So over the next year or so I will see how many more of these splendid figures I can get onto the gaming table and even have a go at making some scenic items.Warner Bros.’ Middle-Earth 31-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition on 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray has been delayed for release until Novem(originally slated for Oct. Occasionally, LotR games are played at Guildford but the main driver for me in getting more figures done is Guy, who loves playing the game. Some of them are truly remarkable portraits, in 25mm, of the actors who played the parts in the films. Most are designed by the Perry brothers and are, as a result, completely gorgeous. Since then I must have acquired hundreds of figures, although very few are painted. I painted the 12 goblins included in the first issue in a day and my little boy and I immediately played a game using these and the cardboard Aragorn included as well. It wasn't until D'Agostini came out with their Battlegames in Middle Earth part-work that I got interested, at the prompting of my little boy, Guy, and subsequently subscribed to the magazine eventually collecting every issue.
Oddly, when Games Workshop came out with their Fellowship of the Ring boxed set I didn't buy it as I couldn't see how you could turn a film featuring largely invincible heroes into a satisfactory game.
No, for me, it was the fantastic images created by the film that inspired me. Now I have read most of them (I am still struggling to finish the Return of the King) and whilst acknowledging their influence and scope still don't think they are particularly readable. I had never read the books and had, years before, given up on The Hobbit half way through. I confess that I had never been a fan of The Lord of the Rings until Peter Jackson's monumental films came out.
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