Finally, after a few years of collecting and waiting, I have nine Nazgul from Mithril Miniatures. I was stuck on five for a while, then bagged three all at once in an e-bay auction earlier this year. That left one, which e-bay gratefully presented a fortnight ago. So now the Nine can ride out spreading terror, and failing to catch Hobbits.
Anyway, they are based, like the rest of my Mithril Miniatures Evil Army, according to the Midgard rules. I did cheat a little bit. Both bases are meant to represent Heavy Riders (Knight), but I only used four models per base rather than the more usually recommended. I did this so I could have two bases of Nazgul, not have to squeeze eight or nine on one base, and because it looked better. It also fits with the Lord of the Rings in that some Nazgul went off failing to catch the Hobbits, whilst the others went off doing Nazgul things. I kept the Witch King separate as a Hero to be able to command them, and my orc army as well.
Painting was easy. Undercoat black, dry-brush white, wash with Citadel Tesseract Glow, and then paint the horses and the Witch Kings eyes red. I chose this to emulate Ralph Bakshi's Nazgul in his version of Lord of the Rings. I'm happy with how they look, and glad to achieved getting the Nine.
Enjoy :)
This is the M3 Witch-King of Angmar miniature. I purchased him without his mace, but I prefer him without it as it looks like he is beckoning the other eight to follow him. I slight bent to palm of his hand flatter to extenuate this. I also painted his red eyes large that they really should so that at a distance they stand out more. It looks wrong close up, but better on the table.
The first three are the M146 Mounted Nazgul miniature. The fourth, in the top right hand corner, is the MM349 Ringwraith in the Shire miniature.
This base again has three of the M146 Mounted Nazgul miniature. In addition there is another MM349 Ringwraith in the Shire miniature in the centre. However I had the wrong horse (one of the M146 ones), which didn't matter as it gives all the bases that great sense of movement, something which these miniatures do very well. To add a little variety, and differentiate from the other MM349, I cut off his head and re-positioned it to face in the same direction as his pointing hand.
The next update might be more Mithril Miniatures, or some more 1980's Citadel Lord of the Rings Ent's, as I have painted both of these. I promise I'll will photograph the Regiments of Renown at some point. I've been re-basing the 1980s slotta-based Slann as well, but that is a whole other thing entirely!
