Maneuver Rating 3
Heavily Fortified Camp
1 x Elite Foot + General (Armored +.5, Deadly +2)
1 x Trolls (Behemoth)
8 x Pike
1 x Wargs (Fierce -.5, Slow -.5, Terrain Affinity +.5)
2 x Light Foot
1 x Bad Horse
For a total of 51 points.
The Army.
The look of this army was based off the old Angus McBride illustrations of Middle Earth.
Someone (I believe it was David Kuijt) made a good point that Saruman would probably not lead his armies in the field, so Saruman does not appear in this army. I have a Saruman figure but he will be relegated to the camp. Which reminds me that I need to make a Grima Wormtongue figure.
Dunlendings
The Light Foot are Old Glory Vikings and Dacians. The distinctive Dacian curved blades were converted into clubs.
The mounted figures are from Essex.
The Vikings and mounted figures were originally painted about ten years ago for some Dark Ages armies that I am now converting into Middle Earth troops.
Special Troops.
The General's stand of Elite Foot are Man-Orcs from Eureka miniatures. They were painted to look mostly human. It was impossible to fit four on a stand, so I substituted a Chariot-brand archer lurking among them.
The Wolf Riders and also from Chariot with some minor conversion. The wolves without riders are from Splintered Light miniatures.
The Trolls are Battle Valor brand "Orcians", with some smaller goblins mixed in among them. The trolls are painted a dark green color.
Orcs with Pikes.
These orcs are almost all from Khurasan miniatures. The only modifications were to shorten the pikes in a vain attempt to allow the stands to line up directly behind one another. They fit close enough for gaming purposes. There are some others mixed in for variety, including converted Eureka Man-Orcs and Splintered Light goblins.
