Author Topic: Middle Earth - UD 15/3 two units of Rangers finished (Read 28665 times)

traveller · « **Reply #30 on:** June 30, 2018, 06:58:41 PM »

Fantastic stuff!!!

killshot · « **Reply #31 on:** July 06, 2018, 01:04:20 PM »

Love these conversions! My long term plans definitely involve the Perry Miniatures as well.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #32 on:** July 06, 2018, 01:09:34 PM »

Love the use of the Perry figs for Gondor. So right...

Silent Invader · « **Reply #33 on:** July 09, 2018, 10:11:09 AM »

Thanks folks - they’re old Perry sculpts but really nice to work with. That said, I just noticed that I failed to add a shield strap to archer converted from a swordsman.

Quote from: Captain Blood on July 06, 2018, 01:09:34 PM

Love the use of the Perry figs for Gondor. So right...

Well your thinking (and that of a couple of others) on the issue definitely persuaded me.

tom q vaxy · « **Reply #34 on:** June 01, 2019, 05:16:24 PM »

I am particularly intrigued by the castle ruins. going to the "other thread" to investigate further.

Silent Invader · « **Reply #35 on:** December 28, 2020, 02:37:11 PM »

Some 2 ½ years after my last post it’s time for this thread to be reborn.

With Captain Blood having fairly recently introduced me to The Pikeman’s Lament, I am a late convert to the Mersey stable of rules.

My enthusiasm is rekindled and I have started reworking my most favourite projects, including this one for Middle Earth, which will use Dragon Rampant. There isn’t anything substantive to show at the moment, as I have focussed on list building including bringing dwarves into the mix.

This is almost an entirely metal mini project and I now have about:
65 orcs (GW LotR)
90 dwarves (Hasslefree, Conqueror, GW LotR)
50 humans (Perry, GW LotR)

Clearly, I will need more orcs but I also have to get some minis onto the table, of which more soon.

NB: There’s been a separate discussion on the possibilities for a dwarf ballista, of which I’ll add a link here for completeness:
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=128631.0

Grumpy Gnome · « **Reply #36 on:** December 28, 2020, 04:05:25 PM »

Nice to see this going again. You have some great work done already and I am looking forward to seeing it all continue to develop.

AKULA · « **Reply #37 on:** December 28, 2020, 06:57:43 PM »

Looking forward to seeing your progress....another very watchable thread

Silent Invader · « **Reply #38 on:** December 28, 2020, 09:43:54 PM »

Thanks for the interest chaps. I guess I’ll start painting orcs first.

Elk101 · « **Reply #39 on:** December 28, 2020, 10:16:05 PM »

Great to see you starting this back up. I definitely agree that the Conqueror dwarves have a better LotR vibe than the Citadel ones.

Blackwolf · « **Reply #40 on:** December 29, 2020, 12:27:47 AM »

Quote from: Silent Invader on December 28, 2020, 09:43:54 PM

Thanks for the interest chaps. I guess I’ll start painting orcs first.

Excellent! If this is going to be like your recent 17th century project, where in for a treat,no pressure then

Silent Invader · « **Reply #41 on:** January 12, 2021, 10:47:17 AM »

The biggest pressure (challenge) has been in tracking down the minis

I’d accumulated 50* or so Orcs but in switching to Dragons Rampant the unit sizes increased, which necessitated buying more (mostly Uruk-hai but also Goblins) and organising them into interesting units. I could have kept smaller units but Orcs should really be a swarm.

The project is generic Middle Earth rather than following the detailed specifics of the LotR story, so I’m inclined not to be too hung up about the simplistic differentiation between:

Uruk Hai from Isengard (The White Hand of Saruman - straight weapons)

Uruk Hai from Mordor (The Red Eye of Sauron - curved weapons)

My favourite of the GW minis are the Isengard scouts and they do make up the bulk of the orc force. However, my heavies are a mix of Isengard and Mordor and at some point I have to decide if I want to convert it’s Isengard element for a more homogenous (and more expensive

) look.

*now at 116

Silent Invader · « **Reply #42 on:** January 24, 2021, 02:01:58 PM »

Small update as I’m prepping my first two forces for Dragons Rampant, which for the dwarves includes a unit of 3 War Bears.

Ignore the painting, that is old work to be touched up.

Two of the bears are from Foundry; the third is a mounted bear from EBay from which I removed the sculpted dwarf as it was massive. I replaced the rider with a new bear wrangler by converting a Hasslefree mini.