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The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
Hello TW Center,
I would like to open this thread for the people who play the Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game ( For both Skirmish and War of the Ring battles ). I highly encourage discussions on strategy, armies, painting, modelling, etc. I would also highly encourage that you may add photos of your army. Some info on cool games you played would be appreciated too.
I would like to upload some photos of my 1,000 point Gondor army attacking a 1,000 point army of the White Hand ( Isengard ).
The objectives of this mission was for me to kill everyone on the hill ( Skull Temple piece ) and also kill the Uruk's main captain, Ugluk ( Crossbow dude ). This is kind of a picture story battle.
Sorry. Some of the images are blurry. This was my most epic battle since I was outnumbered greatly, the enemy had the hill as their defensive position, and the fact that I lost over 25 of my men while the enemy only lost 10 at one point. My heroes managed to kill everyone on the hill and kill the enemy hero. Once the battle was over the uruks had only 1 troll, 1 captain, and 1 normal unit standing. The match lasted 3 1/2 hours.
Some more pictures of my 500 point Goblin army destroying Isengard in a "minor victory".
SPECIAL THANKS TO GAMES WORKSHOP STORE MANAGER MARK HIGGINS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO BATTLE WITH ME!
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Sorry for some of the images are smudgy :thumbsdow:(
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Yea, they're not photographic masterworks! Funny to see pictures though. It's a pity that you tried getting close shots of your archers and that they failed. I don't know too much about photography but you might want to find out a bit how to focus etc. And maybe you should try keep the camera really still? (you could try use a stand)
And is it me or does the shooting hole your archer is aiming at in the third picture look a bit weird? Soldiers look fancy though!
Anyhow, I know almost nothing about wargaming! Wouldn't know if there are many other people playing this, but there is a 40k subforum on TWC...
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Well. As for the camera I was just taking quick pictures, I did not really try to set up a huge stand and take some master photographs. As for the bad quality it is because a camera can either focus on a close target, or a far target. On the images with the archers I was focused on the target far away. If I was focused on the target close then the background would be blurry. Anyways, as for 40k. LOTR is from the same company but an entire different game.
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Pretty cool.
I used to to the GW Lord of the Rings stuff years ago when I was younger but the lack of other players around me and the fact that I enjoyed painting the models more than playing the game itself sort of made it a fleeting interest...also the fact that GW's stuff is mad expensive and i was 14 or 15 didn't help.
Seriously...$50 or $60 bucks for 8 metal models...GTFO
If I had had money out the ass I wouldve played more but the income of a non working teen doesn't really support the hobby too well...
It was fun while it lasted but I quickly found collecting and painting plastic WWII models to be much more satisfying and extremely less hash financially (how could you not love the fact that 50 German infantry models only set you back $8?!)
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Well. I agree that the hobby is expensive and I am struggling because of that. I am now painting rooms around my house and all that for money.... I have so far spent $180 dollars for paint, prime, glue, 6 Gondor Knights, 24 Gondor warriors, The Fellowship, a cave troll, and 24 goblins. So I am more or less good having 1,500 point army at 180 dollars. I also recommend you buy plastic models. Metal models are not price friendly. :P
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Wow, some nice models there. Seems incredibly expensive though for what is basically a 3D board game
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Thanks ccllnply. Well. It is more of a hobby to be honest. I find a large difference between a 3D board game and a hobby. This is more of a collect, paint, etc hobby. Not too much of a buy one board game and your good hobby.
Speaking of expensive hobbies. When I was on vacation in Australia I went to the Queen Victoria Shopping Center and there was a hobby store for miniatures. The minis were quite small, about as tall as a humans finger, and were from $200 - $2,000 dollars. A knight on a horse cost $1,300 dollars. Now thats what I call an expensive hobby. :P
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I especially like the walls with the imperial eagle on them. Long live the Emperor. You know, if he lived.
But nicely done, man!
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I see a speese Mahrine. Lotr40k?
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Ratzor
I see a speese Mahrine. Lotr40k?
Oh. lol. I use that was a priority marker. If I don't use it then I use Sam ( He carries sausages and a frying pan )
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I especially like the walls with the imperial eagle on them. Long live the Emperor. You know, if he lived.
But nicely done, man!
That would be our "technologically advanced Gondorian hedges".
