Helm's Deep

 

After their defeat on the fords of Isen the men of Rohan have taken shelter inside Helm's Deep, fortress that is soon besieged by a horde of orcs and uruks equipped with siege ladders and demolition charges

The vast army of Isengard closes upon the walls

Manned by heroes such as Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli

While on the Hornburg Théoden and his nephew Éomer rally the defenders

The uruks lose no time and rush the first charge into the gate

Detonatig it in a fenomenal explosion

That blows them up, together with the gates and not a few defenders

A deadly blow followed by an assault force of uruks led by a captain and a banner

But Théoden and Gimli are at hand to stop them in the gate. killing one uruk after the other

Meanwhile on the deeping wall the siege ladders have come up and men and orcs fight all over the ramparts, with some uruk captains killing their foes and jumping among the defenders

As this merciless battle is fought on the deep on the other side of the fortress an uruk hero has brought down the postren gate and charges into the defenders

And when Théoden falls on turn 6 the defender loses heart and gives up the fight

Falling Helm's deep into the hands of Isengard

Redemptionist deacons

 

With a Necromunda Secundus campaign fast approaching I reinforced my band of crusaders with two new deacons, armed with flamethrowers to cleanse he hive from both heretics and alien abominations.

The fords of Isen

 

Saruman has at last shown his hand and the hordes of uruks march south from Isengard to invade Rohan. On the other side of the Isen Theodred, Théoden's son still guards the ford across the river, but grieve news arrive when a second force of uruks with warg riders in the vanguard is sighted to the north. The men of Rohan must stand firm and guard the pass or the realm will be devastated by fire and sword

The first half of the Isengard army loses no time and launched a full assault on the ford 

While in the plains Théodred marshals his men against the second incoming army

A mix of orcs mounted on wargs and uruks that came into the battlefield eager for blood

Soon the evil creatures pounce on the first rank of defenders

Felling many a rohirrim with their cruel axes and swords

While on the river the uruk chieftain has almost wiped out all defenders

Grimbold and Théodred come to the rescue of the Rohan infantry, pushing back the uruks with a last minute charge and the banner bonus

But the fall of the ford the rohirrim must beat a hasty retreat first to Edoras and then to Helm's Deep

Father versus son

 

Recently  I've started playing Jedi:Survivor, the latest videogame release based in the Star Wars universe, and I decided to bring out my legion stuff for a battle between rebels and imperials set some time after The Empire Strikes Back

In the first turn the imperials advanced in the centre and left flank, concentrating fire on the rebel AT-RT

And blowing it up in the second turn

Vader meanwhile had been advancing steadily behind some ruins, springing an ambush on a rebel squad that was killed to a man

While John Williams music played on the background the rebels launched an offensive push by the right, decimating a squad of stormtroopers

And taking down the scout bikes with Bo-Katan and her mandos

Who fell subsequently to the sith lord's blade

In a desperate attempt to turn the tide of the battle Luke charged his father, both heroes trading blows during the rest of the game

But it was all over for the Rebellion when the imperials came out of cover and wiped out the last pockets of resistance with overwhelming firepower

Standing tall the AT-ST was the imperial MVP of the game, slaughtering rebles left and right thanks to its formidable armament and crew/comms cards

The last rebel standing was Luke, left with one wound remaining on the last turn

The temple of Kara

 

After their last defeat the amazons came back with a vengeance, and took the fight to the hated lizardmen on the ruins of the Temple of Kara

Under heavy rain that made shooting hard priestess Chel and her girls hug cover and move forwards

Locking in place a saurus and a skink with a spell

While on the other side of the pyramid amazons and skinks play cat and mouse unwilling of exposing themselves to a charge by the enemy

At last Chel gives the order and the slithering tribe moves to the attack, three women charging the foe covered by arrows and sunstaff blasts

The priestess taking potshots at any lizard that gets within range of her staff

Meanwhile the enemy warband's leader has climbed the pyramid only to find a swarm of spiders

Having dispatched the lizardmen hiding behind a bush Chel and the girls them move to attack the skinks

Some of the diminutive lizardmen charge, but the amazons prove too tough for them

Having frozen all skinks with her spell the priestess joins the melee to finish them off

Surrounded the small creatures do their best

But the combination of magic blades and female ferocity proves to be their undoing

Behind them the missile girls keep the saurus distracted with arrow volleys

Provoking a final charge

Answered in time by the rest of the warband

One by one the hulking lizardmen are cut down

Killed by the mystical blades of the amazons

And to finish up the game the last lizard is bound up

And sacrificed to the godess on top of the pyramid!