the Grey company

 The Rangers of the Grey Company dressed in dark grey cloaks and wore a silver brooch shaped like a pointed star during the War of the ring. They armed with spears and bows.
Like their distant cousins, the Rangers of Ithilien, the Rangers of the North spoke sindarin in preference to the common tongue. They were led by a Chieftain, whose ancestry could be traced back to Elendil and beyond, to the ancient Kings of Numenor.
During the War of the Ring the Rangers of the North were led by Aragorn, but the northern Dúnedain were a dwindling and widely scattered folk. When Halbarad received a message to gather as many of the Rangers as he could find then lead them south to Aragorn’s aid, only thirty men (the Grey Company) were available at short notice for the journey. The Grey Company met up with Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli at the Fords of Isen in Rohan, and at Pelargir, along with the Dead Men of Dunharrow, they captured the ships of Umbar. The Dead Men then departed and the others continued on to fight in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. There, Halbarad was killed. They also fought with Aragorn at the Battle of Morannon.

Well only 30 showed up for Aragorn, but theres 48 here!! 
just Halbarad to do to complete these guys ;o)

Foot knights of Dol Amroth

a massive war of the ring unit of foot knights of Dol Amroth. in old fashioned white metal non of that new fangled finecast resin here...

Osgiliath veterans

Continuing on with the War of the ring theme, here are a group of 32 veterans. I will have a few historicals to show before the weekend followed by a massive unit of foot knights of Dol Amroth which i'm basing up right now.
Its my birthday on Friday and i'm hoping to treat myself to a new project, if I'm patient I may wait until Salute. But i'm not known for my patience.

Knights of Dol Amroth

The Knights of Dol Amroth or The Swan Knights were a group of soldiers who served Prince Imrahil during the Third Age of Middle Earth. On March 9, 3019, Prince Imrahil led a company of Swan Knights to Minas Tirith to help defend the City. Prince Imrahil led the sortie that rode to the aid of Faramir and the rear-guard who were retreating from Osgiliath when the forces of Sauron overran the Pelennor Fields on March 13. Notable actions of the Knights during this battle included rescuing Faramir from the Southrons, and riding to the aid of the Rohirrim, fighting long and hard until the arrival of Aragorn. 
These are GW plastics, great figures although the detail is lacking depth

Guards of the Fountain Court

Just a few Guards of the Fountain Court, reinforcements for Dave and Sams War of the ring games. My favourite figures to paint in the range so far. Luckily these are metal, not f''#''ng finecast....

Dwarves and lots of 'em!

Heres a few pics of quite a few Dwarves i recently painted posing in my new table!
great figures but i hate this not so new GW finecast resin....

can't see the woods for the trees

The sun is shining so I thought I would take a few shots of the Ents I painted the other week as part of Dave and Sams one for one scale war of the rings collection. Ten Ents in all a great but some what tricky plastic kit to put together.