Lotr has been my first and true wargaming love since I was a kid; I'm admittedly a little bit jealous of the aragorn and boromir sculpts you snagged there 😜 But please do more lotr content, you know this world needs more of it
Haha! Those models have been with me for a LONG time! I picked up Boromir in 2003-2004 and Aragorn whilst I was at uni, so 05-06ish. God, I’m getting old... There will definitely be more Middle Earth videos on the way, don’t you worry 😊
Painting a hooded Aragorn model with your own hood up was a great touch ;) I find hobbying to be a great refuge from everyday problems, focusing on painting keeps stupid thoughts out of my head. I'm really happy that there's a model range that covers one of my favourite universa as this adds even more flavour! It's quite funny but I think all the Middle-earth miniatures are my one, huge passion project that I'm very thankful to have :D Oh, and an edit further down the episode - I really enjoy how you explained the feelings and reasoning behind every single one of these picked Fellowship models!
Haha! The hood up was completely coincidental! I completely agree with you - I personally just really dislike batch painting and often ‘forget’ to reward myself with something nice to paint at the end. I love painting the characters, but some of these ones in particular really mean a lot to me, so they were a real joy to paint 🥰
This is absolutely fantastic Ben. I love the points you make about being in a slump or mental block with painting, that's exactly how I felt coming into the year and that's why I started my lucky dip painting challenge; to really try adding some variety and focus back into my painting.
Exactly that! I’ve found that I’d got in to a bit of a negative slump after doing a lot of batch painting but I never ended up ‘rewarding’ myself with a nice mini to paint after the batch. This was a lovely mix of miniatures that I love and it just felt like the right time to get some paint on them 😊
I always love seeing people's painting progress. Helps people to see that everybody has weird painting problems when starting out. Don't get discouraged when you're new to the hobby, there's always room to grow and learn, especially for those new to the hobby.
My dad back in 2003 when the films came out collected 2 of every magazine that was released for the LoTR films. They were your classic £2-3.99 per month for each issue with some paints and some miniatures. This was before gamesworkshop had the LoTR battle strategy and it was wizards of the coast doing them. I still have everything he collected and plan on painting them up in the future
If you still have doubles I'd love to buy some later issues, I'm still missing the last half because they weren't available anymore where I lived. Easily the best source of nostalgia to look through the models and magazines. Have fun if you ever paint em up!
I feel like every second of my paintig projects is a passion project like this. But they‘re the moast fun. When I finished my armies, I‘ll for sure moastly be doing projects like those. They‘re the best.
Absolutely! I feel like I need to reward myself a little more with fun stuff to paint. I get too focused on batch painting and painting ‘chaff’ just to get it done and it definitely steals the joy from it for me.
I really like the freedom from AoS and Warhammer 40k that push the "build your own team/warband/army" narratives and designs. I try that for Middle Earth too, but it always seems so final, that it kind of feels wrong not to go with official color schemes and named characters. But that won't keep me from trying. I'm building a "Dark Dwarves" army right now, lead by a Champion of the (Dark) King. And I think Easterlings have some good potential for creative background writing and design updates as well. Really want to try them with Obsidian Armor instead of the classic gold and red.
I'm from the channel The Broken Sword and was curious as to if you actually sell any of your miniatures, Legolas in particular, but would also love a complete set? LOVE THE VID
Hey! I don’t sell any of my own miniatures but I’m open to doing the occasional commission as favours from time to time. Drop me a message on Facebook if you’d like to discuss further 😊
Great video Ben, made me want to put some lotr minis to the front of the paint que. Also noticed you are dressed very snug, cold days in the hobby shed at the moment!! Love the new camera angles btw
This video was such a nostalgia trip for me too, I remember painting the Return of the King era Fellowship models when they came out! Particularly fond of the Gondor Pippin and Rohan Merry sculpts as favourites.
Great video! I am looking forward to painting my fellowship soon! I love that Aragorn model, really cool pose. Would love to see a paints list, being a complete noob, would be good to know where to get started. I could watch lord of the rings stuff all day.. nice one!
Another good video, really enjoying your channel, I'd definitely like to see a selection of minis you've painted to show us how you've progressed over time.
This video reminds me of why i started painting. I'll never forget walking into a games workshop with my dad and seeing a shelob's lair diorama and being given some wood elves that christmas!
I just bought the Battle and Balin's Tomb game just to paint the fellowship as I really didn't feel like painting anything and was currently reading LotR books again. Looking forward to painting it!
