Red Golem Blog

War of the Ring is a great game. However, it is not always easy to fit all the miniatures in the right regions on the map because of space limitations. When I saw a custom version of the game on BGG using tokens, I was really interested to try it. I bought a bunch of wooden game pieces from Bear Wood Supply Co. in Nova Scotia. I started to paint the discs using cheap acrylic paint (Folkart at Walmart). I chose colors according to the political boundaries found in the game (Sauron is red, Rohan is dark green, Isengard is yellow, etc.). Here’s how it looks so far:

These are 3/4 inch tokens that will be used for Elite troups. Regulars and leaders will be represented by 1/2 inch tokens.

Next step will be to find a way to put icons on the tokens to represent Elites, Regulars, and Leaders.

In addition to tokens, I will be using game miniatures for the Ringbearers, Companions, Minions and Monster.

I have been trying to find a dwarf wielding a longsword… with no luck! The best miniature I found to represent Brick, dwarf priest of Lothian, is a plastic, pre-painted Dwarf Mercenary from WotC D&D Miniatures. If anybody knows of a good Dwarf miniature with a longsword, please let me know! Axes and warhammers are way too common…

Miniature is Alfred Redlute by Reaper. Base was modified with green stuff to reflect a damp, dungeon crawl setting with a growing fungus on a spongy/mossy floor.

Atalycus is a half-elf rogue in my Ptolus campaign. Miniature is a Shadow Warrior, from a blister of three, for Warhammer Fantasy Battle (Games Workshop).

I had a hard time finding a litorian miniature. I settled on using a Reaper - Dark Heaven Legends miniature for Scar until I find a more suitable one. I chose Damian Helthorne, Bandit. This human is tall and muscular, with long hair. I painted him with a litorian scheme (yellowish/brownish skin and hair). Original base was extended to the edge of the 25mm X 25mm base with green stuff shaped to represent swampy forest litter.