Hello!
Today another entry from the world of The Lord of the Rings!
This is because this month I started rereading J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy. And my inspirations (and unfinished fantasy projects) are screaming:
'Paint us! We've been waiting for so many years!'
With this and a haunting cry, I invite you to read a post about Dead Marsh Spectres.
I gave two GW models I've painted before a refresh, and the third specter is a 3D model from Davale Games.
IMO It fits very well 😏
In The Lord of the Rings, in the volume 'The Two Towers', we read about these ghostly images of soldiers who died during the war of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men against Sauron.
The bodies lying in the marshes are victims of the Battle of Dagorlad, which took place at the end of the Second Age.
The marshes were formed in areas where bloody fighting took place.
Frodo Baggins, guided by Gollum, saw them in the water as "dead faces"—pale, ghostly images that glowed beneath the surface.
Gollum warned the hobbit not to look into the marshes or touch the dead, claiming that "the dead must not be touched."
Lovely work Michal and they look suitably dead. I must reread the trilogy again as it has been ten years since my second reading.
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteI last read it about 20 years ago and I forgot that the trilogy is much richer in words and content than the movie ;)
They look great Michal, really well done, I too must re-read the trilogy again, it's been a long time since I did.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I read The Hobbit about 20 years ago too! I read The Hobbit more often, even The Silmarillion, and the trilogy so long ago ;)
DeleteExcellent work Michal, they look very dead and straight out of the marshes.
ReplyDeleteThank you very!
DeleteGreat to hear that 😄
Piękna robota Michał. Pasują im też takie zimne śnieżne podstawki.
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Tomasz
Dziękuję bardzo!
DeleteMichal, you have captured the look. Wonderful brushwork.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for a kind words sir!
DeleteExcellent work Michal, really captured the look
ReplyDeleteThank you very much and glad you like it!
DeleteInspirational paint-jobs, Michal. I'm in a LotR mood myself currently, and these have definitely inspired me to carry on painting mine. Great post.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for a kind words!
DeleteLove your LOTR painting!
Very nice figures and paint job Michal but I wont be reading anything - I struggled to about p 300 of the first novel when I was around 16 and NOTHING HAD HAPPENED, so I gave up! It took me years to watch all the films, too - although I have visited Hobbiton and had a beer in the "Green Dragon" tavern!
ReplyDeleteha ha! I can understand that :))))
DeleteThank you sir!
Rewelacja! Zjawy są fenomenalne!
ReplyDeleteDziękuję bardzo :)
DeleteVery nice! I like how their eyes glow :)
ReplyDeleteThankjuje very much :)
DeleteYeah.... I'm not touching those dead. LOL
ReplyDeleteNicely done mate.
Thank you very much ;)
DeleteSimply awesome, oh what a work!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for a kind words mate!
DeleteVery atmospheric Michal 👍
ReplyDeleteSorry I hate the anonymous thing !
DeleteHa! Thank you very much Matt!
DeleteSublime work, Michal.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Richard!
DeleteReally nice work, Michal.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it Ray!
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They're really nice good job !
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for a kind words!
DeleteLovely work and I cant tell the 3d print fron the GW stuff!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you so much!
DeleteFabulous staff Michal. The Dead in LOTR are disturbing and your painting does them justice.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for a kind words sir!
DeletePerfekcja! Udanego re-czytania :)
ReplyDeleteDziękuję. Do Morii właśnie podążamy 😉
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