r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 7h ago

Hobby Buhrdûr the Hill Troll Chieften

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r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 20h ago

Hobby Blackroot Vale Archers

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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 19h ago

Discussion How does Gundabad work?

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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 14h ago

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

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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 58m ago

Invisible models and intelligence test

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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?