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**pizzaguardian**

It is more like end of februray/march release.

**Kroothawk**

Okay, recalculated: 23rd Februars preorder, 2nd March release.

Here an edited release list for easier reading:

Plastic Kits

The Hobbit - Warriors of Erebor
This box contains a plastic kit that makes twelve individually posed Warriors of Erebor – grim Dwarven fighters

The Hobbit -Warriors of Dale
This box contains a plastic kit that makes 10 dynamically posed Warriors.
The rules for using collections of these warriors are included in their box.

Finecast

The Hobbit - Grim Hammer Captain
A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature

The Hobbit - Thror
A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature

The Hobbit - Lindir
A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature

**jonolikespie**

Huh, just noticed that in addition to having the rules in the box the warriors of Dale are 10 in a box. As far as I am aware LotR/Hobbit has always been frames of 12.

Also they are 10 dynamically posed warriors, where the warriors of Erebor are individually posed. It isn't much but they clearly ctrl+C/ctrl+V'd the finecast descriptions, why are they not doing the same with the plastics?

**gianlucafiorentini123**

I thought demons were up for preorder on the 23rd?

**blood reaper**

gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:
I thought demons were up for preorder on the 23rd?

Both can be released at the same time.

**Lorizael**

gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:
I thought demons were up for preorder on the 23rd?

All of the Hobbit releases are in addition to Warhammer / Warhammer 40,000 book releases each month.

**stubacca**

Howard A Treesong wrote:
I'd really like the Radagast because he was one of my favourite characters in the film, but I'm not buying Finecast. No way at all, even if I could stomach paying £12 for a single 28mm figure, it would have to be metal.

I like the set of 'Grim Hammers' Dwarves. Although they don't look quite as nice as when I saw the first photos of them, so I'm not sure now. Still, I'm a bit disappointed that as they are LotR infantry, it'll be a single sprue in the box. Which isn't very satisfying for £20. When LotR first came out, about 10 years ago admittedly, you got two sprues of 12 men, totalling 24, in a box for £12, now it's half that content for £20.

When this Hobbit fad passes I'll keep my eye open at wargames shows, LotR stuff has been pretty easy to pick up cheap at events I've been to.

£12 is alright for finecast, the detail on them now is amazingly good. I was an early adopter to finecast and they're more detailed/easier to work with than metal, so I don't get the big deal about having a heavier, more pain in the ass item to work with. I agree with you about the dwarves, they look a little crappy compared to how they looked when I first saw them. I think the dull colour scheme doesn't really help much

**jlong05**

jonolikespie wrote:
Huh, just noticed that in addition to having the rules in the box the warriors of Dale are 10 in a box. As far as I am aware LotR/Hobbit has always been frames of 12.

Also they are 10 dynamically posed warriors, where the warriors of Erebor are individually posed. It isn't much but they clearly ctrl+C/ctrl+V'd the finecast descriptions, why are they not doing the same with the plastics?

Wasn't the fighting urukhai 20 to a box so 10 per sprue? Maybe they are using thAt mold for these guys or at least layout of the mold.

**Dawnbringer**

jlong05 wrote:
jonolikespie wrote:
Huh, just noticed that in addition to having the rules in the box the warriors of Dale are 10 in a box. As far as I am aware LotR/Hobbit has always been frames of 12.

Also they are 10 dynamically posed warriors, where the warriors of Erebor are individually posed. It isn't much but they clearly ctrl+C/ctrl+V'd the finecast descriptions, why are they not doing the same with the plastics?

Wasn't the fighting urukhai 20 to a box so 10 per sprue? Maybe they are using thAt mold for these guys or at least layout of the mold.

Yes, and the Easterling foot were as well IIRC.

**FM Ninja 048**

Dawnbringer wrote:
jlong05 wrote:
jonolikespie wrote:
Huh, just noticed that in addition to having the rules in the box the warriors of Dale are 10 in a box. As far as I am aware LotR/Hobbit has always been frames of 12.

