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Author Topic: A miniature journey through Middle Earth  (Read 29715 times)

Bison

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Reply #180 on: November 26, 2021, 02:50:05 AM
Excellent report. I watched some ME SGG games played at a miniatures convention tournament a couple of weeks ago. A cavalry charge is a very powerful attack.



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Reply #181 on: November 26, 2021, 03:25:48 AM
Nice report and the minis are very striking.
 
( Was never attracted to the game, even when first came out, although the Citadel miniatures were awesome. )



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Reply #182 on: November 26, 2021, 04:08:00 AM
Cheers chaps



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Reply #183 on: November 26, 2021, 10:44:56 AM

( Was never attracted to the game, even when first came out, although the Citadel miniatures were awesome. )

The miniatures are Perry miniatures branded by Games Workshop IIRC. Anyway, the detail is generally nice but there are some awkward parts on some of the sculpts which I think are due to the age of the mold/sculpt. I am painting some now and have enjoyed the process.



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Reply #184 on: November 30, 2021, 09:17:37 AM
I finally found a decent price on the LOTR army and company battles books. So now that I am moving on to painting the final models of the starter box, I can begin planning out the next stage of building up the forces.



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Reply #185 on: November 30, 2021, 09:46:53 AM
Excellent - elves next?



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Reply #186 on: November 30, 2021, 12:19:54 PM
Elves and Isendor are on the list but first I want to look at the options for the Mordor and Rohan armies.



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Reply #187 on: December 02, 2021, 09:45:16 PM
I am going to be forced into ordering direct from GW or from a Workshop store. Many of the models in the Army book are not readily available with online retailers. Why is it the one GW product at actually like is so hard to get? Poor me...:)



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Reply #188 on: December 02, 2021, 10:37:46 PM
Yep there’s hardship amongst us LOTR fans - which is why a lot of people are ‘looking to the east’



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Reply #189 on: December 17, 2021, 03:29:45 AM
A smaller battle this week - the tournament has passed, Timmy went 3 wins and 4 losses, and the need to practice Rohan tactics has gone. His next army will be Mirkwood, and the Halls of Thranduil, before that full goal is reached there is the Mirkwood Rangers Legendary Legion along the way. 27 rangers led by Legolas, Tauriel and a Captain are capable of firing 30 arrows a turn - the only tactic here is to run as fast as we can into combat. Any CCTV footage at the start of the journey to the games club will show me get in the car with the army in a box, get out and go back in the house, get in the car, start the car, switch off the car, get back in the house and finally set off - it occurred to me that strength 3 arrows against defence 4 hunter orcs would be devastating - i could literally lose them all in the first turn, so back into the house to swap the hunters and their two attacks for the Gundabad orcs, only one attack but decked in plate armour at defence 6 - strength 3 arrows would need a 6 to wound us. Back in the car, back out of the car - if i was taking gundabad orcs i needed a gundabad captain not Fimbul from the hunters - only one would do - Bolg.

Of the 700 points wed be playing for this smaller game - i had 500 wrapped up in azog, bolg and a troll leaving just 200 for the rest - i chose 12 gundabad warriors and 4 warg riders with hunters on - i need something to keep up with bolg and azog so they dont arrive on the front line on their own.

In the picture Timmy has used his Sentinels who play mind altering music, and if the target fails a courage test (and these are orcs with no courage) then he gets to move them as he wishes (a reason i didnt take the troll brute that stomps on anything it touches, including my own forces if timmy controls it) - Bolg and Azog under the little wood had 2 warg riders each as escort - Timmy has managed to push two 10 inch to the right under the trolls club, and one back 10 inch you can see at the bottom - exposing Azog and the white ward to the elven archery.

The guy on the surfboard there with Azog, is a Bolg stand in, its Fimbul, but thats actually the size of Bolgs base meaning he can get into combat with a lot of guys at once if need be



And heres the evil elves. The dice in the back is just over half of the dice hell be rolling to shoot!! The scenario is seize the prize - get to the green jewel, roll to dig it up and then get it off the enemies half of the table



After a couple of turns were pretty much set up to try and steal the jewel, the only casualty has been the White Warg so azog under the yellow tree is on foot with everyone else. The thing about the legendary legion is if they get in that wood, they suffer no movement penalty, they can shoot out of it with no penalty, and if theyre defeated in it automatically get a ward save of 6 to stay alive like azogs beserkers. We didnt play it to this rule, but decided after, the troll would have just been able to stomp through the hedge as it is he walks around like the tiny little orcs surrounding him



Bolg is still on his warg and goes round the back



Its not often i get this feeling, but with the girly elves a mere strength 3, needing 6s to wound me, and me needing 4s to wound them were going through them like a knife through butter. Azog is taking down 2-3 elves a turn and so is Bolg. Bolg has a special rule that when hes killed 2 he causes terror, when he kills 5 he is a harbinger of evil causing -1 to courage rolls near him and after 10 he is a legendary hero and all kinds of things happen then - he killed 14 in this game! In this turn Tauriel has managed to kill my orc carrying the prize, stole it and is now heading south to my table edge as quick as she can



Because Timmy has used all his might trying to shoot and wound Azog and Bolg and outpace my forces he has none left to counter my heroic moves which allow me to catch Tauriel with the troll, deft and bendy she maybe but shes not surviving a club to the face off old lumpy here



A turn or two later and youll notice from the picture theres no elves left - Tauriel died, her captain died and Azog and Bolg in a true representation of Jacksons vision ripped Legolas apart between them - total wipeout of the Elves, victory to the glorious forces of Azog






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Reply #190 on: December 18, 2021, 02:46:13 AM
Dang, 'geek.  A very impressive win!  Hopefully Timmy was a good sport about the TPK.  :) 



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Reply #191 on: December 18, 2021, 04:22:07 AM
Semi gracious in defeat you might say - we had a spectator watching to learn the game and as the turn came where Timmy realised it was all over the spectator raised his hand to say something and Timmy  gave him a ‘not now’ 😂😂



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Reply #192 on: December 18, 2021, 10:25:16 AM
Another great report... wonder if the rest of the elves with be painted now given their initial performance :)



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Reply #193 on: December 18, 2021, 12:04:08 PM
Another great report... wonder if the rest of the elves with be painted now given their initial performance :)


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Reply #194 on: December 18, 2021, 04:57:08 PM
😂😂

He’s fully committed to these guys as they’ll form some part of his halls of thranduil army that he’s fallen in love with - and he’s kitbashed 6 of the sentinels to be all different poses as I think there’s only one pose - and he’s crafted flutes and harps and lutes - lot of work - it’s almost a shame to stamp on them with a troll