighting quickly as the rest of the warband walks up to reinforce where needed. The Longbows from Beregond and his Citadel Guard can be plucking away at D3 or D5 targets to make the most of their long bows while the rangers shoot at everything else. I really look forward to painting and modeling up this force. I'll probably just green stuff some stuff on the Osgiliath Vets and make my own so I don't have a bunch of guys with the same pose over and over.

Army of the Dead

I got these guys about a year ago. They were the easiest army I've ever painted for any system. Black primer, white primer dust effect from a northern angle, gryphon sepia wash. That was all I did. The Leader of the dead models was a marsh specter dead numenorean I just painted a white tree on his chest to make him stand out as a leader model. Now that the new warband rules have come out though I will need to buy another leader or two and maybe some more troops for some different weapon options. All in all quick and easy.