'Southfarthing' Hobbit Ale Cart

[jscottbowman]

A converted Bugmans ale cart from Warhammer, from probably late 80s...

Took off the dwarf and added the hobbits from the Treebeard set, though I painted them seperately and didnt glue them into place until I had painted the signage behind them.

It doesnt actually have a specific use in the game, I just made as I thought it would be fun... consider it a battlefield ornamanet... but of course could be use as a scenario objective...



More pics on blog...

http://scottswargaming.blogspot.co.nz/2014/07/southfarthing-hobbits-ale-cart.html

Thanks for looking :-)

[Furt]

That is very nice and cleverly done.

That pony is cute.

[jscottbowman]

That is very nice and cleverly done.

That pony is cute.

Many thanks Furt. :-)

[LordOdo]

Wow, really great! Looks very good!!

[Mitchelxen]

Excellent!

[Jevenkah]

Quaintly awesome! The pony looks a good scale for the hobbits.

Sometimes those projects just for fun turn out to be game-inspiring.
Jevenkah

[beefcake]

Nice idea and well executed. Those hobbits work really well on top of the cart. Great thinking.

[OSHIROmodels]

Great idea 

cheers

James

[Mason]

Brilliant!
 

This could a dream sequence for either of them, whilst they were squatting in Isengard and planning for the future....

'This time next year, Pippin, we are gonna be mill-yun-aires!'
 

[The Dozing Dragon]

Very nice. I always wondered what the seating piece was.....never looked right to me but you have succeeded where I have failed over the years when trying to work it out!

[jscottbowman]

Thanks all for your kind replies :-)

[Red Orc]

That looks superb. Your painting is excellent and the bits go together much better than I thought they would considering one set of parts is from a game with comically over-chunky figures and the other is from a game with figures based on real actors.

 

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It doesnt actually have a specific use in the game, I just made as I thought it would be fun... consider it a battlefield ornamanet... but of course could be use as a scenario objective...

Battle standard for Hobbit cavalry (not that I know of much Hobbit cavalry but maybe they're out there)? Counts as a chariot? Any friendly unit within 6" of the Ale Wagon can 'heal' downed warriors (roll a d6 for each dead trooper, on a 4-6 they're returned to the unit having been revived by a sup of ale)?

At the time that GW released Gandalf's Cart, it was the only model for LotR that didn't have rules, so I was thinking of how it could work in the game. This is much better.

[jscottbowman]

That looks superb. Your painting is excellent and the bits go together much better than I thought they would considering one set of parts is from a game with comically over-chunky figures and the other is from a game with figures based on real actors.

 
Battle standard for Hobbit cavalry (not that I know of much Hobbit cavalry but maybe they're out there)? Counts as a chariot? Any friendly unit within 6" of the Ale Wagon can 'heal' downed warriors (roll a d6 for each dead trooper, on a 4-6 they're returned to the unit having been revived by a sup of ale)?

At the time that GW released Gandalf's Cart, it was the only model for LotR that didn't have rules, so I was thinking of how it could work in the game. This is much better.

Many thanks :-)
I've had a few ideas about the cart - perhaps as a courage/standfast boost? Others have suggested being able to replenish M/W/F points ?
Its got a fair bit of potential either way and I look forward to trying it out.

I've got the Gandalf cart too buried somewhere in the growing LOTR leadpile ;-)
regards
Scott

[beefcake]

Whenever I read the title I see Southfarting. Childish mind of mine.