Finally, a colour scheme. Tolkien describes the [feasting]
Elves Thorin & company intrude upon as being "in their usual green and brown", which isn’t really pushing the
boat out. On the other hand, there’s a lot of space in those two colours to
dodge the similar dual-coloured looks of the aforementioned Rangers, and the
Men of Rohan of the books and movies. Again, the Weta book offers some good alternatives with different
shades of green, and of course in these aforementioned new sculpts for the
Hobbit series of minis, GW dodge the question entirely and bring out
shadowy reds, blues and purples in defiance of the movies' look (something they also
did back in the
Return of the King days with their Corsairs of Umbar, which
used black and… attempted to boost sales of their Lich Purple paint at the
same time.) It's a nice combination, though - if a little muted. I’ll go for a pretty uniform look myself, though, so painting these chaps
should be the fastest bit, and certainly faster than before, provided I keep my own sculpting smooth and even.
Another word about these new sculpts, though. They really are very nice and dynamic - even if - again, they don't really replicate the look of the movies' elves. Instead, there's an echo of Games Workshop's own Wood Elves sculpted (I think) by Gary Morley,
who sculpted the lead sentinels seen previously - all pointy bits and cragginess, emphasising the wild wood in them. But the movement and flow here is really nice. Shame the Perry minis don't have the same. I'm going to have my work cut out for me, to be sure.
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