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April 20, 2012April 22, 2012

LOTR SBG Converting Minis Tirith to Citadel Gaurd

These are archers of Minis Tirith on their way to being Citadel Gaurd.

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First up this guy isn’t exactly finished.
The cape needs to come around his neck more and across his chest.
The eye openings a re wrong shape but I am not changing these as i will no doubt damage the eyes.
there is a pattern to be added to the nose protector.
The tab-bard is extended but quite roughly.. the paint job will hide a billion sculpting sins here.
The cape is very thin and has been bulked out in the small of the back. This is visible from the sides.. but I don’t care.
Ultimately these Citadel Guard give me the 3+ archery skill needed with long bows as opposed to just a bow. These boys are sharp shooters and aren’t needed for volley fire.. which hits on 6’s instead of 3’s

April 20, 2012April 22, 2012

LOTR SBG Repairing lost sword

Repairing a lost sword is hard if you don’t have the missing plastic blade.. otherwise you just glue it back on.

Here is how to do it the proper way.

Add florist or brass wire. Brass wire is better for swords as it come straight.. and is much harder and won’t bend so easily. I have used florist wire here.

After a good half hour of filing the set Milliput while watching TV with a square sided needle file and filing the blade edge with a half round needle file I get a good blade.

I will use this method my Orcs too.. but I will set the putty on the wire before adding to the miniature. This lets me make several blades and pick the gnarliest of them.
Also I can make the blades from polymer clay and can cook them before attaching.

I will post later with a better picture of the completed blade. I was considering a war axe or mace.. but they weren’t issued in the movie.. but in LOTRSBG a hand weapon is a hand weapon.. so I could issue him a dagger and it would be just as effective.
The finished sword is narrower than this stage shown.
I hope you like this short article.

February 8, 2012February 8, 2012

LOTR SBG

There are 12 Haradrim Raiders.
4 archer riders (red saddle cloth)
7 Lancer riders (3 black, 3 purple and 1 light blue saddle cloths)
1 banner bearer with light blue saddle cloth (other blue horse to be a chieftain when converted)

Below.. some horses painted 90%

Here is the magnets and the drill I used.
The magnets are 2mm diameter by 1mm thick disk neodymium magnets. The drill I use raw (won’t fit in my pin vice) but the GW plastic is just the right density to be easily drilled buy hand. Thanks GW plastics Industrial Chemists.

Above showing drilling hole in horse and gluing in a magnet

Finished magnetized warrior