"They are the Nazgûls, Ringwraiths, neither living nor dead."

    So far so good for the painting challenge this year, I haven't purchased any new models yet.... well, that's not quite true. I did buy some X-wing miniatures used for Full Thrust but I don't plan on painting those and thus not going on my pile of opportunity. Now to actually read the rules for Full Thrust to play with them! 

    

    Hot on the heels of the fellowship are the Ringwraiths. These beings that are devoid of anything expect their will to hunt down the one ring were great to paint up. I thought that using the blue/ purple on their cloaks would make them too bright and cheery but it seemed to work out well. I do have more to paint, I just picked out models that didn't need much work to get to painting. 

Nine would have been a better number.

Mounted Nazguls

Ringwraiths on foot

Forces of Evil

    A good start to my Evil forces, I would be able to run the trolls and wraiths together. Next would be to paint up some minions to be led by these leaders.

Painted: 10 points

Purchased: -32points

Total: -13 points

Next on the Hobby Desk

    Not much painting going on the desk right now, making some 10mm buildings for a game called Mech Attack! which is a simpler Battletech game. Nothing to show yet, but hopefully I can get some time to tinker around with it.

"I will take the Ring to Mordor!"

    The fellowship of the ring is ready to go on their perilous quest. I really enjoyed painting these up, they have good detail and the hobbits didn't take long at all. 

The Fellowship

The Hobbits, the hobbits, the hobbits! To Isengard!

    

    I appreciate the tutorial that I used gave each hobbit a distinct colour pattern. Merry and Pippin are pretty interchangeable in my mind, so giving them different coats and cloaks helps a lot.

Gimli, Aragorn and Legolas

Gandalf and Boromir

How are the fellowship boys going to get out of this situation!

    I was going to post earlier, but I have a bad habit of waiting till a set of minis are finished. It just seems like I would get the social media endorphin hit before actually finishing what I started, making me less eager to finish the miniatures? Maybe that's just me. 

    The fellowship themselves is around 600 points for the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game. Not the easiest list to field as they are all heroes with special rules, but still can be done. I looked through the Quest for the Ringbearer rules, which follows the ring to Mount Doom with like 28 scenarios. Might be a bit expensive to find all the different models for said scenarios though, but I would work with what I got. There is also a Fantasy Fellowship section in the book that allows for building your own fellowship. Basically a "What if..." rule set, which does sound interesting.

Painted: 9 points

Purchased: -32points

Total: -23 points

Next on the Hobby Desk

    *Soul piercing scream* That's right, time to finish up some Ringwraiths! They are getting their best cloaks from the drycleaners and will be ready to hunt for the ring.