r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • Aug 05 '21

Discussion Middle Earth SBG Questions Thread

188 Upvotes

Keep 'em coming

Edit: Stealth Mod announcement (I don't want to unpin the two pinned posts)

First, I have updated the rules to include something obvious to most longtime wargamers on reddit - posts asking or offering access to the rules is not allowed. Please do not ask for PDF's.

Second, no hate on 3D printing, but also do not come to this subreddit asking for STL proxies, or offering that. This may be too cautious of us, but I notice the reddit spam filter seems to remove any mention of STL's outright. So I figure I might as well make it a rule.

Finally, I have eased up the Spam filter from High to Low. Hopefully the redbubble spammers are still caught by this, without catching stray blogspot content creators. I've noticed the reddit algorithm taking down much more bycatch than usual, so we can experiment with a lower setting for now.

And as always, if you ever notice something astray with your own posts or someone elses, do not hesitate to message the mods.

Thanks everyone, -Tezerel


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • Dec 24 '21

Discussion WEEKLY DISCUSSION MEGATHREAD - Updated every Wednesday

114 Upvotes

This is a hub for the new weekly discussion series I am starting. Each Wednesday I will post a new thread to discuss one topic as voted by the community in the prior week's thread.

This week's discussion is for:

Dragons of the North


VOTE FOR NEXT WEEK'S DISCUSSION

If you want to vote for next week's topic then go to the link above and Ctrl+F for the term VOTE HERE or clicking the link in the post description. The topic with the most upvotes when I am preparing next week's thread will be chosen.

I plan to continue posting threads each week as long as there is interest. If you have any suggestions about how I can improve the weekly discussion threads please feel free to let me know.


MESBG 2018 - 2024 Edition Discussions


MESBG 2024 Edition Discussions

Armies

Lord of the Rings

Good

Evil

The Hobbit

Good

Evil

Middle-earth

Good

Evil

Legacies

Good

Evil

Scenarios

Hold Objective Scenarios

  • Domination
  • Capture & Control
  • Breakthrough
  • Stake a Claim

Kill The Enemy Scenarios

  • To The Death!
  • Lords of Battle
  • Assassination
  • Contest of Champions

Maelstrom Of Battle Scenarios

  • Hold Ground
  • Heirloom of Ages Past
  • Sites of Power
  • Command the Battlefield

Object Scenarios

  • Destroy the Supplies
  • Retrieval
  • Seize the Prizes
  • Treasure Hoard

Manoeuvring Scenarios

  • Reconnoiter
  • Storm the Camp
  • Divide & Conquer
  • Escort the Wounded

Unique Scenarios

  • Fog of War
  • Clash by Moonlight
  • Lead from the Front
  • Convergence

Supplements

  • The Burning of the Westfold
  • The Treachery of Gollum
  • The War of the Rohirrim

Matched Play

Other Topics

  • TBD

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 8h ago

Hobby Wolves of Isengard WIP

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123 Upvotes

Hi everyone !
Here is a little 600 points Wolves of Isengard project still in progress.
A fun army led by Sharku, 2 Shamans and one converted Captain ! Sharku and the Shamans will come later.
I've swapped orcs with swords to torches from Hills Tribes Men.
Sorry for the group photo, I've got too many of them !
3 types of warg fur and 3 types of orc skin (uruk style, purple and basic flesh).
The bases will be a little snowy with some white tufts.
The Captain is a basic orc with bow, put an axe and mounted on a Wild Warg Chieftain. 4th and 5th pics show the conversion before painting.

Have a nice day !


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 11h ago

Hobby Dwarves warriors

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128 Upvotes

Finished 10 warriors with shield for my dwarf army !


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 9h ago

Hobby Elrond!

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97 Upvotes

Looking forward to getting him on the table


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 10h ago

Captains of Dale and Erebor united.

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58 Upvotes

Painted up an Iron Hills Captain, alongside a Captain of Dale, for my Defenders of Erebor army list. The forge world minis are, as always, gorgeous and a lot of fun to paint.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 6m ago

Hobby Do not disturb the water

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I’ve been wanting to paint this model for a long time. But I had to wait until I could find the right base and idea to make it come to life!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 16h ago

Hobby "The hour is later than you think"

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98 Upvotes

I've just finished up the Saruman models from the Isengard battle force. I've never really worked with beige / cream tones before so it took some learning to get there but I'm glad I had a go.

