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The War of the Rohirrim seems to me to be based on Jackson's Middle Earth (visual aspect of the movies) and not necessarily on Tolkien's Middle Earth.

All the characters are a miss. Minis aren't bad per se, but bad guys don't fit the setting at all (white haired general Targg makes me laugh, sooo Tolkien-esque ).

Haleth and Hama are fine, but most if not all Rohan miniatures, characters and warriors, have their legs protected by armour from waist almost to the feet (scales, mail or leather). It make sense to protect legs when fighting from horseback. These two are an exception. They died probably because of it

Wild Helm might look better after head swap.

On the other hand, the new Rohan Warriors and Dunlendings are very tempting.

He looks like a wizard who only knows Fist

Not at all how I would have pictured Helm when he was sneaking about throttling Dunlendings in the dead of winter, but in a vacuum, it's a fine enough miniature. Very much prefer the FW interpretation of him though.

 .Mikes. wrote:
Looks like I need to 3d print an accordion.

Oh please, yes, do.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
He looks like a wizard who only knows Fist

Do love me a good muscle wizard.

Santtu wrote:
The movie version of Helm looks like a martial arts master, which is a pretty weird interpretation of the source material. GW's model looks a bit like an angry Santa.

Freca:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/mfhcj1x3/frecatm-lord-of-the-west-march-leads-the-charge-in-middle-earthtm-strategy-battle-game/

I like this guy, he's got a lot of character, especially around the face.

Jeez he's a unit.

So now we've seen all the major players from the events surrounding them, are we expecting any other characters? Fréaláf maybe?

Well the article says there's a lot more reveals incoming, so i would expect so. Would be odd for such a prominant character to not have a model.

No Hera, no interest!

December is too far away...

 Shadow Walker wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/08/15/the-road-goes-ever-on-and-on-the-next-edition-of-middle-earth-strategy-battle-game/

So this article has disappeared as far as I can tell... was going back to relook at what it said about the whole "legending" thing as I couldn't remember what it said about model lines/factions been ended. Anyone recall how they phrased it?

I've always had Far Harad on my "to do" list and conscious the new edition is getting closer, so I may want to pick up some of the models before they disappear (maybe?)...

 His Master's Voice wrote:
Man, those new character designs really lost me.

Likewise sadly. At least, the snowman. I'm sure I can work around that and enjoy the new rules.

Piousservant wrote:

So this article has disappeared as far as I can tell... was going back to relook at what it said about the whole "legending" thing as I couldn't remember what it said about model lines/factions been ended. Anyone recall how they phrased it?

I recall them saying there 3 books. Two for models solely based on the Movies, one Lord of the Rings, one The Hobbit. A 3rd book for extended... presumably Rise of Angmar, Defense of the North... exc.

Then there was a blurb that mainly mentioned PDF's and Rise of Angmar being obsolete on release of new editon. They said a PDF will be out asap with the edition release. Then there was a sentence that mentioned an additional PDF for Legendary models no longer available and/or no longer consodered part of the 3 books depending on how you interpret it.

What that could be... well... they also clearly mentioned they will be removing some models to make way for new. With that said, for all we know, they could be eliminating some current models like your Far Harad and making them Legendary. The Far Harad line was previously missing from the web order page.

If I had to take a guess, those legendary models could be things like Black Numenorians, Fiefdom Men at Arms, Mordor and Gondor bolt thrower, Watchers of Karan... exc. Things no longer available.

But that's all just guess work. Time will tell.

Honestly, I'm just happy to see anything as I had bets on GW ditching the license and ending the game line.

Looks like we have our Grima-esque character. Looks good though, especially digging that red on white:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/t7mylyut/lord-thorne-of-the-woldtm-defies-his-liege-helm-hammerhand-in-the-middle-earthtm-strategy-battle-game/

FW resin. I had a feeling that anything outside of the core box (characterwise at least) was going to end up resin.

OMG this line-up is boring. If Hera or the big-ass monsters weren't in the trailer I'd probably pass on the movie.

...a film based upon a war between two human factions is boring because it has generated miniatures of human characters?

I really like the sculpt for this guy, though I'd still like to see more angles.

