LOTR tabletop

[Mithalwen]

Glad to know that Davem has found a new outlet for his creativity.... next year's art section at Oxonmoot may have a new exhibitor....

I nearly succumbed to the LOTR chess set in installments until I remembered just how many chess pieces there are and calculated how expensive it would be relative to my extremely limited ability and interest in chess. So Aragorn will stand on my desk alone....

[ninja91]

Another thing. The figures do have to be painted, which as of now I have no clue how to do. But that is where ebay comes in. (or I could just paint them myself...)
I do look forward to having epic battles (so nerdy) though. It looks really cool once you can develop the figures and a scenario.
By the way, Lalwende and Mithalwen, good posts!

[doom_hammer]

yeah on the lotr gameswork shop thing i collect and play warhammer i have armies of orcs and high elves

[Thinlómien]

I, Nogrod and my little sister used to have Mithril Silver figures for our RPG, but sadly they are made no more. Noggie used to paint the miniatures (me and my sis got to paint Bill the Pony since we were so small and thus not that good with such nit-picky work).

*sigh* The mithril silver miniatures are the best RPG etc miniatures I've ever seen and it's a pity you can't get them from anywhere anymore. And they weren't even expensive.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by ninja91

Another thing. The figures do have to be painted, which as of now I have no clue how to do. But that is where ebay comes in. (or I could just paint them myself...)

They're easy! A friend of mine has been doing it for a hobby for years (he has hundreds of figures and is a keen gamer) and he recommends you start by giving figures an all-over black or white base coat (they sell base in the shop), and then use the GW special acrylic paints for the figures. I thought of giving davem some of my art acrylics but apparently they are too matte and look rubbish. The GW ones are expensive, but last for ages and you can blend them like ordinary acrylics. davem has bought a little bag of fake grass, but to make gravel bases he actually used cat litter (clean of course!) stuck onto the plastic base.

Go for it! If you make a mistake, you can always paint over it and start again!

[ninja91]

So they are easy to paint? I have heard that its fun, but it always looked time consuming.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by ninja91

So they are easy to paint? I have heard that its fun, but it always looked time consuming.

Well davem made a few mistakes at first, but the good thing is that after just one or two figures you get the hang of it, and you can always go back to the older ones and re-paint them. No it doesn't take ages to do one, though davem finds that if he has a couple 'on the go', he can spend an hour painting a little on each and is then able to leave them to dry for a while - if there was only one to paint, you might only get to spend 10 minutes on it, and then a long time waiting for the last coat to dry.

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

I nearly succumbed to the LOTR chess set in installments until I remembered just how many chess pieces there are and calculated how expensive it would be relative to my extremely limited ability and interest in chess. So Aragorn will stand on my desk alone....

It's always a good idea to avoid expensive 'partworks'! You'd end up spending £100s whereas you could buy a very nice LotR chess set for about £100 anyway!

It was the action figures that got me. Once I started buying them I'd say "Hmm, there's a cheap Theoden on e-bay, only a couple of pounds, why not..." and hey presto, some time later I have almost a hundred of them!