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people still play that crap? move onto BFME2
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Jaketh
people still play that crap? move onto BFME2
Or Third Age Total War...much, much, much cheaper haha
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topics name should be lotr table top game
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Or Third Age Total War...much, much, much cheaper haha
lotr-tw is better
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topics name should be lotr table top game
lotr-tw is better
Unfortunately I do not have Alexander so I can't play it...I used to have it and got it from some direct download site but I can't remember which site it was and if I could even download it again if I found the site.
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people still play that crap? move onto BFME2
BFME 2 has crappy gameplay TBH. I bought it for 50 bucks and think that its just not it. BFME 1 was much more fun.
As for TATW. I do not like the gameplay. COW gameplay suits me more. TATW is just, meh, its a great job, but, its just once you kill your few enemies the game becomes to easy and pointless.
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Bump bump. Whistle. Bump * Ressurects thread *
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I've always wanted a collection of historical figurines. Like of the English Civil War or Louis XIV's army. I suppose I can save it for a later life hobby, though by that time I may as well buy actual paintings/prints of the periods...
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LotR-tw is awesome, shame most of the crew died off.
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Yeah - some of the figures can be pretty awesome, but unfortunately, the entire LOTR line of figures suffers from the OI! NEEDZ MORE BITZ! syndrome.
The rules are actually pretty flexible and I actually prefer them to 40k rules. It's pretty fun to play, and I've gamed a few rounds at the local GW store, but never really considered starting up my own army.
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180 dollars? looks at this thread: http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=248031&highlight=how+much+did+your+table+top+army+cost+you%3F
I know its about my hobby (4k) but they are made by the same people and have allot very similar. its a VERY expensive hobby.
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Yeah - some of the figures can be pretty awesome, but unfortunately, the entire LOTR line of figures suffers from the OI! NEEDZ MORE BITZ! syndrome.
The rules are actually pretty flexible and I actually prefer them to 40k rules. It's pretty fun to play, and I've gamed a few rounds at the local GW store, but never really considered starting up my own army.
True. More bitz are needed but then LOTR minis are sculpted better.
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Russian Gondor, I 've seen what you bought...In my point of view, you should pick an army, collect it, paint it and then you should move on, buying one piece at a time. I used to play LoTR and had a substantial force of each race, but not one complete legal army. When my interest in LoTR waned I chose to play 40K, and elaborated for nearly a year on which army to start. Then the BA Codex arrived and I chose the IX Legio Astartes, buying a squad and a hero. When I paint them I will move on to other minis for my Marine army. Point is, you should buy one thing at a time and from one army only. Just my two cents though, your money, your hobby...Enjoy wargaming m8! :thumbsup2
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Well. Only reason I bought Goblins is because the manager of the store MADE me buy one and I thought its a better value to get more minis than pay 65 bucks for a book.
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Russian Gondor
Well. Only reason I bought Goblins is because the manager of the store MADE me buy one and I thought its a better value to get more minis than pay 65 bucks for a book.
Made you?? :hmm:
Anyhow, I think that the most diverse army in the system is Gondor, you have just about anything when you play as them. And now, they've got plastic Swan Knights and fiefdom troops, Jeez they are so appealing...I just love Gondor, but if I ever return to LoTR, I think I'll place my faith in my trusty High Elves again.
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I use to have a small Gondorian force a few soldiers, Archers, mounted knights and a Standard bearer, I admit I never actually played any wargaming with them I just liked painting them and making scenery, I never got around to going and playing some games as .1 I never knew how and .2 the hobby just got way too expensive so I ended up selling them on ebay, I could never understand why a small Plastic model which probably only cost 5p to manufacture was so expensive, I know they have to make a profit but they did over price them way too much.
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Raradir
I use to have a small Gondorian force a few soldiers, Archers, mounted knights and a Standard bearer, I admit I never actually played any wargaming with them I just liked painting them and making scenery, I never got around to going and playing some games as .1 I never knew how and .2 the hobby just got way too expensive so I ended up selling them on ebay, I could never understand why a small Plastic model which probably only cost 5p to manufacture was so expensive, I know they have to make a profit but they did over price them way too much.
I thought the same thing too. I finally cracked the nut on the price.
Lets think, 1) They have to pay someone to design the model 2) They have to make the equipment to make the model 3) Not too many people are into the hobby ( only a few hundred thousand around the world I presume ), and 4) Theres no guarantee people will buy the model.
Its not the materials but the demand and equipment in my opinion.
