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True, but the star design suddenly strikes me as Arnor more. Would also give a reason to put the "range" back into stock.

The Arnor stars shown here are six pointed. The stars in the preview are eight pointed, like the ones in Numenorean and Gondorian heraldry.

My first thought was plastic King Elessar.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/04/11/middle-earth-strategy-battle-game-reinforcements-arrive-in-the-north/

Well, there you go.

Inquisitor Gideon was spot on

And pic for those blocked

Looks like a command set will be coming too.

Real shocker. Did not expect this at all but love it. Gw Arnor designs are awesome

Confirmed by the Warhammer Community team to be FW resin kits, by the by, on the Arnor Knights.

nice looking, very nice looking.

resin models with contact points to the base like that though?

not so sure on that bit, pity, as a box of six in plastic could have been tempted, especially if infantry and command models followed

 Kanluwen wrote:
Confirmed by the Warhammer Community team to be FW resin kits, by the by, on the Arnor Knights.

A little disappointing. As someone thats collected a huge amount of MESBG minis for huge wargames but has no interest in skirmish level games, these FW resin kits hold very little interest, other than perhaps adding a single one as 'command' selection to the otherwise much cheaper options we have out there.

Oh well, these are nice models but I'd have brought 10+ boxes in plastic for sure.

I can only hope that this might mean we might see an Arnor MTO so I can finally fill some gaps.

Yea I'm not buying these for 15€ a pop.

They look nice. Presumably there's a new command coming. Hopefully a redone Arvadui and Malbeth. And if one could hope, Gulhavar.

think what they need to try and find a way to do is to take the basic plastic boxes they have now, and add a small command box for each, a hero of some sort, ideally two different ones with a few posing options even if just a few weapon arms. then a banner and drummer or other option depending on the faction.

makes the current plastic boxes a lot more useful and allows more useful battlehost options in the future too

 Kanluwen wrote:
Confirmed by the Warhammer Community team to be FW resin kits, by the by, on the Arnor Knights.

Oh, my interest is suddenly deflated.

Surprised someone hoped they were in plastic: only famous heroes will be remade in plastic.

However they are very nice. I dream about a great, big supplement about the Second Age with new rules for Arnor, Numenor, Angmar. Ah, and Blue Mountains too!

It does seem that it's just life support for LotR these days. Which is a shame, as I'd definitely be in for a box or three if they and the foot versions were to be done in plastic. Unfortunately for GW, more than enough other plastic options out there for medieval humans these days.

 Dawnbringer wrote:
It does seem that it's just life support for LotR these days. Which is a shame, as I'd definitely be in for a box or three if they and the foot versions were to be done in plastic. Unfortunately for GW, more than enough other plastic options out there for medieval humans these days.

After what they pulled with HH and Legiones Imperiales I was wondering if they couldn't throw middleearth a bone and at least redo some of the very first plastics like Goblins and Rivendell elves... A proper set, decently priced would probably attract players from other games as well and not sell that bad.

Sgt. Cortez wrote:


After what they pulled with HH and Legiones Imperiales I was wondering if they couldn't throw middleearth a bone and at least redo some of the very first plastics like Goblins and Rivendell elves... A proper set, decently priced would probably attract players from other games as well and not sell that bad.

Oh I agree. In fact I'd go further and say a redone set of second age Elves / Numenor / Orcs done as a big Age of Darkness style box set with plastic Sauron, Elendil, Isildur, Gil-Galad, and Elrond would go far to revitalise the game.

Great models. Just the spears that don't look anything like spears.

It's a stick with a pointy end. That's pretty much a spear.

No pun intended, doesn't look pointy, that's the point. Compared to, say, Iron Hills spears More like.. *inserts eggplant emoji*

Has there been anyone from the US to receive the clear ghosties from the MTO?

 CragHack wrote:
No pun intended, doesn't look pointy, that's the point. Compared to, say, Iron Hills spears More like.. *inserts eggplant emoji*

It's pretty much the same as all other Gondor / Arnor spears. And as someone that uses metal spears / pikes on models, be careful what you wish for.

It is stunning to me that GW cannot make this game a bigger seller than it is. Lord of the Rings is one of the biggest IP’s out there with fans who spend excessive amounts of cash on all kinds of stuff.

I suspect GW very intentionally doesn’t make the effort with MEsbg to avoid the license penalty and to avoid cannibalizing its other non-license, fantasy customers. Frankly, the game would be better served (in terms of production) under a different company.

callidusx3 wrote:
It is stunning to me that GW cannot make this game a bigger seller than it is. Lord of the Rings is one of the biggest IP’s out there with fans who spend excessive amounts of cash on all kinds of stuff.

I suspect GW very intentionally doesn’t make the effort with MEsbg to avoid the license penalty and to avoid cannibalizing its other non-license, fantasy customers. Frankly, the game would be better served (in terms of production) under a different company.

That's probably exactly why they keep it. They don't want people spending that money elsewhere, even if the money isn't being directly poured into them. It just stops the competition getting it.

I'd love to see someone get a proper license for a book version of a wargame, but honestly at least having GW chug along with it is probably about as good as we would get. It would just be nice if they made some effort to a- keep things in stock most of the time and b- actually had things released on some sort of schedule that made sense.

It is all very strange though that one of the biggest IPs isn't currently being milked for all its worth, we've had a couple of GW models and the MTG stuff and a few odds n ends like board games, video games, and horrid new book covers. Where is all the new Middle Earth Merch?

We have a new film only months away, you'd think GW would be milking the game even if no one else is! Not even a trailer yet!

Bit on the fence about these. It's good to see anything new for the range at this stage, and Arnor certainly benefits from having another troop option, plus a mounted one at that. On the other hand, it's not exactly an exciting new addition: it's useful in game terms but also makes them more similar to other armies instead of offering something more unique. Visually, they're exactly just a Warrior of Arnor on horseback too, which is convenient for dismounts, but I think it's something about the shields that makes them look off on horses (can't think of many historical people using large rectangular shields while mounted, and it at least looks mighty inconvenient). Think I would have preferred a new elite option that was available mounted and on foot, creating more aesthetic variation and effectively adding 2 troop options instead of 1. Pose on the thrusting rider looks pretty ace though, has some "renaissance painting" vibes.

Excited for this, bummed that they will be resin - not my favorite material to work with.

Sgt. Cortez wrote:
After what they pulled with HH and Legiones Imperiales.

What did they pull with these?

 .Mikes. wrote:

Sgt. Cortez wrote:
After what they pulled with HH and Legiones Imperiales.

What did they pull with these?

From the context, I'd guess at "(re)launch with a buttload of plastic kits"