The Lord of the Rings: Armies of Middle Earth: The Hobbit v The Lord of the Rings dwarves: size comparison

Sunday, 24 February 2013

The Hobbit v The Lord of the Rings dwarves: size comparison

I finished one of my new Grim Hammers dwarves today (they are going to take longer to paint than I imagined) and am posting this picture of him next to a LotR dwarf. It's hard to tell, because of the heavy armour, but I reckon he is about half a head taller than the older figures.

Now I am very fussy about figures of different sizes but I wouldn't have any problem fielding them in the same force. Things like their hands are exactly the same size, for example. Games Workshop have previewed some more new Dwarves from The Hobbit today so I shall have to get some of them and maybe they will offer a better comparison. The more dwarves the better!

My daughter wants me to get the new Thror figure but my head says that paying £12 for a dwarf is insane but I'm sure I'll get it anyway!

2 comments:

Scottswargaming24 February 2013 at 22:50
Nice work they are coming on well!

Thror - lovely model - the price to you in dear ol' NZ - $40NZ !

At current prices, that would buy me 18.1 litres of regular 91 unleaded fuel... Now that might be an interesting comparison for international readers?
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Gareth15 March 2013 at 11:17
That's really useful, thanks. I'm thinking of getting some of the Warriors of Erebor to use alongside my LotR and RBG fantasy models, but wasn't sure if they' scale in. Looks like they will, as presumably the 'Hammers will be bigger.
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Wargaming Middle Earth

I confess that I had never been a fan of The Lord of the Rings until Peter Jackson's monumental films came out. I had never read the books and had, years before, given up on The Hobbit half way through. 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.

No, for me , it was the fantastic images created by the film that inspired me. 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.

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.

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.

Since then I must have acquired hundreds of figures, although very few are painted. Most are designed by the Perry brothers and are, as a result, completely gorgeous. Some of them are truly remarkable portraits, in 25mm, of the actors who played the parts in the films.

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.

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.