Last week I had the chance to play Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle for the first time in... well many years. When you have to stop and do calculations, it's been a long time. I really enjoyed that game, and still think it's GW's best 28mm wargame. Plus I'm a Tolkien junky, so its hard to go wrong.
Digging out my dwarf rangers I decided they needed a captain and a banner to be a viable little theme force.
A lot of the Lord of the Rings plastics are of questionable quality, but in general I like the rangers, a good deal more than the plastic dwarf warriors, and I always liked the idea of a dwarf patrol.
First up, a Captain. Just adding a shield should suffice, since it'd good gear for a Captain and none of the rangers have shields, so he'd stand out as unique just from that.
Digging out my dwarf rangers I decided they needed a captain and a banner to be a viable little theme force.
A lot of the Lord of the Rings plastics are of questionable quality, but in general I like the rangers, a good deal more than the plastic dwarf warriors, and I always liked the idea of a dwarf patrol.
First up, a Captain. Just adding a shield should suffice, since it'd good gear for a Captain and none of the rangers have shields, so he'd stand out as unique just from that.
I used a shield from a Chaos Marauder, trimming and rounding the spike to make it look more like a Saxon or Viking shield. The fact that it has torn leather makes him look even more 'rangery' and like he's been in some recent scraps in the wilds.
The banner would be more challenging. First, I didn't like the idea of an actual banner. This isn't a warhost, it's a patrolling force, to scout ahead or defend the borders. They aren't likely to be waving a flag around.
So a hunting horn would serve the same purpose and seem much more appropriate I think.
1. Take one of the rangers with 2 axes and saw his left arm off.
2. Trim the axe handle down and smooth it to be the horn mouthpiece
3. Cut the axe head off and cut the axe handle down to a bit smaller than you want the horn length to be, before it starts to curve up.
4. Cut the arm at the elbow at a 45 degree angle.
5. Drill into the body and sink a paperclip into it to be the basis of the upper arm.
6. Glue the arm to the paper clip and horn to the mouth
7. Use Green Stuff to sculpt a simple horn
8. Use Green Stuff to sculpt the upper arm: it's very easy.
Still to do: smooth the horn and widen the hole and paint them up!
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