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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Fenrir on April 18, 2018, 07:36:00 PM
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Hello, folks!
Recently I started a project I've been wanting to do for ages- a Middle Earth collection! The vague sort of look I'm going for is the 'Dark Ages' style of the excellent One Ring RPG from Cubicle 7, rather than the movie version (though there will be a few GW minis in there somewhere!)...
I've kicked off with the Battle of Five Armies- those interested can read about my progress on my Blog here (there are three posts so far, this link is to part 1):
https://lead-mountaineer.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/the-gathering-of-clouds-part-1.html
Beyond this I have plans for Arnor/Angmar, Mirkwood/Dol-Guldur and Rohan/Isengard... 8)
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Good Lord, I wasn't expecting that picture to actually appear (I've been struggling with adding pictures to my posts since that whole Photobucket thing). Wish I'd attached one that was actually in focus, now!.. ::)
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Great looking table and miniatures.
What rules are you going to use?
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They look great! All the new Oathmark minis have made me reconsider my aversion to both plastics AND to Middle Earth projects, and you are not helping me to resist!
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REally lovely. I always like seeing a more paired down style when people play in middle earth. :)
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Very nice, really great start to your project!! :)
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Great stuff. This accords with how I see Middle Earth too (much less baroque and fantastical looking than the Jackson movies - much as I loved them) :)
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Brilliant! An approach very similar to mine (see my converting Elves thread) although I am using GW movie Orcs because they fit Tolkien's description AND I had loads of them! Although I am tempted to add some Oathmark Goblins into the mix too. Do show us more as you get them done!
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Very inspirational indeed! 8)
I've been wanting to do exactly such a project for many years and I've actually gathered some miniatures for it along the way already.
I'm hoping to do the fellowship of the Ring first, with some goblins/orcs to oppose them.Mine will be a mix of Oathmark Goblins, Wargames Factory Orcs, Dark Age miniatures and maybe even some Roman parts!
You're showing us here that the Oathmark products are perfect for the purpose of creating Middle Earth warbands and armies. Your painting is nice, and complements the miniatures well.
By the way; I really like your Gandalf miniature :)
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Great stuff indeed. I was particularly impressed by your Laketown men, and the Oathmark goblins, but it's all good. :)
As for Beorn-in-bear-form: I think he needs to be a bit bigger than a standard bear in any case, and maybe bigger still when properly angry - "he seemed to have grown almost to giant-size in his wrath". So maybe you could use your bigger version for that transformation (if you want to take it as more than a figure of speech) - there ought to be some way to represent this in DR, I think.
All these Middle Earth projects are giving me ideas...
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Looking forward to see more of this project! :-*
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I quite like the bear as is. I think the toy one might be a little TOO big. I wonder if the reaper wearbear , standing bear of direbear might be good choices for more human/magical bears?
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I always imagined Beorn as a very large man, like the biggest rugby forward you’ve ever seen but not a neccessarily a fantastically large bear.
I don’t know how to add images but if you google “Nick Bibby bear” you can see his life size sculpture of a Kodiak bear standing on it’s hind legs; Now that says Beorn to me.
n.b.
Yes that’s the same Nick Bibby who sculpted all those dragons for GW back in the day. His sculptures are no longer miniature but they are fantastic (still does dragons too).
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Thanks very much for the kind words and encouragement, folks- I really appreciate it! :)
@Ethelred the Almost Ready: After much deliberation, I have decided to go with Dragon Rampant with a couple of (very minor) tweaks for extra Tolkien flavour!
@Daeothar: Thanks again- I must say that the 'Movie' Gandalf is my preferred look, but then it is based on that famous John Howe painting which to me will always be the definitive Grey Pilgrim... :) By the way, be sure to share your Fellowship stuff with us when you get around to it!
@Severian: That is a great suggestion! Perhaps he could get bigger once reduced to half Strength Points- instead of getting weaker he just gets angrier! Something to tinker with...
UPDATE: I now have Thorin's Company undercoated and ready to go while I wait for my Oathmark Elves to show up- although they are armoured for battle, I'm thinking of using each Dwarf's 'hood' colour somewhere on each figure (as described in the An Unexpected Party chapter of the book)- so Balin will have some red, Dwalin dark green, and so-on...
