Monday, December 20, 2010

High Elf Trumpeter 28mm - WIP

...and even as the Moon rose above the darkness in the west, Fingolfin let blow his silver trumpets and began his march into Middle-earth, and the shadows of his host went long and black before them.
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Silmarillion

I love this scene from "The Silmarillion" and it ispired me to sculpt this trumpeter. The High Elves were my very first and still favourite Lord of the Rings army. It's a shame that GW always neglected them. My Elves contained several conversions with sculpted helmet plumes, so I decided to keep this fine tradition.


Actually the miniature is to be regarded WIP. It still needs to be sanded and cleaned and I even spot some areas I might have to redo. Hope you like it anyhow, but I couldn't await getting some feedback on it.


The idea of attaching plumes derived from a drawing I made back in 2001 or 2002. It shows "Finarfin", my RPG character for MERP. I even translated this picture into a miniature (just a conversion, no scratchbuilt) and used it as a captain of the High Elves, but unfortunately I don't have the miniature here to take any pictures.

4 comments:

  1. Absolutely outstanding sculpt! Really nice to see how your plan of a high elve army for impetus is coming true ;)

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  2. Great stuff, wouldnt mind one for my army. Keep up the good work.

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  3. Wow !!!! Will you be making any casts?

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    1. I'm sorry... This miniature has already been painted. I don't think I will make any casts of it.
      Nevertheless I thought of doing a 2.0 version some day. A caster is already at hand but I'm really short of time at the moment...

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