"Favorite Fantasy Human Army?" Topic

Which fantasy army involving Men is your favorite?

* fantasy Rome
* fantasy Egyptians
* fantasy Medieval Knights
etc.

Rohan !

Absolutely the Rohirrim. In my youthful mind I always equated them to Normans.

The Empire from Warhammer

Rohan, always my favorite. Waiting for my Dragon Rampant rules to arrive just to paint 'em up.

Rohan and The Empire from WHFB. One is fiction, the other a game setting.

Aquilonians

Tékumel?

Barbarian Tribes of Praxis in Runequest

The Rohirrim. However, I have not actually built a Rohan army. I also hate painting horses.

Dogs of War from Warhammer.

Nubians from the book Shadow Hawk

Warhammer Bretonnians -- Knights of the Realm, Squires, Questing Knights, Bowmen, Men at Arms, Champions.

Conan-esque Barbarians. Primarily Copplestone Grenadier/Mirliton/em-4, plus a smattering of others

Sons of Kronos.

The Autarch's army of the Commonwealth, from Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun."

Muster the Rohirrim!

"Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a red nightfall!"

The Rohirrim.

I honestly can think of none that appeal anywhere near as much.

And, yes, I have a (small) Rohirrim army for Warmaster/Bo5A.

All are from Copplestone Casting's excellent 10mm fantasy line.

Doomfarers of Coramonde-Wizard summons a squad and M113 to fight a dragon and rescue a infant from Hell.

I've just finished a Samurai fantasy army for the Kings of War rules my son plays

skippy0001 the Doomfarers and sequel book were my favorite fantasy books next to the LOTR. I always thought of the Rohirrim more like horse mounted Vikings than Normans.

Rohan, followed closely by the armies of Tekumel.

Nekkid Amazons

Forth Eorlingas!

Not the film ones, obviously.

John T

Tekumel thirded.

Amazons!

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Dharijorian, the pirate kings of Melniboné .

Doomfarers of Coramonde-Wizard summons a squad and M113 to fight a dragon and rescue a infant from Hell.

I loved that book and the sequel to it!

I'm a huge fan of Rohan and of Arnor of old. I've pictured Rohan as more of a blend between Viking and Norman. Arnor I picture as more closer to Norman or 1st crusader army. Gondor I've always looked at as Byzantine.

The Legions of Shin-shan. From Glen Cook's Dread Empire series.

Fantasy Viking. Mainly because it's the only fully fleshed out human army I have.

My memory is a bit vague here but there is a rag-tag army of criminals and cast offs guarding a frontier in one of the Shannara stories. I always fancied and cheered for them. Border Legion perhaps? its been a few decades.

Ash's and Duke Henry's forces in Army of Darkness are always a favorite as well.

I have a Romano-British army I use for fantasy humans. Love the late roman helmet and the stylized shields.

Nekkid Amazons
Dothraki hoards
The Black Company

Some I've used and enjoyed:

Bretonians (prior to 8th edition – generally fielded as Henry V in Hell, sometimes Joan of Arc)
Ice and Fire (Starks, Lannisters, Stannis, Dorne, Nightwatch, Ironborn…)
King Arthur (Mallory version)
Gondorians

TomT

Bretonnians. Also Tekumel – have lots of figures sitting unpainted.

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Rohan and Aquilonia.

The Rohirrim! I still picture them looking like they did in the old Bakshi film.

Tsolyanu? Yan Kor? I can't decide! :-)

I think of Tekumel as Aztecs in space. The ones done by Eureka are really, really nice.

Ancient Greek Amazons, a Conan-type barbarian army and ofcourse the Rohirim!
A (Far) Harad Army is also a favorite of me.

Rohirrim as Normans? Horrors! Tolkien detested all things French(except the wine),and especially pretentiousness of Brits who prided themselves on their Norman ancestry--"came over with the Conqueror,don't you know". Hence the Sackville-Bagginses.

They're Anglo-Saxons,as demonstrated by the names and language,some of which is pure Mercian,rather than West Saxon. And their northern "ancestors" are based on Goths--some of the names are Gothic.
Admittedly,the horses throw things off a bit,but as T.A.Shippey points out,there is the odd fact that several Old English words for colors are those used for horse colors.

Speaking of horses--Hamster,if you don't like painting horses,do what I do--cheat! Brown dry brush over black primer. Lighter color? Burnt Sienna over the brown.
Cheap,fast,and nasty.

Never collected a human army for fantasy as such, but some of my historicals have been pressed into service. My 15mm Late Republican Romans even have a 28mm Confused General (like the one on the DBA cover) to act as a God in Hordes of the Things.

Arabia.