Like
everyone else in this country I'm rather cut off from social contact
for the moment. I'm not full-on self-isolating (yet!) because of
where I work but its not like I'm going out of an evening any time
soon.
My
housemate and I decided we needed a project to throw ourselves into
in the meantime and so we've decided to get into the Middle-Earth
Strategy Battle Game. He's bought the rulebooks and the Battle of
Pelennor Fields box set and I dug up some old Haradrim models I
bought once upon a time when they were new.
At
the moment I have absolutely no idea how this system works, my
housemate is still working his way through the rules and I'll have a
look once he's finished. All I know is that I have six cavalry and
twenty four infantry that need painting.
Why
the Haradrim? Because I love their colours. A lot of the LoTR armies
are either very plain silver armour or a very plain selection of
earth tones but the Haradrim have a gorgeous palate of deep reds,
purples and blues with gold armour to work with. I also want to try
out some ways of doing non-Caucasian skintones. Hopefully my first
fumbling attempts at this won't come out too stereotypical.
At
the moment I have a box of infantry and a box of cavalry, which I'm
told is a not-inconsiderable force in its own right. I actually like
that. I mean, I love collecting a massive and varied army in
Warhammer and 40k but for a new system I'd prefer to start small.
Pictures
once I complete some test models.
