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Ooo. My Battle of Osgiliath has been dispatched from Element Games.

Osgilliath box gets its "official" release next week.
Also of note is the resin, clear Ringbearers set coming back:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/04/sunday-preview-fight-for-the-fate-of-middle-earth-with-the-battle-of-osgiliath/?fbclid=IwAR2X_mndWEwZgG4942XLKf73t0YoIx67JNCVekeKG27QdJbRsUBGQTr92-c

And the dice! If they're not offensively expensive I might get all 4.

Bugger, those ring bearers are FW.

Anyone remember how much they cost last time they went on sale?

Somewhere around the £30 mark if memory serves me.

Hmm. So that's $55AUD on a straight conversion. Add on the GW-Oz tax and probably take it up to $80+

Eh.... not excessive, but more then it should be.

Aaand those lovely Rohan and Isengard dice are GW Webstore Exclusive

Well colour me very surprised. The invisible ring bearers are only $64AUD. Far less then I was expecting. It's a pain in the arse that FW shipping is $20. Which takes the prices exactly to what I expected it would be. Wonder if i've got enough in the slush fund at the moment to bump myself up to the free shipping threshold.

lord_blackfang wrote:Aaand those lovely Rohan and Isengard dice are GW Webstore Exclusive

How very odd that those two are direct and the others aren't.

A return of the Khandish Horsemen and some classic poses of Frodo, Sam and Gollum next week:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/25/sunday-preview-secure-your-made-to-order-space-marines-right-now/?fbclid=IwAR2fm2eL5uoMKIH-2Wdv4wDfXzEgE_jOeRyEh5R6wczFZva-5N6Aw0UzQ0M

Rohan and Isengard dice sold out.

Massive dick move to make them direct only.

Even more Osgiliath terrain on its way

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/06/recreating-the-ruined-city-of-osgiliath-with-awesome-new-terrain/

Gondor Mansion




Gondor Tower




House looks great and, if I'm not mistaken, the stairs and walkway bridge the gaps (no pun intended) missing from the ruins to make proper multi-story terrain

Oh hell yes. Love me some intact buildings. That tower is gorgeous.

The Gondor Tower will make an appearance in many dioramas, I think.

As expected

 Kanluwen wrote:
The Gondor Tower will make an appearance in many dioramas, I think.

And given Middle Earth has a more accurate scale (is accurate the right word?) I can see these being pretty popular for other medieval fantasy games and that.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
The Gondor Tower will make an appearance in many dioramas, I think.

And given Middle Earth has a more accurate scale (is accurate the right word?) I can see these being pretty popular for other medieval fantasy games and that.

I think you mean proportions, not scale. The current technical lingo for e.g. 40k is ''28 mm scale with heroic proportions'', which means relatively oversized heads, hands and weapons.

Well that's all sexy as hell.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
The Gondor Tower will make an appearance in many dioramas, I think.

And given Middle Earth has a more accurate scale (is accurate the right word?) I can see these being pretty popular for other medieval fantasy games and that.

At least if GW keeps their pretty reasonable pricing compared to their other terrain ranges.
These are definitely cool, I'll get them. Already have the old set and some mdf Osgiliath terrain.

I like those and can see those selling well with more than just the Middle Earth crowd.

 Grumpy Gnome wrote:
I like those and can see those selling well with more than just the Middle Earth crowd.

They are certainly close enough to a lot of historical styles to be either used in historical skirmish or other fantasy ranges with no or minimal modifications.

Yep, not-Osgiliath is already pretty much the second most popular 3d printed terrain style after generic medieval village and this will extend it to the non printing crowd.

What do you think the odds are for that tower having interior detailing? I really like it but with an interior it would be superb!

 Ohman wrote:
What do you think the odds are for that tower having interior detailing?

The Lake-town kit had some double sided detail and I think the Rohan kit had double sided detail on all major pieces, but those were mostly for variety's sake, rather than for the purpose of opening up the interiors.

Since the tower walls can't be flipped, and they haven't show any damage beyond the top level, I wouldn't get my hopes up for double sided detailing

Man, I'm so happy I haven't spent a small fortune on those Hirst Arts moulds. This looks amazing!
One thing though, this should be bought as soon as it arrives. Dol Guldur terrain is marked as sold out, so I guess the same will follow this one as well.

Dol Goldur is temp out of stock, not sold out. Dont' think any of the scenery kits have had a limited shelf life so far.

Oh, weird, last time I checked it was clearly “sold out online”.

I hope hope hope that this will be followed up by a plastic gondorian captain or citadel guard

I think plastic is a privilege for named hero only (and only if they appeared in films).
But it's fine for me, I love the cheap FW miniatures.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
The Lake-town kit had some double sided detail and I think the Rohan kit had double sided detail on all major pieces, but those were mostly for variety's sake, rather than for the purpose of opening up the interiors.

Indeed interiors won't match at all to exterior doors where outside doesn't have as well as windows etc. Better not pay attention to interior if you remove roof

A new MTO for a new year:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/20/made-to-order-returns-to-middle-earth-alongside-the-2023-hobby-bingo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=middle-earth&utm_content=mesbgbingo20012023&fbclid=IwAR3mIuT2-2BPUl-XrdSZtLA1EQtiDRIHqgO1TnW1_78RS9e-__GMAq3owxY


A few standouts in the unarmoured Theoden, metal rangers and the original ringwraith on fellbeast and a couple of repeats.