Saga V2 Orcs vs Gondor (Anglo Saxons vs Normans)

This was a fun battle with my friend Chris. The Norman Gondorians against Orcs using the Anglo Saxon board. The Orcs had a troll which used the elephant rules, and the Gondorians were accompanied by a unit of Dwarves that used the Shield Maiden rules. Looking back I think the Flemish rules are more Dwarven than the shieldmaidens. The battle was taken from the book of battles where the attacker has to burn the buildings and fields. 

The orcs won the game by virtue of killing the majority of the Gondorians, but it was a close match mostly won by the troll elephants slaughter of the Gondorian cavalry. 

 

End of 2023 update

Another photo dump,

The Welsh get a plastic Victrix Roman to add to the command group

Welsh warriors (plastic GB picts with round shields andvictrix roman heads)

This guy started out as a victrix Dacian but I gave him a new head from the late romans set. I think he is suitable As a Dacian noble, Goth noble, Arthurian noble or early Slav noble. 

Livonian Swordbrothers Bannermen, Footsore Barons war

Saxon/evil post roman Warlod made from victrix celt and late roman head. 

Victrix Goths from the roman set. Ill use these as Northern peoples in LOTR

More Goths, here with a footsore Saxon leader

Pictish or Evil Welsh Nobles 

These were wargames atlantic persian bodies, late roman victrix bodies, and victrix celt bodies all with roman heads. I dirtied/weathered the shields after this photo

Very fun kitbash of Sarumans Uruks, plastic warlord romans with oathmark goblin and orc heads and spears. 

Victrix Romans 

Arthurian/Welsh nobles all victrix 

Late Romans/Arthurians Victrix with one footsore metal front right

Victrix Scythians with the addition of a head from the Dacian pack

Victrix light persian cav with some dacian helmeted heads, these guys will be used as any Steppe Related light cavalry 

And finallly the lowly slingers from Victrix

 

FIRST GAME OF OATHMARK

I've Had the Oathmark rules for a while now and have wanted to give them a go since they came out. Fortunately I left my apartment and now have a 6x4 gaming space. Unfortunately, I don't have any opponents. 

So I solo'd my first Oathmark game. The actual game play was about three months before this post so my memory is a little hazy of the details. But Oathmark's offer of rank and flank is the exact gaming itch that I wanted scratched. At this juncture I am not sure the itch was scratched with Oathmark but I think that may have been my unfamiliarity with the push back and moving through your own unit mechanics. I will have to play another game.

The setting here is Tolkien's Middle Earth early Third Age. The Kingdom of Rhovanion is still around and the Dwarves haven't colonized Erebor yet. 

An evil sorcerer was gaining power in the dark corners of the wilderness between Rhovanion and Thranduils realm. Even Orcs began to muster under his banner. The lands around the sorcerer became sick and even the Dwarves of the Iron hills took notice.

Rhovanion acted first in hunting the Sorcerer but he remained elusive. As more and more orcs entered the lands, Rhovanion sent messengers to the Iron Hills and Thranduil. An army was mustered to draw out the foul taint. 

Rhovanion Alliance:

20 Human Linbreakers

20 Human Spearmen

15 Human Soldiers

15 Human Archers

10 Human Cavalry

10 Elf Rangers

15 Dwarf Spear

Dwarf heavy Catapult

Sorcerer's Horde:

20 Skeleton Spear

20 Skeleton Soldiers

5 Human Heavy Cav (Easterlings)

10 Goblin Scout riders

3 trolls

20 Goblin Spear

20 Goblin Soliders

15 Orc Linebreakers 

I dont remember the characters, but the Evil Forces were lead by a Revenant and a Necromancer, and the Good forces were Led by a Prince and another Human character. 

In the End victory lay with the Rhovanion Alliance. Next time Ill go for scenario play and try for more interesting Battle line tactics with depth in mind

Orc Army Mid 2021

The Orc Forces as they stood in mid 2021. Variety of figures but mostly Northstar and Wargames Factory(now sold by Warlord). Monster's are all Reaper Bones and the Ravens are from Cmon Zombicide. The Wraiths are also reaper bones, and some GB vikings/warlord celts with orc heads fill out the ranks. 

