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

113 Upvotes

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:

Azog's Hunters


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

Evil

The Hobbit

Good

Evil

Middle-earth

Good

Evil

Legacies

Good

Evil

Scenarios

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

Matched Play

Other Topics

  • TBD

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 9h ago

Hobby Starting a new scheme for my orcs. May regret it by the time I’ve painted 30

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167 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 11h ago

Hobby Troll with flaming sword

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154 Upvotes

I think I nailed the texture of the flames. What do you guys think?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 12h ago

Hobby Knight of Umbar

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67 Upvotes

I think I nailed the slightly green hue of the armour


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 12h ago

Hobby Morannon Orc With Kitbashed Banner

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56 Upvotes

Tips on the transition on the banner?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 5h ago

Army List Grand Army of the south list i made for a 750 pts tournament. Any ways to improve it? Should i keep two handed weapons on the half trolls?

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6 Upvotes

I put mostly minis that i own in there. Don't own Amdur or Sully and i wanted to try without them, but idk if the list is good then


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 7h ago

New army mordor or gundabad

7 Upvotes

Hi guys, i have 48 mordor orcs 6 warg riders, shagrat gorbag, shaman, banner, taskmaster. What army can i build with those, a mordor horde. Can you make a list? What about some gundabad and bolg?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 9h ago

Question Question about Thorin III in defenders of erebor

9 Upvotes

In defenders if you take Thorin and Bard they can get a free heroic combat if the other one is trapped.

But Thorin has his cool-headed ability where he can change his heroic if an enemy also calls one.

So my question is, can Thorin call a heroic combat for free (assuming conditions are met) and then change that to a defence or strike for free?

Apologies if this has been asked already, I couldn’t find an answer!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Dunlending Chieftain

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214 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 8h ago

650 Point Army

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7 Upvotes

Never done a tournament. Thinking about using this, am I going to struggle?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 10h ago

Hobby Morgul Knight masks

5 Upvotes

Does anyone know of anywhere that does printing for morgul knight masks or similar alternative proxies. I don’t want to buy boxes just for the masks. Have tried press moulding them but they are a bit too fine for my limited skill


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 10h ago

Hobby Water slide decal/transfer sheets for MESBG

5 Upvotes

Does anyone know where I can get some high-quality waterslide decals/transfer sheets for MESBG?

I've tried eBay and Etsy, but they haven't been the best quality. No matter how I apply them, they end up looking like a low-res, glossy sticker that's just been stuck on.

And it's definitely not due to a lack of experience I've applied hundreds of decals to different tabletop miniatures and Gundam model kits, using varnishes, Micro Sol, Micro Set, etc., so they end up looking like they've been painted on.

Any recommendations would be really appreciated. Cheers 🙂


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby My extra rusty armoured goblins

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227 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Some recent projects!

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258 Upvotes

Working through my first 500-ish points of the game. Loving it!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

The start of Moria

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131 Upvotes

Painted 250pts of goblins for the start of a new army. Captain and Shaman are serving as Durburz and Druzhag, respectively.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Hobby tree question

8 Upvotes

This is probably dumb to ask, but what do you use to keep down leaves of trees? I recently bought a plastic pine tree set off Amazon and those dang leaves are rubbing right off


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Cheat sheet to learn the game?

11 Upvotes

Hi guys ,im studying the book and watching videos to try and learn the game solo so that I can explain it to my friends , is there any cheat sheet I can download for the latest edition that you would recommend? thanks In advance 🤙


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Question What's stopping Army of Gundabad to become the new goblin horde with mapwide banner army?

16 Upvotes

Just wondering, since you can field easily 70+ models at 800 points while still having a hard hitting hero like Azor or Bolg.

4 warbands of mercenary goblins, you could deploy 2 at start and then let the other 2 spawn in later.

If you break you can use the horn of gorgoroth and suddenly your goblins are courage 6. Plus you have a free heroic march on turn one, then alternate mapwide banner and nat 6 wound save for the rest of the game.

Isn't that what made gobbo only Depths broken?


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Moria Goblin

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139 Upvotes

They subconsciously may be my favorite sculpt to paint, because I've probably stripped and repainted these 3 or 4 times over the past 18 years.


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

Hobby Rivendell Knights Painting - tried some freehand on the banner!

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152 Upvotes

I’ve been painting some Rivendell Knights recently and wanted to share how they’re coming along!

The scheme on GW’s website looked quite different from the Last Alliance warriors, so I went with colours closer to those to help them look more cohesive together.

I also tried my hand at freehand painting the banner. What do you think—does it work with the rest of the unit?

Next Step is Basing!


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 1d ago

When do you think the battleforce preorder is gonna go live?

12 Upvotes

As the title say


r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Classic Ranger Faramir one of my favourite sculpts from the entire range.

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268 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Haradrim Raider I entered in a local painting competition

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67 Upvotes

r/MiddleEarthMiniatures 2d ago

Hobby Éomer charges into battle ⚔️

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224 Upvotes