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The Great Beasts are from the Eaglemoss partwork series. They are factory painted metal and often available on ebay for about £10 each +/-. I had 4 spare from my Grond project and decided to have a go at making some orc howdahs for them. 

Basing GW LotR Miniatures for Mass Battle Gaming (Hobby Post)

I love the Games Workshop Middle Earth range apart from the round slotta bases.

Victrix Gallic Fanatics / Dunlending Hillmen Beserkers. 28mm

I very much like the look of the growing range of Romans and their enemies from Victrix. But as I am already covering this era in 54mm I cannot allow myself to go down that path in 28mm.

I got round this self-imposed discipline by using the Gallic Naked Fanatics for my Lord of the Rings Dundlending army. Hence the black round shields - which also saved me from elaborate Celtic shield painting or decals.

LOTR Army of the Dead - Cavalry Conversions

The previous batch of these I made sold pretty well so I have done some more. You can see the listing for them on ebay here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOTR-ARMY-OF-THE-DEAD-CAVALRY-PAINTED-ROHAN-CONVERSIONS-50-MAINLY-GW-FIGURES/202545091065?hash=item2f28a0d1f9:g:RQYAAOSwBPRcHkHM:rk:1:pf:0

Haradrim War Elephants (28mm Victrix Numidians)

Here's some pics of a unit of War Elephants for my Lord of the Rings Haradrim Army.