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Hey, no offence taken – I suggested it because I couldn’t think of anything else at the time and someone had been asking about wolf-riders on the general forum I think.

I would like to see what CT does with it if it does win though, although there is another suggestion that would be of more practical use to my plans if it won Certainly a ‘normal’ standard would be a ridiculous sight on a figure such as this.

I do wonder if as part of the Helms Deep range there are any furry creatures planned Alas we shall have to wait and see.

Wargs are something different to the war-wolves orcs ride.
Wargs are something different to the war-wolves orcs ride.

Repeat after me, ad infinitum, ad nauseum :p

There are three unnatural wolf creatures floating around the legendarium, as far as I can tell:

– the war wolves, which are big tamed wolves that mountain orcs ride
– the Wargs which are unnatural wolf spirits which disappear when you shoot them (the Fellowship at Hollin)
– Werewolves, which are something else entirely.

Gavin

well spoken, Master Gavin,

werewolves are nothing else but spirits, entrapped in bodies of large wolves (German source: Ardapedia: http://ardapedia.herr-der-ringe-film.de/index.php/Werwolf)

So was Carcharoth, a giant wolf and also a werewolf. Seems, that Tolkien did not make such a strict differentiation between the three wolflike creatures.

Beside that quite interesting debate, I personally have nothing against Orcs riding giant wolves and bearing standards. This would surely not harm the spirit of Tolkiens world, But I wished, we could see such figures as normal ‘M’ and not as expensive GF-figures.

Huoommm …. there’s nothing much on here at the moment, is it? … rhuoomm … I heard that many might be on that what’s called holly-days … huommm … I always thought this would refer to that time of a year shortly after the winter solstice … rhuooommm … so here I must be wrong, meseems …. huoommm … I just do hope it won’t be hollow-days … hom … anyway, Master Barliman, would you please fill one of your nice and handy bowls with some clear-clean-non-sparkeling-watery-liquid for me? … huommm … ?
Nay, before you start asking for them coiny things you like to have in return you better might have a look at the doormats … rhuoomm … thoroughly cleaned by now … any warg-rider on foot trying to pass Bree and who then finds your premises within the town will from now on bow on your threshold … rhuoommm … see, that’s the best pose to give him a kick … huoommm … this is all I do know about doormats … huomm …

Huoooommmm … hom … as there’s a lack of new facts and rumours I might tell you that I just had a look at Gandalf, Thorin and Balin … rhuooommmm … I’m sure they’ll become excellent figures … hom

Huoommm … Master Rita.de, as I don’t know your mother, I cannot tell you what she might have had in her mind yesterday … rhuoommm …
huom … but as it has become somewhat quiet around here I thought of providing some facts and news … rhuomm … no rumours … alas, that was just a jest … homm …
by now the second section of the vignette has nearly been sculpted … huommm … though the figures are not quite complete and will need a little cleaning … rhuoomm … that scene is about Gandalf(seated) puffing on his pipe and Thorin(seated) perusing the famous map while Balin(standing) looks on …. rhuommm … maybe it’s better to hang another picture in the Mathom House … as sometimes words cannot tell everything … rhuooohuommm … though it means some work has to do be done by me …. huooommm where’s that hammer and the nails …. hoooomm
why is it always me who has to haste everything … lazy lads around here … huom …

Huoommm … hom … first of all, Master Barliman, I have to tell you that it’s not me who’s good at everything … rhuoommm … not at all … and to be honest, I do not want to be … rhuoomm …
being good at everything would also mean that life is boring, wouldn’t it? …. huoomm … back to terms, Master Barliman … hom … there’s no picture rail within your premises … it’s elsewhere …
rhuoommmmmm … didn’t I mention the Mathom House? … huommm … I thought I did … huom.
what do you think why I’m absent here so often … rhuoommm … being a caretaker in two houses sometimes keeps you busy … homhuom … that’s why some people call me the hasty Ent … rhuoommm …

I really like the site, Gavin. You guys produced an interesting work. Do you RPG using this platform often?

Not really. I’ve kind of used minis with either MERP or the CODA rules. I do paint GW stuff, when said GW does doesn’t suck. And sometimes when it does, I convert it :p

However, the good news is, I now have a picture by my name on the TLA website, so that’s a victory of sorts. heh.