Battle on the Plains of Lisburn Army Lists

Following the success of last week's post for the Wicklow Skirmish the TO of another local tournament has asked if I could do something similar. This event is an 800 point, 15 model minimum, tournament with 3 games over the course of the day. There's also prizes for the best themed and best painted armies available, so hopefully we'll see some well painted and themed lists.

Looking at the overall picture we see that there's definitely a strong leaning towards Good at this event, with 75% of the armies being from the Good side. We also have some very creative themed lists, it's these sort of lists that interest me most. It's interesting to see that despite all the armies being themed there is both an Impossible and a Convenient Alliance represented within the 12 lists.

Onto the lists:

Rob Conroy-Maigheoc

Theme: Shadow in the East

Firstly we actually have my list, a Shadow in the East themed Gondor army. I don't want to get into an army analysis here, I'll leave that for a subsequent post, but here is the list.

Warband 1
Faramir, bow (Leader)
4 Rangers, spear
4 Warriors, spear, shield
1 Warrior, spear, shield, banner
2 Warriors, shield
Warband 2
Cirion
5 Warriors, spear, shield
5 Warriors, shield
Warband 3
Damrod
3 Rangers, spears
Warband 4
Ranger of the North, horse
Warband 5
Capt Dol Amroth, horse, lance
5 Knights of Dol Amroth, horse, lance
4 Men at Arms
Warband 6
Murin and Drar

Micheal Bradford

Theme: Last Alliance

Next we have a Last Alliance army led by the 2 High King's, Elendil and Gil Galad. These 2 are both top class heroes in their own right, so allied together, with the support of the utility support magic of Cirdan and warriors that can match or better most heroes in a fight should make for a very powerful army.

Warband 1
Elendil on horse with shield (Leader)
10  warriors of Numenor with spear and shield
Warband 2
Gil Galad on horse with shield
1 Kings Guard with banner and spear
15 Kings guard (9 with shield, 6 with bow and spear)
Warband 3
Cirdan
2 elf warriors with spear and shield

Jim Latimer
Theme: The Fiefdom of Harondor

The next list is primarily a Fiefdoms list, although fully converted to match a Harondor (or Southern Gondor) theme. The overlapping buffs from the various heroes can make even the regular warriors into fearsome combatants.

N.B. Jim has come up with his own theme including names and model design - he has put a lot of effort into it. These will be clarified to opponents on the day so that it is clear who is who. In brackets in the list is the actual MESBG profile being used and therefore the rules that apply to such models. Any queries, please just ask Michael Bradford.

Warband 1:
El Aurance (aka Prince Imrahil) with armoured horse and lance (Leader)
2 Unicorn Knights (aka Knights of Dol Amroth) with armoured horse and lance
1 Unicorn Knights (aka Knight of Dol Amroth) with armoured horse and lance and banner
6 Men at Arms (aka Men at Arms of Dol Amroth)
Warband 2:
Petros the Portly (aka Forlong the Fat) with horse
4 Axemen of Harmindon (aka Axemen of Lossarnach)
Warband 3:
Fergal Fearnaught (aka Angbor the Fearless)
6 Clansmen of Velsinir (aka Clansmen of Lamedon)
Warband 4:
Oophir the Desert Wolf (aka Duinhir)
1 Harnen River Ranger (aka Blackroot Vale Archers) with war horn
2 Harnen River Rangers (aka Blackroot Vale Archers) with spear
4 Harnen River Rangers (aka Blackroot Vale Archers)
Warband 5:
Priscilla Queen of the Desert (aka Eowyn of Rohan) with armour and shield and camel (aka horse) and throwing spears
3 Camel Riders of Rohan (aka Riders of Rohan) with throwing spears on camels (aka horses)

Stephen Devlin
Theme: Harad

This Harad army takes full advantage of the damage potential of poisoned arrows by fitting in plenty of archers and combining them with the Betrayer to increase the potency of the poisons. Sulandan, a Fell Beast and 12 Raiders provide a fast moving strike force while the elite infantry options stiffen the battle line to deal with anything that comes through the hail of arrow fire.

Warband 1:
Suladan on armoured horse (Leader)
6 Haradrim warrior with bow with poisoned arrows and spear
12 serpent rider
Warband 2:
The Betrayer on fell beast
9 Haradrim warrior with bow with poisoned arrows and spear
3 watcher of Karna with twin blades
3 Abrakhan Merchant Guard
Warband 3:
Haradrim Chieftain with bow with poisoned arrows and horse
6 Haradrim warrior with bow with poisoned arrows and spear
1 Haradrim warrior with war horn
2 watcher of Karna with twin blades
2 Abrakhan Merchant Guard

Patrick McCormick
Theme: Return of the King

Army of the Dead is currently a powerful force combining high defence, Terror and Blades of the Dead with the King able to threaten even the biggest of heroes with a one hit kill. Aragorn provides a top class leader and Legolas brings some shooting to an otherwise purely melee based army.

