DBA Fantasy Army Lists

I've been trying to piece together some adequate army lists for some fantasy DBA armies for my wargame. As I have mentioned in different posts, the two best sites that I have found for fantasy DBA army lists are as follows:
Tolkein in DBA 2.0 by David Kuijt. This page contains 5 bad guy army lists and 6 good guy army lists, and:
DBM/DBA Middle-Earth Army Lists By Luke Ueda-Sarson. This page contains 18 total army lists.

These are both very good, well-researched and well thought out pages, but they are not 100% complete. They both only contain many army lists for a broad subject, such as Mordor or Isengard. As both of these armies consisted of dozens of subtypes, such a sweeping army list must necessarily contain only small amounts of a wide range of element types. I would prefer army lists that were more specific. For instance, David Kuijt's armies only contain two or three elements of warg riders, but warg riders were a separate army in their own right, such as the hunter orcs from the Hobbit movies that pursue Bilbo and the dwarves across Middle Earth. Warg riders are pretty cool, and it seems a shame to buy a whole box of them only to use a few figures.
So, to bridge this unfortunate gap in DBA fantasy army lists, I have decided to create my own army lists. Some of these army lists are based on the official historical army lists found in the DBA 2.2 rulebook, others come from my imagination.
Feel free to use these separate from or in addition to David Kuijt's and Luke Ueda-Sarson's helpful army lists, or make your own.
NOTE: if you intend to use these army lists for BBDBA, all orc armies are considered allies except Isengard and Mordor, which are enemies. If you are using these army lists for general fantasy gaming, not LotR in particular, they are all allies.

BAD GUY ARMY LISTS:
Warg-Orcs:

This army list encompasses all warg-riders as seen in the LotR or Hobbit movies and books, or for general fantasy. Examples include hunter orcs and the specialized warg riders in Saruman's army.
The following army list is taken from the III/44 Tribal Mongolians  of the DBA 2.2 rulebook. Both the cavalry and Light Horse elements consist of orcs mounted on wargs. Warg elements are treated the same as Light Horse, with the following exception taken from David Kuijt's page:
"Warg-mounted Orcs - wargs were large, fierce, intelligent and vicious wolves; they often served as mounts for goblins in addition to fighting for themselves. In DBA 2.0 Wargs are best represented as Light Horse, with one additional rule. In DBA 2.0 in the terrain section it says "Dunes and Oasis are bad going except to camels"; to reflect the special abilities of Wargs and Warg-mounted Orcs, use the additional terrain rule that:

Woods and Marsh are bad going except to Wargs

Warg rider cavalry are impetuous. Like Knights or Warband, they follow up one base depth after enemy that retreat, withdraw, or are destroyed. In the army lists below "2Wa" is the abbreviation for Wargs or Warg-riding orcs or goblins."
Note: for the terrain, enemies, allies, and aggression rating, you can use either the "Misty Mountain Goblins" army list on David Kuijt's page or the "Goblins" army list from Luke Ueda-Sarson's page.
Army list:
1x3Cv(Gen), 1x3Cv or 2Wa, 10x2Wa

Skirmish Orcs:
 These were the lightly-armed, smaller orcs depicted in Middle-Earth. Examples include Moria orcs and other Misty Mountain orcs, and the goblins of Goblintown.
The following army list is entirely a product of my own brain. I have chosen to make many of the elements axilia units because the following definition, from the DBA 2.2 rulebook, seems to fit skirmish orcs well:
"AUXILIA, representing foot able to fight hand-to-hand but emphasising agility and flexibility rather than coheision... These were used to chase off or support psiloi, to take or hold difficult terrain, as a link between heavier foot and mounted troops, occasionally as a mobile reserve, and often as the main troop type of mountain peoples."
I allowed a lot of choice of element types to represent the diversity of a marauding orc band.
Army List:
1x4Ax(Gen), 4x4Ax, 2x4Wb, 2x2Ps, 3x4Ax or 4Wb or 2Ps or 3Bw

Organized Orc Army:

This army list is intended for armies such as Isengard's non-Uruk-Hai battalions, Mordor, and Gundabad. They contain many different weapon types and there are a lot of choices to be made. The 2LH(Gen) element is intended to represent the orcish officers, mounted on wargs, that strode up and down before the ranks of their men... er, orcs... before battle. As the number of figures on a base has no effect on game play, feel free to put only one mounted officer on this general element.The Elephant element is meant as a troll element. Artillery should be a ballista, trebuchet, or catapult. You can use human heads as ammunition, if you want.
Army list:
1x4Bd or 2LH(Gen), 4x4Bd or 3/4Sp, 2x3/4Ax, 1x4Bd or 4Bw or 4Sp, 1xArt or El or 2LH

Pike Half-Orcs:

This army list represents the formations of heavily armored Uruk-Hair pikeman that assaulted Helm's Deep. Both Kuijt's page and Ueda-Sarson's page contain an Orthanc or Isengard army (the army of Saruman, mostly made up of Uruk-Hai) but neither of the army lists accurately represents the overwhelming formations of heavily armored pikemen.
The army list is ridiculously simple, but represents the Uruk-Hai army pretty well. After all, they were just a bunch of pikemen with their commander, Lurtz, standing above them with a sword. Thus, one blade element and 11 pike elements.
Army list:
1x3/4Bd(Gen), 11x4Pk

GOOD GUY ARMY LISTS:
The good guy army lists are better covered by the two pages mentioned; you have a lot of choices. However, if even these are not enough for you, look in the DBA 2.2 rulebook and use a historical army. After all, its fantasy. Who says Greek hoplites can't fight wargs, or that Braveheart-era Scots can't do battle with undead warriors?

Rangers:

I have only one army list for the good guys. While this may seem very disproportionate - after all, I made 4 orc armies - good guy armies are better covered by existing army lists. The only gap that I could see was for an Ithilien ranger type army - an army of elite scouts and skirmishers, armed mostly with bows and swords.
This is a pretty boss army, so I created an army list for it:
Army list:
1x4Bw or 3Bd(Gen), 3x3Bd, 8x4Bw 

Second Dwarvish Blade Element

So here's my second element of Dwarvish blade.

I'm not a big fan of the dwarf drummer. A dwarvish drummer is a good idea, provides a littler variety in the somewhat monotonous ranks of sword and ax-toting dwarf warriors, this drummer just looks a little buffoonish. It looks like he's flagellating his head with a turkey leg.

Second Element of Gallic Warband

 So, over the weekends and on snow days (of which there have been quite a few lately) I've painted up some more figures. Here's my second element of Gallic warband (3Wb).

This guy with his red and black striped pants reminds me of a character from the Asterix comics. In fact, it's nearly impossible to paint these figures without thinking of Asterix.

Without meaning to, I made this guy into a Christmas elf. He's got green pants and a red tunic, and a green and red shield. Face palm.

Note the blood on the front guy's left flank. Got a little nick from a sword, or something. Also note the blood on his spear. Blood always makes figures that much more epic.

First Element of Dwarf DBA Army

So, as I mentioned in another post, I am making not one but two DBA wargames. The first is for regular ancient armies (my first two will be II/11 Gallic army and II/49 Marian Roman army) and the second will be created using the helpful army lists provided by David Kuijt, on his page Tolkein in DBA 2.0. As the title implies, this was created specifically for the Lord of the Rings franchise gaming, but can easily be converted to general fantasy, which is what I'm doing. These army lists are handy in a few ways: they provide a vastly less expensive alternative to Games Workshop's beautiful but pricey LotR and Hobbit wargames; they use the same rules as regular DBA, and thus those familiar with DBA may begin playing immediately without learning new rules; and all the armies required can be purchased relatively cheaply in 1/72 scale from manufacturers Caesar and Orion.
Of course, there already is a fantasy version of DBA out there, called HoTT, or Hordes of The Things. However, there are two drawbacks about HoTT, for me, at least: you have to buy a whole other rulebook, which at the time of writing can only be purchased from Amazon.co.uk; and it uses too much magic for my taste. I am of the same mind as David Kuijt when he says: "I use DBA instead of its fantasy variant, HOTT, because I prefer the element types of DBA and a more Tolkeinesque environment where magic is rare, subtle, and not a form of artillery." Of course, if you do like a little more magic in your fantasy, you can always modify the standard DBA rules slightly to allow room for magic, but the War of the Ring army lists are a great place to start. 
Thus I embark on an epic new quest: fantasy gaming - not to be confused with LotR gaming. While the difference may be marginal between my version of fantasy and LotR, I chose to go the general fantasy route because it gives more freedom as to the types of armies you can create. For instance, Caesar is coming out with some new fantasy sets that include Lizard-Men and Rat-Men, which are not found in LotR. As has been noted on my "Fantasy Wargame Shopping List" post, there are quite a few nice fantasy sets in 1/72 scale to choose from, and all can be used with Kuijt's fantasy DBA army lists. You have a choice from elves, dwarves, various human armies, goblins, orcs, wargs, and more.
Anyway, finally cutting to the chase: my first element of Dwarvish blade. The figures are from the Light Alliance Dwarves Set #1.

