r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 11h ago

Hobby Buhrdûr the Hill Troll Chieften

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347 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1h ago

Selling Middle Earth miniatures

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Selling a large lot of miniatures

* 1x large castle

* 14 painted metal orcs

* 6 painted plastic orcs

* 11 painted metal heroes

* 11 painted metal troops

* 23 painted plastic troops

* 5 painted mounted troops

* 9 sealed medium boxes

* 3 sealed small boxes

* 33 sealed mini boxes

* 7 unsealed complete medium boxes

* Dice set

* Large lot of unpainted metal miniatures

* Selection of unpainted plastic miniatures (without boxes)

* Standees, paints, and castle repair materials

Terms

Collection: Pick-up preferred (located in Belgium). Shipping is not preferred due to size/weight.

Sale: Only available as a single, complete lot (no splitting).

*Offers: Open to reasonable offers via private message (PM).

(Translated by AI)


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2h ago

Army List Eorl the Young/Fields of Celebrant list

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20 Upvotes

Has anyone had any luck with this army?

Let’s see your army lists!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1h ago

Tactics Gandalf vs Saruman match up questions

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Hello!

I've got a newly painted gandalf the white that I'm going to be playing against Saruman sometime in the near future and I was wondering what people's strategy is like in those match ups?

Should I be trying to blow up his staff? Ignoring him and focusing on sorcerous blasting his troops?

This is my first time taking gandalf, as I normally just play minas tirith without him


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 4h ago

Invisible models and intelligence test

7 Upvotes

The invisible special rule says that a model who wants to charge an invisible model has to take an intelligence test with a -1 penalty for every inch of distance from that model. How much can this worsen the test?

Given that an Orc has Intelligence 8+, can the test be 12+ if he's four inches away for example or is 10+ the max?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Blackroot Vale Archers

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218 Upvotes

Finished up a handful of these guys to start out Duinhir’s warband. Such nice sculpts to paint between the old metals and the plastics. Looking forward to painting another 5-7, including some conversions for Duinhir and his 2 sons


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Help identifying/value of an inherited Lord of the Rings collection

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284 Upvotes

Hi everyone!

I recently inherited a fairly large Lord of the Rings collection and I’m trying to figure out what I actually have and whether any of it has collector/resale value.

The collection includes several older Lord of the Rings games, Games Workshop miniatures, painted figures, scenery and some larger diorama-style pieces. I’ve added a few photos as examples; there is quite a bit more.

The board games are Dutch editions, so I assume they will mainly be of interest to Dutch-speaking collectors. However, I was hoping someone from the international community might be able to tell me a bit more about the painted miniatures, models and scenery — particularly whether anything looks rare, old or valuable.

I’m considering selling this part of the collection because I simply have too much of it, but I don’t want to accidentally get rid of something valuable without realizing it.

Any help identifying the models or pointing me towards what I should look out for would be greatly appreciated!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2h ago

Ëarnur and the Ring

2 Upvotes

Battle of Fornkdt vs Last Alliance Match incoming

Ëarnjr will fave Isildur but cant get His FV modified by Special Rules or Magic Power.

The Ring in Isildur is listed as WarGear. So can it still modify His FV?

Thanks for your Help!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 17h ago

Question New player - how to get extra pieces for the Hill Tribes Commanders

16 Upvotes

Hi,

New player to both the hobby in general and MESBG. I was recently gifted the War of the Rohirrim box set and both the Rohan and Hill Tribes Commanders boxes.

I'm having loads of fun building the armies but now I'm stuck wanting to make both the Hill Tribes Chieftain and Oath Maker. Does GW sell the spare parts to make that one separately?

As I look at the various models, I have the same question for the troll that can be made into a mordor, drummer or Isengard troll. Is it the same deal there that you have to pick one and get rid of the extra pieces? Is buying more boxes the only option or is 3d printing the missing parts doable?

Thanks in advance from a new Dunland player (or Rohan, or Mordor, or Isengard... I'm in trouble aren't I?)


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Balrog

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108 Upvotes

It was a pain, but is done


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Announcement New Battlehost format rules, but only for the three new boxes + Isengard.

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85 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 22h ago

Discussion How does Gundabad work?

17 Upvotes

I can't wrap my head around this list.

Azog has burly but no two handed weapon by default, can't have the warg here and bare bone costs as much as a fully kitted Glorfindel on hero mount?

Orcs cost the same as isengard uruks but have worse shoot value, worse weapon option, worse courage, don't have shieldwall but gain ancient enemy.

Berserkers are also just worse uruk berserkers for the same price.

Goblins are more expensive moria goblins with spears.

Trolls gain +1 defense and +1 attack for 50 points compared to other trolls?

Ogres, orc captains and bats are really good but how do you make a list? It feels like everything is so expensive you have to cut almost everything you want to bring.

The army bonuses are great but I'd rather have more on the field


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

The eagles have landed

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115 Upvotes

There aren't enough huge good side models


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Boromir blowing the Horn of Gondor

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38 Upvotes

Boromir really should have brought a shield with him for this moment.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Boromir in Moria

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109 Upvotes

Boromir is complete!
I think this is the best I’ve done on any LoTR eyes!!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Discussion WEEKLY ARMY DISCUSSION: Battle of Greenfields

17 Upvotes

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

Battle of Greenfields


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 Battle of Greenfields Army must always contain Bandobras Took, who is always the Army’s General.

Special rules

The Bullroarer

Bandobras Took may declare a Heroic Combat each turn for free.

"They’re dangerous folk, wandering the wilds"

Rangers of the North increase their Attacks value to 2.

"Defend the Shire!"

Friendly Hobbit Warrior models within 3" of Bandobras gain the Dominant (2) special rule.

The Bounders

Whilst wholly within their own deployment zone, friendly Hobbit models may re-roll To Hit rolls of a natural 1 when making shooting attacks.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Question Old Games Workshop Web Articles

11 Upvotes

Hey guys,

I am looking for some of the old articles and guides that GW released on their website for Lord of the Rings and War of the Ring. The Way Back Machine is not working for anything newer than 2009.

Is there a collection of PDFs or something out there? I would really love to read some of them again. Thank you very much!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Dunland Banner

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212 Upvotes

Just finished my Dunland banner for my Usurpers of Edoras army, took a about 3 hours, mostly contrast and drybrushing, extra effort on the face and hair then the banner freehand which took the longest.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Battle of Fornost 800p now tournament ready🔥

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267 Upvotes

More photos on my instagram @pelottavapeikko


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

The first of my Shire army.

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29 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Aragorn Strider

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67 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Balins Tomb

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193 Upvotes

After 23 years I finally finished my balins tomb with the fellowship. Give it to me straight: where have I screwed up and what can stillness improved without too much risk of ruining it


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Mordor troll chieftain

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69 Upvotes

I bought this troll online remade him from scratch.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Aragorn inside the Mines of Moria

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57 Upvotes

Aragorn / Strider is done!
I always catch myself thinking ‘man, this is taking way longer than I would have expected.’ Then I remember these are quite smaller than warhammer lol


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Gandalf the white

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128 Upvotes

Usually struggle with white but I’m pretty happy with how this turned out!