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haradrim · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:54 pm

i love you !! :oops:

your work with green stuff is amazing !!
i'll buy your miniature of dain on boar if you sell it !!

the dwarf warriors are incredible !

i curious to see completed with shield and weapons !
i would like see the pike,and dwarf sword like the film !

Reto · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:40 pm

I went through your topic. Just wow, truely amazing sculpts

Paradigm · **Joined:** Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:56 am **Posts:** 264

The Warriors are looking great! And I may have to head over to Ebay and grab a Dain for my Iron Hills army!

Sithious · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:18 pm

I think Dain came out great. You should cast the dwarves, any dwarf that fits our scale while not being squat like WHF has a place and a market. It may be a small market at first, but if you preserve the molds and do a couple batches every time you get an order, you should keep stock and keep working time down to make it worth your while. You can also convert from your casts and come up with some alternate poses to grow the line.

Paradigm · **Joined:** Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:56 am **Posts:** 264

And I've just bought a Dain! Cheers for offering these, this officially means I've bought more BotFA stuff from you than from GW! Can't wait to paint him up!

Do you have plans for any more characters? I'd certainly be interested in an armoured Azog or a Bolg!

Elladan & Elrohir · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:21 pm

I want one! Lamentably, we live far away so shipping is out of the question. :sad:

Great work though!

Nice dwarves! As always, really looking forward to something awesome when they're done! This is one of our favourite WIPs :-D

Elladan

a Hobbit · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:18 am

Awesome sculpts

Ridgeback · **Joined:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 pm **Posts:** 105

hanks you guys are amazing

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i love you !! your work with green stuff is amazing !! i'll buy your miniature of dain on boar if you sell it !!the dwarf warriors are incredible ! i curious to see completed with shield and weapons !i would like see the pike,and dwarf sword like the film !

Thank you so much :oops:

Im going too sculpt them with pikes too. Its too hard too cast my old dain but i think im going to make a new which can be casted.

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I think Dain came out great. You should cast the dwarves, any dwarf that fits our scale while not being squat like WHF has a place and a market. It may be a small market at first, but if you preserve the molds and do a couple batches every time you get an order, you should keep stock and keep working time down to make it worth your while. You can also convert from your casts and come up with some alternate poses to grow the line.

Thank you. That sounds good

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And I've just bought a Dain! Cheers for offering these, this officially means I've
bought more BotFA stuff from you than from GW! Can't wait to paint him up!Do you have plans for any more characters? I'd certainly be interested in an armoured Azog or a Bolg!

thanks Paradigm! Hope you like the miniature i would love too see him painted . And maybe im going too sculpt a armoured Azog.

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I want one! Lamentably, we live far away so shipping is out of the question. Great work though!Nice dwarves! As always, really looking forward to something awesome when they're done! This is one of our favourite WIPs Elladan

Thanks !!

where do you live, if i can ask?

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I went through your topic. Just wow, truely amazing sculpts

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Awesome sculpts

Thank you.
So now a little update . The dwarves are nearly finished here som pictures.
And i have started a new project... a orc. Im going too sculpt a troop of them and cast them maybe too. Here the wip. Hope you like it.

Cheers

Sithious · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:12 am

Nice work. Your sculpting style seams familiar, I think I have some old mini's that have similar feel to them. I think it is the thin limbs and thin torso's that is making me think of it. With all the armor, those guys would be pretty lithe underneath.
The orc is looking good. Orcs and dwarves are good choices to get into this market.

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:28 am

That Orc is shaping up nicely.

haradrim · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:03 pm

nice work as always ! the orc promising well ! do you create a simple head or a complex helmet of gundabad orc ?!

can i do i little (costructive)criticism ?!
the dwarf shield if you watch carefully the film , are longer , about few mm more !

Paradigm · **Joined:** Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:56 am **Posts:** 264

Those are all coming along very nicely!

Since you asked, here's Dain painted up! He was a very nice mini to work on, and fits perfectly with my other Iron Hills Dwarves!

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Mars_2000 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:51 pm

I've just finished reading this topic and I am so impressed by this what I see.

Some people are very skilled, what makes them a great individuals. Definitely, you Ridgeback belong to these "lucky (Oooh, naughty word)" :-)

Great sculpts, very good painting skills.
I especially love your Dain on boar sculpt. Fantastic job and I guess it is the only one all over the world.

