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!
