The Royal Guard of the Golden Hall

Led by that bold warrior Hama, the Royal Guard ably defends King Theoden, body and soul (despite Hama’s gullibility regarding elderly gentlemen with walking sticks).

Summon the guard for arming day!

Now the paintbrush of yours truly has brought these brave men to life, in the form of Copplestone Castings’ “Horse Tribe Royal Cavalry,” another bit of excellent sculpting work from their 10mm fantasy “not Lord of the Rings” line.

I won’t go into a detailed account of painting these, as the process is essentially the same as the Horse Tribe Cavalry I painted in my last post, so I’ll just list the colors from this round and go straight to the pretty pictures.

Almost done— time to do the "washing", and then paint and flock the bases.

Horses: Bays (Burnt Sienna), Light Bays (Light Cinnamon), Brown (Milk Chocolate), Roan (Gray), Tan “Palomino” (Honey Brown).

Manes and Tails are Black, Dark Brown, and French Vanilla (Palomino) with a Dark Brown wash.

Tunics, Tackle and Scabbards: Russet (Wine)

Armor and Weapons: Gunmetal

Helms: Gunmetal and Bright Gold

Stirrups, Greaves (yes, they have greaves), Stirrups, Hilts, Shield Bosses, Shield Rims: Bright Gold

Cloaks & Shields: Hunter Green (“Evergreen”), with Golden Yellow cloak hems. (“King’s Gold”)

Gloves: Golden Brown

Hair: French Vanilla with a Dark Brown wash and Spice Brown.

Helm Crests: French Vanilla with a Dark Brown wash.

Hooves are Black, lance shafts are Dark Brown.

All minis have a black wash except over the French Vanilla portions, where black can produce a greenish tint (little known fact: “Black” pigment in paint is actually a very, very (very, very, very) dark blue. I learned this in my college Stage Design class, and now I plan my shading accordingly).

Guard to the right!
(Note: flag has artwork that got washed out by the flash.)

Guard, to the left, in echelon!
(Banner is from Toshach Miniatures' free Horse Tribes decals download.)

SOUND THE CHARGE!

That’s about it— again, this was a very quick project with roughly a two-day turn around. I’m getting faster!

More To Come...

The Rohirrim continue to muster...

The Horsemen of Rohan (so far).
L to R: Cavalry, Royal Cavalry, Cavalry, Horse Archers