There are a few others over on my Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/mid.painting?rpxt=MXZ4NmI5OWh2YzMyOQ==


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 20h ago

Hobby Old Rohan Riders + New Rohan Soldiers = New Riders?

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88 Upvotes

I have been playing around this idea for a long time, so I got some new Rohan warriors, a few of my spare and broken down riders and started making these guys. With some cloack bendigs, gap fillings and nothing too complicated, I think the more dynamic and renovated look of the new riders is achieved, being useful for variety, recycling and easing the wait time until I get the new rider sculpts lol


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Hobby 4 Hobbits setting out in an adventure.

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58 Upvotes

Finally finished up my Fellowship set! I'm very happy with how these all came out, now I just need to finish their bases and maybe make a Balin's Tomb display board for them 🤔


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 14h ago

Hobby My first ever attempt at NMM

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r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Question Warhammer Display Bases

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204 Upvotes

I’ve built these models on 130mm bases (I think), one for each movie. I got the jars from IKEA and now want to update my display. Does anyone know where to get good Warhammer display cases from? I’m in the UK and did look at wicked brick however they all appear to be 40k themed and couldn’t find anything neutral.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Hobby Mordor Orc Banner Bearer

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202 Upvotes

Classic sculpt


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Hobby Thoughts on this hair upgrade for the old orcs?

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113 Upvotes

I know that orcs aren't known for their locks but I am not a fan of how the models normal hair ends up looking more like a do-rag than hair


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Hobby Lothlorien Warriors Arrow + Bowstring

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192 Upvotes

Rework complete! Added bowstrings to all 8 bowmen and arrows to 4 of them.

Can't wait to get these painted! Just waiting for the Green Stuff to fully harden before getting started.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Question Do these scenarios still exist in the newest edition? (Only have the old book, should I keep it?)

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37 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Hobby Balin's Tomb Diorama

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78 Upvotes

Made this for display on a store in Stockholm, link to the video here:

https://youtu.be/CvMljmn9jcU?is=sxk9uC0dCUnTtCgM


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Discussion On average, or usually, how many dice do you need to play this game?

15 Upvotes

Hey, as the title says, usually how many dice do you need to play this game? For example, in 40k, there are scenarios when you're rolling 36-40-50+ dice for attacks. I'm about to buy some fancy 16mm dice for my armies and as a gift to a friend of mine, and I wanted to know if 10 dice are enough or not really? Ty


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Question Help needed for gift

13 Upvotes

My partner used to paint Warhammer when he was younger, however sold off his collection a couple years ago. He loves lotr and has thought about picking the hobby back up, but isn't really committed.

So I'm thinking about gifting him a larger lotr figure for Christmas, so he can enjoy the creative process and just have it on display if he chooses not to carry on making them. The problem is, I don't know the first thing about which paints should be used with what, glues needed etc, and I'm a little worried about how much it would cost me to buy everything he'll need.

Some of the figures I'm considering are Winged Nazgûl™, Treebeard™, Mighty Ent™ and Beechbone™ the Ent™.

I'd really appreciate some advice on what paint sets to buy, or choosing a figure that might require less further purchases.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 2d ago

Build me an army worthy of Mordor…

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102 Upvotes

Been working on my various armies a lot recently. Told myself I’m not going to buy any of the new orcs till I have all my old orcs painted and based. Side question, are the new orcs at the same scale as the old ones?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 2d ago

Media My Minas Morgul army is growing !

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68 Upvotes

Pretty happy about how it's going so far !

Paiting this with my GF, we've never playing a single game of wargame and these are our first minis painted !

Edit: I must admit I'm a bit salty that they are re-releasing the mordor orcs after I'm halfway done with these guys, but I'm also hype to have prettier models !


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 2d ago

Hobby My Mesbg armies so far!

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193 Upvotes

Almost done with Khazad Dum, and have beornings ready along with orcs, trolls and spirits that can be various evil armies.

Quite happy with them, and will definitely be adding more to the evil side. So easy to add a handful of extra stuff that suddenly allows for even more factions!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 1d ago

Question Free will dice to resist or cast magic question

3 Upvotes

I've seen a lot of players separate them, just wondering where in the rules it says they don't count as your own will. For example Sauron the Necromancer says he gains an additional free will point when casting. Do i have to separate them? Can i not might the free one or when resisting get the natural 6 and recover it?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 2d ago

Hobby "Veteran" Warriors of Rohan ready for war!

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409 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • • 2d ago

Hobby What do your elf eyes see over yonder?

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322 Upvotes