A certain chess set is finished
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May 6, 2008 at 1:25 pm #264
Some pics:
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Shelob is a bit of a conversion from the Mirkwood Spider. She is, of course, the baddie Queen.
May 6, 2008 at 1:25 pm #2144Some pics:
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Shelob is a bit of a conversion from the Mirkwood Spider. She is, of course, the baddie Queen.
May 6, 2008 at 2:05 pm #2145You know Wendy, these look really great and I can see that you’ve become an expert painter! Checkmate!
May 6, 2008 at 3:07 pm #2146Excellent Job Wendy! You are a great painter! Now all we need is the chess board!
May 6, 2008 at 3:29 pm #2147they’re simply wonderful figures, Wendy. Excellent job. ….
May 6, 2008 at 4:37 pm #2148Excellent painting Wendy, the figures are full of character – what a pity you didn’t get some Corsairs entered in the compy
May 7, 2008 at 8:56 am #2152Great figures. What will you use for a chessboard? There are some nice Viking-style ones around that would probably suit in terms of style, but all the ones I’ve seen have been rather large for use with Mithrils.
May 7, 2008 at 2:59 pm #2153Thanks guys.
I don’t know about expert – I’ve seen the work of some of the best in the world. I don’t come close to them yet, but I have fun.
It would have been nice to have entered the corsair contest, but it wasn’t meant to be. Hopefully they do have more contests in the future…
As for the chess board, I don’t have to worry about that yet. You’ll have to ask the Ranger in the corner what he intends to do for a chess board.
May 20, 2008 at 5:36 pm #2259Hi Wendy,
I have been real busy lately, moving residences, dealing with children’s birthdays and graduations, etc . . .
So I apologize for not noticing this thread sooner, although I do remember you saying that you were going to post some pix of the chess set.
And I can tell all of you out there in MMP Faerylands that Wendy IS a master painter of miniatures. These pieces look incredible in real life up close. At first I thought that I’d actually play chess with them with my son. But I haven’t been able to bring myself to do this, as I don’t want the pieces to get banged up. Also, I found out from another post that Mithril is prohibited from making Chess sets by their license from TE.
This project started some time ago when I was going through my duplicate Mithrils and thought to put a chess set together from them. Then I decided to do this strictly from the Mithril Classics range. This was because I knew I would need to go to ebay to buy several pieces to complete the project.
Next was my best decision: to ask Wendy (she had painted my Halbarad, which is now my avatar) if she would paint them for me in exchange for certain considerations, which I’ll leave to her to reveal, if she chooses. But I can tell you that I came out much better in the arrangement (just picture that chess set, undoubtedly one of the only Mithril Classics set in the whole world) than the Unassuming Shield Maiden. I have offered additional considerations, but she never took me up on that, so I will have to take matters into my own hands!
Oh, as for the chess board, it will be custom-made by a friend of mine who is excellent at both stone and wood-craft. The squares will be two and one-half inches alternating between oak and onyx. They will sit upon a wrought iron table, inlaid to make for a flat surface. I will try to find a large glass case, such a might cover a sheet cake, to protect the set from dust. Well, this is the idea for now, but we’ll see if it can be done.
So Wendy, thank you so much for this marvelous masterpiece, and making the dreams of a certain shadowy figure in a dark corner of the Pony very happy. Scrumpy for all!!!
May 21, 2008 at 5:18 am #2265Quite a project! Good luck with bringing it to fruition. But will a game of chess ever be played on it, we wonders, yes we wonders? I’d never be able to summon the courage to handle the ‘pieces’ for fear of wearing off the paint!
May 21, 2008 at 2:55 pm #2267Hey Tom,
I hope the move went smoothly.
Glad you like the little guys. I wouldn’t worry much about wear on the paint – I put two layers of paint on varnish on them, so they should stand up to being played with pretty well. As for the considerations, they were fine with me. I got some good practice in.
Hubby taught me how to play chess on the way to the show at the first B&B. Let’s just say he won… 😆 (Tom knows this already, but I took the set to a pretty big painting competition and show out east, just to try to get Mithril’s name out there.)
August 11, 2008 at 2:43 am #2838Ye gads! That chess set is something else – you’ve got yourself a real collector’s item there, Tom, and you’ve done a brilliant job Wendy
And no, I don’t think I could ever bring myself to use it either!
April 6, 2010 at 2:59 pm #9331Ohh….Wendy, you made one dream come true !
I have been talking about mithril chess set to mates for ages. As I could not manage to buy 32 mithrils miniatures without using any in a diorama, I never went through this idea.
I like everything in your miniatures choice and such great painting.April 7, 2010 at 1:34 pm #9341Thanks Milo!
April 30, 2010 at 7:29 am #9752Hi Wendy,
I recall a post I sent in the taproom here as it is the place where it should be.Concenring chess game, I do possess a complete set from eaglemoss. Miniatures are not well painted (by chinese artist workers I guess).
Still, the chess board is tremendous and would perfectly fit to your minis.
I suggest you take a look: http://www.lotr-chess.co.uk/shopping/shop.asp#boardApril 30, 2010 at 5:27 pm #9764That board is very nice. I’ll have to keep it in mind should I paint a set for myself.
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