Warband 1:
Aragorn with cloak (Leader)
6 Warriors with shield
3 Warriors with Spear and shield
Rider of dead
Warband 2:
King of the dead
4 Warriors with shield
3 Warriors with Spear
Rider of Dead
Warband 3:
Herald with shield
3 Warriors with shield
1 warrior no upgrade 

Warband 4:
Legolas with armour and cloak

Mike Wilson
Theme: Thranduil's Halls

The first of 2 Thranduil's Halls armies, this one boasts impressive shooting power from Legolas, Tauriel and 20 Mirkwood Rangers. Thranduil and a warband of Palace Guard, meanwhile, provide a solid combat block to anchor a battle line on.

Warband 1:
Thranduil king of the woodland realm with additional elven blade and heavy armour (Leader)
1 palace guard with banner and spear and shield
6 palace guard with spear
6 palace guard with shield
Warband 2:
Legolas Prince of mirkwood
10 Mirkwood Rangers
Warband 3:
Tauriel with elf bow
10 Mirkwood Rangers

John Foster
Theme: The Power of Isengard

This next army is showing off the power of Isengard led by the white wizard himself, Saruman, who gives the army excellent magic support. The bulk of the troops are formed from the dependable Uruk Hai, with a powerful front line of Berserkers while a large quantity of crossbows provide ranged fire power.

Warband 1:
Saruman (Leader)
10 Uruk Hai berserkers
3 warg riders with throwing spears and shields
1 Uruk Hai with banner
Warband 2:
Lurtz with free shield
7 Uruk Hai with shield
5 Uruk Hai with pikes
Warband 3:
Vrasku
12 Uruk Hai with crossbows

Chris Gill
Theme: Return of the King

The 2nd Return of the King list, this one exchanges a Herald and 2 Riders to include Gimli. This gives another powerful hero and 3 additional Might points at the expense of mobility and bonuses to the King of the Dead.

Warband 1:
Aragon (leader) with free Anduril
5 warriors of the dead with shield
5 warriors of the dead with spear and shield
Warband 2:
King of the Dead
5 warriors of the dead with shield
4 warriors of the dead with spear and shield
1 warrior of the dead with banner and spear and shield
Warband 3:
Legolas with armour
Warband 4:
Gimli

David Chambers
Theme: The Guard of Osgiliath

A Gondorian army after my own heart. Boromir is a great leader able to both do the business in combat and provide buffs to the troops around him while Hurin and the knights of both Minas Tirith and Dol Amroth offer a hard hitting cavalry force to support the infantry.

Warband 1:
Boromir Captain of the White Tower, banner of minas tirith, shield, horse (Leader)
3 Fountain court guard, shield
6 Osgiliath Vets, shield
1 Osgiliath Vet, shield, spear
Warband 2:
Madril
2 Fountain court guard, shield
9 Rangers, spear
Warband 3:
Hurin, horse
4 Knights of Minas Tirith, shield
Warband 4:
Captain of Dol Amroth, armoured horse, lance
5 Knights of Dol Amroth, armoured horse, lance

Gerard Bunting
Theme: Drums in the Deep

One model really stands out in this next list. The Balrog is one of the biggest, baddest monsters in the game and used well there's very little that can stand up to him, especially when backed up by a horde of Goblins.

Warband 1
Balrog (Leader)
14 Moria Goblins(7 Shields, 7 Shield and Spear)
Warband 2
Durburz
14 Moria Goblins(7 Shield, 7 shield and spear)
Bat Swarm
Warband 3
Groblog
11 Moria Goblins (5 Shield, 6 Shield and Spear)
Cave Troll with Hammer

Michael Bunting
Theme: Army of Erigion during the Second age when all the elves had to band together particularly in the battles for the Erin Golyn.

The penultimate list sees a red alliance of elves led by some of the most powerful elven heroes of the age. On the smaller side of all the armies those heroes should make up for the lower numbers and even the warriors are a match for many enemy heroes.

Warband 1:
Elrond Master of Rivendell with Heavy Armour and Horse (Leader)
4 Warriors Shield
2 Warriors Shield and Spear
6 Warriors with spear and bow
Warband 2:
Gil Galad high king of the elves with shield and horse
4 Warriors Shield
6 Kings Guard with Shield and Spear
1 Warriors with spear and Bow
1 Warrior with spear and bow and banner
Warband 3:
Galadriel Lady of Light

Connor Whitla
Theme: Thranduil's Halls

And last, but not least, we have the 2nd Thranduil's Halls army, led by Thranduil on elk. This army differs quite a bit from the 1st due to the inclusion of numerous armoured Mirkwood Elves and Mirkwood Cavalry instead of Palace Guard and extra Rangers.

Warband 1:
Thranduil on Elk with Circlet, Heavy Armour and extra sword (Leader)
4 Mirkwood Cav with shield
3 Mirkwood Elves with Glaive
2 Mirkwood Elves with Bow
2 Mirkwood Elves with shield
Warband 2:
Mirkwood Captain
4 Mirkwood Elves with Glaive
4 Mirkwood Elves with Bow
Warband 3:
Ranger Captain
6 Mirkwood Rangers
Warband 4:
Tauriel with Bow
4 Mirkwood Rangers