Hi One Ring,

I'm considering running a large BoFA game using SBG figures, not the small 10mm stuff.

I'd like some suggestions for figures, as using all GW official SBG figs would require the GDP of a small country.

So here's where I am at.

EVIL SIDE
Orcs/Goblins - GW Orcs -easy to find on ebay and I already have over 100

Wargs - GW Warg Riders - I have about 20-30 already

GOOD SIDE
Elves - GW Wood elves - this will be one of the bigger expsense. I have about 30 already and I think I know a local game store with the 24fig boxes still on the shelf

Dwarves - ??? -not sure which way to go with this. I have some GW LOTR dwarves but would need more. I don't think they look like 500 Fully Mailed dwarves as described by Tolkien

Men - ??? - Again, not sure what to use. Not a big fan of the laketown figs, also finecast(yuk). The Dale figures are not bad but a little pricey. What figures are a good match size wise? Maybe some Dark Age figures? Gripping Beast? Conquest Normans? Perry Crusader Infantry? Old Glory 25's?

Eagles - GW or D&D Plastics - There would not be a lot of Eagles, 5 to 10

Thorin and Company - GW Grim Hammers with head swaps?

Any comments or suggestions to help guide me to launch this project?

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Xintao

Infantry from the Rohan range could potentially work nicely as soldiers from Laketown. I think that's what GW used to do before the Hobbit era.

If you don't mind mixing styles then the GW Warhammer Fantasy Dwarf Warriors are ideal for what you're looking for. When I collected a WHFB Dwarf Army a couple of years ago I used the LOTR lore as the background for my army, which then became a fully-fledged Moria force but in Warhammer scale and style. At £20 for 16 fully-customisable miniatures, they're also cheaper than GW LOTR Dwarves and offer complete versatility rather than having an army of 12 repeated identical miniatures.

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Wise Old Elf