My re-enactment of the gladden fields disaster

[Shocked]

There is fog all around, and the Dunedain army are alerted to a presence of orcs. The Dunedain quickly setup their lines and await the onslaught.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

The first orc army converges on the dunedain


The second orc army is shown here


The first orc army gets within the archers range


This is the third orc army


The pikes await the third orc army going through the narrow passage towards their sharp pikes.


The dunedain army awaits the onslaught


The orcs throw themselves at the dunedain line


The third orc army proceeds through the passage




the battle with the third orc army starts


Meanwhile, the 1st and 2nd orc armies are fighting vigorously with the dunedain defensive line


Fire arrows support the dunedain defense line


The defensive line starts to fail and the rangers are called in


Later on, the pikes fighting the third army start to fail, cavalry are called in to support them




Later on the pikes fail against the third army and rout

This is a shot of the carnage




The third general dies


The defensive line has failed, and the cavalry constantly charge at the incoming horde trying to hold back the tide.




What is left of the orc armies unite and get into formation, ready to charge whats left of the dunedain army


shot of the passage dead bodies from the third orc army


The cavalry keep facing off against the orc horde, killing several hundred orcs, and routing them all



Victory for the dunedain, the cavalry saved the battle.

Please forgive the graphics quality, I had to turn them down for the battle.

P.S I know the dunedain were meant to lose the gladden fields disaster, but I am too competitive and wouldn't let myself lose xD

BTW this took ages to do, so please +rep if you like -end repwhore post-

[MVB1837]

Looks awesome.

How do you take these screenshots?

[Shocked]

Looks awesome.

How do you take these screenshots?

Haha I press screen shot and then pause the game, then press control +alt+delete and paste the screenshot into paint and save it

[slowbro]

I do same but i am lot more l33t cos i use one less key ALT+TAB

[Shocked]

I do same but i am lot more l33t cos i use one less key ALT+TAB

Bahaha, I should probs do that instead

[MVB1837]

Ugh.

I'm playing TATW via Boot Camp on a Mac. Everything runs wonderfully, except for one major annoyance: Apple keyboards, as a rule, don't have a Print Screen button. So I can't take screenshots.

Feels bad, man.

[Shocked]

Ugh.

I'm playing TATW via Boot Camp on a Mac. Everything runs wonderfully, except for one major annoyance: Apple keyboards, as a rule, don't have a Print Screen button. So I can't take screenshots.

Feels bad, man.

Ohh lol, isn't there another way?

[el Cid]

There is, just download FRAPS, it is an easy program that lets you take screenshots with any button you wish and then saves them in a folder picked by you.

[Shocked]

There is, just download FRAPS, it is an easy program that lets you take screenshots with any button you wish and then saves them in a folder picked by you.

Oh, I have been wasting so much time lol! I will have to download that

[AgentGB]

Nice screenys dude!!

[Commander Ruunu]

Nice screens man ;D +rep... Come to think of it, it might be not so hard to play that battle, as there were about only about 300 Dunedain and 1000 orcs, so maybe little correction for that part?

[HolyDevil]

Nice screens man ;D +rep... Come to think of it, it might be not so hard to play that battle, as there were about only about 300 Dunedain and 1000 orcs, so maybe little correction for that part?

but those 300 ingame, if cavalary would pwn the orcs if commanded correctlly

[Commander Ruunu]

Maybe 300 vs 2000 or more? And they must be infantry and 1 unit of archers, very lore strictly..;D

[Beregond]

it's nice

but for the sake of lore-correctness, there were no cavalry at Gladden Fields

[slowbro]

Ca you script the part where Isildur leaves his 3 sons and all his men to die and runs away?

[Shocked]

Haha ok i'll download FRAPS and then re do it with better lore xD

[Red_Devil]

your battle is very heroic. very nive victory. i think i love this cavalry.

I haven't read the exact description in the book, but why are there mountains and a fortress in the gladden fields? did you use the editor?

and yes, with fraps it's a lot easier: no need to quit the game

also, according to jan, battle scripting is possible, but it's complicated.

[Shocked]

Thankyou for the compliments everyone
Here is the lore appropriate version of the battle:

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The dunedain vanguard form a shield wall in waiting for the orcs to attack






The archers fire at the orcs in a desperate attempt to kill as many as possible before they reach them


The orcs keep coming from the mountains and hills


The orcs make first contact with the lines




In the heat of battle, the dunedain hold their ground, but are slightly starting to lose advantage


One of the orc leaders are killed






The dunedain frantically try to hold them back


Another orc leader is killed




The defensive line is broken and the orcs swarm the general


The general dies




The final result

[Tatoru]

Now half unit size and it would be right. +rep

[Shocked]

Haha thankyou, yeahh I should have probably made the unit sizes smaller