Battle of the Five armies - battle pigs

Galanur · **Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:28 am **Posts:** 1389

black pig chops served lol

Lhosseth · **Joined:** Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:51 pm **Posts:** 72

Not sure what I think of it. Let's just see how the movies plays out and if it's good enough, I doubt I'll bother the pigs.

Feanorthenoldor · **Joined:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:44 pm **Posts:** 879

where did you find this?

dpb1298 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:08 pm

I like it. I want one.

Creaky · **Joined:** Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:26 pm **Posts:** 424

You know what? I love that his hammer isn't grossly oversized. In fact, in a humans hands it'd probably be pretty practical. Nice job, Weta. Less nice job - Dain is specifically referred to as having a "red axe". At least the hammer is red. Half right, I guess.

The pig is cute.

Wise Old Elf · **Posted:** Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:53 pm

I think this may well be photographic concept art for the film rather than an actual still. In several sources for the film Dain has been identified by his red-axe too, rather than a red hammer, which actually belongs to Thrain.

orc-archer · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:21 am

This little piggy went to Erebor...

Dain looks good, maybe he has an axe too as a secondary weapon?
The pig, meh, the head armour looks a bit silly at first glance.

dpb1298 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:38 am

Well I certainly want this mini. I hope the Dwarves get some awesome releases soon.

Draugluin · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:30 am

I was hoping it was going to be a boar, not an actual pig.

Galanur · **Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:28 am **Posts:** 1389

Draugluin wrote:

I was hoping it was going to be a boar, not an actual pig.

Im imagening your face of disappointment lol
I saw a walking meal right there, its odd and make me laugh...

LordoftheBrownRing · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 7:10 am

Lmao Id love to have some pig models on the table. Not gonna happen but at least the movie will be sweet. Nice picture

Quendil · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:58 am

I have some of these

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_4&products_id=820

Still not finished painting them though

emre43 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:30 pm **Posts:** 176

Creaky wrote:

You know what? I love that his hammer isn't grossly oversized. In fact, in a humans hands it'd probably be pretty practical. Nice job, Weta. Less nice job - Dain is specifically referred to as having a "red axe". At least the hammer is red. Half right, I guess.

The pig is cute.

The Dwarves he brings are also specifically said to arrive on foot, where chainmail and carrying mattocks and swords and number 500. There looks to be more than 500 there to me, and that isn't including the ram-riders.

It is also said that all of Thorin's Company carried axes during the battle, whereas it looks to me that very few of them will other than Gloin and maybe Fili.

Creaky · **Joined:** Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:26 pm **Posts:** 424

emre43 wrote:

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The Dwarves he brings are also specifically said to arrive on foot, where chainmail and carrying mattocks and swords and number 500. There looks to be more than 500 there to me, and that isn't including the ram-riders.

It is also said that all of Thorin's Company carried axes during the battle, whereas it looks to me that very few of them will other than Gloin and maybe Fili.

I guess. It's just the most memorable part of him, for me. That and killing azog and being dour at the gate of moria.

So nothing from the hobbit, then. :rofl:

JamesR · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:44 pm

Does the pig look like it's smiling to anyone else? Lol
I can just see it "You aren't turning ME into bacon! "

Creaky · **Joined:** Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:26 pm **Posts:** 424

Smiling, and wearing sunglasses and a hat.

He be stylin'.

Draugluin · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:53 pm

emre43 wrote:

Creaky wrote:

You know what? I love that his hammer isn't grossly oversized. In fact, in a humans hands it'd probably be pretty practical. Nice job, Weta. Less nice job - Dain is specifically referred to as having a "red axe". At least the hammer is red. Half right, I guess.

The pig is cute.

The Dwarves he brings are also specifically said to arrive on foot, where chainmail and carrying mattocks and swords and number 500. There looks to be more than 500 there to me, and that isn't including the ram-riders.

It is also said that all of Thorin's Company carried axes during the battle, whereas it looks to me that very few of them will other than Gloin and maybe Fili.

Here's how I see the movies: Bilbo's second (or third) draft of his book. We know he's keen on exaggeration, and that he wasn't always entirely honest with his adventures (the riddles in the dark), so while the book itself is how it actually happened (there were actually 500 dwarves on foot), this is just one of Bilbo's ways of making it a bit more interesting (there were hundreds of dwarves riding battle goats and battle pigs!).

Dark Istari · **Joined:** Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:32 pm **Posts:** 116

Draugluin wrote:

I was hoping it was going to be a boar, not an actual pig.

That is a boar, Hence why it is sooo huge!

Galanur · **Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:28 am **Posts:** 1389

this is the full army

pigs go to war *woink woink* :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Draugluin · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:20 pm

Dark Istari wrote:

Draugluin wrote:

I was hoping it was going to be a boar, not an actual pig.

That is a boar, Hence why it is sooo huge!

No, that's a large pig. http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article ... ld-hog.jpg that's a boar. Boar's have very different heads and are MUCH bigger than that.

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