Tuesday, 22 December 2015

From AaronH - Six 28mm Uruk-Hai (30 Points)

In keeping with tradition, my first entry is six models. It's a nice easy number that breaks the rust off without being overwhelming.


These are 28mm Isengard Uruk-Hai warriors from Games Workshop. I've been puttering away at this army for over a decade. In the last year I've added some much needed models, but more on those later in the Challenge.


This entry is just six rank and file troopers. Five sword and shield and one pike.


Two of the guys at the local store built Helm's Deep. It's one of the best models I've seen of the fortress. Naturally we need to have a lot of Uruks to fight out the siege.

Pike from the rear.
I paint my troops to match the description from the books, not the movies. That means a black circle with the white hand on the shield and an elvish S rune on the helmet.

"There were four goblin-soldiers of greater stature, swart, slant-eyed, with thick legs and large hands.  They were armed with short broad-bladed swords, not with the curved scimitars usual with Orcs; and they had bows of yew, in length and shape like the bows of Men.  Upon their shields they bore a strange device: a small white hand in the centre of a black field; on the front of their iron helms was set an S-rune, wrought of some white metal."


There will be more Uruks coming across the table during the Challenge, but for now, on to other forces.


Welcome aboard Aaron!
It's great to see your traditional half-dozen enter the fray, and Uruks no less. :) I've always liked that you paint your troops in light of the books rather than the films. Not that I have anything against the movies, I think they're excellent, but I enjoy your Old Skool vision of the project. Perhaps the perfect marriage would be this approach done with the venerable Mithril Miniature range (though I could see that becoming an expensive endeavor).
These Lads of Saruman will give you 30 points. Nice job Aaron!
 

25 comments:

  1. Very nice work, well done to be so quick off the mark!

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    1. Thank. These are fairly easy to get done though.

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  2. Very nice. Orctastic for Orccember. Cheers

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    1. Thanks Kiwi. I'd not heard of Orccember, but now that I know it exists I might have to change things up.

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  3. Always good to see your Uruks. Glad to see you back Aaron.

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  4. Nice Uruks - great starting entry Aaron :)

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  5. I had forgotten the influx of LOTR figures from last year. Brilliant. If I had remembered I would have done a few as well.

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    1. It seemed like a good transition from last year to this.

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  6. I've painted a few of these in the last challenge so know you have done a great job on them

    Ian

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  7. Nice job,Aaron! My urks are missing heroes to lead them, so they will be awhile yet. I like the dingy armor and the white hand icon.

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  8. WE ARE THE FIGHTING URUK-HI! nice work and I like that you are following the books not the movies.

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  9. It wouldn't be the Challenge without some sweet LotR action. Great work!

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  10. Nice job on these and I like it that you use the descriptions from the books and not the movie.

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  11. Beautiful work Aaron - these are lovely.

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  12. Nice one Aaron. Good to see you using a primary source for the shield designs :-)

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  13. Uruks are just so cool. Very nice work!

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