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Man, Bard's forehead goes on forever...

Agreed, and doesn't look like the actor... in general a lot of these models just strike me as unattractive... regardless of sculpting quality (which honestly is also lacking, but still).

 Alpharius wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:That is indeed Thranduil in armor.

A much more understated crown, the same fine cloth for the leather underneath the armor plates, and of course the long flowing hair.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Was this what he looked like?

There must be so much of these films that we haven't seen yet.

No kidding!

Kan - did the piece you saw say what that scene was from?

Part of the Battle of Five Armies.

the azog model is badass, but so fething expensive

Damn, Thranduil's armour is EPIC! I have managed to resist paying for overpriced hobbit models, but if they bring that out, I may have to just grab it. It's ok, though, I've got a year to prepare myself

And yeah, Azog on the White Warg is amazing (I'm not a fan of the one on foot). The price is just completely over the top, though.

I'm really looking forward to the next part of the Hobbit 'trilogy' as the Battle of Five Armies should be pretty nice!

 Paradigm wrote:
Damn, Thranduil's armour is EPIC! I have managed to resist paying for overpriced hobbit models, but if they bring that out, I may have to just grab it. It's ok, though, I've got a year to prepare myself

With any luck, Thranduil in armor will actually be coming out before the next installment of The Hobbit.
Mostly because I really need that model for a Palace Guard/Ranger heavy list.

And yeah, Azog on the White Warg is amazing (I'm not a fan of the one on foot). The price is just completely over the top, though.

The one on foot actually has some hideous casting. The detail on the face is very soft in places.
The price is high but it is worth mentioning that Azog and the White Warg are noticeably larger than the other Warg mounted Hunter Orcs.

Thanks to that other spam-thread (and fair play to that man being drunk at 1pm in the afternoon ) I now can't stop seeing John Cleese in that Bard miniature..

It's not so much the moustache, but the tight-lipped expression/look of consternation (although still think it's a pretty good sculpt!)

 Pacific wrote:
Thanks to that other spam-thread (and fair play to that man being drunk at 1pm in the afternoon ) I now can't stop seeing John Cleese in that Bard miniature..

It's not so much the moustache, but the tight-lipped expression/look of consternation (although still think it's a pretty good sculpt!)

It really does, although the mustache doesn't help things. The faces are ridiculously bad. That Alfrid figure especially looks nothing like the actor. Between those two and Vladimir Putin Legolas, it's as if they used the wrong references for each figure. The entire range has been a wash for me.

This is not threadomancy, this is GW Hobbit release policy

End of the week, we will see preorders of new Hobbit miniatures, as announced on this WD cover:

 Kroothawk wrote:
This is not threadomancy, this is GW Hobbit release policy

End of the week, we will see preorders of new Hobbit miniatures, as announced on this WD cover:

Although to be fair the release policy hasn't been helped by the film maker's decision to stretch The Hobbit to three films over 24 months rather than two separated by 12.

alphaecho wrote:
Although to be fair the release policy hasn't been helped by the film maker's decision to stretch The Hobbit to three films over 24 months rather than two separated by 12.

Like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

Isn't it nice of them to make this error in a franchise that has the perfect quote to describe it?

 AlexHolker wrote:

alphaecho wrote:
Although to be fair the release policy hasn't been helped by the film maker's decision to stretch The Hobbit to three films over 24 months rather than two separated by 12.

Like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

Isn't it nice of them to make this error in a franchise that has the perfect quote to describe it?

I see what you did there

When GW released their half-annual report, the WD daily blog was titled "More Desolation"

So, snark aside, what is actually being released?

I'm thinking it might be the Gundabad Orcs.

Can I field and an entire warband of nothing but Gandalf models yet?

 Kirasu wrote:
Can I field and an entire warband of nothing but Gandalf models yet?

Not until they come out with Codex: Gandalf. Be sure to get the Collector's Edition with the Pipe Weed cover jacket as it sells out fast.

That is so hilariously bad. I actually laughed hard when I saw it.



Bard or Bord?

Well, I guess we can just kill this thread since it's going to be spam.

There will be real info posted when people get their weekly magazine. Don't start fretting yet.

Hobbit releases will be:

(All Finecast, all released 29th march)
Beorn and Bear 40€
Girion Lord of Dale (Father of Bard, no, not Homer ) 15€
Gundabad Orc Captain 13€
Gundabad Orc Swordsmen (Blister of 3) 20€
Gundabad Orc Speermen (Blister of 3) 20€

Gundabad Orcs are heavily armoured. Never seen them before.

Waiting for someone to paint Bard all yellow.

Does this kill the GW's dumped finecast/moving all finecast over to forgeworld to be done in FW resin?

(I can't remember when it was rumoured to be happening?)

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Does this kill the GW's dumped finecast/moving all finecast over to forgeworld to be done in FW resin?

(I can't remember when it was rumoured to be happening?)

Not really. These items were probably originally planned to be released during 2013 so have been warming a warehouse far longer than GW intended.

 Kroothawk wrote:
Hobbit releases will be:

(All Finecast, all released 29th march)
Beorn and Bear 40€
Girion Lord of Dale (Father of Bard, no, not Homer ) 15€
Gundabad Orc Captain 13€
Gundabad Orc Swordsmen (Blister of 3) 20€
Gundabad Orc Speermen (Blister of 3) 20€

Gundabad Orcs are heavily armoured. Never seen them before.

The pics of these are all shockingly bad, imo, except Beorn. Surprised they're not in this thread already!

Oh, so no plastic Gundabad Orcs? I mean sure there's already armoured orc models, but I was kind of anticipating a kit for those that were briefly seen in the second movie (those are Gundabad Orcs right? The ones with the silly helmets?). Poo.

Hang on, don't the Gundabad Orcs make up most of the Orc force during the Battle of the Five Armies?


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Ah right, and knicked from some blog. Till proper images appear.

Oh those orcs are looking sweet! To bad they cost so much....The lord of the rings stuff used to be so cheap (the old stuff still is though)


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 Medium of Death wrote:
That is so hilariously bad. I actually laughed hard when I saw it.



Bard or Bord?

OH my that is friggen hilarious!!!! I laughed so hard when I saw that The miniature isn't that bad tho....okay it's bad haha

not sure about the huge faces on those helmets....
but the armour is otherwise cool


Beorn looks more like an ape than a bear. his shoulders need to be thicker, but then again this is just that one pic
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Yeah, the bear is pretty terrible. Beorn in human form, on the other hand, for those that have seen him, looks spot on to the movie version. Quite nice really.

I do hope the bear looks better in the film than that model.

For the Orc armour though, if that's how WETA designed it then that's how GW have to reproduce it.

I remember for the LOTR releases, the Perrys said that each Rohan soldier model was a reproduction of an actual costume from the film.