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Scenario Report 1 - The Battle of the Last Alliance

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The Battle of the Last Alliance. At last after fevered painting, scenery making, bouts of man flu and general real life shenanigans we were able to set a date and begin our campaign, well the gaming side, the hobby side started some time ago. Forgive the slightly amateurish video, another part of the campaign that will hopefully improve in time.  Just remembering to film the ending would be a good start!

Project log 3 - King of Bling

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It's all been about Dwarfs recently.  They will make an appearance early in the campaign futilely trying to defend against the awoken might of Durin's Bane, Smaug then serving them an eviction notice and then the three linked scenarios representing the Battle of Azanulbizarl.  So they are at the top of the need to be painted list. Ive had an army of Thror tucked away untouched for a few years now, always on the eternal 'to do list'.  I mainly picked them up because one, I loved the sculpts, and two, because they were the cheaper Dwarf army option.  Both those reasons remain valid and they will serve as the main bulk of any Dwarfs we need for the campaign.  I love the other two Dwarf armies, Iron Hills and Kazad-Dum, but both are expensive and in some cases are hard to get hold of. Although the army of Thror lacks a lot of variety compared to the other two armies it received a significant power boost in the new army book.  The main boost...