Five Armies, Twelve Days - Success!!

   Success!!!

   Twelve days and many sleepless nights later, I'm finished! 150 stands of troops from two copies of Games Workshop's The Battle of Five Armies are now all painted up and ready for war. That works out to a staggering 1344 infantry, 192 cavalry and 18 flying 10mm troops!

   What the hell was I thinking?!

   Here's the final shot of what all that looks like...

Five armies times two!

   As I said in the second post of this challenge, the goal with 10mm figures is to create a massed spectacle, and I think the picture above is exactly that. I can hardly wait to get these armies moving on the gaming table. Anyone up for a game?

   As thrilling as the mass units are to look at, I also thought you would like to see close-ups samples of each of the different model types, so here they are...

The Good Armies



The Dwarves of the Iron Hills

Archers of Laketown

Spearmen of Laketown

 

Elven Archers of Mirkwood

Elven Spearmen of Mirkwood

The Eagles of Gwaihir

The Evil Armies

The Goblins

Goblins Warg Riders

Wargs

   Thank you for following me on my self-induced struggle. I have enjoyed the challenge, and hated it, often at the same time. Now that the troops are all done I can take my time and add the heroes and elite units I have stored away, including a gift from Jay Griffiths of elven cavalry and the great wyrm Smaug himself. I'll be sure to keep you all updated as these additions are completed, and hopefully soon I'll have a battle report to share with you.

   ...and thank you, as always, for stopping by!
-Andrew

P.S. The movie was pretty good, too!

Five Armies, Twelve Days - Part 5

   Day nine of the twelve day challenge has drawn to a close, and I now have the dwarves and eagles done! The dwarves of the Iron Hills and the eagles of Gwaihir are ready to throw their strength into the fight against the goblins and wargs!

Dwarves of the Iron Hills

The Eagles of Gwaihir

   That puts the finished count at 48 stands of goblin infantry, 24 stands of wargs, 12 stands of dwarf warriors and 6 stands of eagles. All that looks like this...

90 stands completed!

  
   On my workbench right now are 12 stands of men of Laketown, and 12 stands of elven bowmen. After that there are 12 elven spearmen and 24(!) goblin warg riders to go.

   Onward to glory!!
-Andrew

Five Armies, Twelve Days - Part 4

   We're into Day 8 of the 12 day challenge! How are things going? It's all out painting war, but I'm still on schedule to finish all five armies' worth of troop stands by next Wednesday!

   As it sits right now, I've finished 48(!) stands of goblin infantry, plus another 24 stands of wargs, (Wargs are evil wolves for those of you who aren't Tolkien fans). What does all that look like?

Got gobos?

   

The wargs lead the charge!

   Believe it or not that isn't even all the goblin forces in the game. Missing are 24 stands of goblin cavalry mounted on wargs. They're coming, but quite frankly I got tired of painting goblins and moved on. Drying on my table right now are 6 stands of eagles and 12 stands of dwarf warriors.

   Along with the warg riders, I have still have 12 stands of humans, and 24 stands of elves to go. It's been hard, but if I can keep up the pace I'll make it!

   Finally, at the request of a friend who isn't familiar with the Warmaster scale, here is a picture of me holding one of the stands, just for some perspective.

Tiny fury! Waaagh!

Keep rooting for me, and, as always, thanks so much for stopping by!
-Andrew