In order of painting, herewith pictures of my progress.

The miniatures are quite a lot better than I initially thought from the pictures in the News items.
Plan is to paint all of them before I start playing, and as I want to start playing, I'm applying a positive bit of pressure on myself. 😊

Hungry Wargs

I always love painting fur, it's so rewarding. Dark brown for the hide, lighter brown drybrush. And dark grey for the fur, lighter grey drybrush.
Eyes are always a problem for me but they came out okay. After matte protective varnish, a drop of gloss varnish in the eyes for extra glow.
Bases with small grey stones, one bigger one, and a tuft of grass.

What brand of paint did you use?

Those eyes are impressive, btw!

Yeah. These are very Tolkien like Wargs with evil spirit instead of being normal wolfs!

Good job!

Thanks!

I use Citadel paints and washes.

Those are nice looking wargs, I like the eyes also. Those are probably the best looking painted minis I've seen so far from this game.

Good job! 👏 👏

These wargs look great...looking forward to painting my minis

Thanks to all for the encouragement!

Unfortunately I am not able to upload new images at the moment, I have contacted the admins about this.
I have made further progress which I would like to share.

Cant wait to see them

Your best bet in FFG's forums is to upload the photo to an outside site kee imgur, then use the "insert other media" button and it should appear in your post.

Thanks for the tip CyborgNinja! 😊

Hill Troll

Probably the centre piece of this collection of miniatures, I really like how it turned out. I'm especially happy with the hammer. It's overall a great sculpt, with its cracked earth back.

Goblin Scouts

I didn't much enjoy painting these. In many other examples I have seen bare hands and upper arms, but I couldn't tell where skin started and clothing ended. So I went for a quicker route, and I think it fits these mini's. Generally speaking this is one gripe I have about the miniatures as a whole, that they have quite some detail, but too often there's no distinct demarcation between one thing and the other. Anyway, the simple approach on these Goblins worked out well, I feel.

Beravor and Aragorn

I think I felt a bit rushed painting these, they're a bit messier than I would've liked. And I'm terrible with faces. Still, they look alright on the tabletop.

Wights

I love Undead miniatures. My favorite project so far is the Sepulchral Guard warband from Warhammer Underworlds. The corroded metal look on the swords is achieved by using Citadel's Typhoid Corrosion and Ryza Rust. Then a few highligt specs with silver/metal. These are fine sculpts as well, with small bits of bone visible in gaps of clothing.

I should pay more attention to photographing the mini's, but the main purpose is to share ideas and color schemes with others. Sorastro's guide is wonderful, and I've seen some astonishing results by first-time painters. By sharing I hope to add some other possible approaches to the mix.

In due time, I'll take some in-game pictures with better photography, so others can see how painted mini's look on the tabletop. These smartphone close up pictures don't always show them in their best light, so to speak. 😏

Wow these look good! At first I shrugged this game off because I didn't want a $100s sitting on a shelf, but the more I see the more tempted I am to pick it up. Haven't painted anything since Mice & Mystics, so these cool minis are definitely a plus.

Orc Hunters

Though I was initially a bit worried about parsing these miniatures, they were quite alright. I really like the tunic and armour "divide". For the armour I went for a sort of leathery metallic look, and I think it came out well.

Bilbo and Elena

I was a bit happier with how these two came out, compared to the first two Heroes. Though I still don't take enough time to put them on image better, which they certainly deserve. I had an idea to put Bilbo next to a cropfield of some sort, and that kind of worked out. Elena's harp is also better in real life, with an undercoat of the bright green thatt I also used for the bases, then a layer of white which just not completely covers the green. I actually came quite close to the "glow" her card image shows.