I've been playing X-wing since it's first release back in the early days of 1.0, where the TIE swarm was king. However, there is another miniature game I've been playing almost as long.
The Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game by Games Workshop is, in my opinion, one of the greatest miniature games currently available. It differs from most of GWs other games by having a rather simple ruleset, which has a surprising amount of depth, and fits the theme of the setting perfectly (much like X-wing). Your heroes are exceptional models, which can perform mighty feats that normal men/elves/dwarves/orcs couldn't even dream of. This could be calling their warriors to make an unexpected charge, fire off a volley of arrows, cut through lesser warriors, or even cheat the very dice rolls of the game. These mighty feats can't go on forever as even the greatest of heroes begin to fatigue and become vulnerable as the battle drags on. If it's not obvious, MESBG focuses heavily on your heroes (typically) being mighty warriors, but more importantly they're the leaders of your army, and provide essential, but limited, support to your warrior models.
There's a reason this particular miniature game survived being essentially discontinued for an extended period, before being gloriously rebirthed as MESBG-the-White; it's a very good game.
Enough gushing about this game. The following are some models I recently painted for my Minas Tirith force (apologies for the amateurish photos. One day I'll learn how to properly photograph miniatures):
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| A Gondor Bolt Thrower, ready to cut down some Mordor Orcs. |
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| Beregond, Guard of the Citadel. I'm currently working on a mounted version. |
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| Cirion, Lieutenant of Amon Barad. An oldy, but a goody. |
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| A converted younger Denethor. He's still mad as a hatter, but is eating less gross tomatoes. |
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| Some warriors to fill out numbers, with a converted banner. |
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