However, the majority of this week I may have got a little distracted and wanting to completely finish models that I have painted but have plain bases. A lovely painted model looks good but it is has a fully textured base to go along with it it makes it look that extra bit special. The first models I saw in my cabinet which I painted not too long ago were the 3 trolls: Bill, Tom, Bert. As they obviously have bigger bases it enabled me to try to get a bit of variation and height whilst keeping the dirty Trollshaws aesthetic to them. I think I have achieved this pretty well so far and I might add a bit more to give mossy-er feel to them, so far I added small rocks to give a bit of height once I added flock on top. Also, using 3 different shades of flock I hoped to add natural variation and depth to each base.
The other models that caught my eye to try my hand at more basing were Aragorn and Gandalf the White. A similar technique was used to the Trolls, but a different type of rock was used but painted grey instead of the muddy rocks of the Trollshaws. I went for this extra colour because eventually I wish to have 2 versions of Gandalf the White; one to ride with Rohan so would need a Rohan style base using flock and grey rocks, and another to ride with Gondor with a stone base to match Gondor and my Fiefdoms models. Once again I am really pleased with the outcome of these models and I think they really complete the look and feel of what I was trying to achieve.
I eventually got round to doing what I intended this week and that was stripping models. I have managed to strip my 8 Half-trolls of Far Harad and now I am just getting them ready for basing and base coating. This means that all my Mahud warriors will be ready for spraying and then the simple task of painting them, however I feel this will take a while as I have about 30 models to paint. I am going to aim to get them finished by the end of March, which would take me up to 50 models painted for the year already!!
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