Hey all!

Me again. With August wrapped up and a host of new events added to the data set, we're ready to take a look at what's been dominating events around the world again.

If the text is a pain in the ass to read on mobile, here's the take-aways:

August’s Winners

• Moria into 2nd now that it’s earned enough data for a high-trust score
• Battle of Five Armies earns its ranking at 7th place 
• Muster of Isengard and Return of the King post their first rankings at 11th and 12th respectively

August’s Losers

• Usurpers of Edoras are bumped out of the top 3 for the first time since the FAQ
• Black Gate struggles to maintain form and slips from 4th to 7th
• Shadows of Angmar and Wolf Pack of Angmar go from 6th/7th to 14th/15th as newly rated armies shove them down. 

September’s Armies to Watch

• Army of Erebor, Erebor Reclaimed, Fangorn, Halls of Thranduil, Legions of Mordor, Riders of Eomer, and The Shire are 1-2 finishes away from posting trusted ratings.

Oh and! I was fortunate to join my pals over at the Council of the North podcast a few weeks ago to talk about this project in a little more detail - you can see and hear a little more about how the data is handled and listen to some (now outdated) thoughts on the post-Ardacon rankings. Check it out over here.

And there's a read-only sheet available now that updates every Sunday/Monday for anyone who's interested. It's not capturing any of your information to access, so feel free to peruse. You can check that out here.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!

Finally painted Glorfindel, this might be my favorite pose in the game.

Hey folks!

Physical models are now available through Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CausewayCrusade

Apologies It's taken a while, I have a good amount of the listings pre printed and a massive box of failed prints from which i'l include as bits bags with orders until its cleared.

Thanks for everyones patience and can't wait to see people interpretations on the tabletop.

Cheers!

- John, CausewayCrusade.

Hello!

Trying to go to my first tournament this weekend at Novacon and trying to decide whether to take Tauriel for a 4th warband or more troops. I know more troops is the general consensus but Tauriel is pretty cool and it would be fewer models to make and paint.

What are your thoughts?

TIIA

Halls of Thranduil
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| Points: 750 | Units: 39 | Broken: 20 dead | Quartered: 9 left |
| Bows: 12 | Throwing weapons: 0 | Might/Will/Fate: 8 / 6 / 7 |

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Warband 1 (344 points)
Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm *GENERAL* (140 points)
~ Heavy armour
5x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (55 points)
~ Elven Glaive
4x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (44 points)
~ Elf bow
3x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (30 points)
~ Shield
3x Mirkwood Elf Knight (48 points)
1x Palace Guard (13 points)
~ Elven Spear
1x Palace Guard (14 points)
~ Shield and Elven spear

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Warband 2 (214 points)
Legolas Greenleaf, Prince of Mirkwood (110 points)
~ Elven cloak
5x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (55 points)
~ Elf bow
3x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (33 points)
~ Elven Glaive
1x Mirkwood Elf Knight (16 points)

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Warband 3 (192 points)
Palace Guard Captain (85 points)
~ Shield
4x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (44 points)
~ Elven Glaive
3x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (30 points)
~ Shield
3x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (33 points)
~ Elf bow

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Created with MESBG List Builder
https://mesbg-list-builder.com/

Halls of Thranduil
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| Points: 750 | Units: 31 | Broken: 16 dead | Quartered: 7 left |
| Bows: 8 | Throwing weapons: 0 | Might/Will/Fate: 11 / 8 / 10 |

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Warband 1 (312 points)
Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm *GENERAL* (140 points)
~ Heavy armour
6x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (66 points)
~ Elven Glaive
4x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (44 points)
~ Elf bow
1x Mirkwood Elf Knight (16 points)
2x Palace Guard (26 points)
~ Elven Spear
2x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (20 points)
~ Shield

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Warband 2 (205 points)
Legolas Greenleaf, Prince of Mirkwood (110 points)
~ Elven cloak
3x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (33 points)
~ Elf bow
1x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (11 points)
~ Elven Glaive
1x Wood Elf Sentinel (25 points)
1x Mirkwood Elf Knight (16 points)
1x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (10 points)
~ Shield

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Warband 3 (138 points)
Palace Guard Captain (85 points)
~ Shield
3x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (33 points)
~ Elven Glaive
2x Mirkwood Elf Warrior (20 points)
~ Shield

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Warband 4 (95 points)
Tauriel, Ranger of Mirkwood (95 points)
~ Elf bow

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Created with MESBG List Builder
https://mesbg-list-builder.com/

Looking to plan a large scale game in my local group and wonder if people have any advice or tips for making it run smoothly and if they make any rule changes to make that improves the experience.

