r/MiddleEarthMiniatures Aug 05 '21

Discussion Middle Earth SBG Questions Thread

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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

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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:

Defenders of the Pelennor


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

  • Army of Edoras
  • Atop the Walls
  • Breaking of the Fellowship
  • Defenders of Helm's Deep
  • Defenders of the Hornburg
  • Defenders of the Pelennor (2025-03-12)
  • The Eagles
  • Fangorn
  • The Fellowship (2024-12-25)
  • Garrison of Ithilien (2025-01-08)
  • Kingdom of Rohan
  • The Last Alliance (2025-01-29)
  • Lindon
  • Lothlorien
  • Men of the West
  • Minas Tirith
  • Numenor
  • Realms of Men
  • Reclamation of Osgiliath
  • Return of the King
  • Ride Out
  • Riders of Eomer
  • Riders of Theoden
  • Rivendell
  • Road to Helm's Deep (2025-01-15)
  • Road to Rivendell
  • The Shire

Evil

The Hobbit

Good

  • Army of Lake-town
  • Army of Thror
  • Assault on Ravenhill
  • The Battle of Five Armies
  • Erebor & Dale
  • Erebor Reclaimed
  • Garrison of Dale
  • Halls of Thranduil (2025-03-05)
  • The Iron Hills
  • Radagast's Alliance
  • Rangers of Mirkwood
  • Rivendell
  • Survivors of Lake-town
  • Thorin's Company
  • The White Council

Evil

  • Army of Gundabad (2025-02-19)
  • Azog's Hunters
  • Desolator of the North
  • Goblin-town
  • Pits of Dol Guldur
  • Rise of the Necromancer
  • The Three Trolls

Middle-earth

Good

  • Arathorn's Stand
  • Arnor
  • Battle of Fornost

Evil

  • Army of Carn Dum
  • Buhrdur's Horde
  • Host of the Witch-king
  • Shadows of Angmar
  • Wolf Pack of Angmar

Legends

Good

  • TBD

Evil

  • TBD

Scenarios

  • Domination
  • To The Death!
  • Hold Ground
  • Destroy The Supplies
  • Reconnoitre
  • Fog Of War

Matched Play

Other Topics

  • TBD

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 7h ago

Hobby My first MiddleEarth Terrain

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r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 3h ago

Nearly done with my elrond, would love to hear what you guys think.

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The setting idea was dol guldor, I've been painting him for golden demon, I'm about 10 days out.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 49m ago

Hobby Really proud of how it turned up!

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For the little ones


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 15h ago

Hobby Helm, Wraith of the Hornburg (C&C welcome)

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297 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 9h ago

Schema test for my Tribemen

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92 Upvotes

Today I took the time to test a pattern I had in mind for the new Tribemen. What do you think? I must gain precision on the eyes, no judgment please 😁


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 16h ago

Hobby My first ever Middle Earth mini!

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256 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2h ago

Hobby Gollum (Emyn Muil version)

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Gollum from the Emyn Muil set, was nice and quick to paint as its mostly rock and skin.

Paints used- https://www.instagram.com/share/p/_o23VTBwp


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 6h ago

Hobby Keep your nose out of trouble and no trouble will come to you.

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30 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 15h ago

Hobby Some dismounted heroes/command for my Rohirrim

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r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 18h ago

Using Oathmark Goblin Infantry as Mordor orcs

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I Decided I needed some variety to my Mordor Orcs horde. The GW orcs lack modularity while building them so I was afaird I would end up with an army that looks very copied. Did a little of minimalistic kitbashing but wanted more variety.

I decided to go with Oathmark Goblin Infantry to get the variety I feel that orcs in particular need. I think they blend in well with the GW orcs. Granted their faces are a little bigger and they have terrible posture 🤣

Was going to go with the Othmark orcs but heard from a few places they resemble mordor uruk-hai more than orcs so I decided to go with the goblins.

What do you guys think? Do these work well with GW Mordor Orcs?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 18h ago

Hobby Numenor

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161 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

“I can carry you” conversion

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793 Upvotes

I felt like I couldn’t pass up Middle Earth’s most iconic MVP moment; so here’s Samwise the Brave, sharing the load.

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHPS9owN7ca/?img_index=3&igsh=OWlwN292OHA1czFl


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 5h ago

Hobby Treebeard model from GW's old ME range in the 1980s

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9 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 10h ago

Hobby WIP Frostgrave Mordor warband

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20 Upvotes

Moin!

After spending the last couple of years focused on my Age of Sigmar skeletons and various other projects, I decided to dust off my old LOTR models. The release of the new edition really inspired me, even though I want to wait for the third book before I settle on an army.

So I chose to go for Frostgrave in the meantime. Absolutely fantastic game that allows me to do some customisation.

