Thanks all. Nice to hear the word "smoothness". That's exactly what I'm trying for, although with varying levels of success at times. The Sons of Eorl are NOT going smoothly- I use a lot of water when I paint, and the washes really show off the imperfections in the finish of my greenstuffing. Ick!
But they are getting painted at least. That's the main thing.
Roggnar: A few people have asked the same, and general info about the conversions. Here's what I wrote in the painting contest thread:
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I started with regular Riders of Rohan, and removed everything above the belt. I cut out little bits of paper to the size I wanted for the chain mail skirts on the horses and men, and then used them as a template to cut out the right size piece of greenstuff. I let the greenstuff semi-cure before i work it, and then use the end of a dental tool for the chain mail pattern. Then I used a colour shaper to define the borders.
Always with greenstuff I roll it out, using two thick pieces of card to roll against, so I get an even thickness, and use oil on my rolling surface and on the paintbrush I use as a makeshift rolling pin  .
Above the waist they are Wargames Factory's Viking Huscarls, and i used a similar technique for measuring out the size of cloak I wanted. I'm not very good with greenstuff, so I tried to lay it out with the folds i wanted rather than trying to work them in afterwards- that always results in my stretching it out of shape too much. Afterwards I did add a few "high" points and folds in the cloth applying small greenstuff "sausages" and working in the edges to the main cloak. This was all after the main cloak had fully cured though.
I used Pro-create (gray) for the fur on one of the SoE's cloaks, as it's less elastic than greenstuff, and not quite as sticky. For me it's easier to sculpt a fur pattern on it. I kind of wish I'd used it for the cloaks and horse barding as well actually, but I've got a mass of greenstuff to get rid of!""
I don't have huge greenstuff experience. When I've sculpted in the past I've used Fimo, and find it to be much much better to work with, but of course you can't use it for conversions, as it is a bake cure product. It's also not sticky, which is awesome for sculpting, useless for converting.
But soldiering on with the greenstuff, I'm in awe of people who get great results with it. But conversions are fun, and we all know what practice makes!
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Well done my friend and keep up the good work and may our Éored's meet one day!