Retreat

 The subject of this post is a follow on to the Battle of Tressle, fought earlier this year. 

Sir Philip (mounted) at the Battle of Tressle

At Tressle, Sir Philip of Whare had been defeated by an Army of Chaos, led by the sinister Moonlit Knight. Retreating, with the Chaos Army at his heals, Sir Philip and the survivors of Tressle were met by some knights of the Order of St. Bernard. Having entered the waste know as Lessys Moor, the battered Army turned and prepared a desperate stand. 

The Battle of Lessys Moor (also known as The Two Tors)

Army of Law

Army of Chaos

Sir Philip's Army occupies the two Tors (hills) as Chaos approach

Cavalry clash

Sir Philip's force is put under pressure by the ferocious enemy

A lull in the fighting before Chaos rush in once again

Sir Philip is driven from the Right hand hill by the onslaught

Chaos has captured one hill and threaten to take the narrow defile 
 

With both sides exhausted, Sir Philip and a handful of warriors escape

The forces of Chaos have won another battle and appear to have the upper hand. Will help arrive from another quarter, or will the Northlands be left to burn? 

Orctoberfest

 It's Orctoberfest in November! Late as usual, I intended to post some Orcs during Orctober, as many Fantasy Bloggers do, but better late etc.

So here's the start to my collection of 10mm figures from Mark Copplestone (click here).

The Witch King of Angmar arrives on a Pale Horse

I've always been interested in the Northern bit of Christopher Tolkien's Map of Middle Earth which alludes to the deep history of his Father's creation.

CT's map (see here)

Wargaming the war between Angmar and Arnor seems like a nice little project for the Winter!

Skulls are a popular motif this Orctober

Realty

 A quick post to share a couple of recent purchases from Warbases. (Just to clarify, I don't work for them, I'm just a satisfied customer!). I have bought bases from them for quite a few years now, and last visit I thought I'd try some of their other items.

On seeing them, I took an immediate fancy to the MDF 10mm size buildings. These come in kit form as illustrated in the following picture. I purchased a couple of the smaller ones to try as I'm not gifted when it comes to model making. 

The main parts are laser cut MDF; the "half-timbering" is laser cut card, and the roof is also a piece of scored card. How simply, and neatly, the parts fit together is demonstrated by the fact that I made (including painting) one of them this morning.

The house by the lake (with 10mm Norman)

This is the "Cavendish Cottage" with Stone Foundation option. I simply painted the walls off white and coloured the half-timbering with a trusty Sharpie (other fibre tipped pens are available). The roof is a bit plain so I think I'm going to tile it.

The Lake in the above picture was also from Warbases (see here). The set of MDF Ponds or Lakes, depending on the size of your figures, is illustrated below.

As they arrive (scale in cm)

Ready for play (scale in inches)

Every time I look at the Warbases site they seem to have added new bits and pieces that I probably "must" have, so there may be similar posts in the future!