Units for the GW's Battle of Five Armies

I really enjoy painting 10 mm figures - in fact, I think they are easier than other scales.  I concentrate on painting the "unit" as opposed to the individual figures.  Focus on the armor, shields, some straps and flags and you will have fine looking units in no time.

I would not at all be surprised if GW releases the Battle of Five Armies again to coincide with the third Hobbit movie.  Here are the units that come with the game:

Here are the leaders of the Forces of Evil:  Bolg with banner, 2 Goblin leaders on wargs and 1 Goblin Shaman

Forgot to mention; the ruins come with the game to represent the destroyed city of Dale.

L to R: Dain Ironfoot, Bard, Gandalf and Bilbo, the Elf King and Thorin Oakenshield

There are 8 units of Goblin Infantry

2 Units of Wood Elf Infantry

2 Units of Elvish Archers

1 Unit of Archers of Men

1 Unit of Infantry from Rivertown

2 Units of Dwarves

Beorn in bear mode attacking Bolg the Goblin king

The Eagles

The Eagles again!

Elvish Infantry on one of the Spurs of Lonely Mountain.  There are 2 hill sections that come with the game.

4 units of Wargs

4 units of Wolf Riders

Since the new Hobbit movie is out . . .

With the release of the second Hobbit movie, Honorable Son #5 thought it would be a good idea to play Games Workshop's The Battle of Five Armies again.  When the GW first released the game, it quickly sold out.  Using their Warmaster set of rules, the boxed game comes with everything you need for the battle including the heroes, armies and terrain.

With our refight, Honorable Son #5 led the Forces of Good and decided to be more aggressive instead of waiting for the evil hordes to overwhelm him on Lonely Mountain.

Honorable Son #5 moves the Dwarves into action

 

The Goblins Advance

Wood Elves with the Elf King and Thorin Oakenshield

The Wargs outflank the men of Rivertown.

Time to charge the Elves

 After some initial moves, the battle started to become a slug fest as the Forces of Evil (BWAH HAH HAH!) started to slowly overcome the valiant forces under Gandalf.

The Goblins start to force back the Elves

The Eagles Arrive

Just when victory was in my grasp, Bolg (the army general) and the Goblin Guard were reduced to one stand.  Knowing that I would lose the game if Bolg was killed, I moved him and and the guard back behind a line of goblins.

Unfortunately there was a small gap and Gandalf the wizard cast a
fire ball spell that caused 3 shooting hits - just enough to eliminate the last stand and Bolg with it!

Kaboom!

Well, you can't win them all.  In the next post, I will show the forces that come with the game.

 

Lord Brooke's Regiment

Lord Brooke's Regiment is now ready to take the field!  In their distinctive purple coats, they are sure to amaze the fashion sense of any Royalist regiments they battle.  I am now well on my way to accomplishing my goal of 2 painted regiments of foot by the end of the year.

Figures are from the Warlord Games hard plastic English Civil War box.  The sword and matchlock musket on the ground are from the "Shotte down in Flames" English Civil War casualty pack.

 

 

On the left is a musketeer figure I converted into an officer with some extra arms from the command sprue.

 Speaking of casualties, here are two figures from the set to be casualty markers for the game Victory Without Quarter.

And a quick preview of the leader of the figures I received as a birthday present.

Purple and White coming right up

While I was finishing up some ECW cavalry, I started some practice figures for the next units I am going to paint for the ECW rules Victory Without Quarter. The figures are not finished yet, but they give you an idea of what is coming up.

First up is a pikeman and drummer of Lord Brooke's Regiment:

Next are two officer figures; in fact, they are the same figure.  One of the nice things about the hard plastic figures is the variety of "extras" that come with the set to allow you to customize your forces.

The figure on the left will be an officer with Newcastle's Whitecoats and the officer on the left will command Lord Brooke's Regiment.

Speaking of Newcastle's Whitecoats, here is the test musketeer I did:

I am hoping to have both foot regiments complete by the end of 2013.

Veteran's Day 2013

It's that time of year again . . .