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Trying to build it as a 12 year old with no tools for pinning or anything. I think I managed to do it by using copious amounts of super glue, then mixing a makeshift filling cement by mixing super glue and PVA glue to fill the gaps and provide additional structural integrity. Nightmare

Welp. I want those.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Trying to build it as a 12 year old with no tools for pinning or anything. I think I managed to do it by using copious amounts of super glue, then mixing a makeshift filling cement by mixing super glue and PVA glue to fill the gaps and provide additional structural integrity. Nightmare

The version with metal wings must be an absolute witch to build. But that just sounds like torture!

 Snrub wrote:

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Trying to build it as a 12 year old with no tools for pinning or anything. I think I managed to do it by using copious amounts of super glue, then mixing a makeshift filling cement by mixing super glue and PVA glue to fill the gaps and provide additional structural integrity. Nightmare

The version with metal wings must be an absolute witch to build. But that just sounds like torture!

Yeah, I imagine it is, but there is something satisfying about the weight of a metal miniature and how it feels in your hands and on the table. Not sure why.

And precisely for that reason, I'm kinda tempted by that Balrog. Despite the fact that I have the plastic one which looks largely identical and is several times more user-friendly.

There is also the fact that I had hoped to purchase that particular set years ago, but they had just released the new metal one with a whip, swaying sideways. As a result, the old one was apparently no longer available anywhere that I could find, and I went from store to store to check. Would be fun to get it after all, depending on the price.

Escape from Ortanc, for example. The eagle, Gandalf but Saruman too are not well sculpted in my opinion.
All the newest miniatures proposed by GW (Witch King) and Forgeworld (new orc heroes, Easterling Black dragons) are wonderful instead.
So it is quite sad to see GW proposes old, very old miniatures to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fellowship of the Rings and does not propose new plastic sculpt for the Fellowship...

You're going to be in the vast minority that thinks those are bad sculpts. And one thing we definitely do not need is yet more versions of the fellowship.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
You're going to be in the vast minority that thinks those are bad sculpts. And one thing we definitely do not need is yet more versions of the fellowship.

Correct, and correct.
In fact, I'd dare say that some of the newer sculpts are lacking in a quality that the older ones generally possess. Folk have been asking for a new Fellowship, but there are already four or five different versions of it, and I'm willing to bet that the same folk would bemoan an identikit Fellowship arriving out of the blue.

To be honest, they've already been releasing a new fellowship in piecemeal. We've had the plastic three hunters, Merry and Pippin in the Treebeard kit, i have no doubt there will be a plastic Boromir and Gandalf the grey at some point. That just leaves Frodo and Sam.

I do not agree but I respect your opinions!

The Gwaihir in Escape from Orthanc is definitely a weak link, that's for sure. Adequate for the time, but blown out of the water by the plastic Great Eagles (the resin Forge World Character Series version is a bit overkill). An absolute rotter to paint too, I've still not found the willpower to finish it with more than a rough drybrush.

Saruman is neither here nor there, not the best rendition of him or the worst. The Gandalf sculpt is actually one of the best for the character in hand though. Remarkably well done, to the point I don't think the painters or photography of the day could adequately capture it.

Speaking of deceptively good sculpts, gotta thank Inquisitor Gideon for standing up for the White Council set a few pages back. I'd been avoiding Hobbit resins like the plague and was going to give them a miss, but now that I have them in front of me, hot damn, they're nice.

The original fellowship is brilliant..managing to get models that look like real people in white metal in 2001? That's a hell of a feat. The plastic models are fine but I think the metal originals have a lot more general character. I have the plastic three hunters but painting them doesn't even compare to painting the originals.

 Eiríkr wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
You're going to be in the vast minority that thinks those are bad sculpts. And one thing we definitely do not need is yet more versions of the fellowship.

Correct, and correct.
In fact, I'd dare say that some of the newer sculpts are lacking in a quality that the older ones generally possess. Folk have been asking for a new Fellowship, but there are already four or five different versions of it, and I'm willing to bet that the same folk would bemoan an identikit Fellowship arriving out of the blue.

The old metals have some issues. They can be wierd to put together and require significant amounts of cleaning, and a few just are bad casts.

The old plastics can be out and out heinous XD

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
The original fellowship is brilliant..managing to get models that look like real people in white metal in 2001? That's a hell of a feat. The plastic models are fine but I think the metal originals have a lot more general character. I have the plastic three hunters but painting them doesn't even compare to painting the originals.

Absolutely. I don't know how many of them have remained my absolute favourite sculpt of that particular character given the >half a dozen iterations that followed them, but each and every one of them remains a fine little work of art with very little room for improvement.

Even more Easterlings you say? Can't remember the last time any one faction got this much focus in one release.

