Cavalry of the Dead WIP

   Cavalry of the Dead is another WIP for my Fiefdoms army. I started this one though I haven't finished the Warriors of the Dead yet! The original miniatures of the Riders of Rohan were the ones which I chose to convert this time. As the hero of the force I assigned the mounted figure of King Isildur to become the King of the Dead! He is a king after all! 

   I used three Vallejo colours so far, black as the base colour, fluo green (72104) for the wash, and green gray (70886) for the first highlight. I intend to use pastel green (70885) as the second highlight and next I 'll paint the metallic parts of the weapons, the hair of the riders and the mane of the horses. Till then, you can see the riders as they are for the moment:

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Ruins WIP 2

   These are the last four pieces of ruins. Totally, they are twenty two. Next step is to cover them with putty, little stones and sand. I will move soon to another apartment, so all my hobby activities have became second priority. That's why I don't post so often as I would like to!

An Osgiliath Veteran under cover

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Ambush at the Crossroads

   The other day we played a  scenario from the Khazad-Dum sourcebook, the "Ambush at the Crossroads". We followed the recommended instructions more or less, mainly regarding the  participants, but we doubled the points. So, the Good players had:

Player Α:
Balin + 7 Vault Warden Teams
Drár + 8 Dwarf Rangers + Dwarf Banner bearer + Dwarf Horn blower
= 26 miniatures, 466 points.
Player B:
Múrin + 7 Khazâd Guards + 4 Archers + Banner bearer
Dwarf Captain + 7 Iron Guards + 4 Dwarf Archers + Dwarf Banner bearer
= 26 miniatures, 460 points.
   The Evil players had:
Player Α:
3 Dwellers in the Dark
Ashrak + 8 Giant Venom Spiders
=12 miniatures, 456 points.
Player Β:

Groblog +8 Gundabad Blackshield (4 with spears)
8 Moria Goblin Prowler (4 with bows) + 8 Warg Marauders
= 25 miniatures, 467 points.
   Since we don't have all the miniatures required in the above list, we agreed to replace some GW original miniatures of evil player B with other ones available. Thus, we used Moria Goblins warriors as Gundabad Blackshields and Moria Goblins archers as Goblins Prowlers with bows. We also used Orc Warg riders as Warg Marauders. The last are amazing warriors. I don't know if someone has faced them effectively on the battlefield but in such numbers (eight for us in this game with the "The Goblin Swarm" special rule) they are lethal weapons! Actually, they won the game! 

The layout

The Dwarves

The Moria army

The battlefield

The battle starts

The Giant Venom Spiders

The marauders defeated every Dwarf

and won the game!

   It was a very nice and interesting game because for many many rounds the result was uncertain. Of course, while the game went on the special rule worked for the evil side at every turn and they became victorious at the end!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

   Joe5mc welcome on board!