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Cool models.
I briefly collected Lord of the Rings models in high school (basically only had the RotK starter set and a couple metal heroes), but it never took off among the friends who I thought would be interested - they all were WoW players, and they said if they started wargaming there would be no coming back (no arguments here - we threw around the term "nerd card", and everybody gets to play one ;) ). Anyways, I let the hobby fall by the wayside due to lack of opponents, but I really would like to get back into it now that I'm at college. There's a ton more attention to the game in my university city, so I'd actually get to play the game.
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warhammer 40k and fantasy are way better! (its a matter of taste)
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knight of virtue and valor
warhammer 40k and fantasy are way better! (its a matter of taste)
Well. I tried playing Fantasy and I do not like it. There is no strategy at all. :disgust:
In fantasy all you do is you have like 5 trays, and then you say, I moved you, attacked you, I cast fireball, you die.
In Lord of the Rings Skirmish you get to move your models around, you need to out-smart the enemies movement, find a good defensive position, or attack from a nice spot. It actually has the word "strategy" in its title. ( I am not starting War of the Ring yet, but I might look into it since I have 1,000 Gondor points, 500 goblin, and 500 isengard points ). I bought a 500 point Isengard army yesterday, 6 berserkers, and 2 packs of warriors. I am trying something new with them and not just painting and basing them, but adding "blood effects" to make them more frightening and give them a spirit of a butcher. :yes: I might send some screenies once I am done painting.
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My new Uruk Hai! Sorry for smudginess! :thumbsdow
Anyways, I could not get a really good focus with my camera... sorry!
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I played this but I prefer warhammer 40k.
Havn't played in quite a while though.
I would play Warhammer Fantasy but I hate the rules for that game.
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Kanaric
I played this but I prefer warhammer 40k.
Havn't played in quite a while though.
I would play Warhammer Fantasy but I hate the rules for that game.
I was going to start Warhammer Fantasy but I agree that the rules stink! :disgust::disgust::disgust:
All you do is move like 3 trays and roll 500 dice. You spend more time rolling on which units will stand where rather than playing. I really like Fantasy models though....
I do not really like 40k too though since the range is enormous and from the start of the turn you just start blasting at the other and its a game of firepower, not strategy.... :tank:
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I'm searching around on eBay for a box to buy and build over the next couple weeks/months as a relaxing hobby - but I can't decide between Easterlings, Galadhrim, or Uruk Scouts :(
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KippyK
I'm searching around on eBay for a box to buy and build over the next couple weeks/months as a relaxing hobby - but I can't decide between Easterlings, Galadhrim, or Uruk Scouts :(
A few notes:
Easterlings - You will need to buy a Mumak to get your army anywhere.
Isengard - Get Uruk Warriors, not scounts, the scouts are -1 point but have -1 defense, and defense is quite important.
Galadhrim - Well, elves are well rounded but MUST have a map with forest or they will be squashed by cavalry. Or is galadhrim rohan??? I forgot :doh:
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Actually, Haradrim need the Mumak, not the Easterlings. The Easterlings are basically the Evil warriors of Minas Tirith, good armour values, shields, decent courage and fighting skills...nice looking models too! Russian Gondor, I do not know if it's the camera focus, but it seems to me, you have painted way too much blood mate...
KippyK, I would propose Easteling or Galadhrim, they are beautiful models, relatively easy to paint, they are bright, golden and look awesome when painted. Now if you want something darker, go with Uruks, Orcs, Rohirrim or Wood Elves...
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Russian Gondor
A few notes:
Easterlings - You will need to buy a Mumak to get your army anywhere.
Isengard - Get Uruk Warriors, not scounts, the scouts are -1 point but have -1 defense, and defense is quite important.
Thanks for the tips.
Galadhrim - Well, elves are well rounded but MUST have a map with forest or they will be squashed by cavalry. Or is galadhrim rohan??? I forgot :doh:
Galadhrim are the Elves of Lothlorien, you're thinking of Rohirrim. ;)
I'm buying my models based on looks, so that's why I'd take Scouts over Warriors - I just think the models look cooler. Plus, part of the reason the SBG rules appealed to me so much is that the game is about the "individual" and not the "regiment". Warriors seem best fit to formation-based fighting (with their pikes and crossbows) while Scouts would be more fluid.
