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I was just wondering

Elves are usually considered to be the staple low model count good army. All hero armies are also an option (say the Fellowship of the Ring as a good themed example).

With Elves, you have a few brackets, including some very solid cheapish options, but at the top of the heap costwise are the Mirkwood Rangers and Mirkwood Palace Guard, both at a whopping 14 points apiece, from the (now OOP) Desolation of Smaug source book. High Elf Warriors, from the Rivendell/Eregion list, is your next step down Elf-wise at 10-11 points each. But for a really expensive Warrior from the Good lists, try Dwarven Iron Guard at 15 points. And you can supplement these with some 11-point Khazad Guard for a super elite army (maybe throw in a few Vault Wardens). But if you really want a tiny amount of models, albeit large ones, how about an alliance of Great Eagles (90 points) and Ents (120 pts)?

In all seriousness, if you want a small force then try Army of the Dead. Each Warrior on foot is 15 pts and a Rider of the Dead is 24 pts. Their one hero, the King of the Dead, is 100 pts. So a single warband of the KotD, 10 Warrios, and 2 Riders would make a nice 300-point starter army.

 Manchu wrote:
In all seriousness, if you want a small force then try Army of the Dead. Each Warrior on foot is 15 pts and a Rider of the Dead is 24 pts. Their one hero, the King of the Dead, is 100 pts. So a single warband of the KotD, 10 Warrios, and 2 Riders would make a nice 300-point starter army.

The only problem with the Army of the Dead, of course, is that they only have one hero (the King of the Dead) which limits you to a maximum army size of 13 (1 x Hero + 12 x Warriors). I've got the King, Banner Bearer, six Riders and 24 Warriors which I'll never be able to field all at once.

I believe the Dead come from the Fiefdoms list so just use an Aragon model with Imrahil's rules and that will get you another 12 spots for Warriors.

Imrahil, mtd
6x Riders of the Dead
6x Warriors of the Dead

KotD
12x Warriors of the Dead

That's over 660 pts alone!

You could probably use Angbor as Gimli and Duinhir as Legolas too. That'd net you another 24 warriors.

 Manchu wrote:
I believe the Dead come from the Fiefdoms list so just use an Aragon model with Imrahil's rules and that will get you another 12 spots for Warriors.

Huh! I never thought of that!

 Ketara wrote:
You could probably use Angbor as Gimli and Duinhir as Legolas too.

Good thinking, although these Fiefdom Heroes are considerably "powered down" in comparison. Duinhir is a reasonable low-energy Legolas (although the spear is a bit wtf). But Angbor really suffers having D5 compared to Gimli's D8. Even so, you are probably right that Angbor is the best analog to Gimli among Fiefdoms Heroes.

Oh, certainly. Imrahil isn't quite Aragorn either.

But they'll function as rough 'stand ins' whilst permitting you to legally field a highly thematic force! Especially if you're fighting some corsairs...

Or, use The Last Alliance's "Unreleased Profiles" and field a Captain of the Dead.
http://www.thelastalliance.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8416
http://www.thelastalliance.com/download/unreleasedprofiles.pdf

It's how I personally plan to use my King, Banner Bearer, and like half dozen cavalry and 30 guys, haha. Big ol Army of the Dead versus lots of Haradrim/Mumakil scenario...

 Ketara wrote:
Imrahil isn't quite Aragorn either.

Nobody is! Andúril + Mighty Hero ... whew, what a combo. Imrahil is probably the closest analog to Aragorn Elessar across all lists, however, given their stat lines only differ inasmuch as Aragorn is a better shot by 1 (not that Elessar has a bow). Although nowhere as good as Aragorn's special rules, Lineage of Númenor makes good sense for Aragorn, too.

Since Duinhir came up ... it's aggravating that he has a spear but his Blackroot Vale rangers cannot take them ...

Is it possible to play just Ents and Giant Eagles? Maybe Gandalf thrown in? That would entice me to play...lol

Definitely doable, and potentially quite powerful. Radagast might make a more fitting and maybe more useful addition than Gandalf, but either works! Monsters are dangerous up close, the Ents can lob rocks (or enemy models!) if you need range and the Eagles have the speed to pick and choose their battles. I say go for it!

That'd be a hilariously small-model-count army. Six models at 750? Maybe? (The cheapest model with the restriction 'eagles, ents, and wizards' is a normal great eagle at 90)

 AnomanderRake wrote:
That'd be a hilariously small-model-count army. Six models at 750? Maybe? (The cheapest model with the restriction 'eagles, ents, and wizards' is a normal great eagle at 90)

Which books have the rules for those models?

 D6Damager wrote:

 AnomanderRake wrote:
That'd be a hilariously small-model-count army. Six models at 750? Maybe? (The cheapest model with the restriction 'eagles, ents, and wizards' is a normal great eagle at 90)

Which books have the rules for those models?

The Free Peoples book has them under the heading 'Wanderers in the Wild'. Generic Ents, Treebeard, Gwaihir, and generic Eagles (WotR also had separate statlines for Quickbeam and Beechbone as Ent heroes, but I don't know if they were ever printed for the normal game).

Tom Bombadil, Goldberry, Treebeard, and Ents... Good ol' Tom finally brought the Ents to meet his entwife collection!

Alright I'll give you a nice rundown of some low model count option armies and themes to help you get going.

Low Model Count Good Armies:
- Dwaves, very fighty Elites and heroes, fairly high costing per model. Heroes range from mid to high.
- Elves, all varities are fairly expensive save for your run of the mill basic wood elf (though wargear will still ramp up those costs), heroes are generally mid to high cost.
- Ents/Eagles/ Wanderers, technically you can spam out with woses, but you can also go all monster.
- Grey Company, the Rotn component will defintely dig into your numbers. You can also pull lots of fun combinations out with them, they are defintely harder to play though.

All Hero:
- White Council, mix of casters and elder races. As with all hero armies they aren't the easiest to play well, but council is probably the best of the bunch by a decent margin.

- Fellowship, nice mix of fighters/ranged/caster leave the hobbits behind though unless your going heavy on theme.

- Thorin's Co, lots of utility and heavy fighters here, with the option to add a versatile caster in Gandalf, or the fantasic support of bilbo with a no penalty ring (just give him a pony to keep up).

- Raddy Allance, eagles, big bear, and radghast on your choice or mount, the sleigh is crazy good though, and somewhat op I'd say ( a full caster that ignores LOS restrictions, and a 5 attack base cav model)

Plenty of mixes besides on all heroes front; three hunters, helm's deep, Last alliance, Black Gate. Etc.

Just a few ideas..