Tutorial: How to Paint Fell Wargs from the Hobbit
Fell Wargs are the ferocious beasts that accompany Azog’s Warband. Some are ridden by Orcs. This detailed tutorial will show you how to paint these Wargs. This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of how to paint. For the beginners, I will explain the…
WIP: Hunter Orcs on Wargs #2
Quick snap from my desk showing the current progress of Azog’s Warband. You can see one Hunter Orc is completely finished. After I had painted the two fatality test pieces I painted one Hunter Orc on Warg to completion. This is the model that I…
Review: Finecast Azog the Defiler from the Hobbit
Azog, also known as the Pale Orc or the Defiler rides to battle on top of his White Warg. He commands a warband of Hunter Orcs as he attempts to hunt down Thorin Oakenshield. In this review of the Finecast model of Azog I’ll be…
Showcase: Cinematic Hobbit Photos and Dead Hunter Orcs from the Hobbit
You get these two fatalities in the of Hunter Orcs on Wargs box set. Sadly, they don’t come with bases. Luckily, I had some spare 40mm bases. I wanted to include them as separate pieces to represent thrown riders or models that are knocked down….
WIP: Hunter Orcs on Wargs from the Hobbit
Quick post to show the progress on the Hunter Orcs on Wargs. I’ve made a couple of conversions as well. I’ve green stuffed a banner (tutorial for this is here) and turned a bow into a horn. I drilled out the hand, cut the bow…
Showcase: Bill, Bert and Tom the Trolls from the Hobbit
I love playing around with my camera and trying to create more cinematic scenes of my Hobbit models. I took the above shot with my DSLR on a tripod with a 25 second exposure. I used a red light to illuminate the centre of the…
WIP The Trolls: Bill, Bert and Tom.
I don’t usually post WIP shots from my desk, but I was playing around with my DSLR and two speedlites (flashguns) I recently purchased and found I could take reasonably well lit photo. The above shot was 1/60th shutter speed, aperture was 16 and ISO…
Tutorial: How to Paint the Trolls from the Hobbit
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you’ve all woken up to lots Games Workshop gifts from your loved ones. I spoke to Stahly about giving you guys something cool on Christmas Day. He agreed. So please accept this gift of a tutorial from all of us…
Tutorial: How to paint Mirkwood Elf Rangers from the Hobbit
I love the fact that Tale of Painters has a strong Hobbit following. It’s spurring me on to keep bringing you guys tutorials. The Hobbit tutorials are my favourite to do because I always get an over whelming response. You guys asked for Mirkwood Rangers…
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings: Reader Submission
Today’s reader submission is by Cat Austin. Cat is Manager of Games Workshop Barnet. Cat recently held a Merryment in Mirkwood event at her store. There were people playing the strategy game and demo games being run. Cat also had her collection of Lord of…
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