War of the Rohirrim

[HerbertTarkel]

Great result! The Rohan look far nicer than the Two Towers vintage ones, a real leap forward.

[BeneathALeadMountain]

They look great Mick! Always good to have squared away a whole starter box! Especially so quickly and neatly.

Still have to wait until January 13^th and preorder for £19.99 to watch the film (for free on Christmas Day) accordingly.

I’d imagine GW aren’t super pleased about the Amazon release mess up - wonder what’s happened?

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[Coenus Scaldingus]

The new Rohirrim look rather nice; I have a great love for the old plastics of which I have painted and converted many dozens, but when comparing them side by side it does feel like the new ones are as good as I remember the old ones being, and the old ones have aged.. fine, but not quite like wine. Certainly not bad models, but they have their limitations as (bar the shields) one-piece models. I do wish GW had made more use of the benefits of multipart figures however, and made arms, weapons and heads more easily interchangeable. Pleasantly surprised there has apparently not been a major increase in size in the models however, and they are nicely compatible with the existing range.

Wildmen I like more as a novelty, have long wanted them to exist in plastic, but now I wish the design (no doubt based on the movie) was closer to the previous few metal models. Those had this characteristic cloth also seen on dark age Welsh etcetera, which I thought was a nice nod to the historical inspiration for them (tribes driven back by the Anglo-Saxon Rohirrim, with even some Celtic influences in their language or so I've been told), and it gave them some character too. Plus, they used to be able to have straight weapons (though admittedly the metal ones could be a bit bendy too  ). They're a bit more bland barbarians now, just like the evil heroes feel rather blandly evil. Still, I am considering getting some one day, to convert with Rohirrim parts or historical dark age gear (well, those are basically the same thing!) and civilize them a little.

The movie I have yet to see, and it might say enough that even with a great interest in Middle-earth, and friends who are similar, I have yet to hear anyone who has seen it, or has had an interest in seeing it in fact. The trailer did not look promising, with surprisingly rough animation, and unnecessary references to the beloved LotR trilogy it stands little chance of comparing favourably to. IMDB average of 6.4, and most common ratings of 7 or 6, do not inspire confidence either! (People giving a 1 can safely be ignored, but a multitude giving just a 6 is never a good sign...)

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

@ Coenus Scaldingus

The film is worth watching.
It is an Anime story in Middle Earth rather than a J.R.R. Tolkien story.
It does tie into LOTR through the scenery and costumes and some of the characters.
There are several events which could make good wargame scenarios.

It motivated me to buy and build the GW War of the Rohirrim boxed set and I will probably buy more GW LOTR stuff this year.

I would put it as position 6 in a list of favourite 7 LOTR & Hobbit films.
I feel it was better story than Battle of the Five Armies, which is too long and the last hour looks like a computer game.

Edit. Found this on-line which shows what I mean.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

I have now completed half of the warriors and one house.
I will leave these for about two weeks and then touch up mistakes, and finish with matt varnish and tufts.

Rohan Warriors


Hillmen


I will post the 8 hero figures when they are finished to the same stage.

[Pattus Magnus]

They’re looking quite good already! I’m looking forward to seeing the rest as you complete them.

I’m semi-tempted by this release. On the positives, the figures look good when completed, and including the house is a nice touch. On the other hand, I don’t love assembling current GW plastics that have high part counts, and I’m not convinced that I need the new version of the rules. And the price is well outside my usual comfort zone …

(I think I just convinced myself to enjoy War of the Rohirrim vicariously, through posts by people who took the plunge. It’s not like I need a new project!)

[Mikai]

The movie I have yet to see, and it might say enough that even with a great interest in Middle-earth, and friends who are similar, I have yet to hear anyone who has seen it, or has had an interest in seeing it in fact. The trailer did not look promising, with surprisingly rough animation, and unnecessary references to the beloved LotR trilogy it stands little chance of comparing favourably to. IMDB average of 6.4, and most common ratings of 7 or 6, do not inspire confidence either! (People giving a 1 can safely be ignored, but a multitude giving just a 6 is never a good sign...)

I went with my brothers and friends and we set our expectations low due to the Amazone series. It was a positive surprise. I enjoyed the whole film and only two or three times I got taken out of scene by something odd which I would have done differently. Otherwise we enjoyed the film. Afterwards we discussed some plot holes which however have not disturbed me while watching it, only later when thinking more about it. There are for sure things which could have done in a better way but in retroperspective it's the same with the LotR films.

At the Hobbit films I couldn't enjoy many scenes due to me having read a lot of the lore. Knowing that something is wrong ruins it in many cases. At this setting here there has hardly been any lore given (given that they were also not allowed to use the few bits which have been given resulting in one some odd Gondor references) which made it easier to just enjoy the story.

The trailers are done badly I have to say, less would have been more here. All in all I can recommend to watch it. Give it a try 

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

I have finished the heroes in the boxed set. These are fantastic models with insane detail.

Here are Harlech and Hama, the sons of Helm Hammerhand.


Here is General Targg and Wulf, leader of the Hillmen.


These will be left for a couple of weeks before corrections, matt varnish and tufts.
I still have 12 Rohan Warriors and 12 Hillmen Warriors and a Rohan House to build.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

 Here is the finished War of the Rohirrim Set

[Little Odo]

Very nice.