Today was a good day. Theoden’s riders rode through the night to my local gaming store,(although, local for me in my rural area means an hour and a bit, roughly!) The Giddy Goblin in Hanover, Ontario, and delivered the Pelennor Fields box-set! Unfortunately, in a situation happening globally, demand has outstripped supply, and while most GW locations have received their Armies of the Lord of the Rings rule-books, the Goblin, as a local retailer, didn’t get theirs on time. But, that barely dampened my enthusiasm, as seeing Lord of the Rings kits on shelves again was a day I never thought I’d see! I did buy a box of Haradrim Raiders on a whim, as I didn’t have any.
Most of the box has been seen before, and if your anything like me, has been thoroughly spoiled on Youtube anyway. But like everyone else, the detail on the Theoden miniature floored me. The pictures, painting in the typical GW style, don’t do it justice, and make it a bit too “bright”, if you know what I mean. This isn’t a slight on them at all, after all I paint like an Ork on seventy-five cups of coffee. But the realistic scale of the model takes to a more subtle approach.
In the flesh however, it looks amazing, and feels true to WETA’s original vision.
Even the foot model looks amazing!
I’m really happy with it, and its a great return to Middle Earth, after almost 10 years without a release(barring the hobbit stuff). Once my rules arrive I’m going to play a few games, see how the game it-self has held up. The rest of the contents are things everyone has seen before, and since I already had a Witch King on Fell-Beast, I’m going to try my hand at converting my new kit into Khamul the Easterling, one of the named Nazgul. I’ll post as soon as I make progress on that front. I do need to pick up a can or two of primer to basecoat my models, so painting will take a bit to get started.
And, as I need a Lord of the Rings based send-off, Forth Eorlingas!
Not by Strength, By Guile 