Elladan & Elrohir · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:49 am

Those are super! You have a really nice characteristic style that is showing more and more. We wouldn't think twice of buying an army of your sculpts!

It would be cool if you could also make Dwarves on rams, and maybe some of the other things that were deleted from the final film (Dwarf ballista, Ram chariot, etc.) Just ideas, but we think many people would still love to get them, and you would certainly do them justice.

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Thanks !!

where do you live, if i can ask?

In Rivendell. :wink:

Joking! We're German, but we live in southern Africa, very far away from any hobby stores, forget about Games Workshops. We do occasionally go to Germany and we usually use the opportunity to stock up on miniatures and modelling supplies.

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Since you asked, here's Dain painted up! He was a very nice mini to work on, and fits perfectly with my other Iron Hills Dwarves!

Click to: Show

Elladan: Don't make me jealous... Lol

Elladan and Elrohir

YOrcShire · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:12 am

Awesome, just awesome........

Must be extremely satisfying to take something from nothing to fully complete. I have trouble filling gaps with green stuff so your work is very much an inspiration.

Ridgeback · **Joined:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 pm **Posts:** 105

thanks you are awesome :oops:

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Nice work. Your sculpting style seams familiar, I think I have some old mini's that have similar feel to them. I think it is the thin limbs and thin torso's that is making me think of it. With all the armor, those guys would be pretty lithe underneath.
The orc is looking good. Orcs and dwarves are good choices to get into this market.

thanks sithious i always try do the gw proportions but i think they have too diffrences between there proportions. the hobbit dwarves are thiner then the lotr dwarves.
but you are right they are thin. on the next i will do a better job.

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nice work as always ! the orc promising well ! do you create a simple head or a complex helmet of gundabad orc ?!

can i do i little (costructive)criticism ?!
the dwarf shield if you watch carefully the film , are longer , about few mm more !

thanks haradrim! on this orc i will try to make a simple orc head. the next orcs will get some helmets.
you are right with the shield :-D

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Those are all coming along very nicely!

Since you asked, here's Dain painted up! He was a very nice mini to work on, and fits perfectly with my other Iron Hills Dwarves!
CLICK TO: SHOW

thanks !!
he looks awesome. :yay:

he looks like in the movie!
your orc head looks a bit like azog :-D

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I've just finished reading this topic and I am so impressed by this what I see.

Some people are very skilled, what makes them a great individuals. Definitely, you Ridgeback belong to these "lucky (Oooh, naughty word)" :-)

Great sculpts, very good painting skills.
I especially love your Dain on boar sculpt. Fantastic job and I guess it is the only one all over the world.

thanks for the great words pal!

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Those are super! You have a really nice characteristic style that is showing more and more. We wouldn't think twice of buying an army of your sculpts!

It would be cool if you could also make Dwarves on rams, and maybe some of the other things that were deleted from the final film (Dwarf ballista, Ram chariot, etc.) Just ideas, but we think many people would still love to get them, and you would certainly do them justice.

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Thanks !!

where do you live, if i can ask?

In Rivendell. :wink:

Joking! We're German, but we live in southern Africa, very far away from any hobby stores, forget about Games Workshops. We do occasionally go to Germany and we usually use the opportunity to stock up on miniatures and modelling supplies.

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Since you asked, here's Dain painted up! He was a very nice mini to work on, and fits perfectly with my other Iron Hills Dwarves!
CLICK TO: SHOW

Elladan: Don't make me jealous... Lol

Elladan and Elrohir

thanks for the amazing words my friend! im german too .ok you are really far away. i had the same idea with dwarves on rams and think im going to do them in future. and maybe some other stuffs too

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Awesome, just awesome........

Must be extremely satisfying to take something from nothing to fully complete. I have trouble filling gaps with green stuff so your work is very much an inspiration.

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That Orc is shaping up nicely.

thanks!
cheers

Ridgeback · **Joined:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 pm **Posts:** 105

Hey guys.
Today its time for a small update.

Its a commission work...azog in armor.

Cheers

Paradigm · **Joined:** Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:56 am **Posts:** 264

Very nice indeed!

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2015 3:56 pm

Superb, both converting and painting are just superb! :yay:

Elladan & Elrohir · **Posted:** Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:45 pm

Your costumer is very lucky!

Nice job. Your sculpting is seamless on the GW model, looks like a Perry sculpt!

Elladan & Elrohir

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