Maedros' Eastern Army

Now to the Sons of Feanor and their forces. First is Maedros himself (From GW LotR collection)  followed by some of his men. And, yes, I did remove one of his hands...

These figures come from GW Age of Sigmar. Decided to go beyond the LotR box for added diversity

Feanor's second son, Maglor and a selection from his men, also taken from Age of Sigmar...

Celegorm, Feanor's third son, with his men (again, from Age of Sigmar)...

The fourth son, Caranthir and his men (GW LotR line)...

Next, Curufin, the fifth son and his men (GW Galadhrim Warriors)...

Finally, the twins, Amrod and Amras, and their troops (Also from GW LotR)...

Some Elven cavalry (filled in by Elrond and his men from GW LotR)...

Final Elven forces include a small detachment of Green Elves from Ossiriand. Scale creep over the decades is very apparent here, with some old Minifg (25mm) in foreground and a new 28mm from Bones I believe in the background...

Up next, the men of Bor and Ulfang...

Heroes of Doriath

The first photo shows Mablung, one of two Elves from Doriath, who answered the call of Maedros. I believe it is another Bones miniatures

Another Bones minister I think, standing in for the second hero from Doriath, Beleg.

The Armies

Prior to moving on and seeing the Eastern Army lead by Maedros and the Feanor brothers, here is the Western Army, drawn up against the Ered Wethrin (Mountains of Shadow)...

and the Orcish Vanguard beginning their advance (with the entrance to Angband on the left)...

Just a small note, there are over 500 Orc miniatures shown in this army!

Next, the Eastern Army of the Feanor brothers...

Continuing Simarillion

Now to the men allied to King Fingon and the High Elves. From Brethil, came the men of Haleth under Haldir. I took a figure from the Classic LotR line of the 80s.

The following three photos of old Minifigs filling in for the men of Brethil...

This is another figure from the Classic LotR line of the 80s representing Hurin himself, leading the men of Dol-lomin...

Huor, Hurin's brother is next, yet another Classic LotR...

The following four photos are a collection of old Heritage, again from the 80s, these specifically were Riders of Rohan. I liked the idea they were now men of Hurin...

The entrance into Angband with Thangorodrim in the background. The model was constructed out of foam board and a lightweight plaster purchased at Hobby Lobby. The background is a painting downloaded from online. The orcs in the foreground are from Games Workshops' Urak-hai...

The final three photos depict orc captains (with the first being an early Classic LotR Azog)...

Well, that completes the Western Army led by Fingon at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and some examples of the first Orc horde that would tempt the opponents from their hiding places on the slopes of the Ered Wethren (Shadowy Mountains). Next up will be the game recreating this first phase, as the Fingon's Army fights to the very entrance of Angband...

More Silmarillion

As part of the Gondolin forces, arguably the greatest warrior of the age is Glorfindel. The figure is from Games Workshop

Ecthelion, another Elvish hero of Gondolin. Miniature I believe I picked up from Bones.

A Captain of Gondolin, also from Bones.

This and the following two photos, show soldiers form Gondolin, all from GW LotR line.

And the King of Gondolin, Turgon from Bones as well.

A couple of very old Minifig High Elves, filling in for the Elves of Fingon and Hithlum

GW Elves of Lothlorien standing in for more Elves from Hithlum.

Purchased from eBay but not aware from whose line. They represent more of Fingon's Elves form Hithlum.

GW's King's Guard, doing same serving Fingon.

GW's Nomad Prince that I loved for Fingon himself.

Another view of above.

Some more of the Orcish Hordes, these were from the 80s, inspired by Ralph Bakshi's animated film.

More examples as above.

Some of the newer GW Isengard Uruk-hai.

So to finish the latest installment, here is an overall view of Fingon's Western Army, drawn up around the fortress of Etihel Sirion (center). Starting from the right we have Elves from the Falas; then Nargothrond; Elves from Hitlum; men from Brethil under Haldir (not photographed yet); and finally men from Dor-lomin under Hurin and Huor (again not yet photographed).

Stayed tuned more to come