| Arkansan | 04 Nov 2016 10:31 p.m. PST |
I was eyeballing my old copy of Rally Round the King and thought it would be cool to do some middle earth wargaming. For economic and practical reasons 1/72 is my preferred scale. Now I think Gondorian and Rohirrim armies are quite doable in this scale. I was leaning with Byzantine types for Gondor and Slavic types for Rohan. I've seen other suggest HaT Sea Peoples for orcs? Any other ideas on the more fantastic races? Also does anyone know if there are middle earth army lists floating about for RRtK or am I on my own there? |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 04 Nov 2016 10:51 p.m. PST |
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 Herkybird  | 05 Nov 2016 2:41 a.m. PST |
JRR Tolkein, in one of his letters, said the Rohirrim were based on the Normans in the Bayeux Tapestry
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| 45thdiv | 05 Nov 2016 3:50 a.m. PST |
My friend John does a lot of LOTR in 1/72 plastics. I think he used some of the robinhood sets for the rangers. Hopefully he will come and post here to let you know what he has used for the various troops. |
| Dave Jackson | 05 Nov 2016 7:57 a.m. PST |
Was going to suggest Paul's blog. He just updated with Elves and Numenoreans |
| Highland Samurai 1987 | 05 Nov 2016 2:18 p.m. PST |
Alliance and Caesar make numerous sets of Orcs, goblins, dwarves, elves, trolls, and other creatures so it's very easily doable in 1/72 at this point. |
| Arkansan | 05 Nov 2016 3:26 p.m. PST |
A bit of looking around reveals that there is plenty of options in 1/72. My issue now is coming up with the army lists for Rally Round the King. I was thinking of modeling the Rohirrim off of Norman armies. For Gondor I'm not really sure, perhaps feudal English? At first I thought of tribal Germanics for the armies of Mordor but a bit of research revealed that they are actually fairly well organized so I'm not sure there either. |
 20thmaine | 05 Nov 2016 4:41 p.m. PST |
I liked Airfix Romans painted up as Orcs. |
 Whirlwind | 06 Nov 2016 5:20 a.m. PST |
What will you use for hobbits? |
| 20thmaine | 06 Nov 2016 5:54 a.m. PST |
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| Arkansan | 06 Nov 2016 11:40 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have an opinion on how well DBM plays solo? I've found extensive resources for doing Middle Earth with that ruleset. |
| A Geek Named Carl | 07 Nov 2016 4:09 p.m. PST |
I'm assuming from your user name you are from Arkansas. If so are you still in Arkansas? I'm in Arkansas and I'm also gaming in 1/72. |
| Arkansan | 07 Nov 2016 6:07 p.m. PST |
Yep still in Arkansas. Shoot me a PM, maybe we are relatively near to each other. |
| A Geek Named Carl | 07 Nov 2016 6:13 p.m. PST |
Unfortunately I am not currently a supporting member. But feel free to email me at tolmero at Gmail dot com |
| Arkansan | 07 Nov 2016 8:41 p.m. PST |
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finishes basing up his barbarian reinforcements.