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...And since I appear to have cracked the photo thing, here are a couple more lifted from my Blog!
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Which version of Gandalf is that mini? I don't think I have it in my collection... :? (I have an insane amount of GW LotR minis, but at one point had to realize, that they were going to keep churning out more versions of the same characters, and the prices were becoming too steep for me)
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This project is looking good. I think the job you have done on the Oathmark dwarves is the best I have seen. I see you have done the same as me and used a Reaper ogre as a troll, you have just painted yours a lot better and put me to shame :(.
Well done. I will follow this with interest.
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Ohhhhh, what a great idea. 13 Dwarves from the Hobbit, all with the right coloured hoods. I'm doing that too!
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Very nice. Great miniature choices. I highly recommend the reaper standing dire bear as a big bear. (It's my avatar after all) roughly the same size as the old grenadier giants.
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Love the blue " romans"
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Brilliant! Love it all, following your blog now.
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Nice stuff. Can I ask were you got your wolves/wargs from?
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Awesome job! :D
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Thanks again, everybody!
@Diablo Jon: the Wargs are all 'Wolves' (and a Dire Wolf as Pack-Leader) from Otherworld Miniatures- not cheap, but exactly how I imagined Wargs to look. Only the best for this project! :)
@Jacksarge: Thanks very much- as soon as I've finished typing this I'm going to take a look at your own Middle Earth Thread!
@Askellad: Cheers! I went for a mix of Gripping Beast's Late Romans and Viking kits with some heads from their Dark Age Warriors as I wanted them to look like a once-prosperous folk who had fallen on harder times- only a few have helmets as I reckon they wouldn't have had time to get fully equipped before Lake Town was burned by Smaug. The blue halved design on their shields is meant to represent the Long Lake itself!
When I get around to my Arnorians / Gondorians I will be using 'pure' Late Roman figures...
@Beefcake: Ah, cheers for that suggestion, I'll have a look for it on Ebay! One question- does the Dire Bear not have those large bony plates/spines on it's back, though?
@Nicknorthstar: As soon as I saw the hooded Dwarf Oathmark heads, it clicked! The book also mentions that Dwalin has a 'blue' beard- I have no idea how I'm going to do that without it looking a bit daft... The perils of doing 'uniform research' from a Fantasy book!
@Ethelred the Almost Ready: You are too kind! It took me ages to find miniatures that matched my own interpretation of Tolkien's Trolls, but as soon as I saw those Reaper Ogres I knew they were it! I bought three variants so I could use them as Bill, Tom and Bert in a skirmish scenario down the line...
@Argonor: I hear you on the price thing! I think this particular Gandalf was released at about the same time as the War of the Ring massed battles game, but I could be wrong... To me, he seems the least 'Ian McKellan' of the GW Gandalfs. Not that I have anything against his performance in the films, of course!
I'm feeling galvanized to get cracking on Thorin's Company today, so thanks again for the encouragement, folks!
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Thanks, looking forward to see your progress! :)
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Hi Jonathan
I've started, thanks to you. Might start a new thread here.
Nick
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Really wonderful setup and minis.
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Very nice. I really like them.
Ohhhhh, what a great idea. 13 Dwarves from the Hobbit, all with the right coloured hoods. I'm doing that too!
Ha! While I was thinking those dwarves came with hoods exactly because of the Hobbit! :D
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Great thread - love your interpretation of the different forces.
Blue beards - black base, main colour for highlights is The Fang (GW's old Fenris Grey or Shadow Grey), which is a very desaturated blue (a lot of grey in it).
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Great thread - love your interpretation of the different forces.
Blue beards - black base, main colour for highlights is The Fang (GW's old Fenris Grey or Shadow Grey), which is a very desaturated blue (a lot of grey in it).
Beat me to it! :)
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Thanks, everyone!
I've just finished Thorin's Company (plus Mr. B. Baggins, Esq.)- fully armed and armoured for the Battle of Five Armies. Each Dwarf has his signature 'hood-colour' somewhere on them. Thanks to Momotaro for the advice on Dwalin's beard! Since I will be using the Dragon Rampant rules, I decided to multi-base them and count them as a Unit of Elite Foot.
I will also be doing individually based versions of the Company in travelling gear for skirmishing in the future...
