My website (the One Ring) runs a monthly painting challenge and I thought it would be a good idea to join in for a change! This month, the challenge is to paint Lurtz – the Uruk Hai chieftain that Aragorn fights at the end of the Fellowship of the Ring movie.

I’ve had this figure in my possession for several years, and went as far as spray coating it a couple of years ago. But since then it’s been languishing at the bottom of my painting queue.

So – here’s the undercoated figure – let’s see how far I get with it by the end of August.