From FrederickC: Warriors of Númenor & 'Limbo' (265 points)

 

The Battle of the Last Alliance at Dagorlad

My fourth submission for AHPC XV is a Númenorian army from the end of the Second Age of Middle Earth. It consists of 49 figures from the Games Workshop Lord of the Rings collection, specifically 12 warriors with bow, 12 warriors with spear and shield, 23 warriors with sword and shield, and 2 banners. The bow and spear figures are metal I bought in 3-figure blister packs, while all the rest are plastic figures from the Warriors of the Last Alliance boxed set. These are all 'eBay rescues' of which most were painted to varying degrees of proficiency. Since the boxed set only contains 8 Númenorians, the 25 figures represent the remains of at least four separate boxes. Two were missing their shields, but I decided to convert these into banner bearers. 

The metal figures had their mold lines cleaned off and then were mounted on their bases. I added a layer of fine sand to the base with PVA glue. The plastic figures got a soak in isopropyl alcohol followed by a scrub with a stiff toothbrush to remove as much of the old paint as possible. The alcohol bath didn't seem to affect the ground work that had been glued on, but those figures with an excessive amount had some of it removed with an X-acto knife, especially around the feet and the bottoms of the cloaks. Three warriors had the position of their sword arm changed to distinguish them from the rest as I was going to used them as captains. The warriors missing shields had the recess where the shield attached carved away, and a pole added using florist wire.

Once everything was assembled, they were primed black with a rattle can. It would have been easier for painting if the shields had not been glued in place, but they were all solidly affixed in position, so areas where I couldn't get a brush in behind the shield were left black. All the figures were then painted using Vallejo acrylics. As these are fantasy figures I won't bore you with a paint list, but I used a lot of shades of grey to differentiate between the surcoat, shield, trim, and cloak. For those that I modified to be captains, I used either silver or gold to trim their shields and surcoats to make them more readily identifiable. 

The Númenorian Host with Isildur and Elendil at their head

 

The First Company

 

The Second Company

Close up of the First Company

 

Númenorian Spearmen

Númenorian Bowmen

Númenorian Captains and Banners

These were originally prepped for AHPC XIII, but I only got as far as doing the faces and some of the armour before time ran out. They have lanquished in 'Limbo' since then, so I will add that circle of Hell to my points claim. The figures of Elendil and Isildur that appear in the group photo are not being claimed for points as I did them over four years ago. 

 

The points being claimed are as follows:

 

49 x 28mm foot figures @ 5 points each = 245 points

 

Circle of Hell - Limbo = 20 points

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Sylvain: You are providing us with very nice family pictures of your outstanding work. I like how you subtly used variations of grey (I'm trying not to say "shades of grey") to help clearly distinguish the various parts of your minis. The story of the box set is interesting. I recognize Games Workshop's greed in providing only 8 figurines per box. I see in the background that you have a castle ready to become the scene of epic battles. Great work this week again, and congratulations on another points bomb!