You'll have to excuse me being a little self-indulgent today, but it is over. From this:
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| The horror, the horror |
to this:
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| War of the Ring! |
in less than two weeks, including several days of prep. I owe a lot to this:
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| Liquid gold... |
Today I painted the base edges in faction colours based on the board, and then I varnished with Micador Mat Spray:
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| Should be labelled 'Satin' |
which is not 'mat', unfortunately (the other option was 'gloss'). I half
expected this, but am not too fussed with a slight sheen on these
boardgame pieces. They may be slightly less sheeny (is that a word?)
than they were after the satin dip, but it's only gone from ~50% to 40%
sheeniness. The Testors Dullcote I trialled a week or so ago (it feels
longer...) dropped it down to 5%, but I wasn't going to waste a can or
more of that good stuff on these boys. They feel plastic-y and durable
now.
Then I flocked, and this really brought the figures to life. I used a
green blend for the good guys, and wasn't going to flock the baddies,
but I did a trial orc (they put up with a lot for me) with some
yellow-brown stuff and it looked just right.
And here they are!
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| Mordor! |
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| Easterlings! |
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| Isengard! |
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| Dwarf! |
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| Elf! |
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| The North! |
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| Gondor! |
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| Rohan! |
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| Ringwraiths! |
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| Mouth of Sauron, Witch King (with extra flocking...), Saruman |
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| The Fellowship of the Ring, and friend |
There we are. Two hundred and five figures, and, if I may say so myself,
they look wonderful on the board. It has been worthwhile getting them
painted.
This blog has been a real aid in getting this done. I'll put my thoughts on my first dip experience up in a later post.
Thank you to all those who have offered advice and encouragement, and I
hope I can encourage one or two people who have been thinking about
maybe getting this project done as well to do so.
Now, who wants a game?
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| Board set up to go! |
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