Uruk-Hai Scouts and Ballista

In the past two weeks, I once more painted up some Uruk-Hai. I also got to a fun project of some rather old Bretonnia miniatures that were far down the painting queue, but I somehow got the bug to get some paint onto them.

Pict 818: Uruk-Hai Scouts and Ballista

Pict 819: Uruk-Hai Scouts with Bows

Pict 820: Uruk-Hai Scouts with Bows

Continuing the theme of painting Uruk-Hai, I painted up these six Uruk Scouts with bows. I plan on painting even more of the metal scouts as they make for a cheap addition to my Ferals and Berserkers as well as a fun army on their own led by Lurtz or Uglúk and Mauhúr. One of bows was a bit damaged since I sourced these miniatures second hand. But once they rank up for the game the damage is unnoticable.

Pict 821: Uruk-Hai Shaman and Banner

Pict 822: Uruk-Hai Shaman and Banner

And here is the rest of the command groups, I had showed in my last post. The two shamans with their skulls and bones look a bit to much like Warhammer Fantasy miniatures, but they might see some games to make my Uruks fearless. The Warrior with banner looks really cool, but the smaller embossed hands on the banner are a bit crooked. Additionally he is quite prone to fall over so that I plan to get myself one of the other bannerbearers.

Pict 823: Uruk-Hai Siege Ballista

Pict 824: Uruk-Hai Siege Ballista

I really like this model of the Uruk Siege Ballista! The siege engine itself looks quite funcional with the stand that might be adjusted to change the angle of the bolt and the crank being worked by one of the crew. It also painted up rather quickly since as with the rest of the Uruk aesthetic it's quite simple.

Pict 825: Sharkey and Worm

Pict 826: Sharkey and Worm

While I was painting up the Shamans and the Bannerbearer, I also put some paint on this dynamic dou here: Sharkey and Worm. They probably will only ever be played as NPCs in D&D since they represent what becomes of Saruman and Grima after the fall of Isengard. I would have to collect and paint quite a few Ruffians to play them as a Scouring of the Shire army.

Pict 827: Gui le Gros

And lastly here is a model that I painted up only for myself and for my collection. Gui le Gros clearly had a bit much to drink but luckily he's carrying his own barrel of wine with himself. The face is really quite characterfull and I loved painting him!

Pict 828: Bertrand le Brigand, Hugo le Petit (WIP)

The other two miniatures that came with Gui le Gros are Bertrand le Brigand an Hugo le Petit. Bertrand and Hugo are almost done as well but not quite there. Bertrand is clearly modeled on Errol Flynn and Gui on Eugene Pallette from the same film. Sadly Hugo falls out of the scheme, but they make for quite the merry band of men!