LOTR Rangers of Arnor

I finished the rangers I traded for my Arnor force and I tried out some cool stuff with these. Mostly I tried what I call “lazy clump highlights” which is a very rapid very slap dash type of highlight (literally speaking I move fast and don’t focus to much on clean lines) as I saw this on a miniature recently and realised how good it looks from “tables eye view”. 

​I’m always looking for ways to speed up the process without cutting huge corners and I like the stylistic choice of the clump highlights. I think it allows for a unified look while still demonstrating a 3-4 layer highlight scheme which has been painted with intentionality. 

I also used my new green stuff world paints to achieve varying degrees of green and blue for the uniforms. I really like the result, it looks natural and calming to the eye, less abrasive in my mind than twelve “clones” running around the battlefield. 

I'm very happy with my new (very affordable) green stuff world paints. They're very matt which is perfect for miniatures and they're thick enough for some slappy one coat layers. I am very happy and I will be buying more of these. I'm off the Vallejo hype train and I think it's time to be buying stuff from smaller companies who actually have to ensure their products are good instead of much larger conglomerates who can get away with a "provide MOST people with a MOSTLY working product" approach. End of the day the bigger a company get's the more diluted quality control get's, it's just statistics.