Re: Oldhammer In Moria: Back To The Dungeon!

[Mars Miniatures]

LordOdo,
Those Orcs did indeed have some good strategies up their sleeves there.  But some bad dice are what really sealed it for the alliance. 
I'd like to say things are going to look better for them.  But the next post coming in a few minutes is actually more bad news for the Hobbits!

Warburton,
Thanks buddy!

Humorous_Conclusion,
I was of the same persuasion just a few years ago... I was proud of my all plastic, all Warhammer armies on one shelf, and all my other figures on their own separate shelves.  And never the twain or more shall meet!  But I broke down that wall and my sanity, it seems! 

[Mars Miniatures]

Shelob & Stranger Things

Arachnophobic?  Cmon... Shelob is adorable!
And she wants you... yes YOU... to click on in!
Look at the wittle Forest Gobbos piggy back riding on the spider!

Taken from full post here:
http://mars-miniatures.blogspot.com/2016/08/shelob-stranger-things.html

 Hey buddies,  Im happy to announce the arrival of the Spider Queen herself...



In the Old Forest... an ancient evil has come.  All the way from the pass of Cirith Ungol, in the Dark Lands of Mordor, a many legged Goddess of Darkness has come to find creatures to feed upon.  But the Old Forest is not her final destination.  Where is she heading to?


Shelob is on the search for new food.  Mordor is a nice place and all, but alot of the best restaurants in Middle Earth dont deliver there and the local dives are kinda samey.  But Shelob has heard of the Shire and its inhabitants...  the plump and scrumptious Hobbits.  Plus Sauron has been putting out a reward for some Hobbit called Baggins.  So if the Shire doesnt provide food delivery, Shelob is coming to feast!  And get some rewards from the Dark Lord too!


Once a long time ago, when Shelob was a young and rebellious teenager, she did visit the Misty Mountains and all the Frost Giants came out and gave her a hard time.  They thought she might be a tasty treat herself.  She showed them that their bad neighborhood is nothing compared to The Dark Lands and proceeded to hand out ass-whoopins - Mordor style!  Then proceeded to give the Hill Giants gang... and the Fire Giant gang a beatdown too!

