A little distraction: Uruk-hai scout

This week we’re finally continuing our Lord of the Rings campaign (Quest of the Ringbearer), and we’ve now reached Amon Hen.

The only figure my gaming partner is still missing is the once very rare Uruk-hai captain with a two-handed axe.

But before I could paint him, I wanted to test out the colours a bit. I’ve had an Isengard force in mind for quite some time now, featuring Uruk-hai scouts, Wildmen of Dunland and warg riders.

So here’s a first test! I’m not 100% satisfied yet, but I think that’s mainly down to some of the areas being painted a bit sloppily… Perhaps I should use black rather than brown as a base coat in future for such dark figures. That might help to increase the contrast a little more.