In addition, UK White Dwarf 313 has a scenario, "The Wrath of Isengard," that pits the contents of the Valiant Rohirrim against the Evil of Isengard in an awesome battle for the fate of a village of the Westfold.

Riders of Rohan crash into a horde of Warg Riders on the Westfold.

We've covered how to paint your basic Warg Riders in the past. Rather than cover that again, Ty Finocchiaro has converted a few models from the new boxed set and painted them up to show their versatility. You can see what he concocted, below.

Ty Finocchiaro

Ty Finocchiaro: Since I needed all my Warg Riders to be actually armed with throwing spears, hand weapons, and shields, I had a bit of conversion work to do. The first model I wanted to get out of the way was the banner bearer. I started by carefully chopping off an armoured Orc head from the Mordor Orc plastic sprue. Next, I drilled out and shaped a spot for the head to sit on a Warg Rider body. I glued this in place and used putty to fill in any gaps as well as sculpt some hair.

Models converted by Ty Finocchiaro. Click any model above or below for a larger image.

For the banner itself, I first drilled a hole into a quiver from the plastic Warg Rider sprue to act as a back banner slot. Next, I measured and bent a length of steel rod to shape. To this frame I glued a rectangle of thin plasticard with superglue. Then, I very carefully heated the plasticard with a hair dryer until it was malleable to add some ripples to suggest a piece of cloth. Once this cooled down, I sculpted some cloth supports along the banner pole and glued the whole assembly in place.

The other model I wanted to complete early on was a one that could pass for an Orc Captain. I envisioned a savage creature holding aloft a bloody trophy in the lead of this particular band of Orcs. So, I went and joyfully loped off a head from the Riders of Rohan plastics. I pinned this bit to the raised arm and sculpted tattered locks of hair around the fist of the Orc. To further distinguish the Orc Captain, I cut off his head (lots of that goin' on) and affixed the creepy bird-like helmet from the Mordor Orc plastics to his shoulders. A quick repositioning of the hand and the throwing spear was in place. A fine Orc Captain... if such a thing exists.

With the two "personality" models out of the way, I moved onto the rank and file. The Warg Rider on the far right used to be an archer, but I swapped his bow for a sword. A little more heat from the hair dryer helped me to reposition his shield arm into a more defensive position. Now, I had to slap on a throwing spear somewhere. Seeing the quiver attached to his leg, inspiration struck — I could just replace the arrows pokin' out with a throwing spear. After a quick bit of drilling, the weapon was in place, and I couldn't have been happier with the result.

The final Warg Rider on the left took very little conversion work. I merely drilled a spot into another quiver from the Warg Rider sprue and placed a sword hilt into place. The extra quivers on the sprue proved to be a boon for arming Warg Riders with just about any weaponry I wished.

Models converted by Ty Finocchiaro. Click any model above or below for a larger image.

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