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Author Topic: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (New 12/03/23 - Friends go Forth)  (Read 30752 times)

Offline LouieN

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 03/20/2023 - Haradrim Spear Units)
« Reply #150 on: March 22, 2023, 12:09:45 AM »
No problem.  Those are custom designed and ordered Litko trays as well.  I sent them specs.   They are wooden trays about 3.1" long, 1" wide, and 3mm deep.  They are painted and flocked by me. 

I got them planning on using the figures in DBX style games.  Where the tyranny of the base width in enforced.

But I have fallen for the Lion/Dragon rampant series where you can do what you want.

They do make moving groups much easier. 

Offline LouieN

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 03/30/2023 - Haradrim Bow)
« Reply #151 on: March 31, 2023, 12:20:47 AM »
Hello All,

So close to being done with one more LOTR army!  I need more coffee and more painting energy. 

I present to you the archers for the Haradrim army.  These are Legio Herorica minis again.  I do have report 2 of the archers with bows cast into the weapons had miscast.  I removed them and as you can see hard to tell them part.  Other than that they are nice and crisp. 

as always thank you and enjoy



I had to show all that work with the quivers and swords. 



Offline Old Hob

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 03/30/2023 - Haradrim Bow)
« Reply #152 on: March 31, 2023, 08:44:36 AM »
You're smashing your way through these. Much respect.

The Haradrim look fantastic. The colour scheme really works. I am especially taken with the cav.

Offline DivisMal

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 03/30/2023 - Haradrim Bow)
« Reply #153 on: March 31, 2023, 09:39:31 AM »
Wow! Legio Heroica have some sweet stuff for LotR!  :-*

Offline Mike Garland

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 03/30/2023 - Haradrim Bow)
« Reply #154 on: March 31, 2023, 06:25:27 PM »
They look great, Louie. Next time you run LOTR at the club, I will make every effort to be there and play.

Mike G.

Offline LouieN

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 04/09/2023 - Haradrim Completed!)
« Reply #155 on: April 09, 2023, 07:34:52 PM »
The Haradrim march to war!

The final foot units are done and the entire planned army is competed.  Hurrrah! Hurrah!

First, we have the new foot units.  below are elite swordsman that are good for blades in DBA or Elite foot in Lion Rampant. 



The next unit is a light armored unit.  They can represent a warband/skirmisher type unit. 



That leads to the GRAND REVEAL...da da dum

2 Oliphants, 3 cavalry units, and 6 foot units make up the grand host of the South.  To Gondor!



I had to take one front on shot. 



This whole army fits in 4 trays for storage.  Not bad at all.



For those that conclude my painting days are done; that is far from reality.  You see the host of Gondor is finally on deck.  Gondor by far us my favorite land in LOTR.  The Empire at the end and the bulwark of the West. 




As always I hope you enjoyed and Thank you

« Last Edit: April 09, 2023, 07:37:38 PM by LouieN »

Offline Pattus Magnus

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 04/09/2023 - Haradrim Completed!)
« Reply #156 on: April 09, 2023, 08:38:25 PM »
The war host of Harad looks great! I like your choice of figures and your painting style. I’m looking forward to seeing your Gondor force as it is completed.

Offline LouieN

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 05/07/2023 - Dol Amroth Knights)
« Reply #157 on: May 07, 2023, 07:14:40 PM »
Hello,

This is the beginning of the host of Gondor.  I wanted forces from the Southern fiefs.  Those provinces constantly skirmishing with the Haradrim.  A large part of my army will represent Dol Amroth, as such we just had to start with the Knights.   

"And last and proudest, Imrahil, Prince of Dol Amroth, kinsman of the Lord, with gilded banners bearing his token of the Ship and the Silver Swan, and a company of knights in full harness riding grey horses; and behind them seven hundreds of men at arms, tall as lords, grey-eyed, dark-haired, singing as they came."

In my selection of minis we have "advanced" a little in time using 1st crusade-3rd crusade miniatures to represent Gondor.  The look is sill locked squarely in the early medieval era.  No plate!  The miniatures are Legio Herorica. 




I was very much inspired by this artwork.  Does anyone know the artist?



Now the shields are very plain and right now I am happy with them.   A few free hand attempts at ships quickly made me realize "less is more".  But if anyone knows a location to acquire 15mm Swan ships decals for shields let me know.

Enjoy and thank you

PS - I have one more unit in this style, mailed knights in surcoats.  It is the command unit with banner.  My original idea was to paint one unit in black surcoats, Knight of Minas Tirith, and one in blue, Dol Amoth.  I have enjoyed the blue so much I am thinking making both Dol Amroth, with a nice Swan banner.

Opinions?
« Last Edit: May 18, 2023, 02:21:52 AM by LouieN »

Offline LoxIslay

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 05/07/2023 - Dol Amroth Knights)
« Reply #158 on: May 08, 2023, 12:13:28 PM »
Amazing Progress  :-* love your approach

Offline LouieN

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 05/07/2023 - Dol Amroth Knights)
« Reply #159 on: May 09, 2023, 04:26:45 AM »
Thank you very much

Offline Mike Garland

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 05/07/2023 - Dol Amroth Knights)
« Reply #160 on: May 11, 2023, 06:25:47 PM »
Nice! Look forward to seeing them in person. Can't make it this week, though. It's Kelly's birthday.

Offline Old Hob

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 05/07/2023 - Dol Amroth Knights)
« Reply #161 on: May 12, 2023, 07:26:51 AM »
Lovely work as always Louie. The Haradrim came out really well and I'm looking forward to seeing your Gondor force come together. I really like that blue on the swan knights and I don't blame you at all on deciding that free hand swan-boat shields at 15mm may not be the way to go! The only 15mm 'swan' shield transfers I've seen are from Veni Vidi Vici, but they'd still need a bit of overpainting to get that Dol Amroth look. It might at least give you a fighting chance, though.

BTW the painting is Imrahil by Anke-Katrin Eißmann.
« Last Edit: May 12, 2023, 07:35:21 AM by Old Hob »

Offline LouieN

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 05/07/2023 - Dol Amroth Knights)
« Reply #162 on: May 13, 2023, 07:26:37 PM »
Thanks for letting me know the artist. 

Offline Sunjester

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 05/07/2023 - Dol Amroth Knights)
« Reply #163 on: May 14, 2023, 08:09:11 AM »
You have some superb LOTR armies, very impressive. I wish there had been such a fantastic choice in 15mm when I started putting my Middle Earth collection together, it would have saved on storage space! lol

Offline LouieN

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Re: Mountain of 15mm Fantasy (Update 05/07/2023 - Dol Amroth Knights)
« Reply #164 on: May 15, 2023, 03:59:50 PM »
Thank you.

As you can see in some of the earlier pictures I do love that armies fit in a few trays.  Love it. 

Of course the 10mm revolution is huge now. 

 

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