Here are the first few archers from the Games Workshop Warriors of Harad plastic box set. I only managed to buy a single box but I eventually plan to secure more of these. Sculpted by the Perry Twins and based on the costume designs used in Peter Jackson's films, these figures are nicely posed & paint up easily. 
A description of these men are given in The Two Towers, when the Rangers of Ithilien ambush a Haradrim company. A slain Haradrim falls near Frodo & Sam, giving them a brief glimpse of his features. He is described as youngish and having brown skin, with black plaits of hair braided with gold. He is garbed in scarlet, as do the other Haradrim, and a gold collar. He is armed with a scimitar and a corslet of brazen scales. Gollum describes them as tall, dark, and fierce-looking. They carried spiked shields and spears, and wore gold ornamentation.
I followed the paint scheme suggested in the Games Workshop web page but decided to make some variations. For the faces and exposed limbs, I base-painted with a tan shade and washed it with my favorite ink -- Magic Color Earth. The metallic parts were basecoated in yellow-ochre and washed with Golden Sand ink. I also used two types of red acrylics -- brilliant red and crimson. The figures were painted when I had the flu and I left the figures indivudually based. When I do decide what ruleset to use for LOTR, I might change the bases.
More of the Haradrim soon.
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