“To recreate the Battle of Helm’s Deep on the tabletop would take a force of hundreds.” “TENS of hundreds.” “But my lord, there is no such force.” *BR-RM BR-RMMMMMMM*
BTW - I do have something more to say - really enjoyed the format of the “Battle Report” - mix of normal speed and fast-forward, minimal dice rolling and minimal pointless ramblings (that usually accompany BR’s on some other channels and make them 3 times longer than they need to be) - well done guys.
@@intothewestpodcast Great video. I would say to increase the voice sound volume more as I felt they were too low, the voice sound quality could also be improved. The background music wasn't too loud (too many channels have too loud background music. Though in my opinion many times it's unnecessary). Aside from that, I enjoyed the video.
This is so cool lads. Dreamed of playing something similar with my models since I saw the movie as a child. Great to see it realised with such high quality
My brother and I, found out about MESBG by stumbling into a local GW with a Helm's Deep display back in 2002, it's always been a special sequence for us! Thanks for watching! -Richard
I love your channel , the calm vibe that you have all and the concise battle report that makes it so much nicer to watch than the usual 2 hous super detailed battle , keep it u guys !!
Truly enjoyed the battle! The attention to detail surprised me. I appreciate the amount of effort that was put into this. I thought even the camera work was on point. Everything is so well done. I like that a lot of models and special models were used. I just don't see that too often. The models and terrain are stunning as well. I look forward to see more form you!
I know I'm a tad late but as someone just getting into the Middle Earth table top scene, (my eyes are on the Battle of Osgiliath starter) I am fully enjoying the content! A good way to give a great and massive battle report too, would have been awesome to be present for and a part of I'm sure!
Very cool - quick audio note, make sure to fill voice over audio to both sides. In premiere there is an effect called "fill left with right" or vice versa - useful on audio that is only on one channel.
Absolutely loved this guys!! Was so good to see good come through with the win (is anyone surprised Haldir did nothing and then died). Also loving the giant ladder, battering ram and Gimli mid air models! ~Elliot
Very cinematic and great battle report! I think you might try using a fantasy battles type rules set in the future, though... This must have been super tedious to work out all of those individual combats and I am glad you didn't show any of the details. Understand you had lots of players and were probably doing a lot of combat simultaneously, but still...
Théoden, King of Rohan Gamling, Captain of Rohan Haleth Aldor Aragorn Legolas Gimli 1 Captain of Rohan with shield 16 Warriors of Rohan with shield 16 Warriors of Rohan with throwing spear/shield 16 Warriors of Rohan with bow 2 Warriors of Rohan with banner 6 Rohan Royal Guard Haldir 1 Galadhrim Captain with Elf bow 12 Galadhrim Warrior with blade 40 Galadhrim Warrior with Elf bow 1 Galadhrim Warrior with banner Gandalf the White Éomer, Marshall of the Riddermark 2 Captains of Rohan with horse & shield 40 Riders of Rohan 24 Riders of Rohan with throwing spear 2 Riders of Rohan with banner 4 special Uruk-Hai Captains (use profiles of Lurtz, Mauhur, Ugluk, Vrasku, with the exception that they all gain +1 Defence) 1 Uruk-Hai Captain with shield 150 Uruk-Hai Warriors with shield 150 Uruk-Hai Warriors with pike 36 Uruk-Hai Warriors with crossbow 6 Uruk-Hai Warriors with banner 3 Uruk-Hai Drummers 20 Uruk-Hai Berserkers 1 Uruk-Hai Battering Ram 2 Uruk-Hai Demolition Teams 2 Uruk-Hai Assault Ballistas 6 additional siege engineers 15 Siege Ladders
What an amazing battle! Beautiful! The Audio is a tad weird at times though, as the commentators are only "on my left ear". Which does not decrease the epicness, but still ;)
Thank you! Ahh we've heard this happen in the past before, I believe it's with a certain kind of headphones. If you listen with speakers, I don't think it happens, sorry! -Richard
Would love to have some pics and some of the dimensions (how high are the walls for example) on the helms deep build. I am planning my own helms deep and am looking for inspiration.
Regardless of the tripe film recreation why didn’t Sauron army take the fort destruction for all inside leaving enough time for taking horses off while they try to climb the walls; I wouldn’t have wasted orcs on this when they could regroup. Mostly I play 40k Blood Bowl but I would like to play with that incredible Helms Deep set up. It was amusing to see Legoless get taken out before I realised it would prevent Gimli taking the last boat heading west. 😊
That's an incredible Helms Deep model. I also really liked the Uruk-hai battering ram piece...is that made from scratch or did Games Workshop have a battering ram at one point?
Thanks! Games Workshop did release an Uruk battering ram model. The one you see here is heavily kit bashed with more bodies and the shield well! -Charles
No tutorial currently, but if you want to see more of the building process, I have lots of videos and photos covering that on instagram @heroichighlights -Charles
Yes, 100% homemade. Number one tip would be to look around and a bunch of different builds people have done. There are many ways to tackle it and each method has its pros and cons.
Well there was a lot of things that happened in the movie that did not happen in the book but it is still one of if not the best movies ever made and the things they left out did not hurt the story
@@armann04 Amazing, that's actually much closer than I thought since we have an audience all over! We actually have a really consistent group down here and we host regular events, you are always welcome to come down! Feel free to join the "West Coast Hobbits" group on Facebook to see all upcoming events :)
Stunning battle report lads really enjoyed this, two questions tho how long did it take to make the helms deep board and how do i do it myself😂 appreciate the video ill be looking out for more uploads
Thanks! It took close to a year to finish, each brick was cast individually out of plaster and built brick-by-brick! You can find some old work-in-progress posts on @heroichighlights on instagram. -Charles