The Giants never forgot her and the Fire Giant King, Snurre Ironbelly, wanted to make her an honorary member of their gang - the Spider Queen of the Barrio.  Instead, she went looking for some gang of Northern Dragons to bully.  Some say, those Giants want to make a comeback.  But who will fight.... G-1-2-3 "Against The Giants"?

~~~~~

For the rest of the post:
http://mars-miniatures.blogspot.com/2016/08/shelob-stranger-things.html

[Argonor]

Quite a sizeable model, is it a GW creation?

[LordOdo]

Is Melkor himself somewhere kicking around, and if so will he come and say hi?

Either way an awesome addition to your fantastic blog!

[Mars Miniatures]

Argonor,
That my friend is an GW Arachnarok.

LordOdo,
Hmm...  if there is anything on my blog that seems to be constant, its that anyone and everyone from anywhere might show up!
On a side note, Im sure you know that Melkor is the fallen Valar. 
Well, you know about that Braavosi saying too? 
Yup, Valar Morgulis. 

See, its not just me, everything IS connected! 
Where is my tin foil hat? 
"Im Jesse Ventura, and Im going undercover to see whats really going happening in the Shire. I think its the HAARP system, and thermite paint..."

If any Valar are coming to this blog, I would like to see a show down between Valar Melkor and Valar Morghulis.
In a grudge match between all the armies of Middle Earth versus all the armies of Westeros.
Whoever wins gets a lifetime supply of Bugmans Brew, Longbottom Leaf pipeweed, Milk of the Poppy, and a season pass at the Baby Dragons petting zoo in Meereen.

[Globlin]

This thread is bonkers.... and I salute it! 

Some great models on show here and I love the mix of different manufacturers/eras.

[Argonor]

Argonor,
That my friend is an GW Arachnarok.

Thanks, I suspected that it might be from the green critters clinging to its back 

[warburton]

Very nice indeed

[Steam Flunky]

That is a big model. Love the painting, especially the eyes.

[Mars Miniatures]

Taken from full post here:
http://mars-miniatures.blogspot.com/2016/08/gravelord-wraith-raccoon-swamp-groot.html

Converted Wraith on horse, an undead beastman, and a sentient plant critter...
Presenting Gravelord, Wraith Raccoon, & Swamp Groot.

Even more characters to fight for Mordor.  The Dwarves are doomed!

Pics and character fluff below...


This is Gravelord Nito.
He is a Wraith that I've converted/cobbled together from many parts.  An unidentified skull was glued unto a shield and then I sculpted some ghostly flames around it.  The lance arm is from an Empire General, the horse is from a Napoleonic Cuirassier.  The head is an Elf head (I think) whose face got scrapped off.  The cape is from a mounted Engineer?  No idea about the torso.  Its all spare parts found in my bits box.  I think its appropriate for this Overlord of Undeath to arise from dead bits.


Honda Civic, I've a horse outside
Subaru, I have a horse outside
Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside
If you're lookin for a ride I've a horse outside


Wraith Raccoon and Swamp Groot are ready to start some trouble in Middle Earth!

Wraith Raccoon:  For over a thousand generations, the Deadeye Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the Empire.



Wraith Raccoon might be the last of his Order... the Order of the Deadeye Knights! 
Hunted relentlessly, millennia ago by the God Emperor Sigmar and his twisted evil and human-centric Empire, the Deadeye Knights were a coalition of Beastmen creatures who are able to harness the power of the Force (err.. I mean Chaos, or the Warp, depending on which century Warhammer game it is!)

While Sigmar is long dead, the Empire still lives and Wraith Raccoon is fully dedicated to destroying it as soon as possible.

But if a few garbage cans happen to show up... What the hey... the Force can wait!
Raccoons have an instinctual love for all things trash can related!



For the rest of the post:
http://mars-miniatures.blogspot.com/2016/08/gravelord-wraith-raccoon-swamp-groot.html

[Mason]

 

The Deadeye Knights....

Love it!
 

[LordOdo]

Where does it stop

Deadeye knights oh and wondering what Tom the riddler will come up with when the time is there.

And regarding the battle of the Valar; sounds like a serious endgame.. will Melkor beat Morghulis who might have been the successor of Melkor after his fall...

...Honda Civic, I've a horse outside...

Don't underestimate a civic

[Mars Miniatures]

Mason,
May the Farce be with you!

LordOdo,
Yeah, I dont have a Voldemort figure in mind yet, but I suppose any wizard with his nose scraped off will fit the bill.
But before he comes into the blog, I plan on some minor characters from Hogwarts to appear first.
The last name of one fellow has been on the last couple of posts... 
His hometown sadly was burned to the ground.

Melkor is probably just a Bloodthirster, and Morghulis is Death itself, so maybe a giant Grim Reaper of sorts.

Finally,
¸¸.•*¨*•♫ Never mind the car, let's talk about the henge...  it is the greatest henge of all! ¸¸.•*¨*•♫

[Schrumpfkopf]

Awesome stuff! The tiles are 2x2 inch right? How thick are they?

[Mars Miniatures]

Taken from full post:
http://mars-miniatures.blogspot.com/2016/08/little-lady-mormont-bear-island.html

Little Lady Mormont & the Bear Island Berserkers

Lady Mormont speaks harshly... but truly.
Enemies of the North beware!

Bear Island has received a summons for help from the Rangers of the North.
Lady Mormont is the leader of House Mormont - the rulers of Bear Island.

Will she answer the call to war?


Left to Right: Tyrus Forel, Lady Mormont, House Mormont warrior

Lady Mormont:  House Mormont has kept faith with House Isildur for a thousand years.  We will not break faith today.  We are not a large house, but we are a proud one... Everyone from Bear Island fights with the strength of ten mainlanders.


Close up of the Bear Island Standard

The motto of House Mormont is "Here We Stand"


House Mormont is a minor House that is a vassal to House Stark of Winterfell and/or the House of Isildur.  While the Starks lay claim to being the King of the North, the House of Isildur lays claim to the King of the Northern Kingdom, Arnor.  Starks help the Rangers at the Wall, but the House of Isildur ARE Rangers themselves.  The Starks might have a Valyrian Steel sword, but the House of Isildur has Narsil, the blade that cut the One Ring from the hand of Sauron the Dark Lord.


For the rest of the post:
http://mars-miniatures.blogspot.com/2016/08/little-lady-mormont-bear-island.html