Grim Hammers

   Grim Hammers are the only dwarves I have from "Hobbit". They are really nice miniatures of hard plastic except for their Captain which is a resin one. 

Grim Hammers

The Captain

   The box contains twelve miniatures. I kept eleven as they were and converted the twelfth.

Nine so far.

   I had a Carnyx from the Celtic warriors command sprue and I thought it was a nice idea to give it to one of the grim hammers.   

   First, I cut the dwarf's hands that held the pick hammer. 

   Then, I glued the open hands of another miniature to their places.

   And here are the last two grim hammers with the Carnyx player, the twelfth grim hammer! 

The Carnyx player

A photo from above

and the family photo.

   Below you can see some photos of the first battle that my grim hammers took part. They were victorious! Enjoy!

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

Dwarf Rangers (the last unit)

   This is my third and the last warband of Dwarf rangers. All together my Dwarf Rangers force consists of forty eight rangers, two Captains and the named hero Drar. They are fifty one miniatures in total. You can see the first warband here, the second warband here and all the conversions I did to the third warband here. 

Captain

Banner-bearer

Rangers with two-handed weapons

Archers

Two rangers with throwing weapons

Two more

and the family photo!

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

King's Champion and Fragokastelo

   Some months ago I bought the Male Dwarf Barbarian of D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures just because they were nice miniatures and I thought to use them as Champions for the LotR battles. The blister had two miniatures. Finally, I kept one and gave the other to a friend.  

   It is not the first time that I used other miniatures for Champions. As you can see here I had done it before the GW released their nice King's Champion miniature. 

   The miniature is a little bigger than the rest dwarves but he is a Champion anyway, isn't he? I  can say that I am happy with the result. 

   I also added the Fell Wargs to my Moria Display Box. Now, it is almost full as you can see.

   Last days of August my brother came to visit us here in Crete and we went to Fragokastelo, a nice beach at the southern part of the island. We went up and down the mountain to reach the beach. The landscape is rocky, the road has a lot of turns and the goats run free around!

Locals practice shooting at road signs

 

   But at the end of the route you find the amazing beach and the crystal clear sea! 

The Fragokastelo

Me, my brother and Fragokastelo in the background

The food there is perfect!

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