I am a massive Tolkien fan. So, when Games Workshop brought out a 10mm set for The Battle of Five Armies, more than twenty years ago now, I of course had to buy one. Two even, but I have since given one away to a good friend. As it has been almost two decades before I finally started painting the first set, the chances that I will be painting two of them are quite remote.
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However, a few years back I actually started working on them. It really is a nice set, containing the forces of Good and Evil, some terrain, and a rulebook based on the excellent Warmaster rules.
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I had some warg riders languishing on my painting desk, and I finally managed to finish them. The figures are fairly crude by today’s standards; the detail is nice enough, but the warg riders in particular suffer from lumps of excess plastic, especially between the forearms. However, bear in mind that they are small figures, so it will not be too visible in gameplay.
Next I painted some Irregular Miniatures 15mm British Guardsmen for the Crimean War. These are based for Volley and Bayonet. Another long time project, started in the early nineties. The figures I have are mainly MiniFigs, and a few years ago I bought some Irregular to try them out and see if they would match. They are okay, not the best and they had quite some flash (some of which I only discovered during painting), but they will do. I think they will go together alright, although the Irregular are a bit stockier and a bit taller. Blood Angels red for the tunics, Leviadon Blue for the trousers. The black is Black Templar, facings are Ultramarine Blue. Musket stocks are Gor-Grunta Fur, barrels Army Painter speedpaint Enchanted Steel. I must find some flags for them yet.
In the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge terms these are:
24x 10mm mounted @3 points = 72
16x 15mm foot @2 points= 32
Total so far:
16 x 28mm
16x 15mm
24x 10mm
56 figures painted in April 2025
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