Who? Doctor Who?

A little side project for a friend of mine.

 

Scouring of the Shire Campaign: part II

 We continued our Scouring of the Shire campaign over the last few months. I forgot to post an update and even to take a single picture of one of the games. So far evil had an advantage winning 2 games and a draw out of the 4 games in total.

Game 5: The mayor's arrest

The hobbits took their advantage by hurling rocks at the ruffians. A decimated ruffian force charged the hobbits but they were to few in numbers to intercept Will. A good victory!

Good 2 - 2 evil

The death of Lotho

A short game, the ruffians charged and took the advantage in the first few turns. Lotho seeing things go ill charged a ruffians which killed him outright. A draw!

Good 2 - 2 evil

The burning of Woody End

A lovely scenario and exciting till the last roll. One of the most balanced scenarios so far. Ruffians charges all across the board. The hobbits put on a fierce resistance reducing the ruffians in numbers.

In the first four turns already three buildings catched fire but the hobbits waited their time. They managed to succesfully put out one fire and keep defending a single house. On turn nine their luck sadly ran out and the last two building catched fire. Turn ten they also lost priority and the last few hobbits where charged leaving Woody End being burned to the ground

Good 2 - 3 evil

Uprooting of Bagshot Row

The hobbits started running towards the ruffians. The ruffians simply started picking them off with bowfire. In combat they overwhelmed the hobbit and won an easy game.

Good 2 - 4 evil

Arrest of Folco Boffin

Eight hobbits and Folco against the two sherriff heroes and another 12 sherriffs. There never was much hope, only a fools hope. Folco started running and almost saw a gap he could cross. But a heroic march and an heroic move in favor of the sherriffs ended his ambition. 

Good 2 - 5 evil

Last models for february

I finished u some cool Grimhammer models I had laying around. I painted the first six about four year ago. I finaly finished the rest of the warband. I'm hoping to gradualy expand this army and build me an army of Thror later this year.

I also finished up Barliman to join my hobbit forces.

 

Isengard part 13: More heroes

 

The latest progress on Dunland, I painted up the new Forgeworld heroes. Once again lovely models. Forgeword models are always a joy to paint.

My last orders for more Dunland infantery are still stuck in transport. Due to the Brexit they are already more then a month to late. So next up will be some random models and I will start working on Azog's legion.

Isengard part 12: Cavalry

An update on Dunland. I continued working on the army and painted up some cavalry. I started with Thrydan and two riders. 

Isengard part 11: Heroes and huscarls

 

I continued working on Dunland and finished the first batch of huscarls. Epic models and once again the detail of the Forgeworld casts is outstanding. A joy to paint!

I also continued with the leader of the army himself, Thrydan wolfsbane and a command pack. Next up the painting desk are some mounted models and more heroes!

In the near future another warband of warriors and wildmen will join the army.

The first army of 2021 is already for 50% finished :D.

Isengard part 10: Dunlanding warriors

 

I continued the Dunland army and painted up the core warriors. I love these metal models and GW did a great job in designing them. Next up: Huscarls and heroes!

Isengard part 9: Dunland

A new year, a new army. 

After painting Isengard last year I already had made up my mind that a full dunlanding force would be up next. Last year I made some small progress and painted up the crebain and a handfull of wildmen. This year I would be tackling the warriors. I made a great start in january and painted up a big chunk of the core troops. I started with some two handers and archers:

 

Last models of 2020: Bill the pony and a campfire

I painted up a few random bits laying around the painting desk. An epic Bill the pony and the campfire from the three trolls set.

 

2020: Another yearly overview

And 2020 finally came to a close. What a year!

A strange year for sure. A year without any social contact apart from my family. Not having friends around, no parties, not playing games, no Ardacon, no tournaments in general.

But still an interesting year. I finished the renovations around the house, celebrated my sons first birthday and my wife got pregnant again. Another tiny hobbit will join us soon.

But time to see if I realised my hobby goals. As every year the goal is to:

• Paint more lotr models than I buy
• Buy more lotr models than Games workshop releases.
• Paint at least 100 models

In total I painted 253 lotr models, around 70 more then in 2019. An absolute blast! I really nailed that objective

I have 2636 models in my collection and 1748 of them are painted. I'm only 1 model off a complete collection. Stupid ninja Thranduil :D

In total I bought 131 new models and only need one more. So I smashed all my targets for 2020. 

2021 here I come!