Knighty's WiP - Thorin's Company on Ponies

Dr Grant · **Joined:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:50 pm **Posts:** 1339

I'm afraid I have to withdraw my support for this army as it beat me in a tourney yesterday. I think Knighty took advantage of me, I was too busy looking at all the pretty models to concentrate on the game! :-D

It quite rightly won Best Army too - congrats Knighty!

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

I really like what you did the bases. What a fantastic clean paint job you've given them!

Harfoot · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:23 am

Dr Grant wrote:

I'm afraid I have to withdraw my support for this army as it beat me in a tourney yesterday. I think Knighty took advantage of me, I was too busy looking at all the pretty models to concentrate on the game! :-D

It quite rightly won Best Army too - congrats Knighty!

LOL very funny.

Great painted army i must say

samwise1688 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:56 am **Posts:** 9

love your work the colour combinations used are really unique

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:03 pm

Oh - thanks for the massed forces photos on appropriate terrain.
I suppose an image of it thrashing Dr Grant's forces would just be unsporting

Well done on the minis and well deserved Best Army.

CraigHallums · **Joined:** Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:48 pm **Posts:** 32

Great work Knighty, these are very inspiring. I think you've given me a reason to buy another EfGT box here, after all why wouldn't I want to convert the full company onto ponies?

KnightyKnight · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:33 pm

Thank you very much everyone!

Haha cheers Dr Grant, I think

Righto! Now after three months of blood, sweat, tears and curse words, I can finally show off my completed force!

And something else that I've been working on concurrently that I'm sure everyone will have guessed - the rest of the company on ponies.

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:35 pm

Absolutely fabulous (darling sweetie)

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:40 pm

That really is an excellent force. They look utterly brilliant together.

JamesR · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:45 pm

I have to echo those who've posts before me. Those models look terrific together. You have done a superb job on them

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:05 pm

So the Company is taking ponies in a LEGO Slave-1 to Erebor to deal with that pesky furnace with wings?

Very well done on the conversions and thanks for the fantastic massed forces photos - does an old man good to see well-painted armies ready to bring the pain to the foe (especially goblins).

Gene Parmesan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:11 pm

Great looking army.

garmenhord · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:12 pm

great looking army

Sithious · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:25 pm

If you are done slacking off maybe you could put some work in... Just kidding. This is awesome. I was hoping that GW would not release the company on ponies, since they lose them before any real battles take place, nor on horses as they dismount at Mirkwood. But I am very happy to see converted versions as these are worth effort for one who wants to push his army up a notch. The dwarven army looks fantastic, who would want to march against that? Too cool.

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:27 am

pretty ponies! I'll target them first :twisted:

good job mate, just a shame Throne of Skulls isnt a 1000points as this would stand a massive chance for best army.

the_shovel · **Joined:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:04 pm **Posts:** 25

Nice! where did you get the shields for the grim hammers?
They look really cool!

belgiumfire · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:09 pm

They are of the warriors of Dale set, they are fabulous in every way... I keep loving painting those.

KnightyKnight · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:20 pm

Thank you guys, really glad you like the army, its by far the one I'm most proud of. At some point I'll get round to doing Thror, Thrain and a dozen/two dozen Grimhammers, but for now I think I'll be taking a break from them (apart from the mounted company that is).

Heh, thanks for reminding me Southy...

@Sithious: :lol:

I definitely need to stop lazing about... :rofl:

@the_shovel: As belgiumfire says those are shields taken from the Warriors of Dale. I used them for a number of reasons; they added a bit of diversity and uniqueness, which is what this army is all about. Secondly they have been given to all the dwarves in Thorin's warband, (hopefully) making them stand out as something akin to a Kings/Royalguard (also helps massively on remembering who has the Bodyguard rule in Rescue :-D

). But most importantly I used them as I didn't have enough Erebor shields to go around

Next up: Either Gundabad Goblins, Hobbits of the Shire or a small Lake-town force. Until then I shall leave you with a little game of "Spot the Difference!"

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:24 pm

How did you get so bloody many Hobbits on ponies?!

Looking really great there, Knighty.

KnightyKnight · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:40 pm

Had four to start with, called in some favours, dropped lucky on eBay and signed away the soul of my firstborn to the Lord of Light Lord (I know a few of you will without doubt catch the rather obvious reference there

)

But it just took a lot of luck and a keen determination Hurin. Though I'm still after four more so that I can replenish my stock of the originals and add the Four Travellers back to their rightful state riding at the head of a mob of angry hobbits. It never ends, does it? :roll:

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