Lord of the Rings battle report

Finally managed to win a game at the weekend! It made up for all of the defeats I've suffered with my Warhammer and 40k armies recently. Below are the army lists for the game. I was playing with the Isengard army which performed admirably. The scenario was the 'To kill a king' one from the Legions of Middle Earth book. Saruman and Eomer were the designated 'kings'.

Isengard

Saruman
Lurtz
Uruk Hai Captain (shield, heavy armour)
Warg Riders (x6, some with bows or throwing spears)
Uruk Hai Warriors (x11)
Beserkers (x3)
Uruk Hai Scouts (x8, bows)

Rohan

Eomer
Boromir
Gimli
Warriors of Rohan (x22, some with throwing spears, bows or shields)
Riders of Rohan (x15, some with throwing spears)

My wargs managed to take out the first wave of riders (6 of them) on the charge which enabled them to aim themselves at Eomer fairly early on. My archers were typically off target and, since they were led by Lurtz, I forfeited their bows to charge into some of the Rohan warriors mid-way through the game.
I finally found the usefulness of Saruman by carefully hiding him between the Uruk Hai and then unleashing command and sorcerous blast as often as I could. This dispatched Boromir and Gimli with ease (Gimli lacks the will to defend against this for more than 2 turns) and it was left to the wargs to take out Eomer.
I'm not really sure where the Rohan army went wrong, it seems that an Isengard army is very hard to beat, no matter what the opponent.
Perhaps I will expand the army when the War of the Ring is released in a few weeks time.

Epic Armageddon

I've taken a break from the Salamanders for a moment to consider where I'm going with them. With Gw being all about Apocalypse at the moment, and me not having the money, space or time to play an Apocalypse game, I've been thinking about how to push into campaign play whilst being able to have an Apocalypse style game. My solution? Epic Armageddon (EA)! I've dug out a copy of Epic 40000 (ebay is great for old GW games) and starting painting up a Space Marine force (and an Ork one waiting in the aisles) which can be inserted into a campaign to enable a huge meeting of armies. Forgeworld have some brilliant Epic minis which I will add in the future to the current force. Whilst the new 40k stompa looks great, logistically I've not the patience to paint it (nor the necessary paints) or the space to store one of them, but with EA I've got 3 already and a gargant on the way. Similarly, I'm keeping a good eye on ebay for a SM titan, either a warlord or warhound titan. It's quite refreshing to be modelling in 6mm scale because even my humble 4'x4' gaming table enables a huge amount of epic troops. The differing ruleset to EA is also good - it's taken me a good few weeks to understand exactly how it all works (the post on BOLS was invaluable) and a few practice games have shown me the basics (and some glaring tactical errors on my part!).
Rumours from WD have recently mentioned a way of using the Mighty Empires set for 40k which would be great for my campaign thoughts. I'm looking at a potential Eldar army to add to my Epic minis because of the superb titans available (and will also be a substitute for my 40k Eldar army). My fiancee labelled me a 'whore-hammer' the other day for dipping in and out of so many GW games - but in my defence, there is method in my madness.
I've also been scouring the internet for any local gaming groups, but there don't appear to be any. Does anyone know of any way of finding them?

Salamander Terminators

Here are some photos of the Salamander terminators I've just finished. It took a lot less time than I thought which is good for keeping me motivated. I've started on an assault squad and a command squad to add to my growing army. The command squad is an old Blood Angels Honour Guard squad from a few years ago which should work fine (as long as I can remove the BA imagery from the marines). Then it'll be time to start on some vehicles.