Mountains Full of Mayhem!

The whole family headed out to Colorado for our first week-long family vacation since Cameron was born.  Before we headed out to Rocky Mountain National Park, there was this little matter of a tournament to play.

Long-time Lord of Rings general Keith Hruska and his Colorado gang were hosting an Indy GT, "Mayhem in the Mountains," on September 18-19, 2010.  It was a great chance to catch a few games against some old foes and some new. 

The tournament was a rousing success for my Shadow of Mordor army.  Three major wins, 1 minor win and a draw gave me second overall and Best General.  The rest of this post will be my battle reports of the event.

At Long Last, First Haradrim Are Finished

I started a batch of Haradrim almost two years ago, but got bogged down in figuring out a color scheme that I liked, and so they just sat collecting dust on my paint table.  After SITE, however, I started on them again.  After a cleanup to get rid of the dust, I experimented with a few color options that worked well.  The Haradrim have a lot of detail for plastic models in some areas, not so much in others.  Anyway, I am quite happy with the final product on this first batch of 18. 

I also experimented with a new basing scheme.  I wanted something that would look consistent with a desert culture, but would also mesh well with my existing basing schemes, as I would likely use these with Mordor/Gondor/Rohan figures at some point.  Again, I was very happy with the result.  

The base was a simple small grain sand based with GW's Bestial Brown, highlighted with Bubonic Brown and then Kommando Khaki.  A light addition of Woodland Scenics' Burnt Grass was the final touch.  The outer bases were painted Bestial Brown.