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November 21, 2010 at 10:52 pm #538
Turambar
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There are no Easterlings?
So then you have to help yourself.
As mentioned somewhere else, while converting those Haradrim they slither into the direction of Easterlings.
This M 293 is a fantastic figure. I told that in the end there will be two dioramas. This one is the second:
The Easterlings!

First inspiration-contact was a screenshot of the trailer of a movie called: Mongol.
Master Theobald shared pictures of the fantastic Harad-conversions by Mr. N.N.
And the head of the laketown guardsman and the movie-screenshot came together . . .

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/32_5mongol.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/32_5mongol.jpg[/imgz]
November 21, 2010 at 10:52 pm #13362
Turambar
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There are no Easterlings?
So then you have to help yourself.
As mentioned somewhere else, while converting those Haradrim they slither into the direction of Easterlings.
This M 293 is a fantastic figure. I told that in the end there will be two dioramas. This one is the second:
The Easterlings!

First inspiration-contact was a screenshot of the trailer of a movie called: Mongol.
Master Theobald shared pictures of the fantastic Harad-conversions by Mr. N.N.
And the head of the laketown guardsman and the movie-screenshot came together . . .

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/32_5mongol.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/32_5mongol.jpg[/imgz]
November 21, 2010 at 10:57 pm #13363
Turambar
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The current state of shock is the nearly finished captain of the eastern tribes. The pic is awful, the oil colour still wet.
But in Germany it becomes darker very quick meanwhiling and the time for photography is short!

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/32_e_captain41.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/32_e_captain41.jpg[/imgz]
November 21, 2010 at 11:01 pm #13364
Turambar
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Still no archer around. Still a bitsore about the fact my Easterling-Archer suggestion was cancelled.
(Just call him Variag and it would have been possible) . . . anyway.
We should not discuss words, but looks. And my EASTERLING Archer looks like this:

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/32_e_archer05.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/32_e_archer05.jpg[/imgz]

That´s all I know about shrimps for tonight . . .
November 22, 2010 at 3:54 am #13367
hsf62
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They look 110 %!
Very nice work my friend! Awesome :cool::cool::cool:
November 22, 2010 at 6:34 am #13369
Thingol
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Awesome…. this is the right word…… I’m so exited to see all…. I mean both dioramas…. and other which are expected from long time ago…
November 22, 2010 at 9:30 am #13370
Milo
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Excellent work, as usual I shall say.:lol:
November 22, 2010 at 1:39 pm #13371
Theobald
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excellent! great ideas and paint job … keep on
November 22, 2010 at 3:12 pm #13372
jdbrown55
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Those are masterpieces! Great job!
November 23, 2010 at 12:21 pm #13390
Arthadan
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Very nice indeed! By the way, I recomend the film Mongol. It’s the first part of a trilogy about Gengis-khan and its entertaining and good reference for Tolkien Easterlings as you have already pointed out.
November 27, 2010 at 12:24 pm #13562
Turambar
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OK then, the first Easterling is finished. In this case a captain. Mithril would call him:
Easterling captain, mounted.
I can show you a first picture, though there are too many clouds here in Germany today . . .
I hope you like. Notice: the oil colour is still wet, too many reflections . . .

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/32_east001.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/32_east001.jpg[/imgz]
November 27, 2010 at 12:55 pm #13564
Tolwen
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Arthadan wrote:

Very nice indeed! By the way, I recomend the film Mongol. It’s the first part of a trilogy about Gengis-khan and its entertaining and good reference for Tolkien Easterlings as you have already pointed out.

Here I have to disagree at least partially. What little we know of Tolkien’s Easterlings is that they are not the typical steppe-nomad horse-warriors of Mongol stereotype. That’s something MERP fostered for long and it’s really hard to get out of people’s heads
The most important Easterlings to threaten Gondor were the Wainriders – people who had chariots as their most important mobile weapon system.

Cheers
Tolwen
November 28, 2010 at 1:16 pm #13597
hsf62
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This felow is very well done Master Archer! Love the new sword!:cool:
November 28, 2010 at 1:34 pm #13598
Arthadan
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Tolwen wrote:

Here I have to disagree at least partially. What little we know of Tolkien’s Easterlings is that they are not the typical steppe-nomad horse-warriors of Mongol stereotype. That’s something MERP fostered for long and it’s really hard to get out of people’s heads
The most important Easterlings to threaten Gondor were the Wainriders – people who had chariots as their most important mobile weapon system.

True, Master Tolwen. But the Wainriders were utterly crushed in Battle of the Camp by Eärnil in 1994 TA. If we are speaking about the War of the Ring period then some 1900 have passed since the Wainriders were last seeing in the Northwest lands. As we see in the real world with war chariots, they quite probably would become obsolete. Anyway, in LotR they are always refered to as Easterlings and not as Wainriders (even by Gondorians characters) and the only Easterlings we know something about are the Dwarf-like ones using two-handed axes who fought on foot. Hence, I think there is room for horsemen.
November 28, 2010 at 8:22 pm #13602
Thingol
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This rider is a real terror for all pedestrians. You must be careful not to deliberately lose your head …. Great
November 28, 2010 at 9:33 pm #13609
Turambar
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Ah, seems that Master Thingol has had some spare time . . .
Thank you, Nino and thank you Holger! There are more Easterlings waiting . . .
And Master Arthadan, did you see all three films?
January 26, 2011 at 12:41 am #14745
OriginalAragorn
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Christoph – stunning! These are the best Easterlings!

Love the conversion, the paint job, the muted colors, perfect, gritty – !
July 30, 2011 at 1:58 pm #19078
Turambar
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Currntly working again on my Easterling-Project.
Some dust already to be found . . .
I do hope I will finished the entire project pretty soon, because the most difficult conversion I have ever did is finished . . .
Remeber- mithril´s Easterlings won´t see any customer. So we have to do it ourselves . . .

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/32_east_002_74.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/32_east_002_74.jpg[/imgz]
July 30, 2011 at 2:02 pm #19080
hsf62
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One treasure after another…
you’r good!
Well, actually better than good!
July 30, 2011 at 2:06 pm #19082
Turambar
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. . .you ain´t seen nothing yet . . . 😎
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