A lot of people rubbish GW's LotR line but I can't for the life of me figure out what they have against it. In my opinion the LotR miniatures sculpted by the Perry brothers are amongst the best I've ever seen... From the look of Merry and Pippin I'm guessing that they're Perry sculpts, the detail is pretty astounding considering their size and they were a real pleasure to paint.

It's always interesting re-examining miniatures a good length of time after they were painted. I was really happy with these guys when I finished them 6 months ago but now I can't help seeing all the things I would have done differently. I'm still really happy with the clothes but some mud on the hems of the cloaks would have been an improvement. I think the faces could do with a little more colour - using just different shades of the same colour usually results in a lifeless look. Finally I would probably use metallics if I was to paint them again, I don't think NMM looks quite right when used on LotR miniatures. All up though I'm still fond of them, despite their size they were great fun to paint and turned out pretty well I guess.