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 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Neat, actually a few bits on there I never got before. Looks like I can finally do that camel cavalry.

Hm, were Elrond and Gil-Galad and the Bosun and captain released in resin before they went oop? I could have sworn they were only metal.

Yep! In the last wave of Finecast redos. Along with like the Hasharin 2012 resculpt.

Hm, oh well. RIP Aiglos, you'll never be straight again in Finecast.

 judgedoug wrote:
It is official - in emails to retailers today.

Carrying this over to the next page so the news isn't missed. also can a mod update the title to like "giant wave of oop models being re-released Nov 24" or somesuch?

Saw ‘Blackstone Fortress’ and was like ‘HOLY HELL! THEY’RE RE-RELEASING BFG MODELS!!!!11!!ONE!’

And then I remembered (and read) ‘it’s a book, not the model’ and then there was sadness.

But hey, the Arnor models will find a welcome home in my house, so that’s something!

Ingold and Húrin, finally. How long has it been since these two first appeared? 4, 5 months or so?

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Wardens-of-Gondor-2018

METAL

do you guys think mounted Elrond & mounted Aragorn (Strider) will come back to the store this year? I am having trouble finding those miniatures even second hand.

Preview: Armies of The Hobbit™ on Warhammer Community:

As per the Warhammer Community article announcing the preorders https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/11/18/coming-next-week-project-boxes-tiny-titans-and-heroes-of-middle-earth/

Here's the North American preorder/release list for Middle-earth SBG. (USD/CAD)

Note that the Hobbit infantry sets are being re-released with their contents doubled for $10 more (effectively a massive price decrease)

I'm usually the last person to slate Forge World's paint jobs, but good lord that face on Legolas.



I'm happy to see Arathorn/Halbarad back. Two of my favourite LotR models. Hell, the whole Arnor release - Good and Evil - was spectacular.

"Damnit Legolas, how many times do I have to tell you, one Lembas bread is enough! You're grounded!"

-Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm.

 Arbitrator wrote:
I'm usually the last person to slate Forge World's paint jobs, but good lord that face on Legolas.

Spoiler:

Those are the existing plastics that were released by Games Workshop back when 'The Desolation of Smaug' was released. They're not new sculpts or paint jobs.

Legolas... yeah, uh, wow. That's something.

Starting to get worried about Thrydan Wolfsbane and the Dunlendings/Wild Men. I really hope they're not getting updated by ForgeWorld.

But yay, more Harad and Khandish models are back!

 Ghaz wrote:
Preview: Armies of The Hobbit™ on Warhammer Community:

That suggestion for Smaug is horrible. Having another dragon trundling around behind him is possibility the most lore breaking thing they've ever come up with.

This just posted up on the community site. I wish I had this to follow when I was painting my Rohan years back

 zend wrote:
Starting to get worried about Thrydan Wolfsbane and the Dunlendings/Wild Men. I really hope they're not getting updated by ForgeWorld.

But yay, more Harad and Khandish models are back!

I get it if it's an availability thing, but why wouldn't you want updated sculpts?

Legolas there is a plastic kit. He was awful when first shown during Desolation of Smaug.

Voss wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
Preview: Armies of The Hobbit™ on Warhammer Community:

That suggestion for Smaug is horrible. Having another dragon trundling around behind him is possibility the most lore breaking thing they've ever come up with.

Eh. Let people have fun and experiment. Having got Smaug, the idea of him leading around a bunch of lesser cold drakes amuses me I have to be honest.

Smaug, and his annoying little brother that Mom made him babysit.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 zend wrote:
Starting to get worried about Thrydan Wolfsbane and the Dunlendings/Wild Men. I really hope they're not getting updated by ForgeWorld.

But yay, more Harad and Khandish models are back!

I get it if it's an availability thing, but why wouldn't you want updated sculpts?

Legolas there is a plastic kit. He was awful when first shown during Desolation of Smaug.

Updated sculpts in plastic? Sure!

Updated sculpts in resin at slowed ForgeWorld costs? No thanks! I don't want to spend around $10 per model for basic, most likely monopose, warrior models. I don't even want to pay $60 for Dain and his piggy, and I love that model.

 zend wrote:
No thanks! I don't want to

So don't


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Voss wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
Preview: Armies of The Hobbit™ on Warhammer Community:

That suggestion for Smaug is horrible. Having another dragon trundling around behind him is possibility the most lore breaking thing they've ever come up with.

It's definitely a thousand times more lore-breaking than "all evil can ally" and "all good can ally" that existed for the previous 17 years.
How dare they post a suggestion for Matched Play games that have nothing to do with Narrative games?

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
This just posted up on the community site. I wish I had this to follow when I was painting my Rohan years back

That is fantastic! Thankfully, I've still got almost all of the Rohirrim from the box to paint. I do however have about 30 Gondorian Knights that I wished I'd had this for before doing though!

Online shops in UK just added few bundles for pre-order. Legolas and Tauriel, White Gandalf with Peregrin and they are re-stocking the Fellowship. Well that is my Black Friday sorted

So what did folks score for themselves? The book, Gandalf, the dice, Forlong and Angbor, Arvedúi and Malbeth and Dúinhir (long has he evaded me...)

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
So what did folks score for themselves? The book, Gandalf, the dice, Forlong and Angbor, Arvedúi and Malbeth and Dúinhir (long has he evaded me...)

Where are you buying mate? Some online store or through GW direct?

The book, Gandalf and the dice through Element games. All three for about £50. Everything else direct as they're direct only anyway. And still kept their old prices, so cheap as.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
The book, Gandalf and the dice through Element games. All three for about £50. Everything else direct as they're direct only anyway. And still kept their old prices, so cheap as.

Ok thanks I thought so but making sure there are no 'hidden' stores which sell GW web exclusives

Must say that GW has such a great and wide range of minis that it is hard to resist. Shame other online retailers have such a limited offer

Wow, repacking all the plastic Hobbit infantry kits with double the amount and selling them at just over half the cost? GW might get a mirkwood army out of me yet...

This is really cool.

Great move in a series of moves correcting some of the Hobbit era missteps.

Awesome to see as the game system is easily the best GW has put out and Middle Earth's imagery looks fantastic on the table.

Building up my forces again and awaiting a couple key minis return for my Elves.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
So what did folks score for themselves?

Groblog, Corsair Arbalesters (2 packs), Bo’sun & Captain, Dalamyr plus the Knight of Umbar and a box of plastic Corsairs.