I'm also pretty close to finishing Bolg and his Guard- then it's waiting for my Oathmark Elves to arrive, and then this part of my Middle Earth project will be complete barring the gaming itself...
Arnor and Angmar next!
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...And here is a group shot!
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Looking good!
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@Beefcake: Ah, cheers for that suggestion, I'll have a look for it on Ebay! One question- does the Dire Bear not have those large bony plates/spines on it's back, though?
Here is a picture of its back
(http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr309/kminis/P1300662_zps6xzb1eqi.jpg~original) (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/kminis/media/P1300662_zps6xzb1eqi.jpg.html)
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Wonderful painting and basing, your LOTR themed figures are going to look great on the table. The mutli basing works really well too, wish I had done that?
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Here is a picture of its back
(http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr309/kminis/P1300662_zps6xzb1eqi.jpg~original) (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/kminis/media/P1300662_zps6xzb1eqi.jpg.html)
I had no idea there were werebears near the village of Spielburg! :D
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Yes, they hide in caves and guard kobold mages. ;)
I really does have the right attacking pose from the game doesn't it.
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Dang; I had forgotten about that... lol
And yes; it does look like it:
(https://www.sierraclassicgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/qfg1_bear.jpg)
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Awesome work the company looks great!
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Once again, my thanks for the continued encouragement, folks! :)
@Beefcake: Cheers for that- I'll have to have a look for him on Ebay! At this rate I'm going to have enough for a full unit of Skin-Changers!..
Part 4 is now up on my Blog, but here's a couple of photos of Bolg and his Guard for those who don't wish to wade through my waffling!
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I seem to have missed your last post but had decided to check out your thread again after seeing your troll on the Middle Earth wargaming site (we are all giving away our secret identities on Facebook).
The dwarves and bear look great - I don't fancy the chances of those orcs!
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Well, the Elves of Mirkwood are done. First game tonight! ;D
As usual, here's a couple of pictures- more waffling about them over on my Blog, here:
https://lead-mountaineer.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/the-gathering-of-clouds-part-5.html
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Nice work on the elves!
I've always assumed wood elves wouldn't be armoured, but there's really no reason for them not to be, aside from figure manufacturers' habits... These work very well. I like the bronze tones, too.
Let us know how your game goes...
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Wood Elves are not normally armoured, but I'm sure the Elf Army at the Battle of 5 Armies was. I haven't got the book to hand.
Anyway, great work!!
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We played two of three Battle of Five Armies themed Scenarios last night- very close battles each time! Lots to cover, so here are a couple of links to my Blog:
Part 1 here: https://lead-mountaineer.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/the-clouds-burst-part-1.html
Part 2 here: https://lead-mountaineer.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/the-clouds-burst-part-2.html
@Severian and Nicknorthstar: Thankyou kindly! I can't see any mention in the book that the Elves were armoured in the battle, but I assume that they would try and protect as many valuable Elven lives as possible in battle- so armour seemed to make sense! Plus, there are no unarmoured Elves in the Oathmark range as yet... ;)
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Two nice looking games there!
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Thanks, Sunjester!
After a long break, I'm currently in the process of gathering the models together for my Arnor army- mostly Late Romans/Arthurians, plus a handful of GW Hobbit Archers- and now I need some advice from my fellow LAFers!
Is there an 'official' Arnor colour-scheme mentioned in Tolkien's work? I was thinking of going for grey/black on tunics, shields etc (so I can cheekily use them as Gondorians in future!), but I wonder if my opinion has been clouded by the films...
Other options are various shades of grey (including a blue/grey) or possibly green- did GW just make up the green scheme on their own range of figures, or is there some canonical reason for this?
My army will be placed sometime during their final wars against Angmar, so a slightly mismatched and ragged appearance might be the way to go!
I'm thinking star of the Dunedain as shield/banner devices- might they have used the white tree design as well (being the sister-kingdom to Gondor)?
Any help would be much appreciated!
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After a long hiatus, I'm back from the wilds of Eriador with my army of Arthedain (plus some plucky Hobbit archers!), led by King Arvedui- here they are facing the Witch King and the forces of Angmar, somewhere on the North Downs (and as always, please excuse the fuzzy camera-phone photos; I'll try for some better shots down the line but... I was enthusiastic!). Looking at the photos, I think I definitely need to make some kind of backdrop to my scenes!
