Some additions to my growing painted LoTR SBG collection in
the form of Warriors of Rohan. When I started this I thought to myself “Rohan,
they’re cool models and should be easy to paint”. Wrong!
When I got into actually sitting down and applying wet stuff
with a brush I noticed just how detailed they are in places whilst in others
they seem to just blur together with very little definition between clothing
and anatomy.
Additionally I completely forgot that mounted models can
become dismounted. Thus requiring additional figures to represent said two
legged warriors. Grrrrr
Anyway once I’d done a test figure and applied the rather
laborious shading method I’d chosen for their cloaks (Vallejo
heavy dark green, Russian uniform, Russian uniform and Goblin green, Sepia Wash
We haven’t actually started the campaign yet as a couple of
the guys have been on hols however hopefully we’ll get going towards the end of
May.
Andy and I did have a very enjoyable game of the Wrath of
the Rohirrim scenario published in White Dwarf the other week. 15 riders with
Eomer and a captain try and destroy the Uruks/Orcs near Fangorn whilst
hopefully allowing Merry and Pippin to escape.
No pics unfortunately, which is good as my riders aren’t
quite finished however it was one hell of a game, trying to catch up to the
fleeing Orcs/Uruks while they leg it for the forest (bad idea going in those
trees!) proved to be quite tricky, especially when Andy kept throwing Uruk
speed bumps in front of my riders.
In the end it came down to Eomer trying to run down the last
Orc carrying Pippin before he got into the forest (Merry already being freed by
some rather lucky bowfire!). After a tussle with Grishnakh that saw Eomer use
up his might pints it came down to who got priority in the next turn, and
unfortunately Andy rolled highest. If I had just had that last might point I
could have called an Heroic Move as Emoer was close enough to do some serious
damage to the hobbit toting Orc but it was not to be. Cue Andy gloating as his
Orc runs into the forest, sticking up two fingers to the “B**stard of the
Riddermark” (as Andy has taken to calling him!).
We’re going to run through it again in a few weeks when I’ve
finished some more riders and hopefully I’ll get some pics.
Anyway here's a few pics of said Warriors of Rohan in all their glory.
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