The Lord of the Rings: Armies of Middle Earth: Gondor Battle Company

Saturday 5 January 2008

Gondor Battle Company

I finished the Gondor Battle Company. The starter force is two archers, two spearmen and three with hand weapons. These are all plastic figures. I will replace one of the plastic swordsmen with a metal Captain shortly (but I didn't have one when I started them).

I also painted a standard bearer for when I have a bigger force. They are pretty quick to paint so I may do some more soon.

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The Dale Wardens5 February 2008 at 20:26
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Our group started doing LOTR in earnest last fall. It's quite a good game to bring new gamers into. We have wives of two members who were not interested in wargaming or miniatures, but liked LOTR, and now have started collecting and painting their own figs.

It's good to see your son interested in it. My godson is 9...sounds like he is getting to the correct age. Has your son been painting any miniatures on his own yet?

David S.
Minnesota USA
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Wargaming Middle Earth

I confess that I had never been a fan of The Lord of the Rings until Peter Jackson's monumental films came out. I had never read the books and had, years before, given up on The Hobbit half way through. Now I have read most of them (I am still struggling to finish the Return of the King) and whilst acknowledging their influence and scope still don't think they are particularly readable.

No, for me , it was the fantastic images created by the film that inspired me. Oddly, when Games Workshop came out with their Fellowship of the Ring boxed set I didn't buy it as I couldn't see how you could turn a film featuring largely invincible heroes into a satisfactory game.

It wasn't until D'Agostini came out with their Battlegames in Middle Earth part-work that I got interested, at the prompting of my little boy, Guy, and subsequently subscribed to the magazine; eventually collecting every issue.

I painted the 12 goblins included in the first issue in a day and my little boy and I immediately played a game using these and the cardboard Aragorn included as well.

Since then I must have acquired hundreds of figures, although very few are painted. Most are designed by the Perry brothers and are, as a result, completely gorgeous. Some of them are truly remarkable portraits, in 25mm, of the actors who played the parts in the films.

Occasionally, LotR games are played at Guildford but the main driver for me in getting more figures done is Guy, who loves playing the game.

So over the next year or so I will see how many more of these splendid figures I can get onto the gaming table and even have a go at making some scenic items.