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War Machines of Minas Tirith

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Gondor Battlecry Trebuchet

Gondor Battlecry Trebuchet

I’ve finished a pair of War Machines for my growing Gondor army. As fate would have it, right after photographing these guys the other day I won a second one of each on eBay, so I’ll have to do a followup post to this one in a month or three when they’ve been paired. I think two of each should be plenty – both for games of LotR and KoW.

Gondor Avenger Bolt Thrower

Gondor Battlecry Trebuchet, Avenger Bolt Thrower

My very small Gondor artillery battery.

I’m not entirely sure which crewmen go with which artillery piece, except for the guy with more bolts, but it hardly matters anyway. Like a lot of the LotR range, and the Gondor/Minas Tirith stuff specifically, they’re straightforward models that aren’t anything flashy, but look good en masse and on the tabletop.

Warriors of Minas Tirith – Swordsman Units 1 and 2

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Citadel Lord of the Rings Warriors of Minas Tirith - Swordsmen

These guys were painted last year, making up a decent chunk of the models I painted. As I’ve said, I wanted to avoid showing them individually (or at all) until I had more to show.

Now that I’ve shown some of them recently, I figure I may as well start to show them off here on the blog to help motivate myself to get the army finished. I’ve got two units of swordsmen finished so far for Kings of War – one set up as a Regiment, and one as a Horde.

Citadel Lord of the Rings Warriors of Minas Tirith - Swordsmen

Everything I said about painting them previously applied and applies just as much to these guys, as well as the ones I’ve still got to paint.

Citadel Lord of the Rings Warriors of Minas Tirith - Swordsmen

For Horde-sized units, I just double the number of models I use for a regiment.

Citadel Lord of the Rings Warriors of Minas Tirith - Swordsmen

In this case 12->20 becomes 24->40. I think it still works, especially on the tabletop.