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Yay!!!

Nice. Now if they could actually release something, that would be lovely.

When I first say the pic, I was asking myself why this Hobbit was wearing boots. I assumed they were trying to emulate Merry. Then I pulled up the link and read the fluff.

(still looks like a lot like a halfling to me)

 Tim the Biovore wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Before anyone asks, the WarCom article doesn't seem to specify the material for this young chap.

Plastic, per Warhammer on Facebook

Huh - I wonder why they didn't mention that in the WarCom article?

I'm pretty sure there's exceptions to the rule when it comes to MESBG, but since the introduction of WOTR the characters that come with a horse variant are in plastic. I was only expecting Lief as a single FW model, so I'm well impressed.

I think Lief looking like an honorary Hobbit is awesome. If only the Shire folk got the same treatment!

My only disappointment with these WOTR sculpts is that they lose their anime style, which is one of the reasons I love the new film. It's understandable given that they have to be consistent with the rest of the range...but my feelings still remain.

I love that Helm's Page gets a mounted model before Helm does.

Love it though!

Well, someone has to announce his presence!

 KidCthulhu wrote:
When I first say the pic, I was asking myself why this Hobbit was wearing boots. I assumed they were trying to emulate Merry. Then I pulled up the link and read the fluff.

(still looks like a lot like a halfling to me)

Agreed. I thought he was a halfling. Then the text says he's 16... okay

I'm thinking of a diorama, which has Lief returning to his Hobbit home in Bag End, with Hera standing at the door with their kids...

SamusDrake wrote:
My only disappointment with these WOTR sculpts is that they lose their anime style, which is one of the reasons I love the new film. It's understandable given that they have to be consistent with the rest of the range...but my feelings still remain.

I actually really like that they made the models consistent; while I do like the anime style from the movie, I enjoy the chance to see these characters in a more realistic style too, like how they might have looked if the movie had been live action. But I totally get where you're coming from.

To be fair, I think it warranted a live action film as it was that good a film.

New narrative scenarios for An Unexpected Journey.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/6rn7mqtc/narrative-play-in-middle-earthtm-a-surprise-trip/

It's not everything, but christ it's the book, Hera and a handful of others:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/ck4pqjsu/sunday-preview-change-comes-to-the-mortal-realms-and-the-brayherds-raid-the-old-world/

My interest in MESBG has died out over the last six months, returning to focus on BSF, but I'll still put in an order for Hera. She's cool.

SamusDrake wrote:
My interest in MESBG has died out over the last six months, returning to focus on BSF, but I'll still put in an order for Hera. She's cool.

Yeah, they have completely dropped the ball on releases. It is very disappointing. Unfortunately they will probably release everything at once, instead of once a month so normal people could afford it.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
It's not everything, but christ it's the book, Hera and a handful of others:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/ck4pqjsu/sunday-preview-change-comes-to-the-mortal-realms-and-the-brayherds-raid-the-old-world/

What's still o/s (that's been previewed, anyway) - I thought the Ent and the Corsair stuff was the last to be announced?

Lief, Wardrakes, Catapult troll off the top of my head.

Seren Nishiyama wrote:

Yeah, they have completely dropped the ball on releases. It is very disappointing. Unfortunately they will probably release everything at once, instead of once a month so normal people could afford it.

They indeed, Seren.

While the wait has been frustrating it did give me the time to throw around ideas for a campaign thats a "fan fiction sequel" to WOTR. I'm thinking of Hera and a Warg chieftan, bit like Atreyu and Gmork from Neverending Story. I like the idea of agents of Sauron stealing the body of Wulf and he reincarnates him as a large and powerful warg, with the sole purpose of ending the line of Helm Hammerhand for good. Run, Hera, run!

I kept playing it because it is a great game.
Such a shame to see people leaving because ithe game is not supported like 40k or aos. It really gives the idea on what it is important for a player... gw owned you.

My interest in playing has also waned critically over the last few months. From what I hear, the rules are still solid, very much on par with previous editions, but the shonky list building has just sorta killed it for me. I'll keep collecting because I still love the miniatures but as far as gaming goes, I'll just stick with the Pelennor Fields edition.

Anyone try using lisybuilding from ladt edition with the new rules and profiles? Dont see why you couldnt really, probably not quite balanced but uhh... its not like GW is great at that anyway.

Seems like abandoning the list building before we see the 3rd book is a little premature.

Is seems that drakes of Rhun too will be available for preorder saturday - even though GW did not announce them in the article...

Price list. Everything seems pretty reasonable really.

This image for an "MESBG Journal" was apparently sent to retailers by mistake, instead of the Armies of ME photo

Interesting. An easy thing to fake, but i can't really see anybody wasting their time doing so.

You had my hopes up there for a moment.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Interesting. An easy thing to fake, but i can't really see anybody wasting their time doing so.

World is full of people ready to waste time doing this kind of things.

So according to one of the local stores, the Matched Play guide isn't being made available to Australian retailers. He had it confirmed with his supplier that only GW Stores are stocking it "for the foreseeable future".

Well it's not on the above price list. So presumably it's going to end up as a "direct only, while stocks last" thing.