Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Siege of Helm's Deep

Recently we got a re-relase of the two towers movie and so I decided to replay the iconic final assault in Helm's Deep
The massed ranks of uruks and orcs assault the ramparts with their siege ladders


In the raised causeway the uruks have placed a blasting charge in front of the gate, but it's explosion isn't enough to blow open the doors
Next to it a mix of uruks and orcs attack the postern gate



Fierce fighting in the deeping wall between orcs, uruks and the men of Rohan led by Legolas
While on the Hornburg the second blasting charge has opened the way into the fortress
Gimli and Aragorn hold the attackers coming from the postern while Théoden and Éomer defend the other side
The stubborn dwarf however is the forst of the good heroes to fall
Followed by a Théoden injuried from the first explosion
As we run put of time we look at the objectives and the game ends in a tie with two for each sied!

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Achillus dreadnought

 

Coming hot on the heels of the Caladius I've done an achillus dreadnought, one of the ancient warmachines of the Legio Custodes in which one of the fallen guards of the emperor fights on beyond death, wielding an upscaled version of their iconic guardian spear



Custodians get their names from history and religion, so which better for a dreadnought than Lazarus, the leprous man resurrected by Christ?
I converted a dead world eater from goliath and chaos bits for the base