Continuing with my organising and painting of my Citadel Miniatures LOTR ME (Middle Earth) range, I have painted a few Ents. Now these are the basis of a Midgard 400 point Ent army, so I'll probably have to add a couple more, but here's the first three (so not much a of 'March' really!).
As stated,these miniatures were part of Citadel's LOTR range from the 1980's. They only released one model which represented Treebeard himself. The model itself comes in three parts, the head, torso, and legs. There was only one sculpt of each of these parts, however this model seems the basis for the later Treeman sculpt for Warhammer Fantasy Battle, and for Blood Bowl.
Painting was very straightforward, with browns and greens, except for Treebeard himself, which according to the Lord of Rings had "The lower part of the long face was covered with a sweeping grey beard" (Page 484, The Two Towers). So I painted Treebeard's beard grey. The other two I painted with slightly different shades of green beards to differentiate them. Any others I'll paint in the future will have different coloured barks and beards. Anyway, these were fun to paint and base, I'm pleased with the verdant look of the bases.
Enjoy :)
I positioned his arms as per the photograph in the Citadel Catalogue (see below). Personally I think it now looks like he's on a red carpet waving to his fans, but there we are!
The next update might be on some of my current WIP's, as well as some other things. I have just finished re-basing my 1980's Regiments of Renown as well.
Lovely Ent models!
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DeleteGreat work on the three Ent's Lee, and clever use of the same model, to make two new Ent's as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave. I was surprised how by just moving their arms and varying the painting made such a difference.
DeleteEffective paint jobs, and lovely old sculpts!
ReplyDeleteThank you. They are lovely old characterful sculpts, and I really enjoyed painting them.
DeleteThese miniatures bring me memòries of wanting to do just these but not being able to gather the miniatures 40 years ago in Spain, due to lack of supply. Thank you for bringing my project to life.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I'm glad I that they have that meaning for you. I was lucky in that here in the UK (Brighton) we had a local Games Workshop and a couple of local games shops, so supply was easier. Even mail ordering which took up 28 days (!) was on hand. However, it was only with e-bay that I could source some of the earlier 1980s miniatures, and fill in the gaps for which I hadn't purchased at the time.
DeleteBurárum! Those are nifty, I really like your approach to them
ReplyDeleteThank you, I had fun painting them and I am surprised how nice they look on the bigger bases.
DeleteI had a couple of these figures painted up years ago. Certainly some of my favourite models from the era so thank you for showing them off. I love the large scale bases too, they really give the figures some authority which I think is vital for an ent or treeman in general. I love your set up too. The scenery and that fantastic retro background really bring these characterful models to life.
ReplyDeleteThank you, glad you liked seeing them. The whole range are some of my favourite miniatures, the Treemen especially. You are right, the larger bases do give the Treemen more of a presence and authority. I'm pleased with how the background worked with them, I like the retro look, which wasn't so retro when I started collecting! LOL
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