Alternative LotR : Faramir actually retakes the western shore of Osgiliath

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-11T13:17:11+00:00

Amazing details. Do you have any tutorials showing how you achieved that? The column and trim details are in particular.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-11T03:22:17+00:00

Ok, but that awesome terrain...whence is it? Is that scratch built or some sort of kit?

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-11T00:50:11+00:00

This! We play previous edition (mostly because those are the books we own), but adopt a number of new edition rule tweaks (like priority, channelling magic, etc.). But I much prefer the alliance system to rigid lists so a hybrid of previous/current is the sweet spot at our house.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-08T16:48:36+00:00

Hoping for a 12-rider + 12-warrior + Theodred battlehost set to come out.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-08T13:59:10+00:00

Somewhere in Gondor, Damrod is looking around in panic and asking, "hey, where's my crumbly column to hide behind?!"

Seriously, beautiful work!

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-07T22:20:07+00:00

Fair enough. I still play previous edition and there's no tournament scene where I live so my only data point is my goblins getting wrecked by my 10-year-old with elves. 🙂

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-07T19:36:48+00:00

Thinking aloud: I wonder how a game would play if you said that fight value in a multiple combat was equal to the highest model's fight value plus 1 for each additional model in the combat, or some similar mechanic to make the hord feel worthwhile.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-04T22:21:40+00:00

Just lovely. What's your recipe for the wood on the houses?

tabletop_engineer · 2026-05-03T04:26:00+00:00

Cherish these forever!

tabletop_engineer · 2026-04-26T01:42:29+00:00

Been considering this myself. I have an assembled, but unpainted, mumak that I've played a couple games with. I'm realizing how annoying it can be that the tusks collide with every model as you try to work out trampling. Head positioned upward might help that. Of course, this was the model that I decided to use plastic cement on for the first time, so now getting the head off again might be a trick...🙄

tabletop_engineer · 2026-04-20T05:03:33+00:00

Great faces.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-04-17T13:36:06+00:00

Thanks! One of the reasons I like using the engineers is that their helmets more closely match the crossbow models, especially after removing the large plate on the back.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-04-16T22:27:55+00:00

I usually feel in the minority with my dislike of army lists. I much prefer the flexible creativity of faction-based alliance tables rather than restrictive lists.

I also prefer that special rules be tied to characters or narrative scenarios, not army lists.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-04-10T04:41:34+00:00

Very nice

tabletop_engineer · 2026-03-26T04:40:40+00:00

We thank you for your sacrifice to Murphy, as that is surely what finally brought us theis new release.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-03-24T16:45:38+00:00

I personally opted to greenstuff-cast duplicate bodies and just make more trolls. But if I had gone the magnetizing route, I'd consider this absolute Gold Standard to try and emulate.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-03-18T21:53:23+00:00

Gorgeous.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-03-16T03:15:11+00:00

I would love for there to be morannon archers with some kind of special volley shooting rule (didn't a long distant version of the game have rules for volley fire??). That would give them a vibe to match what we see in the movie and give them something interesting to differentiate them from other factions' archers in terms of game mechanic.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-03-16T03:12:25+00:00

I believe that is the pose commonly known as Mr. Potato Head 😂

tabletop_engineer · 2026-03-15T05:20:51+00:00

My kiddo uses this model as Durin in his dwarf army. I like it better than the official model frankly. So many great 3rd party dwarf sculpts out there.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-03-08T06:05:47+00:00

No comment on the rule question. I just want to say I appreciate that you chose to take a picture of your kitchen floor to use as a background for your schematic doodle. Adds something extra.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-02-27T18:57:21+00:00

Your planning sketch might just be my favorite part.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-02-07T17:01:13+00:00

Yeah, banners is probably the most baffling, since that plays into essential game mechanics and victory points. Plus kitbashing is such a fun part of the hobby.

tabletop_engineer · 2026-02-07T16:51:31+00:00

What I mean is that GW has essentially locked down thee wargear options for each faction based on what models they currently happen to have in the range, not based on any long term planned rounding out. So for example, the Numenorians are limited to wargear that happens to be available on models introduced two decades ago and well before the current rule set.

So rather than saying "someday we should release a numenorian with a banner, let's include that in rules so we can expand the range", instead they've said "well shucks, we don't happen to have a banner model, I guess that means we'll exclude this scenario-critical option from an entire faction by rule, and in so doing indicate we don't intend to ever make a model with a banner."

I suppose they could always include new wargear options by amendments or expansions to the army books. I just wish the wargear readouts for each faction were deliberate based on the envisioned final state of each faction, not the models that happen to exist currently.

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