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...And here are some close-ups of King Arvedui plus Malbeth the Seer and bodyguard, and the Witch King himself, attended by various fell spirits.
Hope you like!
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They look awesome, must get them on the gaming table over Christmas.
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Yep they’re brilliant! Love the figures you’ve used for the Arthedain.
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They look damn good. Well done. May I ask where you got the wolves from. I am struggling to get wolves of just the right size.
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How did I miss this? Two of my long running projects - Dark ages and Middle Earth based fantasy combined with great imagination and skillful painting.
I will be following this for ideas.
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Beautiful work! Love the blue
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Yes - this is a project I love. No particular feedback, just enjoying pretty pics :--)
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Absolutely fantastic! You have done a great job on the Arthedain, I love the banner. I went a slightly different route with my Arthedain banners and just used the star and the winged crown.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4893/44324492140_1f7f409948_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2awNBgJ) (https://flic.kr/p/2awNBgJ)
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I really like your ghosts with the blue and the hint of metal. :)
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Thanks, everyone- I admit I'm very happy with how they turned out!
Bodvoc: That's the aim- give me a shout if you are ever free and we will roll some dice! It would be good to get the Bentham lads involved as well.
Mr. J: Cheers! As you probably can tell, I used Gripping Beast Late Romans- they seemed to fit the feel of a slowly declining civilisation...
Ethelred the Almost Ready: Those are giant wolves by Otherworld Miniatures- a bit pricey, but perfect Wargs in my mind- they also make Dire Wolves which are perfect as 'pack alphas' or maybe even Werewolves.
Dadlamassu: Too kind! Do you have a project thread running on LAF? Great name, by the way.
Killshot: It took a lot of agonising to settle on the colour-scheme- there is a small thread about it somewhere on here. Many thanks to HG Walls and Cubs!
Sunjester: Many thanks- what figures did you use for your Arnorians? I'm not sure whether Arnor used the white tree device, but I had an idea in mind and just went for it...
Djbii: Cheers- they were actually a bit of an experiment using Games Workshop's Nightshade Gloom technical paint, highlighted with Ulthuan Grey. deceptively time-consuming, but I'm very happy with the final effect!
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Mine are a hodge-podge of Late Roman/Arthurian/Early Saxons. Mostly Gripping Beast (except not in that photo), with some Foundry, Black Tree and others.
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Thanks, everyone- I admit I'm very happy with how they turned out!
Dadlamassu: Too kind! Do you have a project thread running on LAF? Great name, by the way.
Thanks - most of my threads start with "grandad and the boys ..." because the grandsons are my most opponents outside our Monday night club
Greek Myths http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=106775.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=106775.0)
or "Dedburgh" for Zombies http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=112306.msg1404750#msg1404750 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=112306.msg1404750#msg1404750)
and Conan http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=103754.msg1310346#msg1310346 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=103754.msg1310346#msg1310346)
Unfortunately my Middle Earth/Saxon/Arthurians were all lost in the Photobucket debacle. I will be posting some more pictures soon as I am working on renovating my Saxons.
My name comes from many years ago when I was on an operational tour in Iraq - it was the account I set up to contact the family. The "dad" bit is obvious and the "Lamassu" was from Iraqi mythology.
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This project is such an obvious labour of love it's a joy to read. I really like how far you've delved into the less well-known parts of Tolkien's lore. I would have enjoyed reading the Silmarillion and assorted tales a lot more had I had pics of your minis to go with!
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Not to derail the thread, but have you all heard of Amazon's plans to make a 5-seasons television series set in Middle-Earth - probably to tell some of those less exposed tales? o_o
I enjoy everything Middle-Earth, as the Tolkien universe leaves so much open to interpretation and personal preferences when going about it, hobby-wise, and I love to see threads like this - especially with that 'dark-age' feel that I have always felt more appropriate for the setting than the grungy high-medieval style of the film trilogy. :)
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Great, thread one of my favorites. Your fun in collecting and painting your minis really shows.
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Thanks for the reply, Fenrir. I always thought the Otherworld wolves looked a bit friendly but seeing yours I might have to change my mind.
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@Dadlamassu: Ah, Conan! That's another project I'd like to work on in the future, maybe using the GW Lord of the Rings rules...
