BGiMe Magazine - The miniatures

After yesterday's introduction to the Battle Games in Middle-earth magazine, I thought I would start this series of posts with a listing of which miniatures came with which magazine; after all, it is the miniatures that keep us all interested in this game...

I will present each type of miniature as a block and make a note of which issue and which future box set they came from (where known)...

Plastic Miniatures:

Each issue saw either a blistered metal miniature or a sprue of plastic miniatures. The plastic sprues consist of around a dozen warriors on foot or around half-a-dozen mounted warriors. There was a split of the riders and their mounts over two issues of the magazine (see the Riders of Rohan and Warg Riders as examples) to eke out the collection and, occasionally, a single horse for a named hero or a set of Middle-earth ruins to use as scatter terrain in games.

Issue 1        Moria Goblins

Issue 2        Men and Elves (2nd Age)

Issue 4        Uruk Hai

Issue 7        Warriors of Rohan

Issue 10      Uruk Hai

Issue 13      Rohan Horses

Issue 14      Riders of Rohan

Issue 19      Horse for Eomer

Issue 20      Moria Goblins

Issue 22      Ruins

Issue 23      Warriors of Minas Tirith

Issue 24      Mordor Orcs

Issue 27      Uruk Hai Siege Crew

Issue 31      Uruk Hai Siege Crew

Issue 33      Warriors of Minas Tirith

Issue 41      Mordor Orcs

Issue 44      Men and Elves (2nd Age)

Issue 50      Warriors of Rohan

Issue 54      Ruins

Issue 66      Riders of Rohan

Issue 67      Rohan Horses

Issue 68      Wargs

Issue 69      Warg Riders

Issue 70      Haradrim

Issue 72      Mordor Orcs

      

Metal Miniatures:

The metal miniatures came singly in snazzy red blister packs, but on occasion there would be two or three miniatures if the set required it, like the Merry and Pippin sets, or Farmer Maggot and his dogs. The Conversion sprue proved to be a very popular release as it allowed for a lot of conversion work to be carried out to individualise your armies.

Issue 3        Frodo (Fellowship of the Ring)

Issue 5        Lurtz

Issue 6        Aragorn (Heroes of Helms Deep)

Issue 8        Legolas (Fellowship of the Ring)

Issue 9        Uruk Hai Captain

Issue 11      Boromir (Fellowship of the Ring)

Issue 12      Gandalf (Battle at Khazad Dhum)

Issue 15      Saruman

Issue 16      Ugluk

Issue 17      Grishnak

Issue 18      Eomer (mounted)

Issue 21      Gimli (Fellowship of the Ring)

Issue 25      Sam (Fellowship of the Ring)

Issue 26      Faramir (Captured by Gondor)

Issue 28      Haldir (Heroes of Helms Deep)

Issue 29      Theoden (Heroes of Helms Deep)

Issue 30      Uruk Hai Berserker

Issue 32      Merry and Pippin (Fellowship of the Ring)

Issue 34      Minas Tirith Standard Bearer

Issue 35      Galadriel

Issue 36      Elrond

Issue 37      Witch King

Issue 38      Grima Wormtongue

Issue 39      Gandalf the White

Issue 40      Rohan Royal Standard (mounted)

Issue 42      Orc Standard

Issue 43      Faramir (mounted)

Issue 45      Gil-Galad (2nd Age)

Issue 46      Elendil (2nd Age)

Issue 47      Isildur (2nd Age)

Issue 48      Gorbag

Issue 49      Shagrat

Issue 51      Gamling

Issue 52      Eowyn

Issue 53      Hama

Issue 55      Minas Tirith Standard Bearer (mounted)

Issue 56      Gothmog

Issue 57      Denethor

Issue 58      Orc Captain

Issue 59      Faramir (Armoured)

Issue 60      Boromir (Armoured)

Issue 61      Aragorn (Fellowship of the Ring)

Issue 62      Bilbo

Issue 63      Gollum

Issue 64      Eomer

Issue 65      Theodred

Issue 71      King of the Dead

Issue 73      Merry and Pippin (Return of the King)

Issue 74      Witch King

Issue 75      Conversion Sprue

Issue 76      Legolas (Heroes of the West)

Issue 77      Easterling Captain

Issue 78      Aragorn (Return of the King)

Issue 79      Radagast the Brown

Issue 80      Tom Bombadil

Issue 81      Glorfindel

Issue 82      Orc Shaman

Issue 83      Dwarf Captain

Issue 84      Durburz

Issue 85      Balin

Issue 86      Suladan

Issue 87      Hasharin

Issue 88      Imrahil

Issue 89      Ghan-Buri-Ghan

Issue 90      Farmer Maggot and dogs

Issue 91      Sharkey

 

Issue SE1       Gandalf the White on Shadowfax

Issue SE2       King Elessar (mounted)

Issue SE3       Arwen & Frodo (mounted)

This ended up being quite the list, but I think it was worthwhile getting the whole lot up here as an aide de memoir, or if anyone is looking for a particular back issue for a particular miniature (many are sold second-hand with or without the miniatures on eBay).

 

The magazine was originally set to run for just 65 issues, but proved so popular that they extended the run to 78, and then the final 91 issues plus three specials. The plastic miniatures released early on in the extension periods mainly just boosted a couple of major factions (Rohan and orcs) but I think the Haradrim were released on general sale by Games Workshop as the magazine collection was running, so they were included too. The two additional 13 issue runs also allowed for the books to be explored as well as the films. So, some of the models that came with the tail-end issues of the magazine allowed book aficionados to game some of their favourite characters and scenes from the novels too.

Next post, I will take a look at the free gifts that came with the magazine.