James' Dragon Rampant Middle Earth Project

[jamesmanto]

Due to camera angles and getting toasted by dragon fire last outing the dwarves didn't get much camera time.
So here they are looking all stubborn.
IMG_20161211_132145.jpg by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

IMG_20161211_130620.jpg by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

IMG_20161211_130856.jpg by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

Don't worry, reinforcements are on the bench and almost done. 

[jamesmanto]

Lots done over the Christmas holiday!

The Legions of Angmar are boosted with a Fellbeast/Werewolf:
IMG_20170101_131453 by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

They also get a third unit of Orcs, this one sporting a banner:
IMG_20170101_131330 by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

And the Elves get a mob of stealthily cloaked archers:
IMG_20170101_131802 by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

IMG_20170101_131947 by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

There is more on the Blog: http://rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.ca/2017/01/werewolf-of-angmar-1st-figures-for-2017.html

[LCpl McDoom]

Great work, and many thanks for the inspiration you've provided. I like your choice of era for the setting as well.

Nice start to a project.  It also highlights why I think Dragon Rampant is such a superb little set of rules.  It really does make it worthwhile to dig up old miniatures or unplayed with miniatures etc. and simply throw them on the table and have a good quick game.  That is the strength of that product I feel.

Absolutely agree. DR have provided me the toolkit to do the fantasy gaming & campaigning I want from my own ideas, and in turn TMWWBK has done likewise for some of the VSF ideas I have.

[Momotaro]

LOVE your painting - those shield designs are especially beautiful!

And good to see the old Vendel figures in action!

[guitarheroandy]

Good stuff!! I have a soft spot for those Vendel figures...

[Maxromek]

Awesome stuff mate!

Those Vendel Miniatures really do convey a more of the "books LotR" feeling than the GW ones.

[Globlin]

I echo the previous posters' comments, those vendel minis really look the part! They've got a good mix of dark ages reality with just the right amount of fantasy.

[jamesmanto]

Thanks chaps.

[tradgardmastre]

I'll second globlin's comment re Vendel.

[jamesmanto]

I echo the previous posters' comments, those vendel minis really look the part! They've got a good mix of dark ages reality with just the right amount of fantasy.

Yes.  That is why I love the Vendel figures and why I have avoided most fantasy games.
WFB and it's ilk just bug the crap out of me with all the spikes and skulls and really stupid looking shields.

[Sunjester]

Those Vendel figures are fantastic for my mental image of Middle Earth, I bought loads of them when they were first released. Although wargaming megalomania set in and I've since added a whole load of other manufacturers orcs, about 90% of my Dwarf army is still Vendel. I know what you mean about GW, a few years back we staged a big Middle Earth game with about 2000 metal figures and not a single Warhammer figure on the table.

[jamesmanto]

Finished my 4th Uruk unit. Light foot with missiles.
I had a stroke of inspiration for the banner. Here it is pre folding:
IMG_20170121_201508.jpg by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

IMG_20170122_204233.jpg by Hotlead2009, on Flickr
IMG_20170122_204403 by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

And here's everything I've painted up for the Forces of Angmar since I started this project in September:
IMG_20170122_205437 by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

Wave three will be Wolf Riders, goblin skirmishers and some big Trolls.

[jamesmanto]

http://rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.ca/2017/02/orc-raid.html

The Orc's get bloodied in a mid-winter raid on a human settlement.
IMG_20170204_224512.jpg by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

IMG_20170204_224218.jpg by Hotlead2009, on Flickr

[wolfkarl]

Great looking game! I love those BIG mountains.

[jamesmanto]

Great looking game! I love those BIG mountains.

They have been repurposed from my NWF terrain!