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Image 1 — The Departure of Boromir
Image 2 — The Departure of Boromir

The Departure of Boromir

My first ever diorama piece done classic ambush at Amon Hen. my local Warhammer store is doing a 160mm base diorama competition 😀

u/Rickydrinkspaint — 1 day ago

New riders of Rohan hard to build?

I’ve been busy building the new riders of Rohan and am finding some of the building pretty damn hard and fiddly.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I have decent hand eye coordination and decent eye sight but am still finding certain pieces tricky to fit or even find where the booklet is wanting the pieces to “connect” if that makes sense.

Has anyone else found this or am I just a bad mini maker?

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u/InvestmentPrinciples — 22 hours ago

Finished some Dwarven rangers for Khazad-Dum!

Miniatures are by Medbury, though I did add bows and quivers for the ones with two handed- and throwing axes

u/Mustachio-Furioso — 1 day ago

My Breaking of The Fellowship

Ran these back at Adepticon and have for a couple more tourneys. Big fan of them and just wanted to show them off here.

Pic 1 and 2 are a bit after finishing. Pic 3 of a pregame setup. 4 and 5 are in action at Adepticon.

u/TranOfMagis — 20 hours ago

Is it acknowledged yet that Depths of Moria was nerfed to the grave?

Title is a bit dramatic but according to any tournament i've seen, Depts with Bog is one of the worst now. At least the worst that were being played before.

Was the nerf deserved? Absolutely yes. But now i can finally say without people pushing be back that the Balrog isn't as good a profile as it should be. Goblins are now the fodder they're meant to be but Bog gets bogged down and nothing else can carry it to victory.

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u/Pender8911 — 1 day ago

Starting

Hi,

I'm looking to get back into MESBG, I have always played isenguard and still have that army. However I am looming at good forces, I like the look of elves, how do people find them to play?

Thanks

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Found my old Stash after 15-20 years.

Randomly stumbled upon a YouTube video that popped up on my home feed about "Lord of the Rings SBG", since i had recently bought "Lord of the Rings the card game (LCG), i thought it had something to do with that...

i was pretty shocked that the "Games Workshop" LOTR minitures were still a thing. I used to paint these things back in middle school (feels like 20 years ago now almost), I then proceeded to watch nonstop for hours about the game.

Found my old stash... which probably hasn't been touched in around 15+ years.... sadly when i left my parents place, my mom had just dumped them all into a shoebox... ALthough my painting skills were pretty terrible for a middle/high schooler (Especially the plastic stuff, i always struggled painting those), alot of them are still in decent shape (Some of the cheap plastic ones are missing swords/spears, etc though).

All the Hero's are Metal, (Fellowship, Boromir, Gamling, etc), as well as the Easterlings, fountain court guards, Elves. Everything else plastic (Rohan, Gondor, Goblins, Urakhai, harad, orcs)

I doubt i'd be able to find anyone withing a 500 mile radius of me who also plays, closest area being Denver (300-400 miles), but if i did want to start over, is there a good way to remove the paint that has "Gloss"? I figured hot soapy water, but no idea honestly.

I really don't know the first thing about this game anymore... i had the original guides, but haven't been able to find them in all my old junk :(. Not like I ever played in the first place, didn't know a single other person who played back in the day, but i loved painting them.

I think I could probably build a Rohan army, although ive always loved the Gondor aesthetic... and those "Dol Amroth" guys look cool... id be interested in picking those up.

u/HIRUS — 19 hours ago

WEEKLY ARMY DISCUSSION: Reclamation of Moria

With the most upvotes in last week's poll, this week's discussion will be for: Reclamation of Moria


VOTE FOR NEXT WEEK'S DISCUSSION

Ctrl+F for the term VOTE HERE in the comments below to cast your vote for next week's discussion. The topic with the most upvotes when I am preparing next week's discussion thread will be chosen.


Prior Discussions


Additional rules

  • A Reclamation of Moria Army must always contain Balin, who is always the Army's General.
  • Ori and Óin gain the Khazad-dûm keyword.

Special rules

Reclaim Moria

At the end of the game, if you control more Objective Markers than your opponent (if applicable), or are in possession of more Objective Markers than your opponent (if applicable), you score an additional 2 Victory Points. This can never take this Army's controlling player's total Victory Points above 20. Models that escape the board carrying an Objective Marker count as still being in possession of that Objective Marker for the purpose of this special rule.

