Skirmish in Bangor - Army Lists

 

Once again the IHL will go to battle this weekend with a one day 500 point event on Sunday.

As has been the case in the last few events, the balance of Good vs Evil is fairly even, this time slightly favoring Good. And the majority of lists favored pure armies, with only one containing an allied contingent.

Patrick McCormick
Pure Rivendell

Elrond with Heavy Armour and Horse
11x Rivendell Knights with Shield
1x Rivendell Knight
1x Rivendell Knight with Shield and Banner

Up first is a Rivendell Knight list that provides a huge amount of mobility, hitting power and archery for such a low model count army.

Michael Bradford
Minas Tirith and White Council

Warband 1:
(Leader) Elessar Mounted
11 x Guard of the Fountain Court with Shield
1 Ranger with Spear

Warband 2:
Galadriel LoL

Next we have a Minas Tirith army with the dual heavy hitters of Elessar and Lady of Light. These are supported by a D7 wall of Fountain Court Guards who will be difficult to break through.

Peter McFetridge
Army of Thror

Warband 1
Thror
14 Guardians of the King
3 Warriors of Erebor with spear and shield

Warband 2
Captain with shield
3 Warriors of Erebor with shield
9 Warriors of Erebor with spear and shield

This Army of Thror list is led by the King Under the Mountain himself who brings a host of buffs to the rest of the army. Not least amongst them is the ability to upgrade the Grimhammers to Guardians of the King and really up to hitting power of the list.

Simon Hamilton
Riders of Theoden

Warband 1
Theoden King, heavy armour, armoured horse, shield
6 riders of rohan
4 royal guard, horses 1 banner

Warband 2
Eomer, armoured horse shield throwing spears
7 riders of rohan.

Riders of Theoden proved to be a very popular choice in the IHL pre-covid, reaching the podium numerous times and winning several events. However, this will be the first time in the 2021 season that they have been used, so we'll see if they live up to past achievements.

Kevin Rothwell
Angmar

Warband 1
Witch-King (3/20/3) with Crown & Fell Beast
6x Angmar Orcs with Shield
6x Angmar Orcs with Spear
4x Angmar Orcs with Two-handed weapons
2x Wild Wargs

Warband 2
Barrow-wight
2x Angmar Orcs with Shield
2x Angmar Orcs with Spear
2x Angmar Orcs with Two-handed weapons

Warband 3
Barrow-wight
1x Angmar Orc (No Upgrade)
1x Angmar Orc with Shield
2x Angmar Orcs with Spear
1x Angmar Orc with Two-handed weapon

Next is an Angmar army with a fully statted Witch King on Fell Beast leading. Backed up by the magic of 2 Barrow Wights and a host of Orcs he should be a very effective leader.

Martin Metcalfe
Dol Guldur.

Warband 1
Witch King.(general)

Warband 2
Slayer of Men.

Warband 3
Slayer of Men.

Warband 4
The Forsaken,
2 Fell Wargs.

Warband 5
Castellan with Morgul blade.

Warband 6
Castellan with Morgul blade.

Warband 7
Castellan with Morgul blade.

Warband 8
Castellan with Morgul blade.

The penultimate list is a low model count Dol Guldur list with 4 of the Nazgul making it difficult to break the army and 4 Castellans with Morgul Blades that will worry many heroes.

Matt Hamill Bye buster list
Ringwraiths of Tesco

Warband 1
Tesco finest Ringwraith (general)
2M 14W 2F
5 Black Guard
5 Black numenoreans

Warband 2
Tesco Ringwraith
1M 10W 1F
5 moranon orcs with shields
5 moranon orcs shield and spears

Warband 3
Everyday Tesco ringwraith
0M 7W 0F
5 mordor orcs shields
5 mordor orcs spears

And finally, the bye buster list features 3 generic Ring wraiths all at varying power levels. The magic potential will be fairly good, although the lack of a big hitter may cause issues

So there's the lists, good luck to everyone participating.