Going back to Rivendell

During the past few weeks, I ventured back into Rivendell. Of course with Christmas, the Lord of the Rings films are in rotation! I refurbished an older paintjob on a mounted Rivendell Captain and started wo work on three more heroes of horseback as well.

Pict 1694: Rivendell Knight Captain (reworked)

Pict 1695: Rivendell Knight Captain (reworked)

Pict 1696: Rivendell Knight Captain (reworked)

I had finished this Captain when I first painted Rivendell elves a few years back (even before I started this blog). In the mean time his lance was broken and I felt that I could do a better job with the details by now. So I replaced the weapon with a spare one and did some repainting. In particular I focused on the face of the rider and the horse as well as the highlights on the cloak. I also changed the colour of the robes to a brighter beige. I am now looking forward to painting some more Rivendell Knights as well as mounted heroes.

Pict 1697: Elrohir, Glorfindel, Elladan (WIP)

What promted this switch to Rivendell was the Tale of Four Painters series that ArbitorIan is running. This time around they are focussing on MESBG. I would like to paint along and try to do at least 500 points of all mounted Rivendell in that time.

Next up are a few more heroes. The old metal Glorfindel as well as Elladan and Elrohir, the sons of Elrond. I also had started these three back then. The on foot versions are already done, but I will go back to them, once these mounted versions are painted. I started with the faces, which are recognisably done by Gary Morley. I love his work on Warhammer Fantasy sculpts, but somehow the proportions on his Middle-earth stuff are often not quite right. Nevertheless, I do like how they look so far and I think they will be great once they are done.