Férin and Fári - Dwarf Travellers

Férin and Fári are two brothers who travel with each other and a band of other Dwarves. Fári is often called the Burning Arrow, due to his red hair, his uncanny accuracy with a bow, and an unhealthy obsession with fire - an obsession which has grown so bad that his brother Férin no longer allows him to carry anything with which he could light a fire with. The older of the two, Férin, holds himself responsible for the safety of his brother and the other Dwarves travelling with them, often throwing himself into hopeless situations to keep his friends alive, and turning the odds in the Dwarves' favour, earning him the title of the Lucky Sword.

Here is the start of my second Dwarf army, Férin and Fári who will follow the rules for Murin and Drár, and may also feature in a Battle Company. First up are the finished pictures, followed by the WIP pictures (which also include a hornblower, who will be painted at a later date).

Battles in the Deeps; Part Seven - Dwarf Warriors with Cloaks

For this batch of Dwarf Warriors, I decided to sculpt some cloaks on them. They're a bit rough, but overall I'm pleased with how they turned out.

Battles in the Deeps; Part Six - First Underground Lake

My second piece of Moria terrain, an underground lake. I made it from a Rider of Rohan box, flocked the outside and then painted on the water, which was then gloss varnished (I don't have water effects). I basecoated the water with Caliban Green, washed the shallow/outside areas with The Fang, and washed the deep/inside areas with Rhinox Hide.

Battles in the Deeps; Part Five - Iron Guard

Here are my 8 Finecast Iron Guard for my Dwarf army, one was slightly defective (part of his helmet and left arm were missing, about a third of a centimetre wide, but I fixed it with Green Stuff). They're painted in the same way as my other Dwarves.

Battles in the Deep; Part Four - First Dwarf Mine Working

Here is my first piece of Moria terrain, inspired by Feanor's Dwarf Mines on TLA (and only my second terrain piece, the first being a small set of ruins). The main frame is made from spare pieces of sprue, glued together, with Green Stuff wrapped around the different pieces to look like rope. The wooden boards were made from pieces of card, strengthen with PVA glue, and the ladders were made from wooden skewers, cut down to the right size; the ladders and boards are detachable.

Everything was then painted with Rhinox Hide, and a wood grain pattern was painted on the ladders and main structure with Steel Legion Drab, with the wooden being washed with Steel Legion Drab instead. Six models can fit comfortably on the mine working, with two on the top layer, and four on the bottom; I hope to make many more of these.

The Host of Erebor

So here is my Dwarf army, in all of it's glory (you can click the images to make them larger). There's about 1,400 points of painted Dwarves there, and does not include Durin or Mardin I have around 50 Dwarves still unpainted, which I think will bring the total around 2,000 points. Now to find a time to use them all...

If you want to see close ups of anything, either leave a comment or look through my blog (anything labelled Army Painting Challenge 2012 (1) or Dwarves).

Durin and Dwarf Command

I've finished some more Dwarves for the army painting challenge, plan on getting through another 16 this month, leaving me with the Dwarves with Two-handed axes to do, and a few with shields or bows. As always, click to make the images larger.

Murin, Drar, (metal) Dwarf Warriors and Khazad Guard

Here is the last of the Khazad Guard (for now), some metal Dwarf Warriors (they previously had greenstuff "capes" on them which is why a large chunk of detail is missing, but we have to work with the tools we are given), with Murin and Drar.

I probably could have done a better job on them, but got a bit lazy this month (I will try and resume normal service next month, but I have lots of exams so can't guarantee this).