Norba Miniatures - Battle of the Ring line (LOTR)

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**Ketara**

I just stumbled across this company. Up until now they've specialised in Warhammer counts as, but they same to be expanding in other directions with their new Battle of the Ring line. Very competitively priced too, at 12 euros for ten models.

http://norbaminiatures.com/en/31-the-battle-of-the-ring

**Llamahead**

Anybody dealt with them? I'm intrigued by their Bretons.

**Slinky**

You can see painted examples of the elves on the One Ring here:

http://www.one-ring.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=21323&start=946#wrapheader

**Dreadclaw69**

What material are the minis made with?

**Mutter**

Think it's resin ...

**judgedoug**

Yeah, they're very not-that-great but good for filler if you don't want to buy lots of the Finecast Mirkwood infantry or Finecast Gundabad infantry.

**Commander Cain**

Pretty good sculpts for a very decent price, just what LoTR models should be!

**judgedoug**

Commander Cain wrote:
Pretty good sculpts for a very decent price, just what LoTR models should be!

I dunno about "pretty good". The LOTR/Hobbit line is overall the strongest and best sculpted range on the planet. The Norba knockoffs look preettttyyyy ass when compared to the actual Mirkwood infantry and Gundabad orcs. But you definitely can't argue with the price if you just want to fill an army cheaply. Unreleased Miniatures offerings are higher quality, as are Ridgeback's.

My Mirkwood army's armoured infantry are all the finecast models, and I don't think I would get Norba's to add more. My Gundabad army is all official GW Finecast and Forge World, with a smattering of knockoffs like Unreleased command models and Ridgeback's Armored Orcs and Orc Mercenaries. I would probably only add the Norba minis if I had a need for more Orcs, but I have about 40-50 of 'em right now.

**Wyrmalla**

judgedoug wrote:
The LOTR/Hobbit line is overall the strongest and best sculpted range on the planet.

Anyhow...

They're "good enough" I suppose. The detail's not really there, but yes, for a tabletop game they'll add extra variety. Even if they're not complete copies of the film's designs that's all right, as well not everyone dresses the same (especially orcs). The elves could represent a different class of warrior or those from another area of Middle Earth than seen in the films. Not to bash finding the site, I'm sure someone will pick them up.

**Galas**

Forgot what I said. I confuse it with MOM miniatures

But hey! They have a Non-FW Chaos Dwarvs! Beautifull, at least for their price!
http://norbaminiatures.com/es/enanos-del-caos/91-inmortales.html

You can see how they have improved:

From this:

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To this:

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**Ketara**

They've now released a number of Dwarf models. Slightly weird proportions.

**Ketara**

Norba's done a trio of trolls. Not the best sculpts in the world but a steal at ten euros each or twenty five for all three.