More Mordor

And the last models for 2023!

Morgul Knights

And I finished the last batch of Morgul knights!

 

Mordor: Morgul Knights

And I started painting my Morgul knights. 3 plastic and 2 metal ones. The older metal versions are way more bulkier but they blend in nicely.

 

The Witch King of Angmar

I painted up the lovely new Witch King sculpt. The new plastic sets are a true joy to paint.

 

More Mordor

I managed to paint up some more Mordor reinforcements. The new Mordor heroes Muzgur and Rasgush. Lovely models and Muzgur in his assault on Lothlorien legendary legion is truely fantastic.

I also painted up the last of the metal Mordor orcs.

Next up is a new Beorning army. I will try to paint the complete army within a month :D.

 

Metal Mordor orcs

I took on a little side project and painted up most of my metal Mordor orcs. So lovely, yet almost forgotten old sculpts. I really enjoied painting them!

 

Bits and bobs

I cleared once again my desktop from the random models that gather there :p. Somehow they always end up on the desktop jumping in front of the painting queue for all sort of reasons. So I ended up painting a mounted Aragorn. I plan to use him in my Shire force if we ever get out of this lockdown...

Next up were some metal orcs who remained after the last siege project. Lovely models who probably never will be used on the table.

And last but not least the rare Gollum pose from the last Hobbit releases. I finaly found him on a trade page so I decided to paint him straight up.

Mordor siege project

I decided to paint up my Mordor siege forces. I already have a painted catapult but I never got around repainting the old siege crew. So I added another catapult, a siege bow and the crew.

The metal orcs are lovely to paint. They are so much better than their platic counterparts. Mayby, just mayby I will do a complete metal orc army in the future. I still have the old metal warriors laying around. Still so much to paint!

Black Numenorians

A few months ago I had the chance to buy some cheap metal Black Numenorians. I couldn't resist. You always need more Black Numenorians! I already painted them up, they will fit nice in my Morodr or Corsair forces.

More Mordor!

Another small update. I painted up a batch of Mordor Trolls!

Campaign update

"You are soldiers of Gondor! No matter what comes through that gate, you will hold your ground!"

Gandalf the white

We continued our Gondor at War campaign. After an epic victory for good in the "atop of the walls scenario we played "The gate is breached".

The forces of good prepared to hold the court from the endless hords of orcs. It was an interesting game. But we soon released that if you take away the terror special rule from the trolls they are absolutely not worth their points. In just two turns of combat and spending 8 points of might the trolls lay dead and Gondor stood a chance once more.

They held the lines and secured another victory for good.

Next up we played "The streets of Minas Tirith". This was an epic scenario! So much is going on at the same time an literary everywhere on the board fighting broke out. The forces of good where once again lucky as the deployment of my opponent favored the fast moving Shadowfax. Gandalf reached Pippin sourcerous blasting his way through the board.

Having played this scenario we both had the idea that things could have gone completely different if we changed the deployment of our warbands a bit. I will definetly replay this scenario as it is the most interesting from the campaign so far.

We also played "The Witch-King's arrival" minigame. Some rules are a bit unclear and all depended a bit too much on luck. Good won once again but it coud perfectly be the other way around.

At last a small glimps of my latest project. Some spooky boys: