Category Archives: Lord of the Rings

Fantasy Flight – Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Spreading War – Siege Engines (#Monstermarch6 ?)

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Fantasy Flight - Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Spreading War - Siege Engines

Today’s post gives us another couple of models from Fantasy Flight’s Journeys in Middle-Earth app-driven board game. Specifically a pair of “Siege Engines” from the Spreading War expansion. Of course, we wargaming geeks call them “Siege Towers”, but the board game calls them “Engines”, so there you have it as far as the title of this post goes… Looking at their size, they appear to be around 10-15mm scale (very roughly) and so they don’t exactly fit in with the 28/32mm nature of most of the rest of the cast of the game, but such abstration is part of the name of being board game models in a lot of cases.

Fantasy Flight - Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Spreading War - Siege Engines

Pretty straightforward in terms of painting. Both were primed in black, and one was drybrushed up in shades of brown while the other had alternating shades of grey and brown. The one was washed in Agrax Earthshade Gloss for a browner tone, while the other was washed in Nuln Oil Gloss for a less rich tone. One got it’s Eye of Sauron markings in red, the other, white. All designed to make the two of them fit in just fine in a side-by side situation while also allowing the two to be distinctive enough to be used in gameplay in a “ok, move the red one” manner.

Fantasy Flight - Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Spreading War - Siege Engines, DAK Infantry, Reaper Miniatures 50153 Berkeley Zombie Survivor

As the Engines have four torches/flaming brands on their upper platform, I felt like they’d look a little odd without some OSL. I’m not the best at this technique, so hopefully they look alright without being too over the top. I’m also not entirely sure if they fit the criteria for Swordmaster’s Monster March Painting Challenge, but this year’s works do include a couple of AT Titans and a unit of Cavalry, so I may as well chuck them into the ring and see what happens!

As usual for my outsized models, Berkeley had to make an appearance for scale purposes, though this time she’s aided by …tiny 15mm infantry of the Afrika Korps?

Fantasy Flight – Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Heroes – Elena and Beravor #Fembruary 2022

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Fantasy Flight - Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Heroes Elena, Elven Bard and Beravor, Dunedain Ranger

Today’s post features a pair of Lord of the Rings models from FFG’s Journeys in Middle-Earth core game. Now, you might be thinking… I’ve never heard of either of those names before, and you’d be right, as both Elena the Elven Bard and Beravor the Dunedain Ranger are FFG creations that did not feature in Tolkien’s writings. There’s an incresing number of these non-canon characters being added to the game via expansions, and while most of them are female, I’d say this is because there’s already a ton of male named characters to add in and include.

Fantasy Flight - Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Heroes Elena, Elven Bard and Beravor, Dunedain Ranger

Since it’s Fembruary, I thought that I’d prioritise getting this pair of Player character models done first, though there’s a ton more of all kinds yet to come. These player models were a nice surprise in comparison to models like the Wargs that I painted recently – nicely details but not over-detailed, cleanly cast, minimal mould lines, good quality PVC – so cleanup and prep was nice and easy. They’re easily on the quality of a lot of metal models I’ve owned and own. They’re not “boutique resin” quality, but yeah – surprisingly good for boardgame PVC.

Fantasy Flight - Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Heroes Elena, Elven Bard

Elena has an interesting pose – looking over her shoulder somewhat behind her. To get the full effect (and to see her face more fully) I decided to show the additional angle.