@@BenjisHobbies Thanks! I also bought the Balrog and Gandalf at Khazad-dum and plan to do some Moria Dioramas. It's been ages since I've been this excited to build and paint some miniatures!
Great video dude and nice work on the minis. I've got a few projects I wanna do but not got round to them yet, might actually get on with them this weekend!
Great video Ben. Lovely paint jobs and I totally agree, sometimes you just need to reset with some models that are just for the love of painting. Would love to see more MESBG content!
I'd love to hear more about the Middle Earth game, I always skip over that stuff in White Dwarf. Even as a fan of the LOTR movies, the models don't seem to grab me...
Great vid, loved the cinematography. You are so right, it's too easy to paint just for the shake of painting, then getting sick of them. /cough (40k) Nice to see some Lotr.
Thanks buddy! I love pretty much all Middle Earth miniatures, and I do LIKE stuff from other universes, but they just don’t grip me in the same way. I find it difficult to get excited about painting a whole 40K army!
Wow, seeing that Helms Deep Legolas brought back some memories! I had that set when I was 7-8, and I could not for the life of me get the detail on Theoden’s breastplate!
It’s a great miniature, and I can’t quite believe how old it is! Do you still have yours? I recently repainted Theoden and I’d forgotten how difficult that detail was to paint!
@@BenjisHobbies You got me looking and I managed to dig out the whole heroes set, minus Eowyn! Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli actually don’t look half bad, considering my age at the time. Recently got back into the hobby (Deathwatch specifically) having read the Eisenhorn books, and I definitely need to pick up his mini as a passion project. Which kind of model is easier to work with, in your opinion, resin or metal?
@@lamprdo that’s awesome stuff! Nothing like a little nostalgia trip looking at some old models! 😊 With resin and metal it’s very much each to their own. Metal is more likely to chip if you drop them (so make sure you varnish them once you finish!) whilst Resin can be a little more brittle. In terms of painting preference I’d probably prefer resin ever so slightly, just because they’re a bit lighter to work with. Best of luck with your Death Watch! 😊
@@BenjisHobbies Too right! :) I do remember varnish being a must with metal models. I have to admit I don't miss working with them, much prefer plastic. Cheers dude! Best of luck with the channel, your videos have excellent production quality, and I hope to see it grow :)
Definitely be cool to see some comparisons of older paintwork to modern and more MESBG! Gotta say though, weird decision to add an empty base at 08:16... Like, it's a good base, but maybe stick a mini on it?
I think that pretty much every army that I paint is a passion project! This hobby is what I am passionate about after all and I only paint stuff that I love otherwise I am not sure what the point of the hobby is
I cover this off at the beginning of the video. For me, I hate batch painting (especially things like orcs!) with a passion, but unfortunately it’s a necessary part of completing an army! It’s nice to just paint something that you’re really passionate about from time to time.
@@BenjisHobbies Don't worry I watched the video! I find a lot of satisfaction in batch painting troops. There is too little time in a day to do something that I don't enjoy with my spare time. Although recently I have started painting models one by one It takes longer but definitely raises the quality and enjoyment for me.
Completely agree with you - life is definitely too short to do the stuff you don’t enjoy 😊 I might give it a go with my next batch of orcs and see how I get on!
You're not stealing, you bought the kit. When you buy a kit you get everything in the box and can use it as you wish. Actually you are doing more justice to the kit itself by not wasting any of it. And let's not forget that GW always charges at least double what it should for every mini anyway. Who's doing the stealing??
it is games workshops best game because its lacking the constant powercreep and rules bloat due to the missing release avalanche Age of Sigmar and 40k are suffering from. The balance was able to stabilize on a decent level without the constant need to sell miniatures destroying it over and over and over again.
it is the best speech in possibly any film ever! these are awesome dude! MORE LOTR!!!!!
Agree with you there!!! There will absolutely be more Lord of the Rings on the way 😊
Lotr has been my first and true wargaming love since I was a kid; I'm admittedly a little bit jealous of the aragorn and boromir sculpts you snagged there 😜 But please do more lotr content, you know this world needs more of it
Haha! Those models have been with me for a LONG time! I picked up Boromir in 2003-2004 and Aragorn whilst I was at uni, so 05-06ish. God, I’m getting old... There will definitely be more Middle Earth videos on the way, don’t you worry 😊
Yes MESBG is GW's best game. So nice to see it getting some love.
