News: Games Workshop Newsletter #66

Hey all, time for another GW Newsletter. Looks like the Easterlings are getting some serious reinforcements! It'll be nice to finally have minis to represent Dragon Knights and War Priests and the Knight of Umbar may find a place in my army.

Issue 66 The Games Workshop Newsletter 23.10.2009

In this issue: Legions of The Eye

Out Now: Legions of The Eye The forces of Mordor and the Fallen Realms religiously carry out the will of Sauron and have been involved in every major conflict in Middle-earth’s history. This month the armies of the Dark Lord are swelled by nine new metal sets, including two all-new Ringwraiths: The Knight of Umbar and The Betrayer.
		The Golden King of Harad The Golden King of Harad and his guard are an all-new Legendary formation in War of The Ring who benefit from +1 Fight and +1 Strength when fighting near the King’s treasure horde.
	Harad Abrakhân GuardThe Abrakhân Guard are the elite guards of the Golden King of Harad, and they’ll fight with an unmatched fury to secure riches in the name of their King.		Harad Command Increase the speed and fighting abilities of your Harad infantry formations with this all-new command set.
	Black Guard of Barad-DûrThe Black Guard of Barad-Dûr are elite Orc shock troops and the ideal warriors to form the vanguard of your War of The Ring army.		Black Guard of Barad-Dûr CommandersThe Captains of the Black Guard of Barad-Dûr are stronger than any Uruk-hai and their loyalty to Sauron is such that it renders them almost insensate to fear.
	The BetrayerOf all the Nazgûl, the Betrayer’s power is far greater than that of any mortal and his formation must re-roll failed attempts To Hit with shooting and close combat attacks.		The Knight of UmbarOnce one of the great Númenórean kings, the Knight of Umbar succumbed to the influence of Sauron and now leads the armies he once stood against.
	Easterling CommandAs well as a Banner Bearer, this set contains an Easterling Dragon Knight and an Easterling War Priest. Add their considerable abilities to your War of The Ring force.		Kârdush the Firecaller Kârdush was schooled in sorcery by the foul Nazgûl and possesses far greater power than other Orc Shamans.

News: Games Workshop Newsletter #61

Hey all, time for another GW newsletter. This time there is some info for the Space Wolves and lo and behold, reinforcements for Easterlings in WotR among other things:

ssue 61 The Games Workshop Newsletter 21.09.2009

In this issue: Space Wolves | Legions of the Eye

Space Wolves The Space Wolves are the most fierce and barbaric of all the Space Marine Chapters. They are proud, ferocious warriors who like nothing more that to feast and slay in their Primarch’s name. With an all-new Codex, two new multi-part plastic sets and three new metal models there’s never been a better time to collect the descendants of Russ. Check out the full range of new Space Wolves in the Warhammer 40,000 Advance Order section. Space Wolves Back to Top

Legions of the Eye The forces of Mordor and the Fallen Realms religiously carry out the will of Sauron and have been involved in every major conflict in Middle-earth’s history. This month the armies of the Dark Lord are swelled by nine new metal sets, including two all-new Ringwraiths: The Knight of Umbar and The Betrayer. Advance Order these and the other great new The Lord of The Rings miniatures here.

Legions of the Eye

It's nice to see the bad guys getting some new minis for WotR. However, what they really need are more plastic sets instead of metal ones. The costs for several metal units in the evil armies are simply prohibitive. What do you guys think?

War of the Ring: Easterlings Update

Hey all, time for another WotR update. I picked up Dalamyr Fleet Master of Umbar as my first epic hero. I like his epic posion ability for rerolls and the caltrops to negate enemy charge bonuses. He was pretty fun to paint as well and didn't take all that long. Now I'll have to bulk out my infantry forces quite a bit. Comments welcome!

War of the Ring: Small Easterlings Update

Small update for the Easterlings. Picked up Dalamyr Fleetmaster of Umbar as my Epic Hero. Eventually I'm going to replace him with either the Serpent Lord of Khamul but for now he's a cheap leader to use. Hoping to pick up another infantry box or two soon.

WotR Update: Finally got some Easterlings!

Hey all, finally picked up a box of Easterling infantry to get my force rolling in earnest. Aside from everything else being metal in the army (not counting the mumak) it turns out that the box is divided into 3 infantry types. It also only contains 20 troops instead of 24 like most other infantry boxes. You get a whopping 4 pikemen, and then 8 each of swordsmen and archers. To even get one full unit of pikes that will be 4 more boxes of Easterlings. Not too big of a problem since I don't plan on using too many metal units, but still quite annoying. In any case, I also picked up some movement trays which I'll be magnetizing as well. It shouldn't take too long to get that first batch of Easterlings finished so expect some pics soon.

WotR: Easterling Cataphrakt

Hey all, just a start on Easterlings. Here is my one and only Cataphrakt so far. He'll eventually be joined by the rest of his unit (these guys are the goldswords of WotR). Comments welcome!