Eriador Faction (updated profiles)

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:21 am

If I were going to have a dream Eriador Faction it would be somewhere along these lines. It would include the already existing GW units of: Warriors of Arnor, Dunedain, Rangers of the North, Rangers of Arnor, Grey Comppany, Hobbit archers, militia, shirrifs, Numenorian Warriors and Warcry Trebuchet.

The rest I would get from perry miniatures assuming they're the same scale

Breeland Militia: F2/- S3 D4 A 1 W1 C2 Pts 5
Wargear: Hand weapon, spear, shield. May purchase light armour.
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1778
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1472

Merchant Militia: F2/- S3 D4 A1 W1 C2 Pts 5
Wargear: Spears, light armour, hand weapon
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1456

Woodsmen: F3/- S3 D5 A1 W1 C3 Pts 7
Wargear: Two handed axe, hand weapon, shield, light armour.
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1783

Archer Militia: F2/5+ S3 D4 A1 W1 C2 Pts 5
Wargear: Bow, hand weapon, light armour
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1454
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=2622

Huntsmen: F3/4+ S3 D3 A1 W1 C3 Pts 6
Wargear: Longbow, hand weapon
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1789

Bandits: Ruffians profile
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1784
or Lotr Ruffians model

Greenway Sentries: F3/- S3 D4 A1 W1 C3 Pts 5
Wargear: Light armour, hand weapon. May purchase a spear, shield, crossbow, lance, horse.
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1776
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1781
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1761

Merchant Cavalry: F2/- S3 D5 A1 W1 C2 Pts 11
Wargear: Mounted on horse, equipped with sword, light armour, shield. May purchase a lance.
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1795

Dunedain Cavalry: Ranger of the North profile
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1481

Knights of Anuminas: F4/- S3 D5 A1 W1 C4 Pts 9
Wargear:Armed with 2-handed halberds, hand weapon, heavy armour. May purchase a shield, armoured horse, lance.
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1455
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product ... ts_id=1463

Eriador is a most rather timid faction in which the people aren't used to constant warfare. It is not a nation but a region with a collection of city states that must stand together when under attack.

whafrog · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:22 am

Very nice minis, and I agree they would fit the region. Except for the Breeland militia...they look a bit fancy for militia, and especially for Bree.

Sir Richard · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:23 am

I agree with whafrog. The breeland militia's shields, however, are the only point in which they are fancy. Therefore, if you could get them all with only one of the shields(I was thinking the "metz" on the very left) then it would be perfect.

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:22 pm

I agree that the only problem I have with them are their shields. They also have these guys: unarmoured spearmen, but even though the shields are great they look too puny.

Perhaps it can be a choice, the above is basic and you can have light armour added for 1 point each.

Chris · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:45 pm

Maybe if you repaint them, they can look good! you can even change them with green stuff

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:32 pm

Updated the profiles, seems fair?

whafrog · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:42 pm

Sacrilege83 wrote:

I agree that the only problem I have with them are their shields. They also have these guys: unarmoured spearmen, but even though the shields are great they look too puny.

Those guys look great! I think it's suitable they're unarmoured, but have the upgrade option. Militia were what they could round up from the citizenry...grab a pitchfork and put a chamberpot on your head (preferably a clean one) and head for the walls...

Highlordell · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:07 pm

Looks like someones been playing the Lord of the Rings expansion for Medieval Total War 2.

I like the profiles, I would increase the points of the Greenway Sentries, and decrease the points cost of the Merchant cavalry and the Knight of Anuminas.

Hope that helps.

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:37 pm

Seriously thinking of starting up this project now except one problem. The Perry Miniatures are 28mm scale. Isnt' Lotr 25mm and Warhammer is 28mm?

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:46 pm

Metal and finecast LotR minis are at 28mm whereas plastics are at 25mm. So Perry minis should fit in fine?

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:28 pm

Looking good.....One thing though, you can't use a 2-handed weapon and a shield at the same time. Your woodsmen have both, and the Knights of Anuminas could also have both.

Maybe for the woodsmen have a special rule that they have the shield on their backs, (as seen on the figures) and thus they get the +1 defence, but they can't shield?

And if the cav. get a shield they have to drop their 2-handed halberds?

*edit Huntsmen also seem a point too cheap for me, as compared to the bow militia. The huntsmen get +1 fight, shoot, and courage, as well as a better bow. Their only downside is -1 defence. (And for archers the +1 shoot and better bow is huge, whereas the defence, fight, and courage are negligable.) Imho. :wink:

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:27 am

Thanks Gothmog for the reassurance.

I'll take a second look at these profiles once I fully commit to this project. When I made the profiles I was comparing them to existing ones in the One Rulebook. But more criticism is always welcomed.

As far as price goes for the miniatures it cost 8 GBP/12.64 CAD + whatever else sort of fees and taxes for 3 metal cavalry, and 6.50 GBP/10.27 CAD + for 6 metal on foot miniatures. Great prices.

So this will be next on my hobby budgeting plans followed by Spartan Hoplites to represent "300".

*edit: Aargh, some of the links are broken, now I have to find the right models again, bah. And yeah I have to fix the problem of having two-handed weapons being included in the base pricing of some of the profiles.

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