A New Range Of Middle-earth Miniatures On The Way
May 12, 2018 by brennon
Games Workshop and the Specialist Games Studio has shown off some brand new miniatures for The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and what is fast becoming the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game.
The team seem to have access to a lot more from both the movies and the books. Above you'll see some more Knights Of Dol-Amroth, ready to serve Prince Imrahil and charge into battle at his command.
This also led to some more reveals of models yet to come including two heroes with Hurin...
...and Ingold here. These are both great Gondorian figures who would have served during the period of the War Of The Ring and give you a whole range of new options for leaders when it comes to your Kingdoms Of Men force.
It's nice to see the team at Games Workshop looking at new models for the range as well as bringing back some that have dwelt in obscurity for a long time. A bright future lies ahead for the game no doubt.
Familiar Faces
As well as these Men they also showed off some new models for the forces of Evil too. That's where this particular Orc comes in who some might recognise from the force of evildoers that Aragorn and company barrelled through at the Pelennor Fields.
Both of these once again offer up some nice new choices for fans of Lord of the Rings looking to delve deeper into the films and books and grow their forces.
What do you hope they focus on next?
"...give you a whole range of new options for leaders when it comes to your Kingdoms Of Men force"
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Those are some nice looking minis. Hurin and Ingold are my favorites from those.
I really love those models, I was very dissapointed that we didnt see them in the films. I’ll have to make up for that on the tabletop. Very impressed indeed.
These are fantastic, I cannot wait for the Dol Amroth ones.
Interesting. The only references to characters named Hurin or Húrin lived and died before the events in The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. There is the Húrin of the First Age of the Sun, and three Húrins that were Stewards of Gondor.
I suspect that they are named captains of Gondor , named after earlier characters of note.
Well there are examples of Denethors, Boromirs and several other character names across the breadth of Tolkien’s work.
I think the only example of a character we know who died in an earlier age yet appears later hale & healthy (and facing off against The Nine) is Glorfindel, matey boy who died slaying Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs at the fall of Gondolin (pretty sure it was Gondolin…) but was too awesome to be kept in Mandros’ Halls….
when i saw the name Hurin i thought by the stars of Elbereth, beyond all hope, it’s finally happening. the battle of unnumbered tears, the coming of the great worm Glaurung and the fall of Nargothrond. Alas.
not the same Glorfindel @dawfydd my mate.
in fairness it’s great to see them supporting the product.
Actually, I believe it is the same Glorfindel.
There was a great deal of confusion as they were thought to be two people who shared to same name but a selection of writings published after his death confirmed that Glorfindel had been re-embodied following his death at Gondolin.
So they are one and the same.
There is a Hurin The Tall who was the custodian of Minas Tirith while Faramir was incapacitated and Aragorn was off battling Sauron.
Ingold, apparently, was the man commanding the Men Of Gondor at Rammas Echor.
Well there’s that sorted,thanks Ben. 🙂 …… I’m getting them regardless…… absolutely loving GW’s Middle Earth renaissance
thanks for setting me straight on that one gents
Ah, i had quite forgotten that Húrin. I appreciate you clearing that up. Incidentally i think there would be a market for at least one of the earlier Húrins, though i’m glad to see Games Workshop expanding the Lord of the Rings range, especially when they are using named characters.
Ingold has a superb rule where he and the Minis Tirith warriors around him cannot be pushed back 1 inch when they lose a fight, essentially to get these guys off an objective you have to kill them all.
His rules were designed to mirror the fact that he was super reluctant to give up his position in battle.
Really love the look of the new footmen of Dol Amroth, much better than the old ones. The orc captains I recognise from the movies(does GW still give a free mini to the actor who played the part if so these lads have been waiting 15 years) and the Goblin mercenaries from the battle of five armies that you haven’t shown here look the business as well.
I have reccntly got back into the MESBG (as it has been renamed) and I haven’t regretted it…. contented sigh
I may be mistaken, but Skullsy has already had two minis of him – there was a conversion kit that came with BGiMe that came with his head and scythe and one of the Morrannon Orc Captains was modled after him.
Always love seeing new lotr models come out 🙂 Just such a shame the gw middle-earth tax hits us like crazy down in NZ 🙁
Forge World have free shipping months ever now and then … buy in bulk then. The only way you should be paying extra then will be due to the NZ/UK exchange rate and the NZ GST
Ah didn’t realise they’re forgeworld, are they allowed to sell out of country? GW doesn’t do anything remotely exchange rate pricing 😉
More nice minis, will definately add a few to my lotr stuff. overall team is doing great work. Would like them to finish one thing though then move on. Seem to be jumping about a bit.
They have almost finished there hobbit line ….. Goblin mercs,Troll bolt thrower and (I don’t personally think that this is on the list but) new Sauron Necromancer are all the only outstanding from latest Hobbit rule book. They are then putting out a Pellanor fields supplement later in the year which is where all these new chappies fit in.
obviously it should have been “their” not “there” … was feeling poorly this morning when I typed this …. well that’s my excuse
Feel better soon. A second breakfast may help.
Close but not done, also they need a Bjorn model that doesn’t look like it was sculpted by a person who had never seen the films or a bear.
Pelenor feels like they are jumping around, start at the beginning with the fellowship. I get thr big models are at the end but seems scattershot.
Very nice looking armoured soldier’s Great for elite units for any army.
All from Forge World? Can we not have some plastics? GW are pretty good at plastics…
Some good stuff there. Great to see the range getting some new sculpts.
Some nice mini’s. Shame about the scale.
Havent been playing lotr for ages myself, its nonetheless great to see the revival coming along!
The seminar at Warhammer Fest Sunday on Middle Earth Gaming was first class, not only did they show off the new models but they talked a lot about going back to Minas Tirith, Pelennor Fields and maybe back to Rohan / Helms Deep.
Do tell us more 🙂
Adam Troke was leading the seminar and he gave his vision to the potential year ahead. As I aid he showed some new models and spoke how Middle Earth will now become the new category title for this and the Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit titles will become sub categories under the Middle Earth main category heading. He also spoke about how he would like to go back to the places mentioned above this year and we can expect soon to maybe a new book possibly on the subject to be released, we were told to watch this… Read more »
Oh I forgot to mention. I did sit in on a chat with Jay and Kieth, if you don’t know Jay writes the rules now for the Middle Earth Gaming and Kieth is the sculpter in the team. Jay spoke about how he now does the stat lines / abilities and any special rules for each model. this was very informative and not just the random values that may have happened in the past. Kieth spoke about how he designs and scupls the figures using either the old fashioned way of putty to now using Cad design and 3D printing… Read more »
Hurin the Tall look superb, apparently his two handed sword is almost the size of a normal man, he’s going to be massive, feel sorry for his poor horse.
These are excellent… not seeing any new hobbits here though.
No new hobbits, but at least the shirrifs and farmer maggot have gone back into pre-order and will be re-released soon!
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/The-Hobbit?N=803593788+3206404541&Nr=AND%28sku.siteId%3AGB_gw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_GB_gw%29&Nrs=collection%28%29%2Frecord%5Bproduct.startDate+%3C%3D+1526305500000+and+product.endDate+%3E%3D+1526305500000%5D
These do look very cool, I’ve seen people paint up Perry War of the Roses mercenaries as soldiers from Pinnath Gelin, a Gondorian fiefdoms themed project for the battle of Pelennor could be fun!!