Haradrim have Mumakil, not Easterlings :). A mumak is way out of the question though, way too expensive for me :(
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Actually, Haradrim need the Mumak, not the Easterlings. The Easterlings are basically the Evil warriors of Minas Tirith, good armour values, shields, decent courage and fighting skills...nice looking models too! Russian Gondor, I do not know if it's the camera focus, but it seems to me, you have painted way too much blood mate...
KippyK, I would propose Easteling or Galadhrim, they are beautiful models, relatively easy to paint, they are bright, golden and look awesome when painted. Now if you want something darker, go with Uruks, Orcs, Rohirrim or Wood Elves...
Good advice, thank you. The quality of models is really one of my highest criteria - that's why I've narrowed it down to these three boxes. I also have 12 orcs left over from when I played in high school, so they would be usable with either Uruk Scouts or Easterlings - I think I should probably start with one of those, and then follow-up with some Galadhrim if I play enough to justify it.
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I agree KippyK, Scouts look cooler for scenarios. Although, I bought 40 warriors of isengard and 6 berserkers and my army looks huge! ( Its only 500 pts, smallest amount usually used for Skirmish ). So yeh, for skirmish you can bunch up a big army if you don't use heroes. In my opinion heroes are overrated. I fought a test match against myself, 500 pts Isengard, vs 500 pts Gondor. The berserkers massacred the cavalry charge and then swarmed over Gondorian troops ( their 4 rolls vs. Gondor's 2 rolls, isengard gets 2 spear support due to pikes, + berserkers have 2 attack ). So I completely swarmed Gondor and had a 30 vs 1 Aragorn with Anduril battle. ( Sure, Aragorn killed 8 Uruks, but I still got him in the end ) :D
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I think I'm going to try to play even lower than that, 300, 350 points or so. The people I potentially will be playing with play War of the Ring (which is I guess a mass-scale game), so I think they'd rather do smaller games to differentiate the systems even more.
Have you played Battle Companies by the way? That looks pretty fun.
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What is "Battle Companies"? Never heard of it....
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It's like a variation for even smaller scale fights than skirmishes, but adds a role-play element to it. You start with between 5 and 8 models, and can use "experience" to recruit and promote your models up to 15 or so.
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KippyK, have you tried the High Elves?? Pretty nice, and relatively easy to paint, with stunning heroes...I may be biased, 'cos they are my army of choice in LoTR, but, they are killers and have better armour values than the Galadhrim, which I think were better in metal than in plastic...
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Hmm, I like the idea of High Elves (in terms of gameplay, and especially from the movie visuals) but in terms of models they don't quite make my list. The plastics were (if I'm not mistaken) the first ones that ever came out, so the scaling is wrong (they're too small), the details aren't too fine, and the poses are just too static for my tastes. :(
Nothing against them though, as even though they are a bit clone-ish, they still look pretty nice. I just don't want to buy a box of troops for 16 Elves (since I won't be using the Men), when I will be getting at least 20 or 24 of my more preferred sets.
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The High Elves lack the newer models' bits, but they are still, first in my heart. I sincerely hope we'll get to see a new army book, based on the Eldar, as well as new minis...after all, they are the first and the best :thumbsup2! Gil Galad definitely needs a new mini, he looks like he is trying to sleep on the Aeglos in this one :no:....
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Well... the High Elves do better for normal combat but the wood elves are less points and are better at hiding in woods. So they make for terrifying ambushes.
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It kinda makes you wonder how can the Galadhrim hide in all that shiny, golden armour of theirs...no, wait, this rule applies to the armoured Galadhrim or not :hmm:? Damn, I can't remember...
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Ambushing? Is there a rule where they get to start hidden? Elves are allowed to move through woods at full speed (most everyone else only goes half-speed) which is good for flanking/retreating but your opponent can still see your pieces, right?
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I am not sure. I think it uses a similiar rule to spider traps.
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I really think you should change camera, m8:tongue:! Other than that, it's good to see people playing strategy battle games...here in Greece, most people think it's like the toy soldiers that kids play at the age of 5:no:
The nearest GW shop is about 20 minutes by train. I can't find opponents..bah, my minis look magnificent on the shelf though!
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Well. The camera is made for long distance/family photos. Not really nice zoomed in photos. Unless I am missing something in the functions of my camera? :hmm:
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Neat-o. Will you ever get to play with him?
