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Fellowship of the Ring diorama
Not Blood Bowl - but there is Halflings!
My mother bought me the Fellowship of the Ring metal minis from 2001. I half painted 3 of them, but they've been in a box, until a month ago. Finally finished, only took about 20 years, thought it would be a nice thing to give back to her.

Full size images are here: https://imgur.com/a/UxNunlD

Finished result



3 step basic mini painting:

1) Airbrush prime & zenithal highlight: Tamiya Black XF-1 all over -> Dark Sea Grey XF-54 from the sides-> White XF-2 from the top


2) Block in colours with inks and metallics.
Actually there is some bloodbowl content in this after all
I cut the tabs off their feet and pinned them with paperclip wire, because they're going to be pinned into the scenic base. They're on wooden blocks for handling


3) Washed Streaking Grime (thinned 1:2 with enamel thinners) all over, and just left it, no removal
They're not incredible, but they are painted, and it was quite quick and definitely easy.
I still don't like painting faces, so I just... didn't.









The rocky base was cast in an old yogurt pot, in scrunched up tin foil. It's a mix of tile grout powder, wood glue, interior filler and water




Masked off the wood, used some more bits of the mix to fill the edges, and avoid having flat surfaces


Placing the minis and using pins to mark their spots. It's going to be crowded


Airbrushed it all black, but then remembered I wanted to use brush bristles to make vegetation


Rock and earth and foliage colours airbrushed in, attempted some gradients / highlights


Lots of drybrushing <-> oil and enamel washes back and forth


The 'grass' is just sand and soil, stuck down with watery wood glue, and then painted green, mostly Dirty Down Moss and various oil paints



Finished









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Posted by Garion on 2023-03-23 21:53:13
Beautiful!!!
Posted by The_Great_Gobbo on 2023-03-23 23:33:53
If you could turn this into a snowglobe it would be epic
Posted by BeanBelly on 2023-03-24 10:54:05
Really nice. And a great write up
Posted by The_Murker on 2023-03-24 23:50:14
Thanks for posting this. Neat to look at the photos. Good work!