Ersatz Ringwraiths (edit to add before shots)

 As Arthur and I want to play the Quest of the Ringbearer, we are going to need some Ringwraiths or Nazgûl.  I am not ready to pay GW prices for the official, New Line Productions-sanctioned figures, so I have decided to make my own!

For the foot figures, I started with Victrix Anglo-Saxon Huscarles, and added some greenstuff roughly shaped into the cloaks that are the main visual cue for the ringwraiths.

EDIT:  here are the original figures

And with greenstuff cloaks added.

I let little patches of mail show through to allow hints of their original status of great kings or lords of men.

One of the mounted figures started life as a Perry Miniatures War of the Roses mounted man at arms.  This is the only one with 'work in progress' photos.

The other mounted ringwraith needed much less conversion, it started as a D&D Headless Horseman, so the only modification was to add a cloaked head (a monk's head from the Victrix Anglo-Saxons).  Frodo on Asfaloth is a Wargames Atlantic halfling mounted on a Rohan horse - so I didn't completely neglect the GW product!

Unfortunately the black ended up looking a bit glossy.  I may see if I can retouch the Nazgûl a bit to dull them down somewhat.