War Comes To Rohan In Games Workshop’s Middle-earth SBG
August 29, 2019 by brennon
Games Workshop has not left Middle-earth out in the cold either when it comes to their previews of what's coming soon. This time around the focus shifts to Rohan with the new War In Rohan supplement.
The new supplement will no doubt follow similar threads from Gondor At War where you'll get a number of different scenarios to play out plus more character profiles and rules to help build thematic forces. This could lead us into clashes with the Dunlendings, the battle at Helm's Deep and the clash between the forces of Saruman, Rohan and the Three Hunters as they made their trip across dangerous lands.
To supplement that and help you build your own Edoras the team at Games Workshop have worked on a new terrain kit.
As you can see that is a rather nice looking house and I hope it's plastic rather than resin for starters. Either way, it's a stunning little kit and helps those who find themselves following these Horse Lords to build their own Edoras. Also...that's a nice big Meduseld behind the house. Can we get that too, please?
The White Wizard
Arrayed against the forces of Rohan we have Saruman and his fighting Uruk-Hai. So, much as we got new models to suit plenty of the heroes from Middle-earth we also have two of its most devious villains in the shame of a new release which includes a Mounted Saruman...
...and also a version of him on foot alongside Grima Wormtongue. I think all three of these models look absolutely awesome and would be a brilliant addition to someone's Middle-earth collection. Since Sam is a collector of Uruk-Hai right now I'm sure he'd love to add these to his army.
I have the old metal models for both of these characters and whilst they are nice and set in pride of place amongst my collection I could be tempted by more plastic. I do also have a force of Rohirrim just sitting there, waiting to be painted, so I might even find myself dipping a toe back into Middle-earth proper.
Are you going to be fighting for Rohan as either Good or Evil?
"I might even find myself dipping a toe back into Middle-earth proper..."
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Whoever painted Wormtongue’s cloak deserves a raise.
It is pretty darn awesome…
Did you have to fight Sam off with a big stick to be able to do this review?
Given how they described the new terrain as being “modular, flexible and scalable” I just assumed it was plastic. It is lovely, but so is the Lake-town House, which I keep threatening to buy.
Both versions of Saruman and Wormtongue look really good as does that house.
At last! I can get a mounted Saruman.
Damn these are good… my poor wallet …. nah .. it’ll cope …. it’ll have to 😀
The Saruman and Wormtonge are fantastic.
Whilst these new models are fantastic, I don’t quite see why we need yet another sculpt of something we already have. How about something that’s currently missing in the range?