Turelio's Hobby Hoard

My first project to start and finish this year was some terrain, which was immediately uses in DnD the next day. It was a few simple pieces; the base of the GW Arcane Ruins set, and a Lord of the Rings statue. As it was terrain, I wasn't too fussed with gap filling. The base had the tabs trimmed off and undercoated, and the statue was glued together with excess poly cement, which was trimmed back later in an effort to hide the seams. It was also stuck to a 40mm mdf base, but not textured. Everything was given a white undercoat, a coat of P3 Hammerfall Khaki, then a wash of Army  Painter Strong Tone. I then drybrushed with Menoth White Base and Menoth White Highlight. The base of the statue was painted with Reaper Dirt Brown before being coated in PVA glue and static grass. This meant any static grass that rubbed off had a dirt colour underneath, so it wasn't too obvious. The skull on the ruins was painted Reaper Stone Grey, washed with GW Nuln Oil, gla...

OK, after posting nothing for the past few weeks, I've got a chance to take some photos of recent painted stuff, so that should be due in the next few posts. First up is the Helms Deep Eowyn I entered into Golden Demon last year. I was lucky enough to get a gold for her. I have the painting steps, but will put them up at an undetermined point in the future with the WIP photos I have. Meanwhile, enjoy the pictures. Also, if you want to vote on CMON, the link is here .

In case you haven't guessed it by now, I'm a nerd. Two of the things I enjoy nerding out about are miniatures and The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit. Therefore GW can sucker me in to a third of their range by generally shaking a blister pack at me (Store managers have tested this theory and it works...). A few weeks ago, in an attempt to get a few LOTR models I have had my eye on for a while before they ended up going to Finecast, I ordered some things, and while I was at it, got The Battle of Five Armies.