The Host of Erebor

So here is my Dwarf army, in all of it's glory (you can click the images to make them larger). There's about 1,400 points of painted Dwarves there, and does not include Durin or Mardin I have around 50 Dwarves still unpainted, which I think will bring the total around 2,000 points. Now to find a time to use them all...

If you want to see close ups of anything, either leave a comment or look through my blog (anything labelled Army Painting Challenge 2012 (1) or Dwarves).

The Ride of the Rohirrim Part Five - Éowyn finished

"But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him."

The Ride of the Rohirrim Part Four - Captain, Hornblower and Banner Bearers

"Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?

Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?"

Here we have my converted Rohan captain, and my mounted Rohan Hornblower. I took the axe from my Eowyn conversion and gave it to handless Rider of Rohan, as well as sculpting some horsehair coming out of his helmet. For the Hornblower, I sculpted a horn and added that to the model, as well as sculpting some horsehair.

The first Banner Bearer (on the left) is the Rider of Rohan with Throwing Spear, with a simple banner sculpted onto the spear (a triangle of Green Stuff, wrapped around the spear). The second Banner Bearer (right) started life as a Rider of Rohan with Bow. The banner was made in the same way as the first, and his right hand was replaced with that of Éowyn's, as she is now headless. The spear which the banner is attached to was originally a spare spear from the Warrior of Minas Tirith, with some Green Stuff added to make it look more like those carried by the Rohirrim (it has been "trimmed" since the photo was taken).

So there we go, four very simple conversions from the Riders of Rohan box set and Green Stuff (plus the spare spear/sword)

Durin and Dwarf Command

I've finished some more Dwarves for the army painting challenge, plan on getting through another 16 this month, leaving me with the Dwarves with Two-handed axes to do, and a few with shields or bows. As always, click to make the images larger.

Easterling Warriors

"It seemed as if whole armies were on the march, though for the most part they were hidden by the reeks and fumes drifting from the fens and wastes beyond. But here and there he caught the gleam of spears and helmets..."

Apologies for the blurriness of the fourth picture.

The Ride of the Rohirrim Part Three - Éowyn and Elfhelm conversions

"But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless. For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him."

Here is Elfhelm and Éowyn. Elfhelm was converted from the sword wielding Rider of Rohan, and the angle of his sword was lowered to point forwards, with some horse hair sculpted to his helmet, much like the Rohan Outriders. On the right, we have Éowyn. I used the axe wielding Rider of Rohan for her body, replacing the head with that of one my Éowyn models, and the axe with a Throwing Spear. I extended the chainmail armour and sculpted some more armour over the top, in the style of the armour she wears in the film.