By far their best game - I love it! I need to get back to making more Middle Earth content…
Painting a hooded Aragorn model with your own hood up was a great touch ;)
I find hobbying to be a great refuge from everyday problems, focusing on painting keeps stupid thoughts out of my head. I'm really happy that there's a model range that covers one of my favourite universa as this adds even more flavour! It's quite funny but I think all the Middle-earth miniatures are my one, huge passion project that I'm very thankful to have :D
Oh, and an edit further down the episode - I really enjoy how you explained the feelings and reasoning behind every single one of these picked Fellowship models!
Haha! The hood up was completely coincidental!
I completely agree with you - I personally just really dislike batch painting and often ‘forget’ to reward myself with something nice to paint at the end. I love painting the characters, but some of these ones in particular really mean a lot to me, so they were a real joy to paint 🥰
This is absolutely fantastic Ben. I love the points you make about being in a slump or mental block with painting, that's exactly how I felt coming into the year and that's why I started my lucky dip painting challenge; to really try adding some variety and focus back into my painting.
Exactly that! I’ve found that I’d got in to a bit of a negative slump after doing a lot of batch painting but I never ended up ‘rewarding’ myself with a nice mini to paint after the batch. This was a lovely mix of miniatures that I love and it just felt like the right time to get some paint on them 😊
Gandalf is lit 💥but the stone on his need some white :D
I"m passionate about your face. Nice video man. 😀 Now I want to do my LoTR. 🥰
Thanks man! 😍 Get your LotR stuff painted and I’ll come over there and give you a game!
@@BenjisHobbies That would be epic. I shall muster the Rohirrim.
I always love seeing people's painting progress. Helps people to see that everybody has weird painting problems when starting out. Don't get discouraged when you're new to the hobby, there's always room to grow and learn, especially for those new to the hobby.
Brilliant video, and great painting! Love that strider model.
My dad back in 2003 when the films came out collected 2 of every magazine that was released for the LoTR films. They were your classic £2-3.99 per month for each issue with some paints and some miniatures. This was before gamesworkshop had the LoTR battle strategy and it was wizards of the coast doing them. I still have everything he collected and plan on painting them up in the future
If you still have doubles I'd love to buy some later issues, I'm still missing the last half because they weren't available anymore where I lived. Easily the best source of nostalgia to look through the models and magazines. Have fun if you ever paint em up!
Fun video…nice painting and some excellent “food for thought”….thanks!
You’re welcome! 😊
Great little passion project. Can’t go wrong with a fellowship! Love the production value as always.
Thanks buddy! Still trying to push the production values where I can, as still have a lot to learn 😊
Damn this makes me want to get on and paint the ambush at Amon hen set
Get that GoT finished and make a start on them! 😉
@@BenjisHobbies I’m getting it done haha
My passion project is a 100% rogue trader crimson fist army. Dam its expensive. But I love it!
Not even painted 10% of it yet 🤣
I feel like every second of my paintig projects is a passion project like this. But they‘re the moast fun. When I finished my armies, I‘ll for sure moastly be doing projects like those. They‘re the best.
Absolutely! I feel like I need to reward myself a little more with fun stuff to paint. I get too focused on batch painting and painting ‘chaff’ just to get it done and it definitely steals the joy from it for me.
I really like the freedom from AoS and Warhammer 40k that push the "build your own team/warband/army" narratives and designs.
I try that for Middle Earth too, but it always seems so final, that it kind of feels wrong not to go with official color schemes and named characters.
But that won't keep me from trying. I'm building a "Dark Dwarves" army right now, lead by a Champion of the (Dark) King.
And I think Easterlings have some good potential for creative background writing and design updates as well. Really want to try them with Obsidian Armor instead of the classic gold and red.
Well you got my sub, I’m binging your videos now instead of doing homework or painting.
Thank you so much! I hope you’re enjoying my other videos as well 😊
@@BenjisHobbies I definitely am
Cool disappearing Frodo trick 😃
It was a lot easier to do than I thought it would be!
We've got an almost identical fellowship. We'll have to have a fellowship royal rumble when the world is feeling better!
I am so up for that! 😂
I'm from the channel The Broken Sword and was curious as to if you actually sell any of your miniatures, Legolas in particular, but would also love a complete set? LOVE THE VID
Hey! I don’t sell any of my own miniatures but I’m open to doing the occasional commission as favours from time to time. Drop me a message on Facebook if you’d like to discuss further 😊
Nice vid man, great paint jobs, but we really need to have a chat about the amount of water in your wet pallette! ;)
Gotta keep it nice and moist 💦
literally painting the fellowship right now
Amazing! Which version are you painting?!
