Thank you so much for these wonderful old miniatures you send me Simon! They remind me of old times!
Thanks for sending them over! I will integrate them into my growing Ork Waaagh
Goblins
First picture of new plastic Goblins
Here is the first picture of the forthcoming Fantasy battle system by Northstar and Osprey:
I like them a lot and will definitely get a box or two. The picture is of 3 ups though and the base will be less thick in the plastic originals then.
The Dwarves are Marching to War!
Have you seen this ? Frostgrave Dwarfs, Elves and Goblins as plastic boxed sets announced !
Later this year, North Star Military Figures and Osprey Games will be releasing a new range of fantasy miniatures, beginning with a plastic box set of Dwarf Infantry! Each sprue from this set allows you to build 5 Dwarves armed with spears, hand weapons, or bows, with a huge variety of head options. They are also working on similar boxes for Elves and Goblins! There are no official release dates yet.
More here.
Orcs and the “gamefication” of Middle Earth
I found this article on Lead adventure forum. Very interesting to read !!!! Recommended .
“A few thoughts occurred to me while assembling some Tolkien-appropriate orcish forces for SoBH and DR games. This very interesting blog post by Zhu Baijie catalysed them somewhat (I commented as JC). As many of us are keen on gaming in Middle Earth, I thought these might – perhaps – be of interest. On the other hand, it just might see like a completely insane post!
My main contention is that gamers have, over the decades, tended to distort the descriptions contained in Tolkien’s writings and that these distortions have become quite deeply embedded in RPG and wargaming rules and publications. I think this “gamefication” also had an impact on Peter Jackson’s films (I wouldn’t be at all surprised if WETA had a hefty population of current or former gamers). Here are some examples:”
By Hobgoblin .
More to read here
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