The Wars of Arda

Welcome to Valarian Studios, home of the Wars of Arda, a mod for Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II - the Rise of the Witchking

New Update- THE BIGGEST ONE EVER!!!After I return from the Uttermost WestHey,

After returning from my trip in the tropical Islands, the mod has a very brilliant future and heading its Noontide and of the mod so far, the best is yet to come. I have recently doen alot of work on future factions and a huge blueprint for designs and concepts have been created, on a scale that no other mod has doen for art and designs-absoluteley massive,which will be released at a later date.

Now for the Update,

First of all, The New Eowyn Unarmoured, the new model I created and was my first model as a modeller

Also, now the Dwarves

The Blue Mountain CrossBowmen

Dwalin

Dwarf Rangers

Bofur

Blue Mountain Guard

Bifor

Earlier on there was an update about Anaire, Fingolfin's Wife, Now here is the other image for her concept mounted. Possibly on a unicorn, as she is from Aman/ Valinor, however, I am questioning its canoness.

Now for some ingame screenshot
None dare assail her

ElrondHighLord,

High King,Chief Among the Wise,
Favoured by the Valar

P.s. There should from now on be an update evry 1 to 2 weeks
It's that time of year again...Some of our forum members may be surprised to know that in addition to being Lord of the Rings fanatics and reclusive geeks with nothing better to do than to make our mod for Battle for Middle-earth 2: The Rise of the Witch-king... we are also avid video game fans.

This week, all that is gaming joins for a celebration at the E3 conference, and we invite you to join in the discussion in this topic. I've noted some of the highlights to come thus far (Left 4 Dead 2, Metal Gear Rising, Super Mario Galaxy 2... to name a few), and am looking forward to hearing what everybody has to say about their favorite upcoming games.

Remember though, we aren't here to bash everybody else for preferring a different console. Whether fans of Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft, we are all fans of video games and should be able to share in our fellow fans enjoyment despite our differing opinions.

And before you ask, Return of Shadow is steadily being worked through by the mod team to bring you the era as free of bugs as we can make it!

See you around the forums!

-JEV3
New Tolkien Book: Sigurd and GodrunFor those of you who are more familiar with Tolkien's works, you'll understand that The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Children of Hurin are merely stories that take place in the world he created. His ambition to create a fantastic world came from his love for the legends and lore which he studied.

Not too long ago, a previously unknown retelling of a classic saga by Tolkien had surfaced and is now being released as a complete work with minimal editing. In the span of two legendary tales, you can see Tolkien's love for the Northern legend as well as the heavy influence Norse legend had upon his creation of Middle-earth.

Without further ado, I present to you The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, the latest of Tolkien's published works.

For more information on the book itself, check out the Tolkien Library FAQ. The hardcover edition was released on May 5th, 2009, and should be available through various distributions where you live and, as always, on Amazon. There are also deluxe editions and unabridged audiobooks available for collectors or audiobook fans.

Quite amazing that even now, so long after his death, we're still seeing new publications from the beloved professor and author! I wonder if he had any clue as to the impact he'd make on the world in his life. We know of course, it is only because of his success that we are here to celebrate his world with our ambitious full-scale modification of a game based on his greatest story.

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Third Age Mod 1.0 Here!!!First i am sorry to made another topic about same things..but i don't have any idea to lets people know better than new topic

The Third age mod for Medieval Total War

It here cheer up guy

the download is two part

Part 1

Part 2

Or is available as a Torrent Download

A fix is available for those who have problem with white battle map interface

Fix
Enjoy

MORDRED EDIT: Not that its WoA news but its cool enough to be promoted to site news I think.
One last glimpse- Concept art updateHey,

Even though I am leaving in less than 24 hours, I thought I would post one last update. I have created literally hundreds and thousands of conceptual images for the mod. Now, to even start to scan and upload them, I would need some time , so I just show off one character I did, Anaire, High Queen of the Noldorian in Valinor ( wife of fingolfin). Also to let u know, I have designed and painted numerous images for Morgoth and he has the most work put into his armoured form ( 10- 20 a3 pages of stuff at least)., but you have to wait for that, he is also fighting various characters, and theres also some of his minors .

Heres Anaire( 3 of possibly as many as 10,000 images!!!!!!, wow)

Further are there any requests for any characetrs that have little or no images as I may have done them, yes I am aware that Turin was very popular but theres an image for him so that defeats the objective of this.

