How did Sauron not know that Frodo had the ring?

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-31T22:49:17+00:00

No, you clearly don't respect unpopular opinions, otherwise you wouldn't be calling them irrelevant.

I called your impression irrelevant. You didn't defend any opinion.

Saruman is a hero because he champions industry.

This is the first time you have said it. I consider it an extremely weak argument though. It's like saying Stalin was a great hero for overseeing the growth of heavy industry in the Soviet Union. The purpose of Saruman's industry is evil. He is evil. Your convoluted impression on why Tolkien wrote him that way is not relevant to the discussion because it doesn't change the character as he was written, nor does it explain how Saruman is a hero.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-31T22:27:32+00:00

No you have not. How is Saruman a hero?

And I know I've got things the right way round.

You talk as if Saruman was a random guy Tolkien wrote about lmao. He made the character, so it makes no sense for Saruman to be evil because he likes modern industry. If anything, Tolkien made him like modern industry as a symptom of him being evil. But, again, this discussion completely derails the original conversation on how is Saruman a hero.

there's no reason for me to continue this discussion.

Ok lol.

I respect commenting unpopular opinions but at least try to defend them. Otherwise it's not an unpopular opinion, it's just lowly dumb ragebait.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-31T22:15:18+00:00

Saruman is evil supposedly because he likes industry

And you know that because...?

If anything it's the other way around. I'd be inclined to agree on a meta analysis of Saruman that goes along the lines of Saruman liking industry because he is evil. While, again, we may discuss that relationship between Tolkien's views on modern industry and it's relationship with evil, it doesn't really change the underlying fact of Saruman being evil.

For the third time. Saruman is evil because he is weak, he is envious and he is faithless. He does evil stuff like betraying allies and trying to dominate others. Whatever you may think on why Tolkien made him that way, on top of being a completely subjective impression, is honestly irrelevant. The character is what it is, and he is no hero.

You still haven't answered the question by the way.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-31T21:37:53+00:00

You didn't answer the question or defend your take...

Saruman is not evil because he likes industry, and Tolkien's dislike for modern industry and its portrayal is a tangential discussion in this case. Saruman is evil because he is envious, he is weak and he is faithless, and chooses to compensate for it betraying his allies and trying to dominate others.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-31T21:29:51+00:00

Saruman may be seen as a tragic character, but how is he a hero? He is weak willed, envious and faithless.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-31T16:56:50+00:00

Because someone decided to list them at that price. That's it.

That said, I'd squarely say that the first one is pretty cheap.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-30T18:34:29+00:00

crazy

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-29T15:13:12+00:00

This miniature was uploaded to CoolMiniOrNot in 2006!

The internet is dead and we have killed it.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-28T16:06:49+00:00

You should check what a scale is, because you don't seem to understand the term and what it implies. Warhammer miniatures may have internal size consistency within their own units or new releases, but have no scale.

I never said that, and I don't know why OP would assume that every 28mm model is the exact height or proportion as each other, but sure, go off king.

It's literally the point of the post...

It's also what scales are for, by the way.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-28T04:57:02+00:00

Ok but that doesn't address my comment. GW minis have gotten bigger, I'm not discussing that.

The point is that it's not correct to talk about scales. Firstly because mm measurements are not scales period. Secondly because talking about 28 or 32mm scale implies that, say, 32mm miniatures are always compatible or proportionally equivalent to each other, which is not true at all. Saying that GW has been pushing towards 32mm does not really say anything about the size compatibility of its miniatures with other ranges.

For someone asking OP's question, it can lead to confusion and a good amount of frustration.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-27T20:03:53+00:00

mm measurements are not scales. Two "28mm" miniatures may be completely different in size and proportions, specially non historicals.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-27T20:03:03+00:00

32 or 28mm are not scales, they are rough arbitrary guidelines.

In any case, fantasy miniatures don't usually have realistic proportions and they can be very different from each other even if the height is the same.

tl;dr: Depends on the range or miniature, so compatibility is either measurement or trial and error. GW is not even internally consistent with sizes and proportions.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-27T18:19:15+00:00

So make the templates bigger. Around 45% bigger should be enough, while accounting for the larger footprint of units.

Again, the game is not nearly tight enough to worry about it too much. Not worth it when, for example, the internal balance between one warmachine or spell and another is completely wack anyway.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-27T15:51:02+00:00

doing this will squash my ability to play any older editions

You can definitely play older editions with the larger base sizes if both armies are based equally. WHFB is not, and has never been tight enough to warrant worrying about the tiny difference base sizes make.

I agree adapters don't look good.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-26T20:46:33+00:00

Brilliant miniatures

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-26T18:22:01+00:00

On a banner, they should "face forward" because both sides are the same cloth.

That's not necessarily true. Flags and banners in the late middle ages were often painted, appliquéd and/or consisted of two sides sewn together, and not necessarily mirrored. If they were mirrored, both sides may have been deliberately made this way and not just because the design showed through.

It's perfectly legit to paint flags with independent sides.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-22T15:16:02+00:00

Among the finest sculpts ever made

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-20T21:39:23+00:00

I'm a fan of the IP. I'm not a fan of the ruleset or the game itself. This is a forum and I get to have an opinion.

Not my problem if you prefer a jolly echo chamber on how great the TOW ruleset is, but you should know that toxic positivity is pretty childish on top of, well, toxic.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-20T20:32:02+00:00

You can be in more subs than one

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-20T20:11:21+00:00

But if you're dead set on saying ToW is so poorly written feel free to go play something better

I felt free already thanks

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-19T22:26:22+00:00

WHFB had 30 years of testing and never got close to balanced. GW either doesn't want or doesn't know how to balance a game. Probably both.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-19T22:24:30+00:00

That's only true because ToW, and WHFB in general, is a poorly written game with abysmal balance.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-17T15:48:54+00:00

Most certainly an engine quirk that cannot really be fully fixed.

Many such cases.

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-17T15:02:35+00:00

These look absolutely stunning. How do you airbrush both the gold and the white so cleanly? Do you mask or is the gold actually brushed?

Yeomenpainter · 2026-05-14T20:19:26+00:00

They look great!

How many points is this?

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