On a side note, I've recruited a buddy into the game on the same basis that I'm re-joining: after we grow out of playing with toy soldiers, the models will make cool souvenirs of the books/films. He's gonna play High Elves.
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Wow, your camera is calibrated at last:tongue:, and your Dark Lord seems suitably pissed off!
+rep :)from me!
More join the ranks of the Eldar...good news!
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Thanks guys :)
KippyK - Yes, I will get to play with Sauron. He is 450 points and an ultimate hero killer with a high fight value and high defense. I might get an Orc Battlehost and so I will have my 100 so Mordor soldiers to fight and when they die or run then I shall have Sauron swing his awesome mace and own everyone :)
Sanguinary Guardian - Thanks for the rep :yes: And yes, I finally learned how to get my camera going :)
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Russian Gondor, have you got a glimpse on the new plastic Swan Knights? Are they any good(as models I mean)?
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Russian Gondor, have you got a glimpse on the new plastic Swan Knights? Are they any good(as models I mean)?
Ah yes. They are pretty good. I did not physically open them but I have glimpsed at the box. The models look pretty tight but seem like a pain to paint. As far as in gameplay they should be used as a seperate army and won't work too well with a standard Gondorian army since they need their special heroes.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/ca...Id=prod730011a
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I think of bolstering my collection with Swan Knights just because they look that good...why they seem like a pain to paint?
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Dam you guys lol. I have just gone out and bought some Warhammer to start a collection back up lol
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Oh really? Which army did you choose?
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I think of bolstering my collection with Swan Knights just because they look that good...why they seem like a pain to paint?
They seem like a pain to paint because of the extra decals. Like the pictures of the swans and getting a nice blue combo with the fact that their armor is more shiny and therefore should not be bright but at the same time be mixed in white a little bit of wash. So their coloration is a hard one to mix and match and then you have to draw all the swans and symbols in :thumbsdow
Oh really? Which army did you choose? - I think he means that he started Warhammer Fantasy and after this conversation wants to start LOTR.
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Oh really? Which army did you choose?
Going to start as Gondor again:) I just bought the starter pack where you get 12 Goblins and paints, I only bought it for the paint lol
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lol i have hundreds of these figures, like 500 or something, all painted by me:D I was collecting and playing it years ago, when i was like 13-14
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Going to start as Gondor again:) I just bought the starter pack where you get 12 Goblins and paints, I only bought it for the paint lol
Great...Gondor has a nice selection of troops perhaps the greatest of all good factions...me, I may get back to LoTR only when I am finished painting my beloved Blood Angels Astartes....
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Great...Gondor has a nice selection of troops perhaps the greatest of all good factions...me, I may get back to LoTR only when I am finished painting my beloved Blood Angels Astartes....
In my opinion evil is better than good in every way. They have OP monsters ( Mumak, Balrog ). OP heroes ( Sauron ). And they have better troops ( concerning Isengard and Rhun ). Gondor has pretty good troops though. If I were you I would max out on normal soldiers, get Aragorn with Anduril ( if your facing evil ) and get Boromir. I would also have 1 pack of cavalry to take out enemy archers and outflank the enemy.
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I have a few of these pieces, about a dozen goblins and the fellowship.
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I have a few of these pieces, about a dozen goblins and the fellowship.
You should post them :)
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You should post them :)
They are unpainted. I got them as a gift lol
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They are unpainted. I got them as a gift lol
Paint them up :). I have a feeling your friend bought the starter set and didn't need some models so they gave it to you :yes:
*EDIT* 600th post!!! :thumbsup2
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Paint them up :). I have a feeling your friend bought the starter set and didn't need some models so they gave it to you :yes:
*EDIT* 600th post!!! :thumbsup2
he bought the set, never played with it then gave it to me :P. Plus I suck at painting
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:yes:Just paint them in one color then. As long as they look good from afar its awesome
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Russian Gondor
:yes:Just paint them in one color then. As long as they look good from afar its awesome
True enough...come on post them!!:yes::yes::yes:
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People are actually posting in the TATW of a thread I opened :P
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Well, I've got some rangers coming in the mail soon, got them second-hand for pretty cheap. I ended up finally pulling the trigger on these guys, since I love the look of them, and now the Gondorians I've got at home won't sit around doing nothing. I bought 48 rangers instead of the 24 I was asking for, because the guy gave me a nicer discount if I went for the whole lot - now I just gotta find someone who will trade or buy the extra 24 off me lol
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Well, I've got some rangers coming in the mail soon, got them second-hand for pretty cheap. I ended up finally pulling the trigger on these guys, since I love the look of them, and now the Gondorians I've got at home won't sit around doing nothing. I bought 48 rangers instead of the 24 I was asking for, because the guy gave me a nicer discount if I went for the whole lot - now I just gotta find someone who will trade or buy the extra 24 off me lol
If I were you I wold keep 48. All you need is a hero and they will be an awesome army. They lack armor but their skills in woods and high fight value make them a deadly force.
