Ride for Ruin, Eorlings!

Last weekend, I participated in a Lord of The Rings Tournament, in Rueil-Malmaison (a city nearby).

I thought about going with my Harad army, which won the last Tournament, but the organizers gave a very good incentive to use exotics armies.

It’s been a long time since I painted my Rohan riders, and I never used them, so that’s my chance. I assembled an Eorl’s riders with only cavalry miniatures (a total of 27 for a 600 points army).

Here goes the list:

- Eorl the Yong (as my general);

- King of men (all options of a captain of Rohan, plus a horse and the Rohan Royal Banner, normaly used by Gamling);

- King of men (all options of a captain of Rohan, in a horse);

- 3 Sons of Eorl;

- 5 Royal Guards (javelin and horse);

- 16 Rohan riders (javelin and horse, and one with a horn).

I got some discounts (the horses were at half price, and the royal banner cost only 25 points), about 120 points.

I have fun playing with that army (the bugged eyes of the enemy when I align all the 27 horses in a line in the table), but they are very fragile, and the heros aren’t very powerful.

I tied the first three games, and lost the last one (against the Fellowship of the Ring + Treebeard), and so I finish in 9^th (of 16).

However, I won ‘The most beautiful army’, and that give me a great consolation.

Here it goes some photos. I’ll try to take better ones this weekend (if I have the time).