New Release Rumours & Smaug

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:44 pm

^It would be strange to release a second Azog in such a short period, but it is possible; they had two Thranduils and two Beorns in the DoS wave. We'll see.

Don't know if they'll continue making new sculpts for the range. The Perry's are gone, don't know the whereabouts of the other Lotr sculptors. There's a little over 2 years left in the license. With the films done, is it reasonable to expect another wave in the summer or following winter? I'm thinking whatever they release now for the next few months is it.

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

Amarthadan wrote:

Creaky wrote:

Amarthadan wrote:

Seems like GW is once again the victim of PJ's last minute change of plans, as that Azog does not have armor OR the swordlike arm-weapons. Bolg looks amazing though.

So far it's the purely digital things that are in short supply with this release.

Can't wait for someone to get their hands on the supplement so we know once and for all what we're getting. I will look for trolls, necromancers and ringwraiths - but I shall not trust to hope, it has forsaken these lands.

Wait, how was that a comment on what I said?

Digital things - elk, azogs armour, bolgs armour. All subject to last minute changes/additions/removals. Just made me wonder about the other all digital or mostly digital things in the movie, like the trolls, Nazgul, dain, etc. Will they show up, or will they be cut?

Gene Parmesan · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:48 pm

Oh yes, let's be having some of that bolg!

Draugluin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:50 pm

LordoftheBrownRing wrote:

But I see it this way. The hobbit is much more for kids, and started to get published because someone(dont quote me here historians) had a child who brought it to his father who was a publisher no?

The story of how it got published is actually pretty awesome. Tolkien sent the Hobbit to his publisher on the suggestion of some of his friends. His publisher wasn't all that interested in it, so he gave it to his ~10 year old son to read. The little brat said that he didn't like it, but that younger kids would. So it got published. 20 some odd years later, Tolkien sent LotR to the same publisher and it was read and approved by the same kid, now grown up, who said the book was amazing. What I would give to have been the kid who got The Hobbit AND The Lord of the Rings published.

Anyway, new stuff looks good. Holding out on an armored Azog, but might get Bolg.

Draugluin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:56 pm

And even though it's also free, I'm definitely getting that supplement. I have almost all of the rule books. Just need to find a suitably cheap AUJ rulebook and Free Peoples book (even though two of my friends already have that one, so I can do without).

LordoftheBrownRing · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:45 pm

Sacrilege83 wrote:

^It would be strange to release a second Azog in such a short period, but it is possible; they had two Thranduils and two Beorns in the DoS wave. We'll see.

Don't know if they'll continue making new sculpts for the range. The Perry's are gone, don't know the whereabouts of the other Lotr sculptors. There's a little over 2 years left in the license. With the films done, is it reasonable to expect another wave in the summer or following winter? I'm thinking whatever they release now for the next few months is it.

Yeah Id agree with that. My idea was that they release whatever set is coming out with Azog, Bolg, and Bard then wait a few and release armored azog.

Im not saying I believe that will happen. I doubt it in fact.....but if they were......thats like I said....they released the elves first(I think most would agree the least interested release) then the cooler dwarves which are highly priced and often done, then the nicest imo yet, laketown with new units and models. Now we get a new bolg azog and bard with the least negative talk yet.

They seem to be doing as I predicted(may be wrong lol) and releasing in order of what they people will actually buy so they might catch some spending what they wouldnt want by seeing those units first.

If they release an azog, then a preview for new dwarves come out the next wave, some may say screw it and buy the new azog before another is released. But I do doubt it.

Harfoot · **Posted:** Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:02 pm

Dead Marsh Spectre wrote:

Harfoot wrote:

can anyone pm me the pic or a link please ?

Check your facebook chat Paul.

Thanks Kev.

New release look superb, Bolg in particular looks great, on a Warg as well!

Still hoping for the unreleased (so far) Bard

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

Is it just me, or is Bolg on that new small Oval base?

LordoftheBrownRing · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:35 am

Nah it looks like a normal cavalry base.

Between that the defense and the special rule this makes Bolg about 3 times as good as Azog.

Grungehog · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:39 am

@creaky just you mate, those bases are round alright 25mm and what looks like 40mm base mounted

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:53 am

Bolg mounted looks to be on a 50mm base, same as Azog mtd

And it looks like Bolg will be first BotFA model(s).

LordoftheBrownRing · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:06 am

Am I missing something you guys see?

I don't get why he'd have a bigger bases he doesn't have a special warg or anything...

Grungehog · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:19 am

I vote optical illusion on the matter, there are no othere models nearby to compare, my vote is still 40mm standard

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

There's just something off about it.

It's probably just an optical illusion, as Grungehog says.

Eric · **Joined:** Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:58 pm **Posts:** 123

Bolg has huge, oval base. More like Beorn size.

Grungehog · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:59 pm

We shall see

imrail · **Joined:** Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:24 pm **Posts:** 666

Smaug is €385. A bit less expensive than I thought (€500) but still way to much money for me.

Miniman · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:52 am

What I like best from the Smaug miniature is Bilbo. It has the same proportions like the LOTR releases. If all Hobbit releases would have been made using the same style I did not quit collecting the miniatures...

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:19 pm

imrail wrote:

Smaug is €385. A bit less expensive than I thought (€500) but still way to much money for me.

I think you got the € mixed up with the $ :lol:

Miniman wrote:

What I like best from the Smaug miniature is Bilbo. It has the same proportions like the LOTR releases. If all Hobbit releases would have been made using the same style I did not quit collecting the miniatures...

Yeah I've seen a few comparisons. The dwarves look way more realistic compared to Lotr, and Lotr was already realistic compared to Warhammer. But some models, like the hunter orcs, is too vastly different in proportions that I don't like it.

Scib · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:26 pm

Had a sneak peak at the white dwarf and have to say thorins company look like beasts, couldn't see any iron hills stuff though which is disappointing

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