A Desperate Defence

Whilst this Army is considered to be Broken, friendly models gain a bonus of +1 To Wound when making Strikes.

Balin's Last Stand

At the beginning of the Fight Phase, at the start of the Declare Heroic Actions Step, any friendly Dwarf Hero models that would be considered Trapped may declare a Heroic Defence for free, even if they could not normally declare a Heroic Defence.

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u/MrSparkle92 — 1 day ago

Trebuchet Mini Game: spot replaced pieces (solution last pic)

Got a metal trebuchet for cheap but with missing pieces. Got crafty, can you spot where?

u/celeithor — 20 hours ago

500 point Gondor force done!

My first mesbg 500 point reclamation army done and ready for my first event later this year.

u/dunford861 — 2 days ago

Does anyone know if Yazneg is finecast?

It just says "resin". I'm not super familiar with GW's materials so i just know plastic is good.

I really like the model but i've heard finecast is doo doo and warps.

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u/Pender8911 — 1 day ago

Starting /trying this Hobby

Hello everyone, I'm new into this Hobby and want to try it with a friend. So I get nearly 50 Minis for free and i dont know what these are. The only thing I know, they are from 2003. It contains some Orcs, Goblins, Gondorian, Rohanian and Elves i belive. I didnt geht any Profile cards or rule book. Are they enough to play? So i hope you can help me.

Here are picture of a few Minis. Most of them are made of plastic, some (most heros like Boromir, Aragorn, Elrond and Fangorn) made of zinc.

u/1337rsr — 1 day ago

10mm Last Alliance Diorama WIP

Heyo! Just wanted to share a WIP of a project (and hopefully get the motivation to fully paint it).

I've been making small 10mm minis for a while and I thought a "Battle of the Last Alliance" diorama would be cool with the Dark Lord, Elendil, and Gil-Galid.

The printing went well. Now I just need to find the time to paint.

u/Rengald — 1 day ago

Glorfindel's Sacrifice F.A 510

"Then Glorfindel leapt forward upon him and his golden armour gleamed strangely in the moon, and he hewed at that demon that it leapt again upon a great boulder and Glorfindel after. Now there was a deadly combat upon that high rock above the folk; and these, pressed behind and hindered ahead, were grown so close that well nigh all could see, yet was it over ere Glorfindel's men could leap to his side. The ardour of Glorfindel drave that Balrog from point to point, and his mail fended him from its whip and claw. Now had he beaten a heavy swinge upon its iron helm, now hewn off the creature's whip-arm at the elbow. Then sprang the Balrog in the torment of his pain and fear full at Glorfindel, who stabbed like a dart of a snake; but he found only a shoulder, and was grappled, and they swayed to a fall upon the crag-top. Then Glorfindel's left hand sought a dirk, and this he thrust up that it pierced the Balrog's belly nigh his own face (for that demon was double his stature); and it shrieked, and fell backwards from the rock, and falling clutched Glorfindel's yellow locks beneath his cap, and those twain fell into the abyss. "

I put together this scene by repurposing my "High Pass" diorama and throwing the Balrog & Glorfindel in for an epic shot!

Its such a fantastic chapter of the Silmarillion / Fall of Gondolin. After the fall of Gondolin to the forces of Morgoth, Glorfindel guides the refugees away through the mountain pass only to be pursued by a Balrog, giving his life in a climactic duel, for his heroism he is reincarnated by Manwë to continue to serve the free peoples of Middle-Earth.

(Background and enviroment is real, just some filter blizzard effects added to enhance the scene!)

u/Painting_in_Arda — 2 days ago

Some of our themed tables I thought you folk might like to see!

I thought some of you might appreciate seeing a selection of the boards that we have at our gaming centre, Golden Hall Gaming!

We’re really proud of our terrain selection and will keep adding to it to keep it fresh and make sure that we’ve always got something new to see (with some more Hobbit holes on the way soon 🙊). We’ve got regular events going on so if you’re interested in playing on these beauties then check us out on social media or on our website 😊

Are there any themes we’re missing or something you’d like to see?

u/BenTTG — 2 days ago

Black Num Realms of Men

Here’s a few of the other models I have finished so far. Following my last post

First pic is a possible stand in for a fountain court guard. Second is maybe a king of man and third is a basic black num (WOMT). Last one maybe a knight of the white tower and captain models. Not sure what to use them for yet. Happy with how it’s all coming along

u/FlumpingtonFlump — 1 day ago