Isengard vs Mordor 700pts Army Lists Isengard (Onod): Warband 1: Saruman Grima Orc w/ Banner 6x Orcs w/ Shield 6x Orcs w/ Spear 3x Crebain Warband 2: Orc Captain w/ Shield 1x Orc w/ Shield 1x Orc w/ Spear 2x Orc w/ Two-Handed Weapon 2x Orc w/ Bow Demolition Team w/ 2 Flaming Brands Warband 2: Orc Captain w/ Shield 1x Orc w/ Shield 1x Orc w/ Spear 1x Orc w/ Two-Handed Weapon 2x Orc w/ Bow Demolition Team w/ 2 Flaming Brands Mordor (OT): Warband 1: Witch King w/ 3 Might, 17 Will, 3 Fate, Morgul Crown and Horse 3x Morgul Knights 4x Black Numenoreans 4x Morannon Orcs w/ Spears and shields Warband 2: Shagrat w/ Heavy Armour and Shield of Cirith Ungol 2x Morgul Knight 4x Black Numenoreans 4x Morannon Orcs w/ Spears and shields Warband 3: Kardush the Firecaller 9x Morannon Orcs w/ Shield and Spear 1x Morannon Orc w/ Banner 2x Mordor Orcs Game Type Reconnoitre: Both forces must try and escape from the opposite side of the board to the one they deploy on. At the same time as trying to esc...

  Rohan vs Isengard 700 pts Army Lists Rohan (Mayor): Warband 1: Theoden w/ Horse (Leader) 8x Riders of Rohan w/ 1 Banner 4x Rohan Royal Guard w/ Horses and Throwing Spears Warband 2: Aragorn w/ Horse and Elven Cloak Legolas w/ Horse and Elven Cloak Gimli w/ Elven Cloak Isengard (Onod): Warband 1: Saruman Grima Orc w/ Banner 6x Orcs w/ Shield 6x Orcs w/ Spear 3x Crebain Warband 2: Orc Captain w/ Shield 1x Orc w/ Shield 1x Orc w/ Spear 2x Orc w/ Two-Handed Weapon 2x Orc w/ Bow Demolition Team w/ 2 Flaming Brands Warband 2: Orc Captain w/ Shield 1x Orc w/ Shield 1x Orc w/ Spear 1x Orc w/ Two-Handed Weapon 2x Orc w/ Bow Demolition Team w/ 2 Flaming Brands Game Type Capture and Control: Both forces are fighting over 5 different objectives (1 in the middle, and 4 arranged equidistant from the centre in a cross shape). Once a model takes an objective, it remains in that players control until an enemy model moves into base contact with the objective, and shifts control back.  Once a ...

  Rohan Vs Mordor 700 pts Army Lists Rohan (Mayor): Warband 1: Theoden w/ Horse (Leader) 8x Riders of Rohan w/ 1 Banner 4x Rohan Royal Guard w/ Horses and Throwing Spears Warband 2: Aragorn w/ Horse and Elven Cloak Legolas w/ Horse and Elven Cloak Gimli w/ Elven Cloak Mordor (Old Toby): Warband 1: Witch King w/ 3 Might, 17 Will, 3 Fate, Morgul Crown and Horse 3x Morgul Knights 4x Black Numenoreans 4x Morannon Orcs w/ Spears and shields Warband 2: Shagrat w/ Heavy Armour and Shield of Cirith Ungol 2x Morgul Knight 4x Black Numenoreans 4x Morannon Orcs w/ Spears and shields Warband 3: Kardush the Firecaller 9x Morannon Orcs w/ Shield and Spear 1x Morannon Orc w/ Banner 2x Mordor Orcs Game Type Retrieval: Each player is attempting to take the objective from their opponents side of the board, and move it to their own. Both Armies will be trying to defend their objective, whilst pushing to take the enemies. The Game will end on a dice roll of a 1 or a 2 once one of the armies is broken....

  Here we are- after 4 months of building and painting, we've all completed our armies! The only thing left to do now is to get them on the table (tune in next month for a battle report!) In the meantime, let's take a look at our completed armies, and reflect on the process of building a force, and what doing a project like this is like: Isengard- Onod Onod: Another 10 Orcs painted, and 3 Crebain bases to round off the force, and it's done. I'm not going to dwell too much on the painting this month- the orcs were just more of the same, and  I've already spoken about creating and painting the Crebain  on the Blog. I will point out the 2nd Orc Captain and Banner though. I wanted a bit of variety, and to stretch my Orc Commander pack a bit further, so I actually turned the Orc Taskmaster into another Captain. This was a really easy conversion- simply snipping off the whip from the Orc's hand, and then using an Isengard shield. I think this ties him in well to an Is...