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Anyone know if Rivendell Knights still don't contribute to the bow limit? I read that somewhere this was a thing in The Hobbit but I can't find reference to it in my Armies of LOTR book.

 judgedoug wrote:
You can equip models with whatever is allowed in their profiles.

Be sure to read the special rules for the equipment though, as you'll find that equipping both a shield and pike is nearly useless, as is both a shield and bow, for example.

Just to clarify on this because it's an interesting point - so, would people be okay with me equipping my metal Two Towers era (AFAIK) Elladan and Elrohir models with Heavy Armour, for example despite the fact they're wearing robes and leathers (with visible chainmail portions under, granted)?

I know that in this case there's newer models that are wearing plate mail like standard High Elf Warriors available, and thus an option to be arguably more WYSIWYG with the minis, which gives me pause as to whether this would be accepted in organised play, etc however it seems reasonable to me that I would be able to just run them equipped with heavy armour ("it's under the robes", etc) as personally I'm not overly fond of the newer "squatting" Elladan's pose (and don't fancy painting the same units again when I have so much else to get to).

Obviously I know this wouldn't be an issue in casual play, but just wanted to confirm what people generally thought of this situation in organised play such as tournaments and events, etc?