Great video Ben, made me want to put some lotr minis to the front of the paint que. Also noticed you are dressed very snug, cold days in the hobby shed at the moment!! Love the new camera angles btw
It’s not so bad when it warms up in there, but when I first go in it’s ever so slightly chilly... The hat is purely to cover my lockdown mop 😂
This video was such a nostalgia trip for me too, I remember painting the Return of the King era Fellowship models when they came out! Particularly fond of the Gondor Pippin and Rohan Merry sculpts as favourites.
Glad I could take you with me on my little nostalgia trip 😊 Funnily enough I started painting those two last night!
nice vid Ben. Just started painting fellowship too
Thanks dude! Looking forward to seeing yours 😊
Very nice, funnily enough I go back to the LOTR to have a break from other things.
It’s such a great game and the minis are lovely!
Great video! I am looking forward to painting my fellowship soon! I love that Aragorn model, really cool pose. Would love to see a paints list, being a complete noob, would be good to know where to get started. I could watch lord of the rings stuff all day.. nice one!
Thanks dude! I have something in the works - I just need to pull it all together! 😉
Another good video, really enjoying your channel, I'd definitely like to see a selection of minis you've painted to show us how you've progressed over time.
Thanks so much! It’s definitely something I’m thinking about doing, so watch this space! 😊
Excellent! Love these middle earth miniatures
They’re fantastic minis! Absolutely love them 😊
This video reminds me of why i started painting. I'll never forget walking into a games workshop with my dad and seeing a shelob's lair diorama and being given some wood elves that christmas!
I just bought the Battle and Balin's Tomb game just to paint the fellowship as I really didn't feel like painting anything and was currently reading LotR books again.
Looking forward to painting it!
It’s such a great way to start playing the game! I hope you enjoy it 😊
@@BenjisHobbies Thanks! I also bought the Balrog and Gandalf at Khazad-dum and plan to do some Moria Dioramas. It's been ages since I've been this excited to build and paint some miniatures!
amazing paint job!
Thanks so much 😊
Great video! I’m currently getting back into the hobby and I’m painting up some old, unfinished LOTR trolls!
Thanks Rey! Great to hear you’re getting back in to it 😊 There will be plenty more Middle Earth videos coming to the channel soon!
Great stuff, chief! cant wait to unseal some lotr gw magazines and go through this exact same good feeling.
Thanks man! Would love to see your take on some sweet Middle Earth stuff 😍
Brilliant video, have subscribed, all the best Garry
Thanks so much Garry, and I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
Great video dude and nice work on the minis. I've got a few projects I wanna do but not got round to them yet, might actually get on with them this weekend!
Thanks dude! It’s just nice to occasionally paint something you’re REALLY passionate about 😊
Great video Ben. Lovely paint jobs and I totally agree, sometimes you just need to reset with some models that are just for the love of painting. Would love to see more MESBG content!
Thank you! I’ve definitely got more Middle Earth videos planned for this year so watch this space 😊
Love it! I have a very similar passion project...painting the good ole fellowship of the ring from the citadel metal minis
Oooh! The ones that came out with the films or the original ones from the 80’s?!
@@BenjisHobbies the movie ones XD they were still a bit of a challenge to get!
@@SirSpoon they’re fantastic models!
nicely done, now a year later and I might do mine!
I'd love to hear more about the Middle Earth game, I always skip over that stuff in White Dwarf. Even as a fan of the LOTR movies, the models don't seem to grab me...
Hmm... perhaps I can make a video about the game that might just change your mind? 🤔😉
@@BenjisHobbies I'd honestly love to see it
Great vid, loved the cinematography. You are so right, it's too easy to paint just for the shake of painting, then getting sick of them. /cough (40k) Nice to see some Lotr.
Thanks buddy! I love pretty much all Middle Earth miniatures, and I do LIKE stuff from other universes, but they just don’t grip me in the same way. I find it difficult to get excited about painting a whole 40K army!
Been looking for that Aragorn sculpt for ages! Can’t find it anywhere, banging job you’ve done!
This was a great video.
Glad you enjoyed it, Bee-Bear!
Excellent video, new sub, looking forward to more videos.👍
Thank you Gary! Really appreciate the sub!
Very inspiring video! I will try this out :)
Thanks Gaétan! And thank you for your continued support 😁
Wow, seeing that Helms Deep Legolas brought back some memories! I had that set when I was 7-8, and I could not for the life of me get the detail on Theoden’s breastplate!
It’s a great miniature, and I can’t quite believe how old it is! Do you still have yours? I recently repainted Theoden and I’d forgotten how difficult that detail was to paint!
