It's all 'armless fun - 19/6/2014

With the goblin army done it was time to tackle the dwarves, these were a bit trickier as they come in multiple parts so need gluing together, whilst taking care not to damage any of the very delicate swords etc - or at least attempting to! (I only managed to break two weapons, but stuck them back together again - oops!)

After a couple of hours work, allow me to introduce Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur and Thorin.

It's difficult to show without lots of pictures, but the level of detail on these is amazing. If I get the painting right (big if!) these have the potential to look really good. 

This is Thorin, you can just about see the texture in his hair and beard, not to mention his "oaken-shield".   (If you click on the picture it makes it bigger).

Only a few more characters to go, then the painting begins!