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White Rider & the Dark Lord

Ironically the 'modern' Gandalf the white 

was painted twenty years before the classic one. 

Ok, quick post tonight before I sit down with a beer. Finished off both the mounted Gandalf and Sauron minis. 

Friday night's delight

Rob 

Random Sunday Night Painting

 Second Perry 

Just painting random minis on my painting desk at the moment. Mostly driven by what I think I get finished. And Perry has been sitting base coated on the painting desk for a couple of months. I just wanted to finish something tonight. 

And I think this seems a  good point to contrast the two Citadel versions* of Merry & Pippin in their battle armour. 

Rob 

*I still prefer the two classic minis. 

Two Fellowships

More Oldhammer & Modern Fellowship Figures

Boromir is not the first Fellowship figure where I have both Oldhammer and modern versions.  

Something Old

Something New (ish)

Something Elvish

The paint job on the modern Legolas is definitely my favourite of the two (although is about fifteen years old and battle worn) and the Oldhammer one may end up in the paint stripper. 

And Two Gandalfs

Two of my favourite Gandalf's, the modern one is a classic from the battle of Balin's tomb and the Oldhammer one shows Gandalf as the wandering wizard. Very different styles but each with really skilful sculpting. 

Rob 

Boromir of Gondor

 Alternate Colour Scheme

Definitely not a copy of the film colour scheme. But I am quite please how he turned out. I may add a design to the shield. But I quite like it plain at the moment. 

It's a great sculpt and  it wouldn't surprise to find out that it was sculpted by Mark Copplestone or Perry twins. 

"...You Did What I Could Not."

"It Is A Strange Fate That We Should Suffer So Much Fear And Doubt 

Over So Small A Thing."

Doing what Boromir does

The Two Elephants in the Room

When talking about Boromir, two topics are likely to come up: 

Boromir on Film 

Sean Bean - Obviously!

An excellent choice for Boromir on screen in my view obviously. One of the key casting choices that convinced me at the time that Peter Jackson could do a good job  and got the source material. The other great casting choice was Christopher Lee. Most of the rest of the main cast at the time were relatively unknown. So it was hard to tell what the direction the films would take before the first film came out. 

An older modern Boromir. 

My Boromir was painted shortly after the figure came out so I suppose nearly twenty years ago .  With 6 points of Might and 3 Attacks, he saved the day on many occasions. As Citadel's LotR game has been a regular feature of my gaming since the films came out. 

The 1978 version by Ralph Bakshi

Never got the pseudo-viking look. But the film was a valiant attempt to do epic in animated feature. 

The Death of Boromir

Its hard not to mention Boromir and not to think of his final battle at the breaking of the fellowship. 

The Last Words of Boromir by Ted Naismith

The Death of Boromir by Inger Edelfeldt.

The second picture is from the 1985 Tolkien Calendar which I had (have?).

And finally my favourite  quote:  "What is this new devilry?" 

Rob