@Knight-Captain Tyr and Commander Carnage: Many thanks for the kind words! Still plenty more to come! :)
@Argonor: Derail away! I'm cautiously looking forward to hearing more details about it- just hope it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray eventually, so I can actually watch it!
I enjoy seeing other people's takes on Middle Earth, anyway- I think that's one of it's strengths: everybody has their own interpretation, and so everybody adds their own layer to Tolkien's original stories!
@Ethelred the Unready: Yeah they are really nice 'big' wolves, without straying into 'monster' territory!
Meanwhile, I've made a start on my Isengard forces- here is my Uruk-Hai unit, with straight-edged swords and broad shields (bosses removed so I can paint the Hand of Saruman on more easily!). With thanks to Hobgoblin for all the advice- a true Loremaster of Middle Earth!
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I'm absolutely loving this project. Your vision of Middle Earth is pretty much exactly the same as mine. I'm doing Late Romans for Gondor and Arnor, Oathmark and GW orcs, and Sassanid-inspired Haradrim.
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Thanks very much, arget8- do you have a thread for your own Middle Earth project here on LAF? If so, I'd love to see it!
My Fords of Isen project is coming along nicely, with the Uruks in the photo above all painted along with some armoured 'Orc-Men' (Norse) with Dane axes, and some opposition for them in the form of a unit of Rohan warriors and a unit of Riders! For the Rohirrim I've gone for Goths with a few Saxon/Norse bits here and there (which I will also cheekily use as Goths in games of SAGA). I'm just waiting on some Irish and Picts, who will be my Dunlendings out for vengeance against the hated forgoil!
With Vapnartak fast approaching, I'm planning a few purchases for the next project- this will be Easterlings. In fact, I'm going to start a thread asking for advice on this when I'm done here...
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This is a project similar in design to one of my own, planned but not begun. :-* Beautiful figures.
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It's a great time to game Middle Earth! Love your project. I've been collaborating with Gunnar on the Dux Arda mod for Dux Britanniarum from Too Fat Lardies, working on the Dwarven Campaign Book now. I just laid out an order for Dark Ages Dwarves from Conqueror Models to build that faction. I have some Ancient Germanic tribesmen I'm going to turn into Dunlendings, and so on.
Anyone interested in playing Middle Earth with the Dux Britanniarum rules can see what we're up to over here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=114239.0
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Thanks very much, arget8- do you have a thread for your own Middle Earth project here on LAF? If so, I'd love to see it!
My Fords of Isen project is coming along nicely, with the Uruks in the photo above all painted along with some armoured 'Orc-Men' (Norse) with Dane axes, and some opposition for them in the form of a unit of Rohan warriors and a unit of Riders! For the Rohirrim I've gone for Goths with a few Saxon/Norse bits here and there (which I will also cheekily use as Goths in games of SAGA). I'm just waiting on some Irish and Picts, who will be my Dunlendings out for vengeance against the hated forgoil!
With Vapnartak fast approaching, I'm planning a few purchases for the next project- this will be Easterlings. In fact, I'm going to start a thread asking for advice on this when I'm done here...
I'm of the same opinion on what to use for Rohan and the Dunlendings. The extra benefit is that they can serve double duty.
Here is the link to my project: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=112658.0 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=112658.0)
It's a bit of a slow burn project, but it's in conjunction with my conversion of Dux Britanniarum to Middle Earth. If you want to take a look at that, check out the blog: https://wartoendallblogs.blogspot.com/ (https://wartoendallblogs.blogspot.com/)
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Just lovely stuff.
I need a bear and more dwarves myself!
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It's very encouraging to see other folks with a similar vision of Middle Earth to myself, and some inspiring work too so thanks very much for the links!
Arget8 and SBMiniaturesGuy: I just bought Dux Britanniarum and The Raiders supplement- it seems very much my kind of game (and has got me re-reading The Winter King), so I'll be following your own ME projects with great interest!
I admit that work has slowed down a bit lately (anyone else find it really hard to get motivated to paint cavalry?) and I'm still grinding through 6 more riders and 12 infantry for my Rohirrim- then it's on to the Dunlendings (and yet more horses! Well, ponies at any rate...) before back to more Rohan and the end of the Fords of Isen project!
