The Osgiliath Veterans are some of my favourite of the official GW The Lord of the Rings miniatures. I just love their battered, old campaigner look. Plus, they are some of the few Gondorian soldiers that were ever produced in metal. The downside is that there are only three - one with a bow, one with a spear, and one with sword and shield. So, after you've painted a couple of packs, they start to get a bit samey.
My conversion skills are pretty limited, but to avoid painting the same figure again, I decided to give it a go. I cut the head off the spearman and replaced it with a hooded head from the Frostgrave Knights sprue. Size-wise they are a pretty good match. It worked especially well on this figure as he already had the torn cloak, and by painting both the same colour they integrated nicely.
Anyway, here he is. A Gondorian soldier who has been on the front lines perhaps a little too long.
My LotR orcs have been the constant adversaries of my son's Oathmark elves. They mesh so well the figures could be from the same range. I got him some orcs of his own which will be converted to hold some of the extra weapons from his elf sprues.
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ReplyDeleteReally nice conversion!
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