@@BenjisHobbies You got me looking and I managed to dig out the whole heroes set, minus Eowyn! Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli actually don’t look half bad, considering my age at the time.
Recently got back into the hobby (Deathwatch specifically) having read the Eisenhorn books, and I definitely need to pick up his mini as a passion project.
Which kind of model is easier to work with, in your opinion, resin or metal?
@@lamprdo that’s awesome stuff! Nothing like a little nostalgia trip looking at some old models! 😊
With resin and metal it’s very much each to their own. Metal is more likely to chip if you drop them (so make sure you varnish them once you finish!) whilst Resin can be a little more brittle. In terms of painting preference I’d probably prefer resin ever so slightly, just because they’re a bit lighter to work with.
Best of luck with your Death Watch! 😊
@@BenjisHobbies Too right! :)
I do remember varnish being a must with metal models. I have to admit I don't miss working with them, much prefer plastic.
Cheers dude! Best of luck with the channel, your videos have excellent production quality, and I hope to see it grow :)
Ay you've got the same blender as me lmao
Haha! They’re great for not only drinking from, but for keeping water for your water pot too!
What happened to Merry's cloak? Looks like a big ooops brush stroke with brown that wasn't fixed :P
Awesome vid! More lotr stuff!
Thank you buddy! There is plenty more to come, don’t worry 😊
Is that a garden shed? Nice
It is indeed! If you check out the first video I put up on the channel you can see the conversion process from garden shed to hobby room 😊
@@BenjisHobbies Great hideaway
Do some more LOTR!! Please!! A battle report would be awesome!!! Thanks duder!!!
I definitely have more planned, don’t worry 😊 Once the new studio is up and running I’ll be all over Middle Earth!
Your video is amazing! Could you list the paints/paintset required for this set? Please and thank you!
Definitely be cool to see some comparisons of older paintwork to modern and more MESBG! Gotta say though, weird decision to add an empty base at 08:16... Like, it's a good base, but maybe stick a mini on it?
I’ll have to dig out all the old stuff and see what I’ve still got! I wondered who would be first to comment on the empty base 😂
@@BenjisHobbies I'm glad it could be me! But then.. I have the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox!
Great video!
Hi you got a colour scheme when you painted fellowship of the rings
What colours did you use for legolas? He looks amazing :)
I think that pretty much every army that I paint is a passion project! This hobby is what I am passionate about after all and I only paint stuff that I love otherwise I am not sure what the point of the hobby is
I cover this off at the beginning of the video. For me, I hate batch painting (especially things like orcs!) with a passion, but unfortunately it’s a necessary part of completing an army! It’s nice to just paint something that you’re really passionate about from time to time.
@@BenjisHobbies Don't worry I watched the video! I find a lot of satisfaction in batch painting troops. There is too little time in a day to do something that I don't enjoy with my spare time. Although recently I have started painting models one by one It takes longer but definitely raises the quality and enjoyment for me.
Completely agree with you - life is definitely too short to do the stuff you don’t enjoy 😊 I might give it a go with my next batch of orcs and see how I get on!
what paint set should i buy to do this set.thanks
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You're not stealing, you bought the kit. When you buy a kit you get everything in the box and can use it as you wish. Actually you are doing more justice to the kit itself by not wasting any of it.
And let's not forget that GW always charges at least double what it should for every mini anyway. Who's doing the stealing??
Yes to more Lord of the Rings videos!!!
I’m sure I can make that happen 😊
Did this replace other projects entirely whilst you were working on it?
Pretty much, yes!
By chance how did you prime metal minis, I wanna get into metal minis but I got no idea how to start em.
Hey man, what's the name of that plataform you use to make your minis rotate?
I have no idea - I just searched eBay for an electric rotating turntable and there are loads to choose from 😊
Love the video and the channel but that mold line on Aragorn arm is so distracting.
When I was cleaning them up it didn’t look too bad. When I started painting it it really bugged me too 😅
What camera do you use?? it's amazing!
Hey buddy, thank you! It’s a Canon M6 Mk II with a Sigma Art 18-35mm lens. Lighting has a lot to do with it too 😊
You need a Warhammer passion project... thumbnail is lord of the rings 😂
No no I don’t but thanks anyway for the entertainment.
Haha! Everyone needs a passion project! Unless EVERYTHING is a passion project?!
it is games workshops best game because its lacking the constant powercreep and rules bloat due to the missing release avalanche Age of Sigmar and 40k are suffering from. The balance was able to stabilize on a decent level without the constant need to sell miniatures destroying it over and over and over again.