Pelennor update 2

  So, February has come and go, and though there is a week to go, I’m going to be out on holiday, and so I won’t be able to do much painting. However, I will be doing much building. I’ve been storing models to build on this holiday, and so I’ll be building some metal Orcs, that I picked up from the recent Made to Order. Several Mahud Riders and warriors on Foot. I’ve got the King of the Dead in plastic as well. 

Lots of riders in a box.

I’m also thinking about taking a mumak to build. It would be great to get that built, but it’s a huge model, and bringing it back might be difficult. 

In terms of painting, I got the Corsairs of Umbar done, which was nice. I also added a couple of characters, a bosun and a captain, which has reduced the number of models by 26. I wanted to get some Rohan Characters painted, but this has not gone to plan. I did do some sorting out, and all of my Rohirrim cavalry, are now in one very large box, as you can see from the pic to the right. 

So, March is coming in, I’m going to be concentrating on Orcs. I’ve got 35 metal models, plus another few character models with drums and whips, and so I want to get these done. It’s a big task, and I’ve got to get these undercoated, but the nice thing about Orcs, is there great to batch paint. Choose a brown, painting model 1 trousers, model 2 can use the colour for its flesh and finally model 3’s armour can be the same. 

After that, I’ve got to think about bigger things. I’ve got two mumaks, four fell beasts and plenty of riders of Rohan to get through. A further two week holiday in May, won’t help either. 

If you’re wondering, I’ve got 84 models to paint for my Gondor force, and 124 for Mordor.  Plenty to keep my self busy with. 

Pelennor 2020 Jan update 1

So, after years of planning, we are moving forward to going for a large Pelennor Fields. I’m working on a scenario-based around one of the larger scenarios in War in Gondor. I’m not sure if we are going to be using a Hail Caesar variant or GW’s Middle Earth SBG and scaling it up for lots of models, but we’ll get there. 

In the meantime, I’m trying to paint up lots of models, so that we can have lots of models on the table. Quantity does have a quality of its own after all. I’ve created a spreadsheet of all the models that we could possibly use. I’ve got 97 models for the forces of Gondor still to paint, and 150 models for the forces of Mordor to paint. 

Black Guard of Barad Our

Warriors of Arnor, ready to fight

So, definitely doable, and I’m going to try to dedicate this year to painting models for this game. I’ll vary it up for some variety, but this is what I’ll be concentrating on. I’ve got a number of Fell Beasts and two mumaks to paint, as well lots of Riders of Rohan and Orcs to go.

So, January has been a quiet month, with only painting 8 models. 4 Warriors of Arnor, one that carries a banner. A Captain of Arnor and three Black Guard of Barad Dur. The Arnor models, I’m treating as a fiefdom that arrives with Aragorn on the corsair ships. The Black Guard are quite Uruk based, and so I’m just counting them as some sort of Uruks. 

Corsairs ready to go

February is going to be a shorter month as I’ve got a week of holiday, where I hope to build a lot, but I’m aiming to get through some Corsairs of Umbar. I’ve got 24, from when the models were originally released as well as the command models, including the Peter Jackson, look alike. I’m going to try and blitz my way through them as quickly as possible. 

In terms of models for the forces of Good. I’m going a little character-heavy. Gamling, Erkenbrand, Derowine, and Elrond’s sons, Elladan and Elrohir. For the latter, I’ve got the armoured and unarmoured versions and so I’m going to try and get them all painted.       

If, chance get’s I’ll try and get some Moria Goblins painted. Let’s see how it turns out. 

Ironically, as I started to write this post, the Battle for Pelennor Fields came on iTunes. Must be something there.