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I'm just getting started in this game, but I know I love the Ringwraiths!


Witch King, Armoured Fell Beast 220

Eight Black Nûmenoreáns 72


Dwimmerlaik, Armoured Warhorse 135

Twelve Morannon Orcs, Five Spears, Nine Shields 98


The Shadow Lord, Armoured Warhorse 135

Eleven Morannon Orcs, Five Spears, Eight Shields 90


Total 750

Looks solid to me. The Morannon Orcs are great, the Wraiths are awesome (And the WK on Fell Beast is lethal to almost anything).

Out of interest, though, why that setup on the Morannon Orcs? I'd personally go with Shields on the guys with Hand Weapons, and none on the spear guys. So the first lot would be 6 Hand Weapon and Shield, 6 Spears. The second would be 5 Spears, 6 Hand Weapons and shields. I don't really like the idea of putting shields on guys who will be supporting rather than in the front line.

 Paradigm wrote:
Looks solid to me. The Morannon Orcs are great, the Wraiths are awesome (And the WK on Fell Beast is lethal to almost anything).

Out of interest, though, why that setup on the Morannon Orcs? I'd personally go with Shields on the guys with Hand Weapons, and none on the spear guys. So the first lot would be 6 Hand Weapon and Shield, 6 Spears. The second would be 5 Spears, 6 Hand Weapons and shields. I don't really like the idea of putting shields on guys who will be supporting rather than in the front line.

Honestly?

Because it looks like that's how the boxed set comes configured. Or do you have some customization options?

As far as I'm aware, the shields (or at least some) are separate.

Having a look at the pic and description, it says you can build 6 with hand weapon+shield and 6 with Spear+shield. So at least some of the shields must be separate, as the pictures show some of the spearmen without them. So what I said was only a suggestion, but where possible I'd make sure you have shields on all the Hand Weapon guys before throwing them on the spearmen.

 Paradigm wrote:
As far as I'm aware, the shields (or at least some) are separate.

Having a look at the pic and description, it says you can build 6 with hand weapon+shield and 6 with Spear+shield. So at least some of the shields must be separate, as the pictures show some of the spearmen without them. So what I said was only a suggestion, but where possible I'd make sure you have shields on all the Hand Weapon guys before throwing them on the spearmen.

Yup, that's good to know. I agree that they don't work optimally on shield guys and can be better placed elsewhere.

The shields on the morannon orcs are moulded onto 1/2 of the spear guys and seperate on everyone else, which means that you have to have at least 3 per box with spear and shield.