My work, since 1987…

Yesterday evening, I read again the Hobbit “Unexpected party” chapter to check which color for my carrock Dwarves I shall use.
First, to me, I have always imagined hood & cloaks being the same colors.
This re-reading led me also to a small conversion for this project: I will replace the axe on M229 to make a nice Kili with shovel (using M100).

I know that purists might highlight the fact that only Thorin, Gandalf & Bilbo have a weapon at the time of this Carrock event as Gobelins took every things from the company.
Still, I must rely on existing Mithril dwarves, so armed ones will have axes except Thorin with Orcrist and Kili with a showel.
This to reflect the book as much as I can.

I have decided to allocate dwarves miniatures to the following characters:

1 [mith]M111[/mith]: Fili with blue hood & cloak, weapon: Axe
1 [mith]M127[/mith]: Ori with grey hood & cloak, weapon: Axe
1 [mith]M140[/mith]: Dori with purple hood & cloak, Bilbo in dark green hood given by Dwalin, no weapons
1 [mith]M155[/mith]: Thorin with Sky blue hood & cloak with a silver tassel, weapon: Orcrist
1 [mith]M160[/mith]: Balin with red hood & cloak, no weapon
1 [mith]M163[/mith]: Bifur with yellow hood & brown cloak, no weapon
1 [mith]M229[/mith]: Kili with blue hood & cloak + conversion (see below), no weapon
1 [mith]M306[/mith]: M306A: Gloin with white hood & cloak, no weapon
M306B: Oin with brown hood & cloak, weapon: Axe
1 [mith]MS538[/mith]: Bombur with pale green hood & cloak, weapon: Axe

The 3 missing dwarves will therefore be the following:
Dwalin with dark green hood & cloak and a blue beard (Bilbo already in dark green, Bombur also in green and the blue beard do not inspire me at all)
Bofur with yellow hood & cloak (Bifur already in yellow)
Nori with purple hood & cloak (Dori already in purple).

I am back on “The Carrock” now MB560 contest has a perfect winner.

I remind here what is done so far :

Carrock :
Carrock is finished, including Beorn’s cave, Way up and stairs, and Rocks.

The Anduin River :
The Anduin River is finished, including River, All banks, Surroundings and Trees.

Miniatures:
1 [mith]M111[/mith]: Fili with blue hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M127[/mith]: Ori with grey hood & cloak Painting restarted, 30%
1 [mith]M140[/mith]: Dori with purple hood & cloak, Bilbo in dark green hood given by Dwalin painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M155[/mith]: Thorin with Sky blue hood & cloak with a silver tassel, weapon: Orcrist painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M160[/mith]: Balin with red hood & cloak Painting started 50%.
1 [mith]M163[/mith]: Bifur with yellow hood & brown cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M229[/mith]: Kili with blue hood & cloak Conversion done, Painting 0%
2 [mith]M301[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M302[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M303[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M304[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M306[/mith]A : Gloin with white hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M306[/mith]B : Oin with brown hood & cloak Painting started 10%.
1 [mith]MS538[/mith]: Bombur with pale green hood & cloak not started.
1 [mith]MS553[/mith]: not started.

It shall take 1 evening per character, so several weeks.

Thanks Holger. Check your mail in few minutes, I have some ideas.:rolleyes:

Done Holger, 15 minutes to write, I am getting slow…

Ori was painted and placed on stairs today.

Carrock :
Carrock is finished, including Beorn’s cave, Way up and stairs, and Rocks.

The Anduin River :
The Anduin River is finished, including River, All banks, Surroundings and Trees.

Miniatures:
1 [mith]M111[/mith]: Fili with blue hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M127[/mith]: Ori with grey hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M140[/mith]: Dori with purple hood & cloak, Bilbo in dark green hood given by Dwalin painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M155[/mith]: Thorin with Sky blue hood & cloak with a silver tassel, weapon: Orcrist painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M160[/mith]: Balin with red hood & cloak Painting started 50%.
1 [mith]M163[/mith]: Bifur with yellow hood & brown cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M229[/mith]: Kili with blue hood & cloak Conversion done, Painting 0%
2 [mith]M301[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M302[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M303[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M304[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M306[/mith]A : Gloin with white hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M306[/mith]B : Oin with brown hood & cloak Painting started 10%.
1 [mith]MS538[/mith]: Bombur with pale green hood & cloak not started.
1 [mith]MS553[/mith]: not started.

I managed to do a bit of painting (after nearly a month without touching any brush…).

Oin was painted and placed today.

Carrock :
Carrock is finished, including Beorn’s cave, Way up and stairs, and Rocks.

The Anduin River :
The Anduin River is finished, including River, All banks, Surroundings and Trees.

Miniatures:
1 [mith]M111[/mith]: Fili with blue hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M127[/mith]: Ori with grey hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M140[/mith]: Dori with purple hood & cloak, Bilbo in dark green hood given by Dwalin painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M155[/mith]: Thorin with Sky blue hood & cloak with a silver tassel, weapon: Orcrist painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M160[/mith]: Balin with red hood & cloak Painting started 50%.
1 [mith]M163[/mith]: Bifur with yellow hood & brown cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M229[/mith]: Kili with blue hood & cloak Conversion done, Painting 30%
2 [mith]M301[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M302[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M303[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
2 [mith]M304[/mith]: painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M306[/mith]A : Gloin with white hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]M306[/mith]B : Oin with brown hood & cloak painted, assembled on Carrock.
1 [mith]MS538[/mith]: Bombur with pale green hood & cloak Painting started 10%.
1 [mith]MS553[/mith]:Painting started 10%.

Thanks Nino. I’m glad you like it.