The Shadow Draws in the East

With the Necronomicon event not being held this year, the Sponsors hosted a LOTR only event called Shadow in the East.  The event was held at a Disney World golf club, and the event was run absolutely first-rate, with the board layouts very impressive.  So why didn't I have a good time?

I finished with a major win, a minor win, and three frustrating draws, in each of which a deserved victory was just beyond my grasp, due to nothing other than crappy dice for me or insane dice for my opponents (or both).  I have never played this well in a tournament with nothing to show for it.  Oh well I guess that's not exactly true, as I was awarded Second General, but my finish (6th out of 26) was not what I needed to qualify for the GW event next summer.  Painting score was a part of it - the judging here seemed idiosyncratic compared to other events I've been in.  But none of that would have mattered if my stupid Shadow Lord had passed a single fate roll in either of the last two games. 

My battle reports will be posted eventually.

Back to Painting!

It's actually been a while since I did a lot of painting.  I've spent most of the last couple years playing with armies that I had painted previously for tournaments or general gaming.  But I realized it's high time I got busy again with this massive backlog. 

The first order of business is to paint the additional figures I needed for my Shadow in the East Mordor army.  To add the new figures, I needed to knock out a Black Guard Captain, 8 Black Guard, 8 Morannon Orcs with shield, and a fellbeast.