The Ride of the Rohirrim Part Six - Elfhelm Finished

'Ahead nearer the walls Elfhelm's men were among the siege-engines, hewing, slaying, driving their foes into the fire-pits.'

Here is Elfhelm, now finished, giving me two Heroes of Rohan. The socks on the horse were an experiment, as was the different shade of green on the cloak.

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)

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.

The Ride of the Rohirrim Part Two

"Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden!

Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!

Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,

A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises!

Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!"

Finished my second batch of Riders of Rohan for my latest project. These 4 (and the last 2) have no conversions done to them, but the rest of my army should have lots of conversions, as I don't want any two models looking the same. Here are the pictures:

The Ride of the Rohirrim Part One

"Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden!

Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!

Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,

A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises!

Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!"

For my next project, I've decided to start an all mounted Rohan army, the opposite of my current army - Dwarves (and yes, I know I haven't finished the Dwarves yet). This will be a challenge for me, as I have painted horses for a long time, since about June last year, and these horses will be done without washes.

So without further ado, the first two Riders of Rohan: