I was recently lucky to have the chance to paint a set of limited edition Mithril Miniatures Nazgul for a client.
I really love Mithril Minis.
This was a very fun set: lots of flowing capes, a mark of Mithril, with each Nazgul being very individualistic.
The set had one 'generic Ringwraith' pose, then 9 Nazgul based on the characters created by Iron Crown Enterprises. Tolkien never went into specifics on the Nine, except in the case of Khamul the Easterling, and the Witch King of Angmar, but I.C.E. was granted licence from Tolkien Enterprises to develop the characters for their RPG, which then Mithril got their rights to make the miniatures from them.
And here they are.
I really love Mithril Minis.
This was a very fun set: lots of flowing capes, a mark of Mithril, with each Nazgul being very individualistic.
The set had one 'generic Ringwraith' pose, then 9 Nazgul based on the characters created by Iron Crown Enterprises. Tolkien never went into specifics on the Nine, except in the case of Khamul the Easterling, and the Witch King of Angmar, but I.C.E. was granted licence from Tolkien Enterprises to develop the characters for their RPG, which then Mithril got their rights to make the miniatures from them.
And here they are.
Ringwraith
For these I decided it was best to paint from a white primer. Many people like to start with black primer for everything, especially when the mini has a good deal of black, but I prefer the opposite. I find I can get much nicer smooth shadow tones this way.
The Witch King of Angmar
Khamul, the Easterling
I love the Mumakil helmet. I gave him a subtle pattern in his hauberk, for his 'exoticeast'
The horselord. I gave him the most color of all of them.
This one was sculpted with a face. Odd. So I painted the face as a bronze 'sculpted face' helmet.
He got a touch of brown, being a more 'barbaric' type of heritage.
This one might have been my favorite armor. Fancy, so I gave it a 'heat tarnish' of gold.
The only one without battle armor & sword. Just robes & Morghul knife, so I went with a touch of deep red, for that 'assassin feel'.
Clearly of Numenorean heritage.
The 'standard ringwraith' iconic look.
The Nine together:
The Mithril minis scale really well with the GW Lord of the Rings minis, so they'd be great on the battlefield as well as for collecting. I may have to get some for myself someday!