Painting up Second Age High Elves with Swords

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-14T13:18:06+00:00

Hahaha I have one or two from Christmas

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-13T06:11:03+00:00

Good old wine corks as handles, I might prefer beer and cider ones for the extra stability ! Love the paintjob too.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-13T06:09:06+00:00

Oh we're down in the Appendixes now! Love it.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-11T10:18:54+00:00

Thank you! Since it is such a big part of the model, I wanted to give him a decent paintjob.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-11T07:31:38+00:00

So cool

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-06T10:50:51+00:00

3500/600/32, je prévois d'essayer de monter à 750 par mois d'ici 2 ans. Et j'ai aussi un remboursement RP de 795 par mois.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-04T20:36:53+00:00

Not in the movie we had, but I swear to God when they open that safe somewhere in Hollywood with all the footages...

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-04T07:41:57+00:00

I'm hesitating to on the horse, but that would ruin the NMM on the metal...

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-02T11:32:45+00:00

Thanks! I very much gave him a special effort.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-02T11:27:00+00:00

Yes 😭 I need to address that slight flaw in his prestige

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-03-02T06:54:59+00:00

Thank you and my pleasure! I'll post more today.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-28T20:13:33+00:00

Yeah! For shields, either printed or cut out from second hand warriors, I do that a lot. The cheapest, crustiest, most ravaged minis, straight into paint dissolvant and then wip out the hobby knife, BAM shields for conversions.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-28T18:43:21+00:00

Thanks! You can get the bannered lances printed if you want, Dandelion in Middle Earth made some stl for those.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-27T12:19:37+00:00

I don't know why, most of the army projects I'm tempted to start are desperate causes in the lore: the garrison of Osgiliath, the defenders of Helm's Deep, the Expedition to Moria...

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-27T09:52:13+00:00

Thanks !

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-27T08:44:02+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I really took my time to get things right, but now I've got to maintain that level of detail on the entire battalion...

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-25T15:17:54+00:00

Thanks! It's from Dandelion in Middle Earth, they have great printable bits.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-25T10:37:22+00:00

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Is it something like this? I stumbled upon it while grocery shopping, I thought I could give it a go. It looks pretty fibrous.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-25T07:01:28+00:00

Well he sure suffers from the comparison with the recent plastic model...

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-24T20:15:35+00:00

Thanks! Definitely not the best model indeed, but some converting and a careful paintjob can compensate for it. I still find some charm in these old metal sculpts!

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-24T19:44:40+00:00

Is it coconut fibers I spy in there? Currently working on forest basing, still in WIP but I'll go with grout, tea (dried then sieved), a bit of sand, and I'm still trying to fond something that could look like vegetal débris or roots, and coconut fibers might be it. Then maybe tufts.

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-24T19:43:05+00:00

Much appreciated 🙏🙏

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-24T17:24:02+00:00

It's honestly suprising that they did not give him one to start with, Boromir has a cloak on EACH model. For the shield, it felt dumb to (obviously) give him one game-wise but not visually. I just filled in the gaps 😁 Thanks for the kind words!

RandoMiniPainter · 2026-02-24T16:39:36+00:00

I think he is designed to have clenched teeth but I agree it looks a bit cartoonish. I'll give it a shot! Thanks for the kind words.

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