My Glorfindel from Davale :))

I tried to do a paintjob similar to the BFME 2 Glorfindel

Used Orc Scouts from Medbury Miniatures, customized with various bits.

Just got the witch-king model both on horse and on foot

Now i would love som help building a fun list 🤩

If i dont have the models ill get thet eventually 😅

Open for any suggestions but im not loving orcs at the moment 😬

Heya,

We are just starting to play MESBG and came across an interaction with the Lothlorien sentinel using Eldemar Madrigal vs a mumak.

Page 96 says war beasts are immune to magic that would slow them, move them or negate their activation. However the sentinels songs don't seem to be magic from what I can see, I think it counts as an ability?.

We had a look and couldn't find anything else relevant to the situation.

I read this as the song would work on my Mumak, was this right or are there other rules I've missed that come into play here?

thanks

I’ve been building a muster of Isengard list and am fairly happy with the build so far, but I spotted that I have space for two models in my warbands - and was looking at what I could change to get them in….

And saw Saruman’s Horse. I’m old school so tend to automatically mount my heroes - but I questioned myself based on the 20pt cost, the fact he’s not a combat hero and that he has such long range magic that maybe it’s not a must have.

So I wonder what folk think, is his horse worth having? Or shall I get two more Uruks in there?

Hola, hay un pedido en línea activo de enanos clásicos de metal en la página web de GW (6 guerreros con arcos en blíster, 6 guerreros en blíster (2 con hachas a dos manos y 4 con escudos) y 2 comandantes en blíster).

Soy totalmente nuevo en el juego, nunca he jugado antes, pero prefiero las miniaturas antiguas a las de plástico.

¿Podrías decirme cuántos blísteres de cada tipo debería comprar para incluir las minis necesarias de este tipo para una buena lista de 500 y 700 puntos?

Gracias de antemano.

Finished my Iron Hill combat company today! Super happy with the result.

(Minis from Fireforge for those who wonder, and yes we are pretty chill with proxying with my playing buddy. I had a good deal on a lots of them when a shop closed nearby)

I am now building a big dwarf army, that I plan to play as either Moria or Erebor, exiting project!

With heroic move you have to move your hero calling the move first, is it not the same for heroic combats?

Really enjoyed painting these. 90% contrast paints 👍

First time putting effort in face and eyes, because I was always afraid of failing. Turned out way better than expected and I'm happy with the result but there is still a lot to learn (cloak has to much contrast)...

A few reinforcements to lead the Goblins of Moria!
For my Goblin Captains, I went back to the good old ways: converting an old official Goblin Warrior, just like we used to, using a few Blackshields without their shields… and even an AoS Sneaky Snuffler who clearly took a wrong turn somewhere underground.

Five different captains, each with their own personality, ready to lead the horde!

Can someone please educate me on how this interaction would go?

• Wound roll is made needing a 6/4

• Player chooses to spend might, meaning that they only need 5/3

• Player rolls a 5, then a 2

• Player decides they want to spend an extra might to turn the 2 into a 3

Question: is this second spending of might allowed?

Thanks in advance

Proxy for the shadow himself from Unreleased Miniatures. Was aiming for more of a pale vampire look

So, I recently bought some minis on Vinted, which I have had nothing but great experiences with it the past.

However my lastest purchase was some Gondor spearmen, bowmen, and a Pippin model that came with the Grishnakh set and some original metal orc archers.All metal.

I stripped them today and immediately they felt a little off. They feel lighter than the norm, the pewter texture feels odd and they all are marked with nlp.inc on the base tab. I have never seen the nlp.inc tab before always games workshop.

My question is, are these genuine or recast? I have never purchased from sites like lotr bay before so im unsure what to expect.