Putting the Osgiliath scenery on hold for a week, I painted up some Riders of Rohan as well as Théoden and Éomer in their Pelennor garb.
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Pict 504: Rohirrim |
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Pict 505: Théoden (Pelennor) |
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Pict 506: Théoden (Pelennor) |
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Pict 507: Théoden (Pelennor) |
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Pict 508: Éomer, Knight of the Pelennor |
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Pict 509: Éomer, Knight of the Pelennor |
With the new rules Théoden seems to be a must-take in any Rohan army so that I had to paint this mounted version of the King of Rohan. Since the Éomer, Knight of the Pelennor miniature is rather similar, I painted them in tandem. I really like the two sculpts - the only complaint I have is that Éomer does not have his sword Gúthwinë with the signature curved horseheads as the crossguard. Fortunately I had a spare and quickly replaced it.
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Pict 510: Riders of Rohan |
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Pict 511: Riders of Rohan |
And here are a few more warriors - I started two of the normal riders and the banner bearer back in 2015 so that I only had to finish up the eyes and the highlights. It went rather quickly considering I had put it off for over three years...
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Pict 512: Rohan Army (555 points) |
After painting these riders, I dusted off my Rohan army to patch them up a bit and give them all good coat of matte varnish. I used a contigent of normal Riders and Royal Guard led by the newly painted Théoden, Éomer as well as Éowyn as my army for a tournament on Saturday.
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Pict 513: Weta Sideshow Collectibles Legolas Bust |
The Riders perfomed very well - even though I lost the first battle (against Morannon Orcs and the Witchking - points for style!), I absolutely destroyed my second opponent (Morannon Orcs again with Gorbag, Shagrat and a Great Beast of Gororoth) and managed to eek out a small vicotry against the last (he played Isengard with some Berserkers, Lurtz and Vraskû with a contingent of crossbows). With that I made second place which is nice; but more importantely, I was voted the fairest player and awarded with this very nice Legolas bust by Weta. All in all an amazing day!
The Ride of the Rohirrim! Please tell me you scream, 'FORTH EORLINGAS!!' every time you make a charge. Great work and congratulations on the prize.
ReplyDeleteThanks mate! It's either 'FORTH EORLINGAS!' or simply 'DEATH!' - but with the new Rohan dice I also like to say 'I'm looking for the horsey'.
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