I've been a miniatures enthusiast since I was a kid, but rekindled my hobby later in life (Much to my wife's chagrin, as she had no idea she had married an uber geek!) Now firmly entrenched in middle age I have discovered the joy of painting and playing with these little guys all over again, and have made a lot of wonderful friendships along the way.
Additions to 15mm DBA Han Chinese armies - In progress
15mm Testudo ancient Briton/Gallic DBA army - primed
Macedonian and Persian 25mm FOG army - essentially done
28mm Gallic DBA army - in progress
Rohan 25mm HotT army - painted and playable, additional optional elements need painting
28mm Britsh DBN allies - Brunswick, KGL, Nassau and Dutch: figures only
Orcs 25mm HotT army - half painted
Elves 25mm HotT army - nearing completion
Numenorean/ Gondor 25mm HotT army - figures only
Sarmation early and later DBA 15mm army - primed
Roman EIR 15mm DBA army - primed
25mm Ral Partha Saxon DBA army - primed and ready to paint
25mm Ral Parth Viking Leidang DBA army - primed and ready to paint
28mm Early Achaemenid Persian DBA army - Cavalry and some infantry painted, 8Bw elements and horde primed and ready to paint
Russian 25mm DBN - figures only
15mm DBA armies still in the bag or primed: Sub-Roman Britons, Early Hebrews, Early Saxons, Medieval Spanish, Italian Condottieri, Later Crusader, Feudal English, Golden Horde, Jurchen-Chin, Early Polish, Thebans, Spartans
Monday, December 14, 2009
Rohan to the Rescue
King Theoden of Rohan takes the lead in this stand of knights with Gamling and a royal guardsman close behind.
Erkenbrand, the real hero of Helms Deep. Made conspicuous by his absence in the film, Erkenbrand led a vital contingent of the Rohirrim in a counter attack against the orcs of Isengard.This figure is one of those infuriating GW sets that pairs a nice metal rider with a cheap plastic horse. If you look closely you can see the support pin I had to put into the horse's belly to stabilize the figure.
Now counter attack would be complete without Gandalf to lead the way.
Here are two elements of riders who are the vanguard of a much larger force. I have enough for 1 more element of riders and 6 elements of knights already painted. They are just waiting on the basing.
Erkenbrand on foot with some royal guard, and some aerial support featured below.
Nice job, David. I don't buy GW figs, but I've always scratched my head over that cheap looking plastic horse with an overpriced metal fig thing, too!
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