Monday, February 13, 2017

Riders of the East


My Easterling/Khandish army was definitely a favorite of all my armies, no matter what the system was.  Not only was it very fast and mobile, with Kataphract cavalry and Khandish chariots, but it hit very hard in combat.


After playing Tomb Kings in another system, I was very forlorn over the post it note fragility of each, and complete lack of killing anything besides the blades of grass they were running over.

Once I started playing Lord of the Rings, I eventually realized that cavalry could do some serious harm, especially on the charge, and chariots could do even more!

Even better, a random stiff breeze didn't kill them!!  On the cavalry side, you had to roll to see if you hit the horse or the rider.  That kind of additional survivability made them more than appealing.


Chariots on the charge could work over multiple infantry at once, which is how I had expected many hundreds of pounds of horse, wood and humans moving at high velocity should be able to do.  That kind of speed was also more useful in LOTR, because individual combat was important, but offering potential support to an ongoing infantry fight from a flank was devastating.


6 comments:

  1. Fantastic stuff as always James. Always a pleasure to view your work, though I daren't dream of matching it.

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    1. Many thanks for the kind words! When I think of how many figures I have painted over the years, I realize just how much practice I have had doing this :-)

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  2. Riders look great James! Finding a unit you both love to paint and use, that also has great and fun rules, is one of the happiest moments in gaming!

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    1. Thanks! Having been "Tomb kinged", having chariots that didn't die so incredibly easy was a relief!!

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  3. Awesome looking Rider! Quick question, could you please tell me how you did paint his purple cape? Currently painting my warmahordes army in a purple theme and struggling to highlight the purple, making it look ridiculous

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    1. Many thanks! I believe that I used a purple/blue color, which can be found in reaper and vallejo ranges. A pink was used to make the colors lighter, but I also used a vallejo blue glaze to darken the shadows.

      It's been several years since I painted these guys, so that is about as much as I can recall at the moment... I hope that it is still useful!!

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