Straight out of the Box Frostgrave Demons

Frostgrave demons with Wargames Factory (Warlord) Orc heads. 

2020/2021 update

Another overdue picture dump of my scattered projects. 2020 and 2021 really saw me eat into some of my oldest back log as well as my ability to instantly buy and paint new items. 

Wargames Atlantic Irish with one GB viking head on the left and victrix celt heads on the right. I did not love the wargames atlantic irish heads. I only purchased one sprue. 

Orc archers from GB bodies and oathmark heads and arms

Oathmark Elf Light infantry

North Eastern European warriors GB viking body and FF Russian head, and a GB Metal Rus

Artizan Carolingians that will double as Tolkien Westerners

Oathmark Elves with hoplite shields

Trying to keep track of my victrix vikings

Frostgrave cultist bods, FG wizard arms and greenstuff heads. The left head is an old GW skeleton skull and the right is a Frostgrave demon head with a greenstuff attempt at a mask/animal skull

Frostgrave Barbarian with a westwind saxon head

Victrix saxon thegn with an oathmark light elf head that I made from a oyumaru mold

Here I began my oathmark elf cavalry from victrix macedonian cav with oathmark elf heads that I molded with oyumaru

Some random figures here with a perry WOR archer victrix dacian and Footsore beserker with GB north eastern shield

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The finished Oathmark elven cavalry

 On the left we have aventine early byzantine archers and on the right plastic fireforge byzantine auxiliaries. All made in mind to double as tolkien westerners

Byzantine Spearmen with byzantine fireforge heads, victrix saxon heads and two fireforge Russian heads for the officer types. The bodies are mostly fireforge sergeants with two byzantine auxiliary armored bodies. 

Fireforge byzantine auxiliaries with some victrix celtic heads thrown in.

GB timurid metal afghan tribesmen

These are meant to be Eastern German migration era infantry from Victrix Dacians, Fireforge scandinavians, GB goth cav heads, GB viking bodies, GB dark age cav heads, and one artizan carolingian on the left.

Black tree US paratropper 30 cal team with home made foam ruins

Copplestone RCW Bolsheviks

OOP Wargames Factory American Infantry

Black Tree US paratroopers

Reaper Bones wizard and Reaper Metal Grand Mystic

Fellowship era GW metals

Fireforge Resin Druzhina painted up as Lithuanian Cavalry. They have Perry shields that I oyumarud to make the distinctive Baltic/Lithuanian Pavise. I backed the Fireforge Russian Kickstarter many years ago and when I recieved these minis I emailed fireforge to tell them how dissapointing the miniatures were as the sculpts look very off. However, now that I have painted them many years later they are way more acceptable now that they are painted. I dont think Fireforge has sold too many of these kits. 

Victrix Saxons painted up to Double as Tolkien Westerners

Here we have Artizan and GB carolingians painted as Carolingians and tolkien westerners with a few kitbashed figures and a GB scot as Boromir.

Saga Age of Invasions V2 is featuring Sassanids. So I figured my Dark Age Steppe/Iranian Cav might need some foot to accompany them. These are Wargames Atlantic Persian Heads with GB dark age bodies. They will hopefully get Sparabarra shields if I can successfully oyumaru the WA sparrabarra. 

Here are Wargames Atlantic Persians to triple as Sassanid Spear and Haradrim. 

These are old glory Poles/Lithuanians with GB Prus shields. They are nearer to 25mm than your average 28mm figure and are similar in size to the initial GB plastic Saxon and viking sets. 

More Sassanid/Achaeminid/Haradrim, this time archers. On the left you have the more tribal skythian and arab types and on the right the more Sassanid/City types. 

And finally, wargames atlantic new mid/late romans painted to double as romans and tolkien westerners. Love those plumes!