Also they are 10 dynamically posed warriors, where the warriors of Erebor are individually posed. It isn't much but they clearly ctrl+C/ctrl+V'd the finecast descriptions, why are they not doing the same with the plastics?

Wasn't the fighting urukhai 20 to a box so 10 per sprue? Maybe they are using thAt mold for these guys or at least layout of the mold.

Yes, and the Easterling foot were as well IIRC.

Pikes?

thats what took up the extra room in the Easterlings/Uruk Hai IIRC, so maby the warriors of dale have pikes...

**jonolikespie**

Sounds about right but.. can GW show that? I don't remember seeing warriors of dale with pikes in the movie.

**Commander Cain**

Where are the leaked pictures huh? You would think that the person who snapped the new Daemon pics could have got the LotR stuff as well!

**supremeoverlordVECT**

indeed... last month the pics were posted well before the models were available to advance order

**Dawnbringer**

supremeoverlordVECT wrote:
indeed... last month the pics were posted well before the models were available to advance order

True, but so far as I can tell, leaked Daemon pics only came out yesterday.

**Kroothawk**

Several pics of the new releases (minus Lindir) taken from a blog (see photo):

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Now official pics from the preorder page:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCatsLarge.jsp?catId=cat970003a&rootCatGameStyle=athletic

**jonolikespie**

There is some fairly nice things in there, shame I'd never get a game in otherwise I'd be sorely tempted to start up a dwarf army.

**RiTides**

Is it the paintjob or the minis that are blobby...

Hammer dwarfs are cool, though.

**Commander Cain**

Troops look great! I would probably say that they are actually worth the higher price compared to the older sets which were often very flat and had a plethora of missing details on their sides.

Characters on the other hand are all a bit naff. Thror looks like he has huge legs, to the point of being as tall as a human. The captain seems to be lacking a forehead and the elf is just boring.

However I don't actually consider anything in finecast to be part of the release any more so only focus in the plastics. Which in this case, were brilliant!

**Kroothawk**

April will see the following new blisters:

Erebor Captain (Finecast, 13 €)
Thal Captain (Finecast, 13 €)
Thrain (Finecast, 15 €)

**Kroothawk**

Also released two mail order Fincast blisters:

Gandalf and Bilbo (Gandalf drawing a sword, Bilbo jumping over a bush)
Gollum in Boat, holding a fish.

**Kroothawk**

Now on preorder:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCatsLarge.jsp?catId=cat970003a&rootCatGameStyle=athletic

Captain of Erebor:

Captain of Dale

Thrain

Gollum with Fish

Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins:

**Just Dave**

"Oh my god, Gollum with a fish?! YES!" - Everybody

**ExNoctemNacimur**

Where should I order my Gollum with a fish?

**gianlucafiorentini123**

Is it just me or does gandalf look tiny?

**RiTides**

I really like that Gandalf

and Bilbo a decent amount, too. The rest... not as much.

**blood reaper**

Is it me or are the sculpts released by GW for the Hobbit recently have gone down in quality? I mean, look at Golem;

That, or it's just the paint job. When was Golem, erm, that colour?

**timetowaste85**

Welp, that's it: my life is now complete. I have now seen the Gollum with a fish model, and my final check has been placed on my bucketlist. Come get me, North Korean bombs. My life's crowning moment has been met.

**Commander Cain**

I quite like the captain of Dale, the warriors also. Hopefully they show up more in the next movies as they got about 5 seconds of action in the first one!

Gandalf is indeed very short looking even with his hunch taken into account. Then again all the scaling seems a bit off with a few of the Hobbit releases lately.

**AlexHolker**

I like Gollum. Say what you will about the sculpt or the paint job, they succeeded in making him look incredibly happy about his fish.

**Agamemnon2**

Thror is perhaps my favorite dwarf GW has ever created. He really sells the kingliness angle.