In the meantime, I have gathered together some Mongols for my Easterlings, and a mix of pre-and-post Mongol Russians to be my warriors of Dale- really looking forward to painting these fellows (and both forces will do nicely for Lion Rampant and Saga)!
In a desperate attempt to put off painting those riders I've also been looking even further into the future for this project and messing around with making a howdah for a Mumak (actually a plastic African elephant from Ebay) and thinking about which models might suit the Grey Company...
Tomorrow afternoon I'll actually be putting models on a table and rolling some dice, as the Royal Army of Arthedain takes on the Witch King's forces of Angmar, somewhere on the North Downs!
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I just bought Dux Britanniarum and The Raiders supplement- it seems very much my kind of game (and has got me re-reading The Winter King)
now you've got my interest! :)
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Tomorrow afternoon I'll actually be putting models on a table and rolling some dice, as the Royal Army of Arthedain takes on the Witch King's forces of Angmar, somewhere on the North Downs!
I look forward to hearing about how the battle in the North Downs goes.
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Just found this thread and must congratulate on the clever mix of historical models to have a much better Tolkienesque flair than the official Peter Jackson-movie minis.
This is is many cases exactly how I had imagined Middle Earth. Chapeau, sir!
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@LeadAsbestos: I'm tempted to wait until Forged in Battle release their excellent 15mm Dark Ages stuff before I go full-in on DB, but I have plenty to keep me occupied until then!
@Commander Carnage: A small AAR is to follow- unfortunately the photos I took were pretty bad (even for me!), but I'll chuck a few in anyway...
@DivisMal: Many thanks for the kind words- I hope you enjoy what I have planned for the future!
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Battle on the North Downs, TA 1973
In this year the Witch-King assembled a great horde of orcs, evil men, wargs and fell spirits upon the North.
Though reinforcements from Gondor arrived too late to aid Arthedain, King Arvedui gathered his army upon the North Downs- a force so strong that Angmar had no choice but to try and counter the threat.
A small scouting band of Halflings were the first to fall before the orcish hordes- however, their valiant last stand surprised the foul creatures and they retreated in disarray.
Arvedui advanced bravely to the fore, and his Royal Guard cut down many orcs. In their fury they pressed too far forwards and were set upon by barbarians from Carn Dum. Seeing their brave lord harried and isolated, the men of Arthedain sprang forwards with a great shout and cut down the evil men, fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with their king. All across the field, the forces of Angmar recoiled in confusion...
A cry of dismay suddenly arose from the men of the North as the Witch-King arrived on the field in person and his minions redoubled their efforts- a pack of great wargs burst from the trees and pulled down several of the king's guard, who died bravely defending their lord and sent the wicked beasts to flight from where they were chased down by bold knights from Fornost- though not before the cunning creatures pulled several brave men from their saddles!
Yet before the fell power of the Lord of the Nazgul, there could be no victory. Many brave warriors were slain by the black dart, or else succumbed to the shroud of despair projected by the Witch-King, and the Arthedainian line wavered, buckled and then crumbled before the renewed attacks of the servants of the Shadow. The last to perish was Arvedui himself, standing alone before his enemy in proud defiance before the shadows closed in around him...
[/Conclusion: This battle swung back-and-forth several times, but in the end it followed 'history' quite closely with the destruction of the army of Arthedain at great cost to the forces of Angmar. The one difference was the death of the king in combat with the Witch-King and his fell spirits- a more 'heroic' end than drowning at sea... All-in-all, a cracking game!i]
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Enjoying your view on Middle-Earth. Great combination of miniatures. Your Arnor army looks ace particularly.
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Just to prove that I've not been lost over the edge of the Wild (though it was a close-run thing a few times!), here are a few pictures of my Rohan and Isengard forces (that I actually finished back in the Spring!) for a Fords of Isen scenario. Here we see Theodred and his men defending a farm somewhere in the Westfold from Dunlendings, Uruks and Orcs, while Erkenbrand and Elfhelm lead a relief force of Riders to the aid of the King's son...
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...And a few more! This includes my new Oathmark heavy Dwarf infantry, but on reflection I think I will go with hammer-wielding Dwarves from Conqueror as (though I do love the Oathmark stuff) these guys look a little too 'high fantasy' for this project (could just be my painting...). These Dwarves will find a new home in SAGA: AOM or regular Dragon Rampant!
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Wonderful :o
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I'm glad to see you're posting again. Great pics as usual.