Elrond,
High Councillor heading into the West for a while
( I not under the ban of the Valar, hehe)
San92 SkinsHey,hi everyone here's my updates for this week...lurtz and eomer skins,hope you like it

Eomer

Lurtz

oh,almost forget,thanks ElrondHighLord for the 2 renders

We were suppose to go East, But I must diminish Westward- PREVIEW UPDATEHey,

There have been sooo many updates in the last couple of days and this must be some kind of WoA record, wow. However, I am going into the West ( literally) for 7 to 8 weeks, and hence my updates will most likely be ceasing for that time. At one point, I did want to have updates even when I was on the other side of the world, but I ran out of time. I going to a small tropical Island in the middle of the Ocean, as I long for the sea and the forests, and must take this break as I am much diminished. Hopefully, things wil carry on nearly as fast as Mordred is doing a TONNNNN of work behind the scenes, but I will still be able to keep an eye on the forums.

Therefore, even though I was going to continue the preview of Harad Faction, Of the new serpent guards, Suladan and Saleme, I wait until I get back as a couple of things need updating. Hence, I wanted to show a glimpse of the future and what is installed, not to fair away.

So here we go:

Ancient Council

Beyond the Girdle

In defence of the Hidden Realm

Enchantress

For the Hidden City

On the Quest

These are only a glimpse of what there is to come, and there may be an update next week , if I have time

Yours,
Elrond, High Councillor of the West

New Team MembersHey,

2 updates in a matter of hours, that is a first!!!.
Help me in welcoming the 2 latest members,
A new skinner called san92, who has already sent me some very impressive work and Elendil the High, who was been working on fx powers for Mordred for a while, but we have not had a chance to make it public.

Elven Councillor,
Elrond of Imladris
Map ListHi there,

I thought I'd get in on the update fun and post a little treat, in the form of our current list of maps (on the grounds that ive spent several hours going through every one of the 127 maps from BFME1, BFME2, ROTWK and WoA originals/contributions to do camera angles, farm templates, AI players, camera switch scripts, fog removal etc).

And more may well turn up before the next release.

Acropoli
Adorn River
Amon Hen
Amon Sul
Amon Sul Fortress
Anfalas
Angmar
Annuminnas
Anorien
Argonath
Arnor
Assault On Carn Dum
Barad Dur
Barrow Downs
Battleforosgiliath
Belfalas
Black Gate
Brown Lands
Buckland
Bur Baklin
Cair Andros
Cardolan
Carn Dum
Carrock
Celduin
Central Ithilien
Crossroads
Dagorlad
Dead Marshes
Dol Amroth
Dol Guldur
Druadan Forest
Dunharrow
Dunland
East Emnet
East Rohan
Easterling Capital
Eastfold
Edoras
Emyn Arnen
Emyn Muil
Enedwaith
Enedwaith
Erebor
Ettenmoors
Evendim
Fall Back 4p
Fall Back 8p
Fangorn
Fords Of Isen Ii
Forlindon
Fornost
Forochel
Forodwaith
Framsburg
Gap Of Rohan
Gap Of Rohan
Gondor
Grey Havens
Grey Mountains
Gundabad
Halifirien
Halls Of The Elvenking
Halls Of Thorin
Harad
Harlindon
Harlindon
Harlond
Harondor
Helms Deep
Hidden City
High Pass
Iron Hills
Isengard
Isengard Drawned
Isengard2
Ithilien
Kyzilkum
Lake Of The Westfold
Lebennin
Lorien
Lostriand
Lothlorien
Manor Of The Eorl
Minas Morgul
Minas Tirith
Minas Tirith Extended Edition
Minas_Tirith_The_White_City
Minhiriath
Mirkwood
Mirkwood
Mirror Of Fire
Mordor
Moria
Mount Doom
Mouths Of Entwash
MTWC Co-Op
Near Harad
North Downs
Nurn
Osgiliath
Paths Of The Dead
Pelargir
Redhorn Pass
Rhudaur
Rhun
Rivendell
Rohan
Shire
Southern Ithilien
Sturlurtsa Khand
The Heubris
Tournament Gundabad
Tournament Hills
Tournament Mp1
Tournament Rhudaur
Tournament Udun
Tournament Westmarch
Tower Hills
Umbar
Weather Hills
Weathertop
West Emnet
Westfold
Withered Heath
Wold
Harad Infantry- We heading into the East for a whileHey,

This week is something totally new, as I show off the skins for Harad and their associated Minifactions. I show off the infantry this week.

Bowmen Unarmoured

Bowmen Upgraded

Skirmishers

Spearman

Spearman Upgraded

Axemen

Axemen Upgraded

Serpent Guard Ranged (Dismounted)

Serpent Guard Melee (Dismounted)

Murakir

Tukrai

High Elven Concillor of Imladris,
Elrond

The light of the eldar does not wax away.....

EDIT FROM MORDRED
On an additionally awesome related note those serpent guards are in fact now able to mount and dismount at will (as a horde, and it works properly). Ditto Rohirrim Royal Guards and some others possibly.

Ive also updated your post with the names of the Haradrim Tribal Chieftains.