Sauron was not of mortal flesh, he could never again appear fair to the eyes of Men, yet his spirit arose & returned to Mordor. There he dwelt, dark & silent, until he wrought a new guise, an image of malice & hatred made visible; the Eye of Sauron.
One moment only it stared out as from some great window immeasurably high there stabbed a flame of red, the flicker of a piercing Eye. The Eye was not turned on them, it gazed north but Frodo at that dreadful glimpse fell as one stricken mortally.
That's a great paint job. Love the detail in the beard.
Is there a coating you can put on something like that to make it last longer? I was thinking of painting my Talisman figures but was worried about the long term life of the paint job.
You defnititely need to coat a gaming piece like this, otherwise the paint will eventually rub off on the players' fingers.
I used two coats of Games Workshop Matt Varnish, covered by a final coat of Testor's Model Master varnish. They're brushed on, but you can also use a spray can.
Ralf, I'm jealous beyond words. Just terrific paint job.
Thanks for posting your final coat advice. I just finished the four heroes in World of Warcraft:TAG and need to protect them. And I just received Descent yesterday. My painting fingers started to twitch upon opening the box.
I've been wanting to paint my Descent and Memoir'44 figures, but I'm afraid that I'd made them look horrible and they'd end up looking worse off for it. I admire people with great painting skills!
simply cuz now i'm in love with this pic now You know what You have to do You have to share with us the rest of ready to rumble already painted figures of Yours when they will be ready of course good luck !
These giants always make me think of the Bugs Bunny cartoon where he runs into the hillbillies and gets them to square dance with each other. Now there's a magic skill!
I - spread out a bit of green stuff in the middle of the base, - cut the flagstone grooves into it with a modeling tool (any hard, pointy object will do) - spread some glue around the edge of the green stuff, covering the rest of the base - dipped the base in a bowl of bird sand, let it harden for a moment, then dusted of the excess sand. - glued a few small rocks the base.
I - spread out a bit of green stuff in the middle of the base, - cut the flagstone grooves into it with a modeling tool (any hard, pointy object will do) - spread some glue around the edge of the green stuff, covering the rest of the base - dipped the base in a bowl of bird sand, let it harden for a moment, then dusted of the excess sand. - glued a few small rocks the base.
2 questions: -did you raise the mini for that, or it it still in one piece with the base? If so, did you cut/sand it down so the greenstuff is level with the rest? -does it work with smaller bases too (1x1 mostera and heroes)? I'm trying to avoid the effect of them wading in an inch of concrete and I'm to lazy/busy to remove/rebase all of them.
Don't get me wrong, I made this kind of bases for another copy, but now I want to focus on that stone floor, and the sand kinda detracts from the effect. But thanks for the GS stone floor.
You have to share with us the rest of ready to rumble already painted figures of Yours 
it's still too thick for the smaller bases.
To each his own I guess.
