LOTR game and project updates

Easter Sunday LOTR Game

My son and two nephews and I had a little time to play some more Strategy Battle Game on Easter Sunday. We had roughly 50 combatants on either side, Orcs, Warg Riders, and Uruk hai against Elves and Dwarves, plus Gandalf, Gimli, and Frodo...My son and I played the Forces of Evil, while my two nephews controlled the short and the pointy-eared. I didn't get to stay with the game the entire time due to family obligations, so things didn't progress the way I'd have liked them to...

Basically, the Elven and Dwarven archers ate us up on our left flank, while Gandalf ripped apart our right flank. My son had set up our evil forces a little too spread out, so by the time I got them formed into ranks they were already being decimated. Our Warg riders ran into trouble from the archers as well, and we apparently lost half of them when I wasn't around...

Thankfully, we didn't get to finish the game and see the rest of our army obliterated...

I didn't get to take any pictures, sorry...

Some projects

I recently remembered that I had 6 metal orcs I had gotten in a deal to go along with my 24 Mordor orcs. I got all 30 out the other day and got them as far as black primer. I hope to start painting those this week. We had to play with them yesterday as "Dark Orcs" in their black primered stage because we didn't have enough Evil...

I also remembered that Lurtz was a part of that deal, so I primered him as well...hope to get him finished before our next game. I really want some of the Uruk Hai scouts...

I ordered the Warriors of Minas Tirith for my son for Easter, but they didn't make it in time...should see those sometime this week. And while I was ordering, I went ahead and got myself some Warriors of Rohan!

Kudos

Both my Nephews have been working hard on their LOTR stuff. One has repainted his elves, and significantly improved them...the other has been trying his hand at making some buildings and terrain. He made a great Hobbit Shire hut, a Wizard's Tower, some ruins, and a variety of trees...some very nice work from two young gamers!