1980s Citadel Lord of the Rings: Deadmen of Dunharrow ME72.

 As a part of  my continuing 1980s Citadel Lord of the Rings project (again, I'll have to do a proper update on this later!) I have painted some of the Citadel ME72 Deadmen of Dunharrow. A per the Ringwraiths and Ents of previous blog updates, these are based for the Midgard Ruleset. 

Now I have cheated a little bit. I have always envisioned the Deadmen of Dunharrow as a wave of spectral warriors seeking to atone of their oath breaking, rather than a set piece, conventional army. With that in mind I wanted to have the whole army as a fast moving cavalry one. This meant that I wouldn't be able to use any infantry miniatures. However, when I looked at much of the old (pre Peter Jackson films) artwork, they often had the cavalry and infantry intermingled together as a spectral horde. 

All of this gave me the idea using a mix of infantry and cavalry on the same base. It meant that I could use both infantry and cavalry miniatures, and have that horde look. Being undead and also focused on close combat only, the Heavy Riders (Knights) with Aura of Dread, Drilled, Relentless, and Spears as Tribute, to give them that all of the terrifying advantages that I think they require. It does makes them points expensive though. 

In addition I added a contemporaneous 1980's Citadel C21 Undead Cavalry miniature to represent the King of the Dead. Citadel didn't make a King of the Dead miniature, so I chose one I have had since the 1980s to serve the purpose.

Painting was easy. White undercoat, a wash of Citadel Nighthaunt Gloom, white dry-brush when that had dried, and then basing. The whole lot took less than two hours (probably close to just an hour) to paint and base, excluding drying time of course. 

The army is only half done. I require enough miniatures to build another four bases. That will be a slow burn background collecting of occasional miniatures here and there (and maybe a sudden allocation of money to finish the job!). They were really fun to paint, mainly as they were quick and look effective. I really wanted to capture that juxtaposition between the dead spectral nature of the Deadmen, and the verdant and alive nature to the bases. 

Enjoy :) 

The Deadmen of Dunharrow. 

The King of the Dead.
(Citadel C21 Undead Cavalry 'Witch Lord' miniature).  

A mix of the ME72 Cavalry miniature, and the alternative style ME72 infantry. 

The same as above, but including one of the original ME72 infantry. 

As above. 

The same format as the first photograph. 

The Dead march!

I had a little play around with lighting, and so photographed them as if at dusk...

...and then as if at night. 

The next update might be on some of the large amounts of basing which I have done, or something else.