The runes on the flag were taken from Tolkein's dwarvish rune alphabet, found in the appendix of the Return of the King. Yes, I am a Tolkein nerd.

My Hobbylinc Order Arrives

I placed a relatively large order to Hobbbylinc.com for a bunch of new miniatures for my various wargames that are in some form or other of progress. For my first DBA army, Italeri Gauls.

For a fantasy DBA wargame that I am going  to work on simultaneously (yes, this is in all probability more than I can chew) - Orion Light Alliance Dwarves Set #1.

For my ongoing World War III wargame, Caesar Modern British Army.

Unfortunately, the set does not come with many figures to begin with, and three of them are the relatively useless jumping-over-the-wall pose, in the center.

Most of the figures were gray, but some came in a light brown color.

This guy is completely baffling. He is not one of the poses listed on PSR, and looks like a mistake of some kind. His left arm is a rounded stump, and I have no idea what he's holding in the other one. In another modern set I got from Caesar, the Modern US Elite Force, one of the figures was a Navy SEAL from the Modern Special Forces Worldwide set. It seems to be a Caesar trademark to insert a random figure into each box! In the case of the Navy SEAL, he was a nice addition, but this guy is 100% useless. He doesn't even look like a casualty, otherwise I would use him as a wounded soldier. 

And lastly, Imex Confederate Infantry. These guys are for an American Civil War diorama that I have been commissioned to make for a middle school classroom. All expenses paid. The diorama is going to be for the battle of Hazel Grove. I'll post on the details of this project as soon as I can. 

So, if anyone is keeping track, I am juggling no less than four projects: an ancient DBA wargame, a fantasy DBA wargame, a World War III wargame, and a Civil War diorama. Chances are, knowing myself as I do, I will end up immersing myself in another project of some sort before I complete any of the current ones. Oh, well. I don't have a deadline of any kind, so I'll just keep plugging away.

First Gallic Warband Element

Here's my first warband element for my Gallic army (II/11). The army list is as follows:
 1x3/4Wb or LCh (Gen), 2x LCh or 3Cv, 8x3Wb, 1x2Ps. With the Italeri set I just got, I have enough figures to make all the warband elements, the warband/general element, and the psiloi element. Plus quite a few guys left over for some extra warbands, if I feel like doing BBDBA. (Here are two links to the lowdown on BBDBA, if you're unfamiliar with it. BBDA Strategy Basics and Big Battle DBA.)
 For a 3Wb element, the base is 30mm deep. I guess the smaller number of figures and the deeper bases are supposed to simulate the loose order of Gallic warbands. My bases are cut from 1/8 inch plywood bought from a local craft store. This is a good basing material - of course, everybody has their favorite basing method, but thin plywood works well. It's heavy enough to provide a firm, steady base, and its also cheap - for a 12"x12" sheet, I only paid about $3. Also, it won't warp or chip.
The bases were finished quite simply, but I like the effect: I painted the base in dark tan, then brushed it with a wash of glue, water, and black paint. When this was dry, I drybrushed it in buff to bring out the details, then flocked it with two types of Woodland Scenics flock; light green static grass, then clumps of darker green flock.

One problem with the Italeri set: there are  only two types of shields, and these two patterns get really boring. So for this guy's yellow shield, I painted over the raised pattern until it was obscured, then painted on my own pattern. 

One down, seven more to go.