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If I were you I wold keep 48. All you need is a hero and they will be an awesome army. They lack armor but their skills in woods and high fight value make them a deadly force.
And are the best archers in Gondor's list, if I recall correctly.
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Yep, you're both spot on. I love the feel of a small, skillful elite, which is what the rangers give me. Blanket Minas Tirith troops feel too... vanilla. That's why I decided to supplement my current Gondorians, as it gives me the "skillful" troops I wanted, but now my Minas Tirith models don't sit in a box like they would've if I started elves or something. Plus, the Osgiliath scenes are some of my favorites from the films, and I can re-enact them in games now.
Here's the situation: I would keep the 48 rangers, but I don't foresee myself getting to use them all at once. If I trade/sell them, the end-game would be to 1) acquire commanders (I would love to get my hands on a Minas Tirith captain/banner, a hornblower 'cuz the model is sweet, and Madril as a ranger captain), or 2) to get a set of 24 evil models. Something like Haradrim, Morannon Orcs, Easterlings, etc. etc. I have 12 Mordor Orcs at home, and I could mix them together for a decent evil army to go along with my Gondor army, and then I could let people use the second army at the board game club here at school. Honestly, even if they don't get "recruited" into buying their own models, I'd be happy playing some games with my own models.
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KippyK
Yep, you're both spot on. I love the feel of a small, skillful elite, which is what the rangers give me. Blanket Minas Tirith troops feel too... vanilla. That's why I decided to supplement my current Gondorians, as it gives me the "skillful" troops I wanted, but now my Minas Tirith models don't sit in a box like they would've if I started elves or something. Plus, the Osgiliath scenes are some of my favorites from the films, and I can re-enact them in games now.
Here's the situation: I would keep the 48 rangers, but I don't foresee myself getting to use them all at once. If I trade/sell them, the end-game would be to 1) acquire commanders (I would love to get my hands on a Minas Tirith captain/banner, a hornblower 'cuz the model is sweet, and Madril as a ranger captain), or 2) to get a set of 24 evil models. Something like Haradrim, Morannon Orcs, Easterlings, etc. etc. I have 12 Mordor Orcs at home, and I could mix them together for a decent evil army to go along with my Gondor army, and then I could let people use the second army at the board game club here at school. Honestly, even if they don't get "recruited" into buying their own models, I'd be happy playing some games with my own models.
If you like 'em go for it....in my opinion, since you use a Good army that focuses on speed and stealth, you might want your Evil army to be different, ie: Heavily armoured but slow. Basically, that narrows it down into few evil armies, like Morannon Orcs as you've said, or Easterlings or Uruk-Hai.:yes:
As for your Rangers, don't forget the 33% limit on the bow armed models!
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Sanguinary Guardian
If you like 'em go for it....in my opinion, since you use a Good army that focuses on speed and stealth, you might want your Evil army to be different, ie: Heavily armoured but slow. Basically, that narrows it down into few evil armies, like Morannon Orcs as you've said, or Easterlings or Uruk-Hai.:yes:
As for your Rangers, don't forget the 33% limit on the bow armed models!
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In my opinion bows stink in LOTR. I mean, the chance that you kill someone is so slim. I was attacking a huge army of Gondorians in a 500 point battle and the enemy had 13 archers, yet he only killed 1 of my men in 3 turns which it took me to get to his army. ( I later owned his archers by rushing out of the forest with berserkers )
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In my opinion bows stink in LOTR. I mean, the chance that you kill someone is so slim. I was attacking a huge army of Gondorians in a 500 point battle and the enemy had 13 archers, yet he only killed 1 of my men in 3 turns which it took me to get to his army. ( I later owned his archers by rushing out of the forest with berserkers )
That's plainly bad luck. I played against a friend of mine and allowed him to use my Elven Army (he was and still is a noob at TT wargaming), while I used Moria Goblins. That dammnable Elven Bow and the Elves needing 3+ to hit destroyed large chunks of my army, although revenge was sweet when I swamped those pointy-ears with my Goblin Hordes.
