Catherine's 'Hordes of the Things' Armies

Noldor (High Elf)

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TypeTroopsCost
1Hero General @ 4APElven Champion4
1Knight @ 2APElven Knights2
3Riders @ 2APElven Horse6
2Spears @ 2APElven Spear4
2Shooters @ 2APElven Bow4
1Spear @ 2APEdain2
1Flyer @ 2APEagle Ally2
Stronghold: Fortress Gateway

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An elven army based loosely on the Noldor in JRR Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion'. Edain are allied men. The aim was to create an army with a 'combined arms' approach.

Virtually all of the figures in this army are from Irregular Miniatures. The Champion is the Elf Swordsman, accompanied by a Standard Bearer. The Knights and Horse are the Elf Cavalry; the Knight element has three figures on the element, the Horse only two. The Elven Spears are the Elf with Spear (four to an element) and the Archers, the Elf with Bow (three to an element). The Edain are four assorted spear armed figures from the Viking and Saxon range. The Eagle is a Wood Elf Warhawk from Games Workshop, without the rider, of course, as he would be too big. The Stronghold is a castle, given away by Disney with the video release of 'Sleeping Beauty', painted and mounted on a scenic base.

Entish

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TypeTroopsCost
1Behemoth General @ 4APWise Old Ent4
2Behemoth @ 4APOld Ents8
4Warband @ 2APHuorns8
2Lurkers @ 1APWoodmen2
1Beast @ 2APBeorning2
Stronghold: A Grove of Trees

Notes

Another army based on Tolkien. Ideally the whole army really ought to have been Behemoths, but this would be illegal under the rules. Huorns are animated trees herded by the Ents. Since they could not be behemoths, Warband seemed the best classification. Beornings were man/bear shape shifters. The woodmen were designed to represent the Woses; these were not allied to the Ents in the books but one feels that they could have been.

The Beorning is a polar bear Christmas cake decoration, painted to look like a brown bear. All other figures came from Irregular Miniatures. the Ents are ... Ents, from the 15mm range, one to a base. The Huorns are Ents from the 6mm range - they are about 25mm tall so are still quite impressive. They are based two to an element. The woodmen are Mohican Indians from the American War of Independence range. They are armed with bows, clubs and tomahawks and are based two to an element. The stronghold was scratchbuilt from twigs, green-dyed sponge and garden stones.

Cyber Samurai

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TypeTroopsCost
1Hero General @ 4APCyber Daimyo4
3Blades @ 2APCyber Samurai with Energy Swords6
3Knights @ 2APCyber Samurai on Robot Horses6
2Shooters @ 2APCyber Samurai with Guns4
2Lurkers @ 1APAndroid Ninja2
1Behemoth @ 4APBig Robots4
2Beasts @ 2APAshigaru Robots4
Stronghold: Metallic Samuari Castle

This army makes use of the lovely Cyber Samurai made by Kremlin Miniatures. Most of the figures or from this range, apart from the Ashigaru Robots which are from Peter Pig's sci-fi range. The army is more than 24Ap in order to allow plenty of choice.

Sing A Song Of Sixpence

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TypeTroopsCost
1Knight General @ 2APKing, In Counting House2
1Knight @ 2APQueen, In Parlour2
1Knights @ 2APMaid, In Garden2
8Blades @ 2APFour And Twenty Blackbirds16
1Flyer @ 2APLittle Jenny Wren2
Stronghold: A Pie

This army was produced for the 'Kings and Queens' themed HOTTBAP 2006. The connection is obvious.

Although nominally a 15mm army, the King, Queen and Maid were 25mm figures from Steve Barber's Medieval Tournament range. Their classification as knights was purely arbitrary. The King and Queen are seated on thrones, with small scratch-built side-tables on which are, respectively, some money (made from the 'holes' from a paper-tape writer) and some bread and honey (scratchbuilt from milliput and a bead). The maid has a washing line (fuse wire) with some tissue-paper clothes on it. The Blackbirds are bird-headed men from Chariot Miniatures, classed as blades because they are armoured, armed with sword and shield and in a single regular pose. Little jenny Wren is not so little, and is a repainted plastic figure from a Cadbury's Yowie. The stronghold was a miniature pork pie on a small plate, and did not survive the tournament.

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