Gideon, why the surprise at FW resin? There are only a small minority of characters in plastic, and there hasn't been any real indication of that changing in recent times.

No surprise, just confirmation. Was just half curious as they're launch characters in the movie if they would end up plastic to appeal to a wider audience.

Oh he's definitely getting turned into a foot version of the unarmoured "Warg Attack" Theoden.

Why's he so angry?

Because how would you know he's evil, if he wasn't angry?

 Dysartes wrote:
...a film based upon a war between two human factions is boring because it has generated miniatures of human characters?

Have you not seen the trailer? A giant eagle, a wounded war-elephant and even the Watcher itself makes an appearance. I get that War of the Rohirrim will obviously live up to it's name, but the trailer also shows a fantasy adventure as well. SBG didn't just sell itself on a bunch of orcs and human'n'elf soldiers alone - The Cave Troll, the Balrog, the Watcher and the chilling Black Riders.

Not saying they shouldn't show these characters but we need a bit more than Father Christmas after a visit to Gold's Gym and...whoever this bloke is. So far the only thing to be impressed about is the new Rohan sculpts...

SamusDrake wrote:

I get that War of the Rohirrim will obviously live up to it's name, but the trailer also shows a fantasy adventure as well.

Yeah.... it's no Krull though is it?

 .Mikes. wrote:


Yeah.... it's no Krull though is it?

Now there was a fantasy film!

But seriously, its not just The Vikings on the other hand.

zombie_sky_diver wrote:

Piousservant wrote:

So this article has disappeared as far as I can tell... was going back to relook at what it said about the whole "legending" thing as I couldn't remember what it said about model lines/factions been ended. Anyone recall how they phrased it?

I recall them saying there 3 books. Two for models solely based on the Movies, one Lord of the Rings, one The Hobbit. A 3rd book for extended... presumably Rise of Angmar, Defense of the North... exc.

Then there was a blurb that mainly mentioned PDF's and Rise of Angmar being obsolete on release of new editon. They said a PDF will be out asap with the edition release. Then there was a sentence that mentioned an additional PDF for Legendary models no longer available and/or no longer consodered part of the 3 books depending on how you interpret it.

What that could be... well... they also clearly mentioned they will be removing some models to make way for new. With that said, for all we know, they could be eliminating some current models like your Far Harad and making them Legendary. The Far Harad line was previously missing from the web order page.

If I had to take a guess, those legendary models could be things like Black Numenorians, Fiefdom Men at Arms, Mordor and Gondor bolt thrower, Watchers of Karan... exc. Things no longer available.

But that's all just guess work. Time will tell.

Honestly, I'm just happy to see anything as I had bets on GW ditching the license and ending the game line.

Ah, thanks - I couldn't remember how explicit they were on stuff going OOP. We'll just have to wait and see I guess - and move quickly to grab anything I need if/before it goes OOP!

Lots of Middle-Earth stock on Last Chance To Buy, including all of Far Harad and Khand, a fair few book and original characters, and almost all the commander sets for the big factions

That's more than likely a re-boxing/branding for the launch.

I look forward to the inevitable price hike that comes along with this reboxing.

I still remember the Hobbit Premium, what a rude awakening that was

Even now, over a decade on, I still don't own more than Escape From Goblin-Town on principle

Nope, a load of stuff is going going (at least until a future MTO...) some is repacks with specific models gone.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/vozvvb0g/middle-earthtm-strategy-battle-game-the-upcoming-range-update-explained/

Better buy some Far Harad whilst I can!

Colour me surprised they've been so upfront about it, even if a lot of the profiles were long since rotated out or sold out and removed from the site

With some luck though, the removal of the fourth hero from the commander sets might bring the core captain, standard and musician back in metal, which I'd consider a win

I am.... not enthusiastic about any of this. At all. In the slightest.

In fact I fething hate it. A pox on you whatever decision maker gave this the go-ahead.

Eh, the only thing i'm really sorry about there is the titled wraiths. Never seen anyone touch Far Harad and the metal Khand chariots can go to hell and stay there. Give me proper resin or plastic for the redo's.