Blast From The 10mm Past!

 Hiya buddies,

Just thought I would do a Throwback Thursday on a Wednesday. Im so punkrock! :p

The year was 2014.

Long ago on a blogpost far far away.... the Moria Reclamation Project was in 10mm. And I had forgotten that it was even back then already on a diet of parody and memes, multi-versal IP dimension hopping, over the top dramatic fluff combined with outright silliness. So of course, this blog got to be what it is now.

So yeah, I switched scales to 28mm and deleted the old 10mm posts. I regret that. But some of it still exists on the Specialist Games Forum, a forum which surprisingly still functions today. And before anything happens to it I have dl'ed those pics and some fluff and will post them on this blog... again! Everything returns eventually. Its all a cycle of life. Gaming life. But there are missing things. Like a Mindflayer that I sculpted myself. Like Not-Conan and the Fellowship fighting Orcs and a Dragon. That adventure will have to live on in my imagination now.

Here is the actual forum: https://www.specialist-arms.com/forum/index.php?topic=6878.0

But for safety purposes of this blog, we will duplicate parts of it below...

Look at those tiny dwarfs! And those Total Battles buildings. They were indeed lovely.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,. But I have promises to keep,. And miles to go before I sleep,. And miles to go before I sleep.

 

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My new and humble LOTR-Warmaster blog

Hi there, 
 
  Im Mar, and I just started 10mm with Copplestone, some GW Warmaster, some Pendraken, and just ebayed a BOFA box set (new and still wrapped in plastic!)  So Ive started documenting my "adventures in 10mm".  I am very happy to have found this place, lots for me to read and catch up on.  Im also thankful to have found Copplestone minis whose sculpts drove me to take the plunge back into warmaster.

 

 Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise, Riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day… a red day… ere the sun rises!

Hey there folks. Its me again, Mar, your host, with a great post filled with pics of 10mm goodness!

What have I got today? Copplestone 10mm of course! Some "not" Riders of Rohan and some Rohan style buildings from Total Battle Minis. My Rohirrim force consists of 3 units of cavalry, 2 units of light horse archers, and 1 veteran guard unit. For commanders, I have Theoden, Eomer, Grimbold, and Lady Eowyn. Below are not only the pics of the minis and the buildings, but also a faux battle report between Rohan and an invading army of Orcs across the Fords Of Isen.

 Here is the overview of the mustering

 Lady Eowyn commands some horse archer units

Eomer prepares to defend a village

From left to right, Eomer, Theoden King, Eowyn, and Grimbold

And now, the faux battle report...  an overview from the Rohan commander.  On the left is Eowyn with her light horse archers.  In the center reserve near the town is the King and his royal guard.  In front of him is Eomer with 2 units of cavalry.  And to the right doughty Grimbold holds the flank with cavalry and some light horse

 The Uruks are disordered from the river crossing and are vulnerable to attack

 "Ride to ruin and the world's ending!"  Eomer and his cavalry charge forward taking advantage of the disorganized orc columns.

 Theoden takes a gamble and charges across the river, to strike at the head of the Orc commanders.  Against his orders, Eowyn also charges across the river with orc arrows raining down upon her brave troops.

 Rohirrim! TO THE KING!


Preview of the next post:

Next up on the docket, I will take a break from 10mm Middle-Earth, to build up an army for 10mm Dungeons & Dragons! I hope to someday use AD&D 2e Birthright and mesh it with Warmaster for a D&D style mass combat hybrid.

So whats my first 10mm D&D army, you ask?  You remember my little Mindflayer, dont you?  My Magister Militum order arrived and its got alot of minions for him.  Some Quaggoths - bears with spears, axes and rock-throwing units.  Some Githyanki - dagger wielding light infantry with psionic powers.  And some Bullywugs - frogs with crossbows, and some riding on dinosaurs too!  The Illithids are down to get ill in a major incursion on this very blog.  Stay tuned my friends, until next time!

Respect,
Mar 

Narx'ylix the Mad, scion of the Illithid Empire, surveyed the battlefield before him.  The mindflayer raised his staff and gave it a slow circle to the left.  Instantly, at his command, 2 regiments of Bullywugs began circling the dwarf village on the left flank.  The Bullywugs were Underdark mutations and not the typical coloration of the overworld variety of the frog-peoples. Their sickly blue hides gave an impression of plagued bruises given form and intelligence.  The mindflayer was pleased to have enthralled them, as they made excellent scouts.  He watched them leaping and skittering around towards the dwarf lines.  At once, within range they stopped and began firing volley after volley of crossbow fire into the defended village.  He hoped the dwarves would be lured out, but no, they would not.  The stubborn dwarves stood resolute behind their shield walls.  So be it, thought Narx'ylix, he looked towards his right and gave a signal for an attack on the right flank.  The ground trembled as regiments of Quaggoths rushed forwards.  The bear-like creatures were ferocious to behold when unleashed. With paw, and spear, and rock, they bounded into the dwarf lines… and smashed into them, driving wedges all across the once clean dwarven battle lines.  With the dwarves in disarray, the mindflayer gave a final command.  Forward the Giths!  The progeny of the Illithid empire's breeding program, the Gith was created to be their most dedicated soldier.  Fast, lithe, deadly, and most importantly trained to use psionic powers, Gith regiments marched forward to sweep away and pursue the last of the dwarven defense.  Another victory for the empire, thought Narx'ylix, but more importantly… more dwarves to enslave to his will!
 
  Greetings, dear readers!  Here is the thrall army of the mindflayer Nax'ylix in pictoral form.   Took awhile to paint, since it comprises 3 smaller armies in composition.  Nearly all figures are from Magister Militum.  Oh and a sneak peak of my "Weathertop" hill, with Battle Of 5 Armies plastic ruins atop it.

See full post with more pics:

Thrall factions, from left to right, Bullywug, Gith, Quaggoth

The Bullywugs comprise 5 regiments of crossbows and 2 regiments of dino-riders, under the command of a lizard king.

The Giths comprise 5 regiments under the command of the mindflayer himself.

The Quaggoths comprise 4 regiments of spear bears, and 2 regiments of rock hurlers.

Bullywug cavalry, after filling up at the local watering hole.

"And yet I saw them in a limitless stream – flopping, hopping, croaking, bleating – urging inhumanly through the spectral moonlight in a grotesque, malignant saraband of fantastic nightmare."

 An army of assassins with super fast reflexes and psionic jedi powers?  Yes, please.


And within a day or two, a faux battle report to match the fluff piece at the start of this post.  Wherein you will also see much more of the "Weathertop" hill… so stay tuned!

Yeah, its for my own world/setting Im creating.  But it wont stop them from invading Middle Earth, once in a while.  Historical wargamers have their "Imagi-Nations" version of alternate history. So I dont mind some Imagi-Dimensions style games, where Conan and Gandalf team up to fight D&D style villains.  At some point I also want to make armies for GRR Martins Game Of Thrones.  I would like to campaign a world war between the 7 Kingdoms of Westeros and the allied forces of Middle Earth.  Thats in the far future, I have a long way to go before Im done painting Middle Earth forces.

 

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Ok back to the present day!

My sign off used to be Respect, Mar. I think Cheers is friendlier. And there was a plan in motion to have a war between Westeros and the nations of Middle Earth! And yes even back then, I did love putting up book and movie quotes.

So, for oldtimes sake...

Respect,

Mar