On Tuesday 4th December, I reviewed the Hobbit Boxed Game, two and a half months later and I’ve finished painting everything including documenting detailed tutorials for the models in the box. Read on to see some action shots and close ups of the finished models.
For £75, you actually get a lot of models in the box, the shots above look rammed with miniatures, I can barely fit them all on the Goblin Town scenery .
In these shots we have some medium depth of field action shots of the main characters. These are a little more interesting then the white background shots you’ve seen for the past two months
Below are the close ups of all the finished models. I’ve listed their names under each picture and if you click the name it will take you to that model’s tutorial.
Goblin Scribe, Captain, Goblin King and Grinnah
So, what’s next for Garfy and project Hobbit? Sadly, that’s it for now. I need to return to 40k for a little bit and start working on my Black Legion and Necrons (more on the Necron project here). I also want to paint the last three models from Tyranid Attack so I can say that’s complete as well. However, I really want to paint the Trolls and the Eagles so I might have to get those boxes in a month or two.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment and offer encouragement. You really helped me get through this project.
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the tutorials are great 😀 thank you but i need a tutorial on the throne :/ can someone help me plz
How can I help?
I just finished painting the last member of Thorin´s company (Ori in my case…) and want to thank you one final time for these tutorials! They are great. I am really pleased with how my dwarves are looking. They would have looked very different without these tutorials…
THANKS!
Hello
I really enjoyed your tutorials and my miniatures are very beautiful now I have painted them using your tutorials. If you ever paint hobbit or lord of the rings models again please make more of these fantastic tutorials!!!!
Michi
Thank you everyone for your comments. You guys mades this project worth it.
really, really cool. I can't wait to start my set.
Garfy, how do you usually paint your eyes? Do you paint them after finishing the face? I find it extremely hard to paint them last because I usually spill the paint around the eye when doing the pupil and the flesh gets ruined.
I normally paint the white first, then a pupil across the white and then paint the face around the eye but am curious to see what's your method.
Hi Michal, for these models I tended to paint the eyes just before basing the model. No reason really apart from I was putting it off.
I would paint a horizontal line of rhinox hide, then a horizontal line of pallid wych flesh. Finally a dot of rhinox hide in the centre finishes it off.
I have really steady hands and a good eye for detail so I don't tend to fluff these. It goes ok first time, every time. Still scary though, I might sneeze or slip and wreck a model's face.
Am I glad I have read the comments. I will try this, it the only bit i dont like about my elves.
Painting the whole boxed set is an achievement in itself. Doing tutorials for the whole set is going above and beyond. Congratulations on a great body of work!
Cheers
Dave
I'm not a big fan of the Hobbit or LotR, but this is a stunning lot. I'm also in awe of your photography skills 😉
Amazing.
Pity you're leaving the hobbit.
What a bang-up job you've done. Very nice…is the game any good?
They look amazing. Love the details on their cloaks.
Thank you for the tutorials, I really enjoyed reading them.
Stunning!
And thank you very much!
Fantastic work mate, the turorials are very informative, I've got a lot of tips from them.
Thank you Mr Garfy ^^
Best tutorial series EVER!
Edd
Impressive effort!