Note: I did not use trolls, because I don't have a model for 'em.
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That's plainly bad luck. I played against a friend of mine and allowed him to use my Elven Army (he was and still is a noob at TT wargaming), while I used Moria Goblins. That dammnable Elven Bow and the Elves needing 3+ to hit destroyed large chunks of my army, although revenge was sweet when I swamped those pointy-ears with my Goblin Hordes.
Note: I did not use trolls, because I don't have a model for 'em.
Well. Goblins suck. I was playing Rohan once and I lost 6 Goblin Captains and 1 Cave Troll in one courage test while the other guy had 2 models left. I only ended up with 1 goblin archer and lost the game. That was a uber facepalm moment.
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Well. Goblins suck. I was playing Rohan once and I lost 6 Goblin Captains and 1 Cave Troll in one courage test while the other guy had 2 models left. I only ended up with 1 goblin archer and lost the game. That was a uber facepalm moment.
The dice Goddess can be a cruel :wub: sometimes...
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In my opinion bows stink in LOTR. I mean, the chance that you kill someone is so slim. I was attacking a huge army of Gondorians in a 500 point battle and the enemy had 13 archers, yet he only killed 1 of my men in 3 turns which it took me to get to his army. ( I later owned his archers by rushing out of the forest with berserkers )
Depends on the scenario and objectives, my friend. Archers are good for area denial, but you'll never get their points back in kills.
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Depends on the scenario and objectives, my friend. Archers are good for area denial, but you'll never get their points back in kills.
Well. Archers are good at annoying the enemy and splitting apart the enemies force. Too often does the enemy split their force to go after my archers. I just turn tail and run. ( Although Rohan's cavalry eventually caught up to my archers and massacred them :whistling )
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So, what do you people think that the next supplements for LoTR will be?
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I am thinking all they will do is raise prices more and add random anti-lore things. Maybe a new rule-book to make more money and piss us off.
2 days ago I did battle with our GW store manager. 1000 pts, I was Gondor and he was Rohan with Fellowship and friends. I used Aragorns free pt of might to get a heroic move and charge his cavalry ( he had a full cavalry army with 3 heroes from Fellowship ). My men of Gondor massacred his stuck cavalry and then he ended up resigning after getting owned in 1 charge because he was tied up with my guys,
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I used to paint LOTR minis but I quit (It didn't look like many people were still playing it in Belgium). I'm afraid I can't find any pics of my minis. Might take some in the week. :thumbsup2 Is the game still popular ?
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I used to paint LOTR minis but I quit (It didn't look like many people were still playing it in Belgium). I'm afraid I can't find any pics of my minis. Might take some in the week. :thumbsup2 Is the game still popular ?
Well, it never was popular. People like either having 5 movement trays of units and pricey tons of crappy rule books that change every year, or overpriced space marines. I personally love LOTR but barely anyone plays it. It is mostly for Tolkien fans who have a bit of money up their pockets in my opinion.
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I have a feeling they will release more things, ie) New starter set and/or a Dale faction when the Hobbit movie comes out. What do you guys think?
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The High Elves need some love...perhaps a First Age supplement?
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Or they could re-do the models. Galadhirim are old school still, smaller scale and more clone molds.
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Didn't Galadhrim get an update last year??
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These are the last minis I painted :) I think I was 15..
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Godfrey I of Leuven
These are the last minis I painted :) I think I was 15..
Very good, way better than my Goblins...which I also painted when I was 15...for some reason :whistling:whistling only the Elves had my attention...
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Amazing job! :o
Have some rep!
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Very good, way better than my Goblins...which I also painted when I was 15...for some reason :whistling:whistling only the Elves had my attention...
I picked them because they were the easiest models to paint :laughter: I sucked at painting high elves for some reason.. I just hated that layered armour lol
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Godfrey I of Leuven
I picked them because they were the easiest models to paint :laughter: I sucked at painting high elves for some reason.. I just hated that layered armour lol
I sucked too at painting High Elves, but, when I started mixing Colours, things became so much better. A 50:50 mix of Mithril Silver and Shinning Gold, and a highlight of Mithril Silver (No shades, the models do not have enough sculpting for this) work wonders on High Elves...