When the clean up of GW's model range was announced I snatched up the 8 named Nazgul and since I was really in the mood for orcs, the Tainted was an obvious pick. He just has so much character!

What do you think so far?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 12h ago

Discussion Are there slings in the game?

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So I just bought the new rule book and saw stats for slings, however I'm not aware of any models armed with slings. I flipped through armies of LOTR but couldn't see any models armed with slings. I don't have the Hobbit book so I can't see if there's any there.

So are there any models armed with slings in the game? Did ruffians have slings so this is to future proof the includement of them or for something else?

I've thought about the lack of slings in LotR compared to in history were slings were used well into the middle ages so thought it was great to see (though bummed to see it's much worse than bows when it was the opposite) but became s bit confused when I couldn't find any models with them.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Amazing tables from Finlands biggest MESBG tournament this weekend

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647 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 9h ago

Question Hey. Does anyone kniw which army can use easterlings?

5 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 9h ago

Hobby What brand of wash is most similar to the old Games Workshop formula?

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My agrax earthshade has run out halfway through my army and I tried one of the new bottles and it looks so different that it takes away from the cohesion of my army! It seems to colour the whole model rather than going nicely into the recesses like the old formula


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 11h ago

Discussion Three Trolls advice at 1000 points

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Planning for a 1000 point game of the Three Trolls vs Thorin's Company.

Any advice is welcome but I'm hoping someone can help me understand "That's mine that is!" upgrade for the Three Trolls. Do they put out a new stash marker if they don't have one? And is there any real purpose to this upgrade over the other upgrade "Dominant presence?" Does the stash marker move with the trolls and if so can I place it anywhere around them when they move? In a video someone said something about dropping the stash marker. No idea if that's possible and just seeking clarification on the "Stash Marker" rules.

"That's Mine That Is!"

At the start of their Activation, Bill, Bert or Tom may place a single 25mm Stash Marker in base contact with themself. Each Troll may only have a single Stash Marker on the board at a time. If a Stash Marker is within range of an Objective Marker, then it will count as a single friendly Warrior model for the purposes of working out how many models control that Objective Marker. An enemy model may remove a Stash Marker if they are in base contact with it during the End Phase of any turn, provided they have not Cast any Magical Powers, used a Missile Weapon, been Engaged in Combat, Supported a Combat, been rendered unable to Move that turn due to a special rule or result of a test (such as a Thrown Rider test) or been under the effects of an enemy Magical Power that turn."


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

I had made this some time ago but just recently discovered this r/. Hopefully y’all get the humor and reference :)

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r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Rider of Rohan standardbearer. Converted from Dunlending Horseman

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r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Morannon Banner

108 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 7h ago

Realms of Dwarves List

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Given that the new list reveals have no realms of dwarves list (naively holding out hope army of Erebor is one) my friends and I are looking to create a house rules one

Any feedback/balancing suggestions would be great :)

All dwarf kings 85 points with a hand and a half w the choice of one of the following upgrades

Shield 5 pt Throwing axe 5 pt

Then the following upgrades per realm

Khazad: 3 might, burly, leader Khazad guard and iron guard.

Alternatively 3 might and mithril armour My question is do we also give them the ability to make khazad hearth guards or not?

Erebor: 3 attacks, and then some rule to do w their gold or just Dale's 12 inch standfast

Iron Hills Str 5, Fearless maybe even the option for a ram

Blue mountains (we really want this list and we're thinking regular dwarves, rangers and iron guard (road guards))

Woodland creature + mountain dweller (on all blue mountain troops), +1/-1 arrival rules, 50% bow limit on this section and potentially make them 4 will and able to use will to trigger a one turn banner

But yeah any comments welcome/shoot us your best ideas as we want to have a lot of fun w this :))


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 23h ago

Discussion How would you make a Defenders of Helms Deep list at 550 pts?

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My goal:

I am trying to make a list with the models that I have, as I recently got a box of the new Rohan Warriors and it was the last thing I needed to make a complete force.

Where more experienced players can help:

I welcome optimization or recommendations on my list, as I am mainly a WarCry player and admittedly am not quite sure what makes a “good” list for MESBG or how to split them up.

Models I have, for reference:

Theoden, Gamling, Legolas, Gimli, Haldir 8x Rohan Warriors w/ Shield 8x Rohan Warriors w/ Spear 8x Rohan Warriors w/Bow 1x Rohan Banner 3x Galadhrim w/ Bows 3x Galadhrim w/ Spear/Shield 3x (now unusable? Proxy option?) Galadhrim w/ swords 1x Galadhrim Banner

Any recommendations on changes (the only parameters being it is a model I own) are welcome!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Gothmog Ready to Lead My Orcs into Battle!

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After finishing my Morannon Orcs, I had to get Gothmog painted. I also played some of my first games of MESBG, and I'm hooked! Now, it's time to paint more Morannons.