New Captain and War Priest?
Sword doesn't look like the scimitars we normally see, wonder if that has any significance

And unless I've lost count, Dunland got the same number of releases as we've seen so far, though I'd half expect we'll see more before it's done

 Snrub wrote:

Johanxp wrote:
Men there are some ugly miniatures here..

Out of genuine interest, which models are you talking about?


This will be a comparatively light MtO for me. Only need Weathertop and the Balrog if it is indeed the metal version. Already have Amon-hen, The Fellowship and Orthanc (minus the palantir). I did get all excited for a second though as I thought they were MtO'ing the old books.

Shame they are doing Amon-hen again and not Breaking of the Fellowship. Some of those minis are quite hard to come by.

The properly-metal one? Or the one that quickly replaced it, with plastic wings? I originally had the one with pastic wings, then later sold that one, and replaced it with the all-metal one. It's somehow managed to stay intact for 20 years, except for that time it fell off the base under it's own weight.

After picking up the Balin's Tomb game, I now have 11 Gandalfs (Ganfalves? Gandalfen?)


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 Tim the Biovore wrote:
Picked up Escape from Orthanc and the Battle at Khazad-dum off eBay earlier this year, and Ambush at Amon Hen from the previous MTO, but I'll probably pick up the other two.

Weathertop is the one I'm most keen for, I love the Ringwraith sculpts, but can't stand GW resin. Shame the additional four aren't exactly easy to find

Did they ever sell the other four separately? I've got one of them, somehow, but as far as I can tell the only way to get them is to buy the set of nine, which obviously leaves you with five duplicates. As it stands, if you want to be a Ringwraith completist, you'll need 63 different models.

Best grab the Easterling Commanders kit while it's still available then....
Hopefully they do an MtO of the old Easterling warrior, Kataphracts and mounted warpriest sculpts.

 Tim the Biovore wrote:
Sword doesn't look like the scimitars we normally see, wonder if that has any significance

Looks somewhat Elvish in nature. Amdur wields a elvish blade, but no shield. So this could be an alternate/new version of him maybe.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
The properly-metal one? Or the one that quickly replaced it, with plastic wings?

BKD balrog was the all metal one if i remember correctly. The plastic winged one had a whip not a sword.

Did they ever sell the other four separately?

Blister packs.

At a guess, I'd say those might be two new named characters, a captain-equivalent and a named warpriest.

 Snrub wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
The properly-metal one? Or the one that quickly replaced it, with plastic wings?

BKD balrog was the all metal one if i remember correctly. The plastic winged one had a whip not a sword.

The Bridge of Khazad-dûm version was originally released with metal wings for a short while, then given plastic wings for practical reasons. The second iteration with the whip was then given the same wings I think, but the first sculpt with the sword already had these too.

Did they ever sell the other four separately?

Blister packs.

Don't think the 4 additional sculpts were ever sold separately; only as part of the full set of 9 wraiths on foot (first in metal, later in Finecast). A shame, as I really like the one striding forwards with the sword held vertically, and the one casting a spell is nice too, but they rarely showed up second-hand precisely because they were only sold in the full set, and if anything the original Weathertop 5 would then show up on eBay as a result (the Witch-king being especially prevalent, also being included in the BGiMe magazines and a foot/mounted blister I think).

The alternative 4 wraiths were definitely in blisters. I remember buying them.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Even more Easterlings you say? Can't remember the last time any one faction got this much focus in one release.

Easterlings needed more options, and now they are getting them

 Snrub wrote:

 Tim the Biovore wrote:
Sword doesn't look like the scimitars we normally see, wonder if that has any significance

Looks somewhat Elvish in nature. Amdur wields a elvish blade, but no shield. So this could be an alternate/new version of him maybe.

Amdur's sword still looks like an easterling sword though, it's only elvish ruleswize.
It might just be a new sergeant with a fancy sword to make him stand out, there only ever was the metal one with halberd (and the Kataphrakt one), so it could be one with a shield.

I think they can be more named heroes.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/12/24/warriors-from-a-bygone-age-return-for-christmas-day-pre-orders/

New MTO for Middle-Earth

Thorin's Company



Young Bilbo



Is this the Warhammer World exclusive version of the Company?

Yes

Well that's neat. I could never get on with painting the plastic set for whatever reason. So i'll grab these if they're still in FW resin.

That Thorin's Company set is actually tempting; the sculpts look better than the plastic versions. Pity it doesn't include Gandalf though; everyone needs more versions of him!

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
So i'll grab these if they're still in FW resin.

They are indeed, and they're up now.

I won't post the link, I don't want to give anyone a heart attack when they see the Australian price tag.

 Tim the Biovore wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
So i'll grab these if they're still in FW resin.

They are indeed, and they're up now.

I won't post the link, I don't want to give anyone a heart attack when they see the Australian price tag.

This is why I use parents.co.uk as a freight forwarding service

 Tim the Biovore wrote:
They are indeed, and they're up now.

If they were up, they've been taken down again as I can't see them on the OZ or NZ site.