Bored of the Rings?

   There's been lots of painted S.M.H.I.T. happening this week, including some Copplestone Castings figures as well as the old Legions of Steel by Global Games. Just need to apply some finishing touches and get some photos done. In the meantime here is the third part of my The Lord of the Rings collection.

   First up we have Gandalf the Grey(ish) and the hobbits, including Bilbo. I was very pleased with the way the hobbit figures turned out. Gandalf is, obviously, too lightly coloured, but in my defence I painted him before I'd actually seen the first movie, so I was kind of winging it for the colours. I like to think of it as Gandalf in his summer best.

Gandalf and Bilbo

Pippin, Sam, Frodo and Merry

   Next up is the troubled family of the Steward of Gondor. I found the broken, painful relationship between Denethor and his sons Boromir and Faramir to be one of the most moving aspects of The Return of the King. So much so that I chose these three as the basis for my tournament army back in the day. It was a strong force, and the addition of the mad and chaotic Denethor gaveit  lots of theme.

Denethor, Steward of Gondor

Boromir

Faramir, armoured to face the hordes of Mordor

   Here are my Treebeard and old edition Radagast the Brown. A note about Radagast... while it is beyond a doubt that the 'new' Radagast from The Hobbit films is more characterful, he's also a bit... well... silly. And kinda bird-poopy. This version of Radagast may bee less colourful, but he also looks more like the kind of Istari who could stand up to and defeat The Necromancer.

Just sayin'.

Radagast the Less Silly Brown and Treebeard

   Finally Legolas, and one of my favourite miniatures from the range, Legolas and Gimli on horseback. Being a dwarf guy I felt Legolas had far too many flash moves in the films, but the ladies love him. One thing I could never understand was Wood Elves are notorious drinkers, so how was it that Legolas himself was so unaccustomed to alcohol? More elvish sneakiness, I suspect.

Legolas (and Gimli)

   Thanks as always for stopping by. More soon!

-Andrew