The Shade of Angmar

One of the cool things about the Angmar army list is the ability to include Shades, Barrow Wights, and Spectres. I plan to paint some of all three of the undead minions of the Witch-king, but kicking off first is an evil Shade...

This is one of my favorite models from the LotR range. It was actually a lot harder to paint than I anticipated. I'm not sure my photos captured all of the tones in the model, but there are purples, blues, grays and white and used more blending than I normally bother with. Any way, it was fun and offered a change of pace from the orcs and wargs.

I really need to get back on my Arnor army because they are growing hopelessly outnumbered rather quickly, but the bad guys are just so much fun! I'm up to 428 points and can quickly be at 500 with the addition of a few Spectres for the Shade to lead. Again, I'm not really painting to a set limit or army list at the moment, but it's still fun to keep track of...