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Superb stuff! I love the Isengarders in particular - that's a great take on the White Hand!
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I love your work, it has been a great inspiration for me. Thank you for sharing your vision!
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I love your choice of figures for, and the painting of, the Rohirrim and Dunlendings. I thought that Victrix vikings might also do for Dunlendings .
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Inspiring. :-*
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Love the world you have created here.
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Superb stuff there.
I think the Oathmark Dwarves capture the feel of the First Age (such as the host of Belegost) brilliantly, but agree they may be a little too much for the Third Age. I'm using the old Vendal Dwarves and I'm thinking getting a few Conquest models to fill in the gaps, as they are all Patten sculpts they match well in style.
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Thank you very much, everybody! I still lurk around on here when I have the time...
@Hobgoblin: thanks for the advice you gave me on the Uruk-Hai!
@Codsticker: Cheers! These were painted before the Victrix Vikings came out- though to be honest I always saw the Dunlendings as being 'Celtic' types, with their struggles against the Rohirrim having parallels with the relationship between the Britons and Saxons...
@Sunjester: That is a good point- especially with the 'war-masks'! I admit that beyond the Third Age my Middle Earth knowledge is hazy... I really do love those Conqueror Dwarves though- I was looking at their unarmoured 'Dwarf Fyrd' models as a basis for Thorin's Company!
The next part of this project will be the Battle of Dale during the War of the Ring, using Fireforge Mongols for Easterlings and GB Rus (Pagans and Princes!) for the Men of Dale. Although I have been a little side-tracked by Mirkwood Spiders, a Mumakil for forthcoming Haradrim and thinking of models to use for the Fiefdoms of Gondor... o_o
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Splendid stuff as always Fenrir!
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Thanks, Bodvoc! I hear you are a lord of leisure now- perhaps we will finally be able to get that game of Dragon Rampant in soon, my friend!
As soon as winter forces me to stay indoors more I will be back to work on this project in earnest...
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Yup, must get down for a game soon although my own Middle Earth project has stalled a little!
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I do like that your Rohirrim aren't all green cloaks and running horse on the shields.
Great stuff.
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A little more progress has been made on this project- Thorin's Company in traveling gear (yes I know they are wearing mail- but I hear that Dwarves make light of burdens!), individually based for small-scale skirmish scenarios. I had a great time building these fellows out of the ubiquitous Oathmark Dwarves and a few bits and pieces from other sources- plus lots of Greenstuff! My sculpting skills are certainly not perfect, but I'm happy with how they turned out! I tried to make each figure an individual, keeping close to the books where possible/applicable (with the major exception of Bofur, who I admit was inspired by the films) and with a certain 'role' in the group, and I hope my blurry photos show this... Now I need to find time to throw paint over them!
We have Bofur, Bombur and Bifur; Gloin, Oin, Dwalin and Balin; Nori, Dori and Ori, then Kili, Thorin and Fili. Finally, a group shot showing all their bags and baggage!
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Wow, those are great conversions. Nice work!
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Those are fantastic. Don't downplay your sculpting or conversion skills they are excellent.
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Those dwarves are excellent.
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Well, those are just marvellous. Very well done indeed.
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Oh man, they look superb!
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Your Dwarves here are proof of something Kev Dallimore said, plastic figures allow all of us to be figure designers. With a selection of Frostgrave and Oathmark plastic sets, you have such a wide selection of 'bits' that are so easy to work with, that with a bit of cutting, filing and greenstuff, you can make a multitude of original figures.
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Bit late to the thread but who sells that lovely miniature you have for the witch king?
Also those dwarfs look lovely. are the heavily armoured ones earlier in the thread from the armoured dwarfs set that oathmark does?
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Absolutely gorgeous conversion (as well all your previous work in this thread)
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Absolutely love those conversions! Respect!
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Fenrir, your megalomania/world building surpasses mine (though I do have 11 scratchbuilt Mumakil and a 12 foot stretch of Rammas Echor :D). I'm loving your vision of Middle Earth which is similar to mine. Your collection is beautifully executed, bravo! keep it up. A 1:1 refight of Pelennor Fields beckons ;)
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Really enjoyed browsing through this thread. Splendid vision of Middle-Earth, nicely painted up. And your conversions rock!